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Hastings Hill Hike Bonus - Off the Path Puzzle Mystery Cache

Hidden : 12/5/2015
Difficulty:
4 out of 5
Terrain:
4 out of 5

Size: Size:   other (other)

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Geocache Description:

This cache is part of the Hastings Hill Hike series, a trail round the various hills and glens of Hastings Country Park. In this series there is quite a few unique uses of common container types.


This container is a 3D-printed puzzle cache

Placed with kind permission from Hastings Borough Council.

The trail is quite long and can get quite tricky, with bridleways and wild ponies, at some points so remember to take care (no caches stray off the path towards the cliff edge)

The cache is situated just off the footpath, care is needed as it can get boggy underfoot.

For this trail you'll need:

  • Pen
  • Tweezers
  • Water (drinking and cache retriveal)

To locate this cache you will solve the following equations:

N50 DB.ACE Where A-E are the solutions to the equation below in ascending order, lowest value solution = A.

E000 ARG(33+25i) rounded to 2 decimal points, where ARG is the argument (in degress not radians) of the complex number shown.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Ynetr gerr fhccbegvat oebxra gerr, oruvaq vil ivar. Rkpry zvtug pbzr va unaql.

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)