Rock Bridge LbNA #13274 (ARCHIVED)
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Add Location| Owner: | Adoptable |
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| Plant date: | Jan 22, 2005 |
| Location: | |
| City: | Columbia |
| County: | Boone |
| State: | Missouri |
| Boxes: | 1 |
| Planted by: | Lnd-Crzr  |
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| Found by: | C2B2 |
| Last found: | Feb 12, 2005 |
| Status: | FFaaaa |
| Last edited: | Jan 22, 2005 |
Sorry folks. This one has gone missing. I was in a bit of a risky spot, but I felt strongly that as long as people practiced Proper Re-Hideation, it would survive.
Still missing as of Dec 5 2005.
To all those who stamped in before it took flight, looks like you've got a limited edition Rock Bridge LB! Ha!
My son loves taking an active role in searching for the clues. If you are LBing with youngsters or would simply like a more user-friendly version, simply contact me a few days in advance and I’ll e-mail you a modified clue. I hope by doing this I can provide fun and challenge for all age groups.
Please be discreet in your LBing and prudent in your re-hiding as Rock Bridge receives about 250,000 visitors a year.
A pace equals 2 full steps. So say you step with your right foot, when your left foot lands, that’s one pace. Right steps, left steps and lands, that’s another pace.
Rock Bridge memorial Sate Park is located just South of Columbia Missouri and is a fascinating place. It is home to nearly 15 miles of trail, Missouri’s best known cave, Devil’e Ice Box and more Karst features than you can shake a stick at. It really deserves the better part of a day for exploration. For specific travel information, go here:
http://www.mostateparks.com/rockbridge/map.htm
As this was lengthy to write, let’s refer to this as the ‘MO Rock Bridge Code’, for lack of a better term. That way if I or someone else decides to use it, they can simply refer back here.
A word of caution; if you are new to encryptions/cryptograms, you must enjoy having your mind boggled to enjoy this LB hunt. Make sure you have a pencil or two and a good sized piece of paper in your LBing toolbox for this one. Once you ‘get it’ I guarantee you’ll have a smile on your face and a big ‘ah-ha’ on your lips.
From the Devil’s Ice box TH cross the bridge and follow the trail to the left. Soon you’ll be walking on a boardwalk that will lead you to the rock bridge the park is named after. In front of the rock bridge you’ll find an informative plaque. Read this carefully as the key to the encryption lies within. Have fun. This is a good work-out for the brain.
The key to the encryption lies in the caption of the photograph of the old works under Rock Bridge. To break the encryption, draw out the complete alphabet as started below. Using the caption from the photograph, place the first letter under the letter ‘A’. Now skip one letter in the alphabet and place the second letter from the caption under the letter ‘C’. Continue this sequence until you’ve run out of room in your alphabet. Any left-over letters from the caption are dropped. Any duplicate letters from the caption are tossed out after they’ve been used once. That is don’t use any letters from the caption twice. As a little help, any letter that is skipped will remain the same and appears lower-cased in the encryption. Remember, this is good for the brain.
A B C D … (Alphabet)
= = = = … (Equals)
W b A d … (Sequence of letters from caption, then a skip…)
Using the plaque as your starting point and the de-coding tool you’ve just made, break the following encryption:
ES Dp NtWRrN bThRnd BSD. ASDnt tCTntB-TREht rWRl pSNtN Sn BSDr lTft. lb bThRnd bWNT Sf tCTntB-TREht.
* Remember, only use the lower line of the decoding tool.
Clear as mud? Extra hint; If you’ve got the code-breaking tool correct, A=W, B=b, C=A, D=d and so on and so forth.
Still murky? I find that when breaking encryptions it is best to go one word at a time, beginning with any letters you already know, in this case the lower-cased letters.
I’d love to hear any comments from anyone who attempts this one. Please drop me a line.
PSA: No LB should suffer from improper re-hidation! Re-hide with care.
Enjoy!
*Second Annual Mid-MO LB Gathering is fast approaching on May 6th. for more information contact me or take a peek at two articles on C2B2's blog.
http://midmoletterboxing.blogspot.com/
Still missing as of Dec 5 2005.
To all those who stamped in before it took flight, looks like you've got a limited edition Rock Bridge LB! Ha!
My son loves taking an active role in searching for the clues. If you are LBing with youngsters or would simply like a more user-friendly version, simply contact me a few days in advance and I’ll e-mail you a modified clue. I hope by doing this I can provide fun and challenge for all age groups.
Please be discreet in your LBing and prudent in your re-hiding as Rock Bridge receives about 250,000 visitors a year.
A pace equals 2 full steps. So say you step with your right foot, when your left foot lands, that’s one pace. Right steps, left steps and lands, that’s another pace.
Rock Bridge memorial Sate Park is located just South of Columbia Missouri and is a fascinating place. It is home to nearly 15 miles of trail, Missouri’s best known cave, Devil’e Ice Box and more Karst features than you can shake a stick at. It really deserves the better part of a day for exploration. For specific travel information, go here:
http://www.mostateparks.com/rockbridge/map.htm
As this was lengthy to write, let’s refer to this as the ‘MO Rock Bridge Code’, for lack of a better term. That way if I or someone else decides to use it, they can simply refer back here.
A word of caution; if you are new to encryptions/cryptograms, you must enjoy having your mind boggled to enjoy this LB hunt. Make sure you have a pencil or two and a good sized piece of paper in your LBing toolbox for this one. Once you ‘get it’ I guarantee you’ll have a smile on your face and a big ‘ah-ha’ on your lips.
From the Devil’s Ice box TH cross the bridge and follow the trail to the left. Soon you’ll be walking on a boardwalk that will lead you to the rock bridge the park is named after. In front of the rock bridge you’ll find an informative plaque. Read this carefully as the key to the encryption lies within. Have fun. This is a good work-out for the brain.
The key to the encryption lies in the caption of the photograph of the old works under Rock Bridge. To break the encryption, draw out the complete alphabet as started below. Using the caption from the photograph, place the first letter under the letter ‘A’. Now skip one letter in the alphabet and place the second letter from the caption under the letter ‘C’. Continue this sequence until you’ve run out of room in your alphabet. Any left-over letters from the caption are dropped. Any duplicate letters from the caption are tossed out after they’ve been used once. That is don’t use any letters from the caption twice. As a little help, any letter that is skipped will remain the same and appears lower-cased in the encryption. Remember, this is good for the brain.
A B C D … (Alphabet)
= = = = … (Equals)
W b A d … (Sequence of letters from caption, then a skip…)
Using the plaque as your starting point and the de-coding tool you’ve just made, break the following encryption:
ES Dp NtWRrN bThRnd BSD. ASDnt tCTntB-TREht rWRl pSNtN Sn BSDr lTft. lb bThRnd bWNT Sf tCTntB-TREht.
* Remember, only use the lower line of the decoding tool.
Clear as mud? Extra hint; If you’ve got the code-breaking tool correct, A=W, B=b, C=A, D=d and so on and so forth.
Still murky? I find that when breaking encryptions it is best to go one word at a time, beginning with any letters you already know, in this case the lower-cased letters.
I’d love to hear any comments from anyone who attempts this one. Please drop me a line.
PSA: No LB should suffer from improper re-hidation! Re-hide with care.
Enjoy!
*Second Annual Mid-MO LB Gathering is fast approaching on May 6th. for more information contact me or take a peek at two articles on C2B2's blog.
http://midmoletterboxing.blogspot.com/