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Famous Surrey Residents #4 Mystery Cache

Hidden : 1/1/2012
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
1 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

The cache is not at the published coordinates.

To find the actual location you need to solve the puzzle below - identify who X was and then answer the questions.

You are looking for the usual 35mm micro.


Most famous people achieve fame for what they achieve. However, X's fame comes from what they perhaps achieved. To this day no one knows whether X did indeed achieve what they were trying to do, although their achievement was remarkable anyway.

The son of a clergyman, X was not a native of Surrey. X came to Surrey to live and work after studying history at Cambridge University.

Shortly after getting married, X's career was interrupted by military service. When that was completed X returned to Surrey to resume their career. However X resigned from their post several years later in order to pursue the activity which they later became famous for. It was shortly after this that, in an interview, X gave a famous terse answer to a question.

X died at a young age, just 10 days or so before their ABth birthday.

It is interesting to note that in the year 19CD X's grandson and namesake achieved what X may or may not have achieved.

X had a younger brother who was a wartime senior military commander who died at the age of EF.

The cache can be found at N51 1(B-A).(B-F)(C-B)(C-A) W000 3(C-D).(C-B)F(E+1)

The cache is not at a location that we would normally choose, and is not close to where X lived or worked in Surrey, but if X was alive today we like to think that they might be a regular visitor here.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Zntargvp, svsgu srapr cbfg abegujneqf(vfu) sebz gur pbeare, tebhaq yriry

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)