King's Inner Circle

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Hidden On: 28 Apr 2006
Waypoint (Landmark): N024DA
Open Cache:  Personal use only
Cache type:  Multi-Part
Cache size:   Normal

Difficulty:  (moderate)
Terrain:  (moderate)

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Clues:    decode

• Stage 1: 
  Lbh7er cebonoyl ernqvat guvf uvag orpnhfr lbh sbetbg gb oevat n zrnfhevat gncr> Lbh pna rvgure pel naq tb ubzr be vzcebivfr> Gur oynmr 8lryybj cynfgvp genvy ,oe ?.,oe ?.
  znexre9 ba guvf gerr zrnfherf rknpgyl & vapurf> Lbhe zrnfherzrag bayl arrqf gb or jvguva (>! vapurf>

• Stage 4: 
  N fgnaqvat gerr jvgu n ybat aneebj perivpr> ,oe ?.,oe ?.
  

Performed routine maintenance. Corrected equation for stage 2 since one of the trunks broke off. Cache is good to go for 2009.

Second puzzle cache today, (first one McGinnis Math didn't go so well), wasn't sure we were up for a multi with math after the first one. This one went relatively smoothly,(gun fire was a little unnerving) at stage 5 we sat down to figure coordinates, I stand up and see two people in blaze with hunting gear and ski caps, little scary considering I didn't think you could hunt in the area and it was relatively warm for ski caps. Said a quick hi and I was off to the final. Found the cache relatively quickly after about 5 minutes of searching, we expanded our search area, my gps was about 43 feet off in the end. We hightailed it out of there not really wanting to run into the hunters again. Took TB Zoe and Left TB Where's the fire (station)? SCB#8 and SCB#0

Along with a newer cacher, JetMullin, Nellsnake #4 and I (#1) went out to Monroeville and Murrysville for some caching on an unexpectedly pleasant and dry day. We avoided the temptation to park next to the black van of death up the road and found the correct spot next to D@nim@l's vehicle. We saw the GPS sticker on the pick-up and knew that a cacher was out on the trails. Within a few minutes, we saw D@n and friend coming back from this cache. They gave us some friendly advice about reading the cache clues closely, and then we were on our way. The first several stages went smoothly, although we made a slight counting error at the second stage, which proved to be costly later. The 4th stage gave us a bit of trouble, so we decrypted the hint, which helped steer our search to the correct location. I thought that I knew the correct answer for the fifth stage, but we stopped over to make sure. Then, after some quick calculations in the field, which JetMullin double-checked, we hiked over to what we thought was ground zero for the final cache. We searched and searched in ever expanding radii, but could not come up with the cache. The nearby gunfire at the shooting range was more than a bit unnerving. After about 30 minutes of searching, I asked, "What if the number that we used for the second stage was this instead?". This brought us to a more reasonable-looking area, and I scored the find very quickly within seconds in the first spot I checked. Whew! It pays to double-check your counting results along the way. We traded a TB for the Texas Geocaching coin that D@n had left just hours earlier. Thanks for another great cache in a great area, Andy!

FTF on Navicache! Thanks for giving us another place to play just in case the other guys get too big and arrogant for their britches.

I was tired and thirsty before I began this hunt. I was coming off a DNF on "McGinnis Math" and didn't realize what I was getting myself into here until it was too late. I shall have to remember to pack water next time! What a strange piece of real estate this is! I thought I'd never get to the end of it! The tree-measuring exercise wasn't easy to accomplish alone and I was very unsure that I got a good number. I looked very hard at the cache page and decided that I didn't have to get it exactly right to find the final cache. The next two stages presented themselves to me nicely and I figured to have this cache in the bag until I saw that I was going to have to find the dreaded micro in the woods. I didn't feel like messing with it so I established a ground zero and sat down to decrypt the hint. I got really worried at this point because my read of the cache page made me think that I was ultimately going to have to solve two equations for two unknowns. I suck at algebra! I could be stuck here in the woods for days trying to figure that out. I found the micro easily with the extra info and was relieved to find that F was just another thing that I had to find instead of an unknown quantity. Whew! If I was smart, I would already have known the answer to F without having to hike to the end of the trail but smart I'm not so hike I did. I was really feeling dehydrated when I sat down to do the final calculations. This would my excuse if I messed something up and couldn't find the final but in the end I didn't need no stinking excuse. It took my GPS awhile to get itself settled but once on track it led me straight to the cache. I really needed that after the beating I took at McGinnis. I took nothing, signed log, and left travel bug. I hope it that it isn't stranded in here for too long. Thanks for the fun and challenging hunt. I really needed the exercise and this cache certainly delivered on that. There's just WAY too many park and grabs these days! Johnny.