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EXERCISE IN GEEKDOM NO.19 Mystery Cache

Hidden : 9/1/2019
Difficulty:
4 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:


It started a long, long time ago and ended earlier this year (2019).

Our whole Universe was in a hot dense state!

When you've cracked that, all you need is to find some numbers.

A= How many letters are there in the first "U"?

B= The number of letters in the surname of character that became an astronaut

C= Use the force .. find a number for "Skywalker"

D= If you know the game RPS then I want the third letter of the next word in a particular variant (A=1, Z=26)

E= Find a number for "Jerusalem"

F= And finally, find a number for "Stockholm"

 

The cache is located at N51 27.XXX, W001 15.YYY

XXX is F-D-(E/4)

YYY is C- (A-1)x(B-1)


Congratulations to firstyferrets for solving this puzzle first and being first to find.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Vf guvf ebpxrg fpvrapr be dhnaghz culfvpf? Vg'f pregnvayl bar sbe gur trrx.

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)