2014/11/13
PUZZLE CACHES THE MUSKOKA CHAIR We want to find out: What are the final coordinates? They could be hidden in MANY ways: Ciphers and codes Hidden within images (steganography) Math, science, or logic puzzles Hidden text or HTML tags on the cache page The list goes on! Coordinates could be in number or text form
So what should you look for? PUZZLE SOLVING WORKSHOP We’ll give you some general puzzle solving tips. by andreanel & koroleva
GENERAL PUZZLE TIPS GENERAL PUZZLE TIPS
You could be required to solve only some or all of the final coordinates: Hints may be hidden in the title, in images on the N AB CD.EFG W HI JK.LMO (14 or sometimes 15 digits) cache page, or in the text description. N 44 CD.EFG W 79 JK.LMO (10 digits) N 44 55.EFG W 79 22.LMO (6 digits) e.g. http://coord.info/GC2RMF0 - “The Acidity of Iodine” Acidity = pH scale, symbol for iodine = I; = “PHI” Check to see if the number of puzzle “unknowns” (images, lines, words, etc.) matches one of the above patterns. Chances Solving the puzzle involves finding certain digits of phi are, each unknown represents a digit in the coordinates. e.g.: Don’t hesitate to GOOGLE the title, hints, or even parts of the puzzle! Check if the CO has added a “Related Web Page” Watch for repetition! In this type of puzzle you can deduce Don’t forget the possibility of other coordinate what most of the numbers are, knowing N 44 and W 79. systems such as decimal degrees, D/M/S and UTM
GENERAL PUZZLE TIPS HTML SOURCE CODE
It doesn’t hurt to check out these few things to start: Right-click the cache page and choose “View Source” to see the HTML code of the page HTML source code of the cache page In certain browsers such as Firefox and Opera, you Ctrl+A to find hidden text (also visible in the source code) can right-click an item and choose “Inspect Element” EXIF data of images in the background and description Image file format and where the file is hosted Use Ctrl+F to find “UserSuppliedContent” to skip Run any cipher text through a cryptogram solver right to the cache description Check for a “Field Puzzle” attribute “