How do you decrypt?

[Guest Mahlon]

I'm new to this, and kind find a FAQ or note on decrypting for further directions to the cache. How do you decrypt? Thanks.

[Guest cache_ninja]

no worries if you want hints just click "decrypt" on the individual cache pages if its there. some pages do not have encrypted hints. some people looking for caches prefer not to look at the hints, or not to look at them until they have tried finding it w/out them.

c/n

 

[This message has been edited by cache_ninja (edited 02-05-2001).]

[Guest cache_ninja]

no worries if you want hints just click "decrypt" on the individual cache pages if its there. some pages do not have encrypted hints. some people looking for caches prefer not to look at the hints, or not to look at them until they have tried finding it w/out them.

c/n

 

[This message has been edited by cache_ninja (edited 02-05-2001).]

[Guest Bob Pebly]

The coding used is called ROT13 (rotate 13). The easy way to decode it is to simply follow the link provided. If you prefer to not peek until you are stuck in the field, just print the main page with the encoded clues and then if you get stuck, decode it as follows. ROT13 uses the alphabet rotated by 13 characters, so A=N, B=O, C=P, ..., L=Y, M=Z - simply substitute the letter that is 13 away in the alphabet.

[Guest jeremy]

Heh. Perhaps a Geocaching decoder ring is in order.

[Guest jeremy]

Heh. Perhaps a Geocaching decoder ring is in order.