The cache is not at the posted coordinates, but possibly you could park there.
There are many geocaching puzzles based on Sudoku; this one is based on a variant called Renzoku, or Neighbors.
As in Sudoku, you need to fill in the grid with the digits 1 through 9, and each row and column must contain only one instance of each number.
A dot between two cells indicates that the two numbers must be consecutive (their values must differ by exactly one).
If there is no dot between two cells, the values must not be consecutive; the difference in values must be more than one.
The first step is to solve the puzzle.
The cache can be found at N37 AB.CD0 W121 EF.GHJ, where:
- A is the 6th value in row 1
- B is the 7th value in row 2
- C is the 3rd value in row 3
- D is the 5th value in row 4
- I'm giving you the zero
- E is the 8th value in row 5
- F is the 6th value in row 6
- G is the 6th value in row 7
- H is the 8th value in row 8
- J is the 6th value in row 9
The cache is in the park. Do not try to get this from the San Tomas Expressway side, no matter what Google Maps tells you. Please respect park hours, which are 7am to sunset.
You can validate your puzzle solution with
certitude.