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St Pats - Adder Multi-cache

Hidden : 3/12/2014
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
2.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:

St Pats - Adder

A variety of caches hid on the slopes of Slemish Mountain, where folklore tells of St Patrick and Snakes


4. Multi Cache

A multi cache, a tupperware box hidden on the lower slopes of Slemish. As with all the other caches come prepared, ground is wet and slippery, must be all them snakes sliding about. Can be blowy even on the lower slopes. 

Gather up the information required from two locations and use this to calculate final location

Location 1 - Antrim Hills Sign

L - Year of Copyright of OS Map

M - No of "Things to see"

N - Total Distance in Km

O - Total Distance in Miles

P - No of men reading a map in picture

Location 2 - Main Building

Q - Year facilities were opened (on plaque)

R - No of telescopes you can see by the fence

Checksum l+m+n+o+p+q+r = 4018

To calculate final locaion use :-

N54 (N) (R) . (L-Q) (P) ((M-(2xR)

W6 (N) . (MxR) (O) (N-M)

Cache is a tablock box. In attached spoiler pic its below the dog, and a foot to the right of the bag

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Haqre fhfcvpvbhf ybbxvat fgbarf

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)