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A Prime Slice of Pi
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N 40° 34.920' W 079° 58.914' |
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Allison Park, Pennsylvania 15101 United States Near By Caches
Hidden On: 03 Aug 2005
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This puzzle cache is located just off of the scenic Rachel Carson Trail at the edge of North Park. The above coordinates are for the suggested parking spot. Do not go to these coordinates expecting to find the cache! Cross the road and follow the yellow blazes toward the cache.
To find the location for this cache, you will need to do a bit of numerical research. Pi (3.14159265358979...) is the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter. The latitude coordinates can be found by interpreting the 6,684,770th through 6,684,776th digits of pi in DD MM.MMM format (counting from the first digit after the decimal point in pi). A prime number is an integer greater than one whose only positive divisors are itself and one. The longitude coordinates in DD MM.MMM format are a prime number. Bring along a CITO bag for when you get to the area of the cache, which is a brown 30-caliber ammo can. Please trade fairly and take extra care in re-hiding the cache well, as muggles appear to visit this area from time to time. Good luck! |
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04 Nov 2006 by
steel city babes
(Finds: 18 Score: 83)
(Hidden: 1 Score: 5)
Open Log: Personal use only
Whooohoooo in more ways than one, awesome puzzle it took me a little longer than the average person to solve (I was looking for information while playing on-line poker) Anyways solved the puzzle and came up with good set of coordinates so off I went because I was way to excited that I actually figured it out. (like everyone else Pi was pretty easy the longitude - prime coordinates took a little searching). Went for my hike, awesome trail, love trails near water, thought on more than one occassion I may have to get wet but we found nice areas to cross. This would be an awesome hot summer day cache but still accessible in the winter. Found the cache using the hint because my coordinates although led me to the area were off a bit. AWESOME area loved the rocks and water, very neat. Took nothing Left Use your Brain geocoin - puzzle traveler only. TFTC Loved the puzzle. SCB#8 and #0
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04 Aug 2006 by
AndyShissler
(Finds: 38 Score: 190)
(Hidden: 6 Score: 30)
Open Log: Personal use only #5 of 5. Having worked out the puzzle beforehand, I was armed and ready to find this puzzle cache. I brought my bike to North Park because I can bike much faster than I can walk, which makes it easier to bag a bunch of caches in an evening. My homework narrowed down the solution to 2 sets of coordinates which were near the RCT. After wrapping up the South Ridge Cache (GCGEAA) I biked down to the recommended parking spot. Having completed the RCT challenge a few years back, I was familar with the area. I had 2 coordinates to search and my first thought was, "I wonder if I can get my bike down there". Needless to say, this country boy wasn't willing to part with his bike in a county park, so down we went. Fortunately, my 1st guess was correct and I was able to rescue a poor travel bug who'd been there since March. What an evil cache! It was late evening when I started down to the cache and it's a good thing I got out of there before the trolls came out! Thanks for a nifty adventure! I enjoyed the journey (and the exercise!!!)!
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