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The Rest of the Group (KPC2019) Mystery Cache

Difficulty:
3.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:


The cache is not located at the given coordinates. Use the pictures below to determine the actual coordinates of the cache.

This time, I'm going to give you the first member (or at least a hint at the first member), and we'll see whether you can figure out the rest of the group. If it helps, I've only considered the period from 1955-2000 in my research. My initial expectation is that this will be an easier puzzle, but often it seems that my expectations don't prove to meet up with reality.

Special Notes about the 2019 Puzzle Challenge: To be considered for Fastest Solver points, you must verify your solution with Certitude. Finders will receive Top Finder points when submitting Found It logs to the cache page. All "point" scoring is arbitrary, subject to change, at the discretion of the cache owner, and probably completely meaningless (unless you just want to be announced sooner at the celebration party, assuming one happens sometime in 2020). The real challenge is to see whether I will have enough time to create a puzzle each month this year! To maintain fairness, hints should not be offered by the cache owner or other solvers until the fifteenth of the month.

Special Notes about this month's puzzle: It's been a while since I've hidden a cache on this side of the bay, even though I keep getting bugged to do so. Hopefully, I found an actual open spot, as there are still a few puzzles that I haven't solved over here now.


You can validate your puzzle solution with certitude.

First To Solve: GramboGrahamCrackers (31 minutes)
First To Log: rragan (9 hours)
Named pre-hint solvers: 27
Pre-hint finds logged: 13
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Additional Hints (Decrypt)

[Hints added August 15th.] Nyy bs gurfr negvfgf unq gbc 20 uvgf orgjrra 1955 naq 2000. Gurer vf zber guna bar Yvfn va vzntr 5. Gur trbpnpure qbrf nccrne va gur cubgb tnyyrel bs TP5U9O7.

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)