AGTSSP - Stage 8 - Started in Germany
Click here for the cache page. This is a sporting puzzle with difficulty = 3. The part we need is here:
Seven in a row. The cache is at:
N51 1 JV.PW KK CH W000 1 CM.AV JV AK
Take the lower one if in doubt
Hint - none
Seven in a row. The cache is at:
N51 1 JV.PW KK CH W000 1 CM.AV JV AK
Take the lower one if in doubt
Hint - none
Solution
Based on the theme of this series of puzzles - Armstrong - it was fairly obvious which sportsman I was going to choose - remember this was before all the drugs scandal. Seven in a row is an obvious clue to Lance Armstrong's seven Tour de France wins in a row, and is designed to indicate the last one, which was in 2005.
The reason I called the various parts of this series caches "Stages" now becomes clear as the Tour de France consists of stages, and stage 8 of the 2005 Tour de France started in Pforzheim, which is in Germany. The results for this stage can be found here.
The letters in the formula above equate to the initials of the riders and their positions on this stage, e.g. JV = Jens Voigt = 5. Plugging these into the formula above gives N51 15.149 W000 18.352.
The reason I called the various parts of this series caches "Stages" now becomes clear as the Tour de France consists of stages, and stage 8 of the 2005 Tour de France started in Pforzheim, which is in Germany. The results for this stage can be found here.
The letters in the formula above equate to the initials of the riders and their positions on this stage, e.g. JV = Jens Voigt = 5. Plugging these into the formula above gives N51 15.149 W000 18.352.