GC1CNK5 Unknown Cache Hazardous Cargo 1966
Type: Mystery | Size: Micro Micro | Difficulty: 2 out of 5 | Terrain: 1.5 out of 5
By: ernie66 @ | Hide Date: 05/27/2008 | Status: Available
Country: United States | State: Colorado
Coordinates: N39° 06.030 W104° 52.080 | Last updated: 08/30/2019 | Fav points: 0
Recommended for kids  Takes less than an hour  Available at all times  Available during winter  Parking available 

The cache is a micro placed near an in-theme facility but is not at the listed coordinates. Solve the puzzle below to find the cache.

Liquid hydrogen. LH2. Imagine a pressurized cryogenic semi-trailer filled with LH2 traveling 75 MPH on I-25. An aggressive driver who's late for work cuts in front of the semi-tractor. The tanker swerves to avoid a collision but the sudden action causes the liquid to slosh violently, overturning the trailer. The tank ruptures. Sparks from the sliding wreckage ignite the hydrogen.

Remember the Hindenburg? Its 7 million-cubic-foot volume carried a full load of about 40,000 pounds of gaseous hydrogen. A 5000-cubic-foot cryogenic tank truck carries about the same amount in liquid form. Even though it is more than 400 degrees below zero, hydrogen still burns quite readily -- 4 on a scale of 0 to 4 in the NFPA 704 rating system. Gasoline is only a 3 on this scale.

Have you ever wondered what is in some of those tank trucks on the highway? Or what is hidden behind innocuous panels of a delivery van? Consider the following dangerous cargo:

 A = Liquified petroleum gas
 B = Thionyl chloride
 C = Lithium batteries
 D = Gasoline
 E = Sulfuric acid
 F = Amyl nitrate



 Y.YYY = (A + B + C)/1000
 X.XXX = (D + E - F)/1000

 N39 0Y.YYY W104 5X.XXX

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[puzzle] Amyl nitrate, not amyl nitrite.
[cache] East tree, south side, eye level, silver.

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7 Logs: Found it 7  

Found it 03/30/2019 By Back Country Horsemen
I needed a puzzle for today & we had already solved this one some time ago & we were here for the event so it worked!

Found it 10/31/2018 By chihuahuajill
I was in town to pick up some lunch/dinner and grabbed this one on the way. Thanks for placing this cache for me to find. TFTC.

Found it 10/27/2017 By kkcjrlma
I love it when a puzzle works and I can walk right to the cache. Tftc

Found it 08/07/2016 By gampa&gamma
Unlike some of the previous cachers, we knew NOTHING about the information that would lead us to the coordinates to this find. But, with the help of GOOGLE, anything is possible ;O) Once we pulled our big rig up to the correct site, finding the green light was easy. We headed north today dodging thunderstorms on the Big I. Thankfully because it was Sunday, we didn't have to dodge any hazardous cargo on the way. Cache was in good shape and very easy to spot. Signed a log that has not had a stamp in just over six months. Thanks ernie66 for the fun cache!

Found it 01/30/2016 By mondou2
Out caching with Vivi. Enjoyed the hunt. SL. Thanks for the fun!

Find # 114841.

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Found it 01/30/2016 By Vivi
Out caching with Mondou2 today. The weather was perfect for caching. We enjoyed the variety of containers and placements.

Quick one. No issues to report. We signed the log.

Thank you, ernie66, for placing this cache.

Found it 11/24/2015 By hammerhead53
tftc found with TexDoc56. He sent answers in his log.

This entry was edited by hammerhead53 on Saturday, 28 November 2015 at 13:41:46 UTC.