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Hidden : 6/19/2013
Difficulty:
3.5 out of 5
Terrain:
2.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   not chosen (not chosen)

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Geocache Description:

The cache is not at the posted coords.  Solve the puzzle below to take you to Stage One.  There, you will need to do a field puzzle to learn the final coordinates  (a correct Certitude for the below puzzle will give you the instructions you need for the field puzzle).

It was a slow day for the friends gathered in Apartment 4A at 2311 N. Los Robles Avenue in Pasadena, California.  So they decided to play a game.  Here is how the 30 rounds of that game went:


1. Penny:  photo R_zps5a2210af.jpg Amy:  photo P_zps318fad87.jpg

2. Wil:  photo S_zps66cb688f.jpg Howard:  photo P_zps318fad87.jpg

3. Wil:  photo L_zpse632c001.jpg Howard:  photo P_zps318fad87.jpg

4. Sheldon:  photo Sp_zpsc3b4bc29.jpg Penny: photo R_zps5a2210af.jpg

5. Penny: photo P_zps318fad87.jpg Howard:  photo S_zps66cb688f.jpg

6. Wil:  photo Sp_zpsc3b4bc29.jpg Sheldon:  photo S_zps66cb688f.jpg

7. Wil:  photo L_zpse632c001.jpg Penny:  photo S_zps66cb688f.jpg

8. Amy:  photo R_zps5a2210af.jpg Wil:  photo S_zps66cb688f.jpg

9. Howard:  photo Sp_zpsc3b4bc29.jpg Penny:  photo P_zps318fad87.jpg

10. Amy:  photo L_zpse632c001.jpg Wil:  photo Sp_zpsc3b4bc29.jpg

11. Amy:  photo Sp_zpsc3b4bc29.jpg Sheldon:  photo P_zps318fad87.jpg

12. Wil:  photo S_zps66cb688f.jpg Penny:  photo R_zps5a2210af.jpg

13. Amy:  photo L_zpse632c001.jpg Sheldon:  photo P_zps318fad87.jpg

14. Sheldon:  photo S_zps66cb688f.jpg Wil:  photo Sp_zpsc3b4bc29.jpg

15. Sheldon:  photo S_zps66cb688f.jpg Penny:  photo L_zpse632c001.jpg

16. Amy:  photo Sp_zpsc3b4bc29.jpg Howard:  photo L_zpse632c001.jpg

17. Sheldon:  photo S_zps66cb688f.jpg Penny:  photo P_zps318fad87.jpg

18. Amy:  photo S_zps66cb688f.jpg Wil:  photo R_zps5a2210af.jpg
19. Howard:  photo Sp_zpsc3b4bc29.jpg Penny:  photo R_zps5a2210af.jpg
20. Amy:  photo R_zps5a2210af.jpg Sheldon:  photo S_zps66cb688f.jpg
21. Howard:  photo S_zps66cb688f.jpg Amy:  photo L_zpse632c001.jpg

22. Amy:  photo S_zps66cb688f.jpg Penny:  photo P_zps318fad87.jpg

23. Wil:  photo L_zpse632c001.jpg Sheldon:  photo Sp_zpsc3b4bc29.jpg

24. Wil:  photo Sp_zpsc3b4bc29.jpg Penny:  photo P_zps318fad87.jpg

25. Sheldon:  photo R_zps5a2210af.jpg Wil:  photo P_zps318fad87.jpg

26. Amy:  photo Sp_zpsc3b4bc29.jpg Howard:  photo P_zps318fad87.jpg

27. Amy:  photo S_zps66cb688f.jpg Sheldon:  photo P_zps318fad87.jpg

28. Amy:  photo L_zpse632c001.jpg Penny:  photo Sp_zpsc3b4bc29.jpg
29. Howard:  photo R_zps5a2210af.jpg Sheldon:  photo P_zps318fad87.jpg

30. Wil:  photo Sp_zpsc3b4bc29.jpg Penny:  photo S_zps66cb688f.jpg


Meanwhile, in Apartment 4B of the Pasadena building, five other friends were gathered. They too decided to play a game. Here is how the 30 rounds of that game went:


1. Leslie:  photo Sp_zpsc3b4bc29.jpg Raj:  photo S_zps66cb688f.jpg

2. Leonard:  photo Sp_zpsc3b4bc29.jpg Stuart:  photo Sp_zpsc3b4bc29.jpg

3. Stuart:  photo S_zps66cb688f.jpg Bernadette:  photo L_zpse632c001.jpg

4. Leonard:  photo S_zps66cb688f.jpg Raj:  photo Sp_zpsc3b4bc29.jpg

5. Stuart:  photo Sp_zpsc3b4bc29.jpg Bernadette:  photo P_zps318fad87.jpg

6. Bernadette:  photo S_zps66cb688f.jpg Stuart:  photo Sp_zpsc3b4bc29.jpg

7. Raj:  photo P_zps318fad87.jpg Leslie:  photo Sp_zpsc3b4bc29.jpg

8. Bernadette:  photo L_zpse632c001.jpg Leonard:  photo Sp_zpsc3b4bc29.jpg

9. Stuart:  photo S_zps66cb688f.jpg Leonard:  photo R_zps5a2210af.jpg

10. Raj:  photo L_zpse632c001.jpgLeslie:  photo P_zps318fad87.jpg

11. Leonard:  photo R_zps5a2210af.jpgRaj: photo S_zps66cb688f.jpg

12. Bernadette:  photo Sp_zpsc3b4bc29.jpgLeonard:  photo R_zps5a2210af.jpg

13. Bernadette:  photo L_zpse632c001.jpgLeslie: photo Sp_zpsc3b4bc29.jpg

14.Leonard:  photo R_zps5a2210af.jpgStuart:  photo P_zps318fad87.jpg

15. Raj: photo S_zps66cb688f.jpgBernadette: photo L_zpse632c001.jpg

16. Bernadette:  photo P_zps318fad87.jpgStuart:  photo Sp_zpsc3b4bc29.jpg
17. Raj:  photo R_zps5a2210af.jpgBernadette:  photo L_zpse632c001.jpg

18. Leonard:  photo L_zpse632c001.jpgStuart:  photo S_zps66cb688f.jpg

19. Leslie:  photo R_zps5a2210af.jpg Stuart:  photo Sp_zpsc3b4bc29.jpg

20. Bernadette:  photo P_zps318fad87.jpgLeonard:  photo R_zps5a2210af.jpg

21. Leslie:  photo S_zps66cb688f.jpg Leonard:  photo S_zps66cb688f.jpg

22. Raj:  photo S_zps66cb688f.jpg Leonard:  photo L_zpse632c001.jpg

23. Stuart:  photo R_zps5a2210af.jpg Leslie:  photo Sp_zpsc3b4bc29.jpg

24. Raj:  photo L_zpse632c001.jpg Leonard:  photo P_zps318fad87.jpg

25. Leonard:  photo R_zps5a2210af.jpg Stuart:  photo L_zpse632c001.jpg

26. Stuart:  photo L_zpse632c001.jpg Leslie:  photo Sp_zpsc3b4bc29.jpg

27. Leonard:  photo P_zps318fad87.jpg Bernadette:  photo R_zps5a2210af.jpg

28. Bernadette:  photo R_zps5a2210af.jpgLeslie:  photo S_zps66cb688f.jpg

29. Leonard:  photo Sp_zpsc3b4bc29.jpgStuart:  photo P_zps318fad87.jpg

30. Bernadette:  photo Sp_zpsc3b4bc29.jpg Leslie:  photo S_zps66cb688f.jpg


Stage One is at:

N 37 Penny Sheldon.Amy Wil Howard

W 122 Leslie Raj.Bernadette Leonard Stuart

Terrain rating is if you walk from Stage 1 to final (a bit more than a mile), it is a 1.5 star if you drive. Checksum from field puzzle for final is: 52.

You can validate your puzzle solution with certitude.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Ng Fgntr 1 gb trg gb Svany: Άλsn Aḣ-ˈzre-vx Svany: N ubyr va gur jnyy nobhg rlr yriry (cbxr svatre va naq srry sbe n jver, er-uvqr jryy, ohg znxr fher vg vf fgvyy npprffvoyr)- JNGPU SBE ZHTTYRF!!!!!!!!

Decryption Key

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

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)