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Das Wildschweinalphabet

Multicache with 14 stages on 7 km in the Fuerther Stadtwald

by goldensurfer     Germany > Bayern > Fürth, Kreisfreie Stadt

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N 49° 27.828' E 010° 56.776' (WGS84)

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Status: Archived
 Time required: 3:00 h   Route: 7 km
 Hidden on: 30 April 2005
 Listed since: 25 October 2005
 Last update: 18 June 2011
 Listing: https://opencaching.de/OC0653
Also listed at: geocaching.com 

27 Found
2 Not found
3 Notes
6 Watchers
0 Ignorers
240 Page visits
4 Log pictures
Geokrety history
1 Recommendations

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Description    Deutsch  ·  English

Englische Beschreibung - english text

(the history about the Stadtwald is not available in english language, because it doesn't contain any informations necessary for finding this cache.)

You will walk about 7 km (4.3 miles) on the 25 km available forest tracks in the Fürther Stadtwald. You will find 14 stages (including the final), which will take about 2 or three hours.

Besides your GPSr you should bring along: beverages, a compass, raw spaghettis and/or salad and a cucumber. A pocket calculator will be helpful. Feel free to use the "table of found letters" at the end of this description to note all the numbers you will find.

A remark about the calculations: You have to calculate in the mathematic correct order, which means: multiplication before addition and subtraction. Most pocket calculators do this automatically.
On different stations you will have to calculate the numbers xxx and yyy, which always give the position after the decimal point of the coordinate minutes. Should a result have less than 3 digits, you have to fill it with zero on the left side. Example: If a calculation should give you the result 87, then xxx will be: 087.
The asterisk * in this description is always the symbol for multiplication, for example: A * B means: A times B.

But now let's start with the cache. You can park at: N49° 27.868  E010° 56.931, which is about 300 meters away from stage 1. Then go to stage 1, which coordinates you'll see in the header. All the stages are designed as a loop, so you should visit the stages in the given order.

Stage 1: (N49° 27,828 / E010° 56,776)
Give spaghetti, salad and cucumber to the animals that are living here. On a sign you can read the date when the park was built up. It was on AB. September 19CD. Then count the wild pigs and calculate the cross foot of the counted number, until it has only one digit left. This digit is E. Now calculate the coordinates of stage 2:
xxx = 100 * C + 10 * D + 4 * B + 7 * A
yyy = 17 * C + (A + B) * D * 10

Stage 2 is at: N49° 27.xxx  E010° 56.yyy

Stage 2:
At the outside, search for the next values for xxx and yyy. Then go on to stage 3 which is located at: N49° 27.xxx  E010° 56.yyy

Stage 3:
Close to a traffic sign is a small, blue sign "Wasser" which carries two numbers.
Upper (right) number: The digit left to the comma is F. Add 1 to the digit after the comma to get I. Add 1 to I to get H.
The lower number on the blue sign is J,G.
Now calculate:
xxx = 300 * J + 9 * (G - F)
yyy = G * H + I - B - A

Then go to stage 4 at: N49° 28.xxx  E010° 56.yyy.

Stage 4:
Count the number of windows of the building. This number is K. How many colors has the emblem of the society located here? The number of colors is L. Now calculate:
xxx = K * C + F + G - L
yyy = 70 * (D + H) + F * L * B + 2 * A

Then go to stage 5 at: N49° 28.xxx  E010° 55.yyy

Station 5
For which time of sunrise is the bird clock tuned? Answer: M:NO. Now calculate:
xxx = 900 * J + 2 * G + 5 * N + 2 * M
yyy = 45 * (M + F + C) + 10 * (M + N) + L + G

Go on to stage 6 at: N49° 28.xxx  E010° 55.yyy

Stage 6:
Where geomuggles step over, geocachers should find xxx and yyy beneath. These will lead you to stage 7 at: N49° 28.xxx  E010° 55.yyy

Stage 7:
There are 5 signs, from which you only need the upper right blue one. The number at the botton of this sign is: Q,R. The first digit of the biggest number is P.
Go on to stage 8 at: N49° 28.ARO  E010° 55.NKQ

Stage 8:
You will find the next hint inside. It will lead you to stage 9.

Stage 9
Search for a direction sign with several names of locations and distances. Then calculate the following theree numbers:
S = Cadolzburg
T = Wintersdorf + Rangaublick
U = Burgfarrnbach - Felsenkeller - Rangaublick

Go on to stage 10 at: N49° 27.TSI E010° 55.NSD

Stage 10:
Look for the coordinates of stage 11 here.

Stage 11:
Although a traffic sign bans several motor vehicles on the one side, it will tell you the value for the letter V on the other side. Go on to stage 12 at: N49° 27.VSI  E010° 56.BTL

Stage 12:
The backside of a bench will tell you the values for W and X. Then calculate:
xxx = W * X * V * Q - M * G
yyy = 60 * X + W - U

and go to Stage 13 at: N49° 27.xxx  E010° 56.yyy

Stage 13:
Use the same procedure than at stage 12 and get the values for Y and Z.
Now you got the wild boar alphabet complete and are able to calculate the position of the final cache. You will find the cache at N49° 27.xxx  E010° 56.yyy. Calculate the values for xxx and yyy with the values you found for the letters A through Z as follows:
xxx = (P + 22) * (C + F + H + J + L - N + Q - T + V + X) + U + 36
yyy = B * (A + D + G + I + K + M + R + S + U + W + Y + Z) + 477

Stage 14 - Finale
Look for a typical geocache hiding place.

Table of found letters:
A=  
B=  
C=  
D=  
E=  
F=  
G=  
H=  
I=  
J=  
K=  
L=  
M=  
N=  
O=  
P=  
Q=  
R=  
S=  
T=  
U=  
V=  
W=  
X=  
Y=  
Z=  


Coordinates-table for the stages:
Station
Nordkoordinate
Ostkoordinate
St. 1
N49° 27,828
E010° 56,776
St. 2
N49° 27,xxx = N49° 27, __ __ __
E010° 56,yyy = E010° 56, __ __ __
St. 3
N49° 27,xxx = N49° 27, __ __ __  E010° 56,yyy = E010° 56, __ __ __
St. 4
N49° 28,xxx  = N49° 28, __ __ __ E010° 56,yyy = E010° 56, __ __ __
St. 5
N49° 28,xxx  = N49° 28, __ __ __ E010° 55,yyy = E010° 55, __ __ __
St. 6
N49° 28,xxx  = N49° 28, __ __ __ E010° 55,yyy = E010° 55, __ __ __
St. 7
N49° 28,xxx  = N49° 28, __ __ __ E010° 55,yyy = E010° 55, __ __ __
St. 8
N49° 28,ARO  = N49° 28, __ __ __ E010° 55,NKQ = E010° 55, __ __ __
St. 9
N49° 2__ , __ __ __  
E010° 5 __ , __ __ __
St.10
N49° 27,TSI  = N49° 27, __ __ __ E010° 55,NSD = E010° 55, __ __ __
St.11
N49° 2__ , __ __ __  
E010° 5 __ , __ __ __
St.12
N49° 27,VSI  = N49° 27, __ __ __ E010° 56,BTL = E010° 56, __ __ __
St.13
N49° 27,xxx  = N49° 27, __ __ __ E010° 56,yyy = E010° 56, __ __ __
St.14
N49° 27,xxx  = N49° 27, __ __ __ E010° 56,yyy = E010° 56, __ __ __

Additional hint   Decrypt

Fg.2: Abegujrfgrea pbeare, bhgfvqr.
Fg.4: Qba'g pbhag gur sebag jvaqbjf bayl.
Fg.6: Haqre jbbqra oevqtr.
Fg.7: Guvax nytroenvp jura pnyphyngvat C.
Fg.8: Haqrearngu gur orapu va gur pragre
Fg.10: Frr fcbvyre cvpgher.
Svanyr: Cynhfvovyvgl purpx: nqq nyy qvtvgf bs gur zvahgrf cneg bs gur svany'f abegu pbbeqvangr naq lbh fubhyq trg 27. Qb gur fnzr jvgu gur rnfg pbbeqvangr naq lbhe erfhyg fubhyq or 34.

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

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Spoiler Stage 10
Spoiler Stage 10

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This geocache is probably placed within the following protected areas (Info): FFH-Gebiet Fürther und Zirndorfer Stadtwald (Info), Landschaftsschutzgebiet Stadtwald (Info)

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Log entries for Das Wildschweinalphabet    Found 27x Not found 2x Note 3x

Found 24 May 2010 mamuh found the geocache

EEENDLICH auch diesen "Langläufer" erledigt.
Ende letztes Jahres angefangen, alles Stages gefunden - schwupps, war das Final wegen Baumfällarbeiten weg.
Jetzt neu gesucht und durch einen Fehler bei einem Buchstaben im OFF gelandet. Vom Owner auf den Fehler hingewiesen, war es nun doch ganz leicht zu finden...
Abwechslungsreicher, handwerklich sehr gut ausgeführter Sonntags-Nachmittags-Familien-Ausflugs-Cache in wunderschöner Umgebung.
NOTRADE - TFTC!!!

Note 25 April 2010 goldensurfer wrote a note

Habe heute einen neuen Behälter an neuer Position versteckt. Bitte beachtet die geänderte Berechnung des Finals. Die gesammelten Variablen bleiben gleich.

 

Found 04 October 2009 Clumsy Cachers found the geocache

ENDLICH!

Nach zwei Fehlversuchen (letztes Jahr wollte uns unser Straßen-Navi an Station 2 partout zu den Heilstättenhochhäusern schicken; dann notierten wir uns diese Woche eine Zahl falsch) und einem Hint des netten Owners durften wir heute erfolgreich den Final heben.

TFTC

No Trade

Found 23 August 2009 Becks found the geocache

 

Unser Familienausflug führte uns heute , mit den Fahrrädern durch den Fürther-Stadtwald zu den Wildschweinalphabet.

Alle Stationen haben wir gut gefunden, allerdings hatten wir hin und wieder einen kleinen Zahlendreher. Dadurch mussten wir eine kleine Ehrenrunde hinnehmen. Die kleinen Wildschweine waren allerdings das große Highlight von der heutigen Tour.

Found 27 July 2009 tafel found the geocache

echt sehr schöne runde

mach weiter so!!!