GC668VK - Squishy Glass
By: Smashing Ground
1. Here is the puzzle.
Geocache Description:
SQUISHY GLASS
The glass–liquid transition or glass transition for short is the reversible transition in amorphous materials from a hard and relatively brittle state into a molten or rubber-like state. An amorphous solid that exhibits a glass transition is called a glass. Supercooling a viscous liquid into the glass state is called vitrification, from the Latin vitreum, "glass" via French vitrifier.
Additional Hints
Puzzle~Whats the present participle of squishy?
~Its in the cache name.
Geochecker~Solve for the key word and put it in the geochecker for final location.
~Its in the cache name.
Geochecker~Solve for the key word and put it in the geochecker for final location.
2. Search Google for the Keyword.
Identify the present participle of "Squishy" Glass, then do a search using the two-word term with Google (Yahoo will not have the correct site listed).
The correct term is:
Squishing GlassSearch this term with Google. Here is a link.
3. Decode the Puzzle.
Searching Google (not Yahoo) will take you to the following site:
Penland - Glass SquishingCompare some of the pictures on the site with pictures in the puzzle. Enter a few vowels in the text box, then 'Squish' and 'Unsquish' them, so you can see how they change. Within a short time, you should be able to make a very good guess at which letters are in the puzzle.
When you have identified all of the squished/unsquished letters, you are ready to finish solving the puzzle. These letters are the Keyword.
4. Find the Solved Coordinates.
Use Certitude to find the Solved Coordinates.
Certitude - Squishy GlassSolved Coordinates:
N 43 03.869, W 089 28.521
Here's what I know so far - the puzzle gets you to a WORD, not a number. The word, when entered into the certitude checker, gives you coordinates. The present participle of squishy is 'squishing". I cannot see how that information is helpful...
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