The starting coordinates point to the middle of the immense sculpture "Vessel" at the center of the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center campus. Though impressive to stand under, there is no cache at the starting location!
Frederick Charles Hutchinson was an all-star major league baseball player and manager from Seattle, who had an 11-year career pitching for the Detroit Tigers and an 11-year managerial career with Detroit, St. Louis and Cincinnati (plus stints with then-minor league Seattle). Tragically his life was cut short by lung cancer and he died in 1964. Fred’s affliction inspired his older brother William, a Seattle-area surgeon and former baseball player himself, to establish the Research Center that bears Fred's name.
To solve this puzzle, you will need to learn a little about the history of Fred Hutchinson and the FHCRC.
Fred’s major league pitching record (all with the Detroit Tigers): 9A wins, 71 losses
Fred’s birthdate: August 12, 191B
Year that Fred managed the Cincinnati Reds to the World Series: 196C
Year that the FHCRC opened in its original home on First Hill: 197D
Year that the Seattle Cancer Care Alliance opened a 150,000 square-foot outpatient treatment clinic on the FHCRC campus: 200E.
Year that FHCRC researcher Dr. E. Donnall Thomas won the Nobel Prize for his pioneering work in using bone marrow transplants to treat blood cancer: 199F.
G = D+E
Number of Nobel Prize laureates who have worked at the FHCRC: H
(if you’re interested, the medals are on display in the public lobby of the Thomas building, just east of the starting coordinates.)
The container (a bison tube) is hidden near, but not on the FHCRC campus. You can find it at:
N47° 37.ABC W122° 20.FGH (15-digit checksum: 52, or check your answer at geochecker.com.)
You should be able to park near the final, but pay attention to posted signs and regulations.
Congratulations to RC64 for the FTF!