Programming Challenge Puzzle Series: Level 33 Mystery Cache
Programming Challenge Puzzle Series: Level 33
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Difficulty:
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Terrain:
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Size: 
(large)
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Cache is not at the posted
coordinates, but is within three miles.
Fifth in a series: Level 1, Level 4, Level 9, Level 16, Level 33
This is a 2.5 gallon book-trading cache.
FTF prize is your choice of the contents; everyone else please
bring something to trade.
The final location is in a secluded meadow, a sentimental picnic
spot for me and my wife. Hope you enjoy it as much as we
do!
Way back in grad school (lo these 5 or 6 years ago) I needed to
teach myself a programming language called Python. The way I
learned it was by solving the Python Challenge--33 of the
most maddening, oblique puzzles I have ever encountered. (Well,
until I moved to the Bay Area.)
Though the later stages can be difficult, the first few levels are
very easy, so you can get your feet wet without much (or
even any) programming experience.
Start Here at
level 0.
The solution to each level is a URL that takes you to the next
level. To find the location of this puzzle cache, solve
Level 33, the final level and note the word at the
end of the URL.
Enter that word here
to get the coordinates of the cache. (For example, if the URL ended
in foobar.html you would enter foobar.)
You might find this site useful, though additional tools will be
needed to complete the Challenge:
Interactive
Python prompt -- in your browser! You can solve
many of the Python Challenge levels using just this. Comes with a
nice tutorial, suitable for beginners, that you
can try immediately.
No more puzzles in this series coming soon. ;)
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
[Puzzle] uggc://jjj.clgubapunyyratr.pbz/sbehzf/ivrjsbehz.cuc?s=1&fgneg=0