GC1DY6W Springfield in Boulder #3
Type: Mystery | Size: Other | Difficulty: | Terrain:
By: DES @ | Hide Date: 07/06/2008 | Status: Available
Country: United States | State: Colorado
Coordinates: N40° 00.468 W105° 12.963 | Last updated: 08/30/2019 | Fav points: 0
             

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A Simpsons-related cache along a bikepath in East Boulder

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The third in a planned series of caches relating to Simpsons trivia. This one should be more of a challenge for true Simpsons fans.

The given coordinates will take you to a convenient place to park. This location is within 400 feet of the cache. Better yet, ride your bike to the lovely final location.


NOTE: After being in the same location for almost 10 years, on 4/30/18 I made some slight modifications to the calculations since I had to relocate the final about 60 feet.


Before heading out, determine:


# of letters in Krusty's real first name = X1 ____

# of total letters in the name of Apu's store = X2 ____

Lisa's age = X3 ____

Bart's grade in school= X4 ____

# letters in the name of the animal Bart doesn't want you to have = X5 ____

# of letters in first name of Mr. Burns' son = X6 ____

# of letters in the first name of Bart's Siamese twin = X7 ____

# of letters in Sideshow Bob's last name = X8 ____

# of letters in the last name of Homer's barkeep = X9 ____


(checksum = 59)


Now, set your GPS to read decimal degrees (DDD.DDDDD)

Final coordinates of the cache are:

LAT: DR.HIBBERT

LONG: -SMI.THERS


where

D = X7 + X3 - X1 ____

R = X9 - X4 - X5 ____

H = X2 - X1 - 1 ____

I = X2 - X6 - X7 ____

B = X8 - X7 ____

B = X3 - X4 ____

E = X1 - X3 ____

R = X6 - X5 - 2 ____

T = X8 - X2 – 2 ____

(checksum = 15)



S = X3 - X4 - X5 ____

M = X2 - X6 - X7 ____

I = X3 + X1 - X8 ____

T = X2 - X9 ____

H = X7 - X5 ____

E = X9 ____

R = X5 ____

S = X3 - X6 ____

(checksum = 22)


Micro mag mini, log only, no mini pen. No mini pork chops, either. Geo-tweezers might be helpful. Not on the ground.

Be aware of potential muggles and traffic on the bikepath.

Additional Waypoints

08/10/2018 By DES
Out biking around town this AM checking on my caches; this final is good.

05/26/2018 By Duckling Cake
fun find and solve. the puzzle took a while as a don't watch the simpsons, but i was eventually able to finish it. great container, very well hidden. i didn't have tweezers so i couldn't get the logbook out but i have a picture for proof if needed.

04/30/2018 By DES
Back in business; relocated final about 60 feet and adjusted calcs accordingly.

03/12/2018 By DES
Seems to have finally gone missing after all these years; will replace soon.

07/16/2017 By The Scarlet Beaver
This was a fun find near my new place of employment. What a gorgeous Trail this is I'm so glad you got me here. I also love The Simpsons. Kelsey Grammer as Sideshow Bob is my all-time favorite. Thanks so much. I look forward to finding the others in the series.