GC8FEWZ Programming Challenge: Where Art Thou Vowels...
Type: Mystery | Size: Micro | Difficulty: | Terrain:
By: CachingColorado @ | Hide Date: 11/04/2019 | Status: Available
Country: United States | State: Colorado
Coordinates: N38° 59.662 W105° 03.210 | Last updated: 06/19/2022 | Fav points: 0
 

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THE CACHE IS NOT LOCATED AT THE COORDINATES LISTED ABOVE. You will need to solve the puzzle to gain the final coordinates.
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Take a look at the linked word list.

Final Cache Coordinates are at N39.00.XXX W105.03.YY0 where XXX is the number of words in the list that don't have a vowel of (A,E, I, O or U) and YY is the number of words in the list that don't have a vowel of (A,E, I, O, U or Y)

 

Check your work before going!

And bring a pen!

 

Text File of 178,691 Words

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Congrats to wildkatco for FTF.  Well done!!

Additional Waypoints

12/28/2019 By SuperDolph
We made the find in the dark on a snowy night, so I'm glad the final was in a nice spot. Python was my friend for solving this one as well as the Easy as 123 twins. I really enjoy these types of puzzles! TFTC!!

12/01/2019 By 3 Williams Kidz
Well, I must admit that I needed some help with the automated method to get the solution, but did meet with success in the end. Spotted the container as I pulled up to GZ, signed the log, and was on my way. TFTC !

11/28/2019 By LostinDenver
We knew that we were Woodland Park bound for Thanksgiving, so I asked for help with this puzzle. My daughter, Intrepiidexplorer used her Python skills to extract the necessary info while I sat nearby like a monkey in a cage. She is the smart one. I'm the one that plays with my own poop. Lowbrow, some might say.
Today we headed down to dinner. Turned out that we had some spare time before eating, so we loaded up in the Jeep and looked for my kind of trouble... geocaches. We found 4 before the day was done.
I'm thankful for geocaching and for your cache!

11/28/2019 By intrepiidexplorer
I loved this challenge! I'm an applied math and stats major, so some computer science was required. Even with my one semester of comp sci knowledge, I was able to hash this one out in about 30 min! Thanks for the fun challenge :) (signed int exp)

11/05/2019 By wildkatco
More later.
Woohoo, FTF!!!
This 3rd puzzle that I solved was much easier than the other 2. By the time I got to this one, I had a pretty good approach. Unlike RPieperCo, I'm a retired bean-counter and I solved the puzzles using Excel. I only had to revise the lookups for this puzzle one time instead of 2 or 3. Whew, that was an exercise in data management that I haven't done in a while! It's a lot more fun when there are no deadlines to meet or bosses breathing down my neck. Thanks for creating a puzzle that I can solve. I hope the neighbors in this area are as tolerant as The 3 Williams Kidz neighbors! Took nothing, left footprints, signed log. Thanks CachingColorado for placing this cache so that we can play! Giving you a favorite point for creating a puzzle that I can solve.