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Graffiti Rocks in Oberlin Mystery Cache

Hidden : 4/6/2005
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
1 out of 5

Size: Size:   not chosen (not chosen)

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Geocache Description:


This should be a fun one. It’s an easy 2 step multi within a few hundred feet of the final. Ah, but the catch…to claim the cache you’ll need some special equipment to sign your Geocaching ID like a can of spray paint, chalk, crayon, finger paints or whatever you have with you, graffiti is the name of the game. It’s okay to overwrite other “entries”. Then take a picture of your name and post it with your log.

In Oberlin, a little history is in order for everything, including the rock. This 7 ton glacial rock was a gift to Oberlin College from 39 students that rolled out of Plum Creek and all the way to Tappan Square in 1898. The tradition of painting the rock began in 1962 when all the rocks were painted as Easter Eggs with a sign that read: “Glacial Easter Eggs Laid by the Class of 1964.” Since that time it is painted mostly as a message board for greeting, birthdays or whatever needs to be said nearly day by day. It’s an on going Oberlin tradition.

Just a note to the finders: We have permission from the people at one of the oldest higher learning facilities in the country, Oberlin College, to allow your name in the form of graffiti on this historic rock. Thanks you to them for sharing their rock with us and opportunity to share the beautiful Tappan Square with the Geocaching community and to have a little fun during their visit.   

Start at N41 17.522 W82 13.056 at the stone marker, count the number of letters and digits in the 2nd line and put the in the blanks N41 17.5XX

Next use the 11th character in line 3 and add it to this W82 13.16X

 

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

svsgrra naq mreb.

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)