Dewey Know Our Local Cache Owner, Mimring? Mystery Cache
Dewey Know Our Local Cache Owner, Mimring?
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THE CACHE IS NOT LOCATED AT THE ABOVE COORDINATES.
I thought that it would be fun to combine the indoors of the library with the outdoors of geocaching. Welcome to my world!
The Dewey Decimal Classification System (DDC) was invented by Melvil Dewey. The DDC categorizes nonfiction books by subject matter into ten main divisions which are then further divided into ten subdivisions. The longer the Dewey number, the more specific the subject matter of the book. The DDC is the most widely used classification system in the world--found in libraries in over 100 countries and translated into over 30 languages.
This is the second in a series of ten Dewey puzzles created to honor the cache owners of the Monterey Bay Area. Do we know these people personally? Probably not. However, we have come to know them by their hides--the type, the container, the placement, the difficulty, etc. For example, most cachers would agree that I have a fondness for rotting logs!
Geocaching is a give-and-take activity and we all depend on the time, energy, and creativity of cache owners to keep our sport alive. If you have not yet hidden a cache, please consider doing so. To those of you who have, thank you!
Mimring is probably the only local cache owner who can claim hides on three continents--North America, Europe, and Africa. His caches are varied: urban, rural, and hike-to, at sea level and at heights far above ground, a night hide, puzzles, creative containers, and tricky mechanics. Quite simply, he is a cache owner in the spirit of a Renaissance Man.
In order to solve this puzzle, you do not need to know Mimring. By simply using his hide titles, determine the correct coordinates for the cache by classifying each subject in the DDC.
Half-Life Series: Ununtrium
To locate nonfiction books on chemistry, go to 5A0
Coastal Redwood
To locate nonfiction books on trees, go to 582.B6
The Paine Dilemma
To locate nonfiction books on the history of the United States, go to C73
My Father's Farthing
To locate nonfiction books on coins, go to 7D7.4
Lucky Eights
To locate nonfiction books on games of chance, go to E95
Drought Resistant
To locate nonfiction books on gardening, go to 63F
Dewey Know Marina?
To locate nonfiction books on libraries, go to 0G5.5
The cache is accessible from the sidewalk at the following coordinates:
N 36 AB.CCD /// N Checksum =35
W 121 AE.FAG /// W Checksum =26
The cache is a tiny magnetic cylinder with a log. Please bring your own pen.
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Additional Hints
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