GC3XVBK MEGA SA 2012 – Racheltjie De Beer (Traditional Cache) in Gauteng, South Africa created by B and C Inc

This cache has been archived.

ROTSIP: No response from the owner.
This cache appears to be gone. As there has been no cache to find for months, and it seems unlikely that it will be replaced soon, I'm archiving it to keep it from continually showing up in search lists, and to prevent it from blocking other cache placements.
If you wish to repair/replace the cache sometime in the future, just contact us (by email, quoting the GC number), and assuming it meets the guidelines, we'll be happy to unarchive it.
Thanks for the past fun.

GC3XVBK ▼

A cache by B and C Inc Message this owner

Hidden : 9/30/2012

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Size: Size: micro (micro)

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MEGA South Africa 2012 – This cache has been placed for the duration of South Africa’s first Mega Event. This cache will remain after the Mega to be enjoyed by all geocachers. This cache has been placed with the kind permission of Voortrekker Monument Heritage Site. Please take care of the surrounding environment – this is a Nature Reserve.

The fable goes that in the winter months of 1843 Rachel was part of a trek from the Orange Free State to the south-eastern Transvaal. During one of their nightly stopovers, the members of the trek realised that a calf called Frikkie, much-beloved by their children, was missing. A search party was formed, in which Rachel and her six-year old brother also took part. However, during the gathering dusk Rachel and her brother got separated from the search party and became lost. As the night progressed it got very cold and started snowing. Realizing that their chances of survival were slim, Rachel found an anthill hollowed out by an aardvark, took off her clothes, put them on her brother and commanded him to get into the hollowed-out anthill. She then lay in front of the opening of the anthill in order to keep out the cold. The children were found the next morning by the trekking party. Rachel was dead, but her brother had survived. It is possible that neither of the children existed, however. The history of the period is not well documented. To date no undisputed proof has been presented to substantiate any claims regarding Racheltjie de Beer. Fiction or not, Rachel de Beer is entrenched in the Afrikaner culture, which is evident by the number of streets and schools named after her.