GC11R0C Unknown Cache Nights of Pythagoras -or- Death by Triangulation
Type: Mystery | Size: Regular Regular | Difficulty: 2 out of 5 | Terrain: 1.5 out of 5
By: milesmac @ | Hide Date: 28/03/2007 | Status: Available
Country: Canada | State: Manitoba
Coordinates: N49° 57.561 W97° 15.283 | Last updated: 10/06/2026 | Fav points: 0
Dogs  Available at all times  Available during winter  Not Wheelchair accessible  Picnic tables nearby  Not Stroller accessible 
*** Cache is not at the posted coordinates ***

Are you smarter than a grade 8 student?

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Drag out that old geometry textbook
and your knowledge of coordinate systems
to locate this puzzle cache!

A straight line from the posted coordinates
to 49°57'22.06"N 97°15'33.73"W
forms the hypotenuse of a triangle
whose right angle points south east.

Complete the triangle and reflect it along its North-South axis.

The Easternmost vertex of the reflected triangle
is where you will find the cache.

Cache is a cammo taped medium sized Lock-and-Lock container. It contains an attractive and stylish FTF certificate, a hand-crafted logbook with a vintage Pokemon pencil, and some trading items, including:

  • Deck of cards
  • Emergency blanket
  • Compass carbineer
  • CBC Winnipeg Comedy Festival Button
  • Red Christmas Ornament
  • 5 in 1 Survival Tool


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S211R0C - Nights of Pythagoras -or- Death by Triangulation
N 49° 57.368 W 097° 15.562
A line from the posted coordinates to this second vertice forms the hypotenuse.
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The hypotenuse runs exactly SW to NE, therefore the other two sides run exactly N/S and E/W. This makes it easy to solve purely mathematically. Well... reasonably easy!

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1 Logs: Found it 1  

Found it 04/04/2007 By Kabutroid
Calculatzored! Yeah... a cache that the name "Death by Triangulation" was just WAY too cool a name to pass up for any length of time. Hence... I calc'd.

Well... going by a rather light definition of calculation. Don't know why Ertyu needed to resort to SOH CAH TOA, unless he just said that because it sounds cool... or if it would have made it easier... then I likely did it the hard way. But... all I used was subtraction. And MSPaint. And some knowledge of geometry.

Ahahaha! That grade 8 student mentioned in the description got PWNED! That's right nonexistant 8th grader, I kicked the CRAP outta you!

...But anyway... yes. Parked the car and headed over. Actually walked most-way directly to the cache, but then thought I was going the wrong way, doubled back, took another route, and ended up having to resort to bushwhacking a direct line to the cache. My method of 'duck under all the branches' only works so well, especially when the ground is snowy/slushy, and I'm trying to keep my pants dry ToungeOut. Anyhoo... found the cache at the coordinates I calculated out to.

Although, mental note. This weekend, I've REALLY got to pick up some swag to trade with. I wouldn't have minded some of the stuff in this cache ToungeOut.

Anyhoo... thanks for the awesome puzzle (ehehehe... geometry... one of the maths I was actually good at), and an awesome forest-cache BigSmile. Gotta love forest caches.

Took: Nothing
Left: Logbook entry and chainmail ball