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Na outra margem... | Across the River... Traditional Geocache

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Hidden : 8/12/2013
Difficulty:
3 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Na Outra Margem, Entre as Árvores

Esta cache tem o nome inspirado numa obra de Hemingway:

Na Outra Margem, Entre as Árvores é uma das melhores obras de ficção de Ernest Hemingway, onde o famoso escritor recria alguns episódios da segunda guerra mundial, magistralmente narrados por uma personagem muito ao gosto de Hemingway, o coronel Cantwell, velho combatente que passa as últimas vinte e quatro horas da vida na estranha e bela cidade de Veneza. Retrato de um mundo violento e conturbado, obtido através da imagem de um homem, Na outra Margem, entre as Árvores é uma obra-prima do genial autor de O Velho e o Mar, onde Hemingway mais uma vez manifesta as qualidades que o impuseram como um dos maiores escritores do nosso tempo.

Certamente quem esteve na margem do Leça do lado da Fábrica da Cerveja, Centro Empresarial Lionesa, Mosteiro de Leça do Balio e Parque das Varas, já contemplou a Outra Margem, com campos cultivados e uma densa floresta. Esta cache transporta-nos a essa margem, onde um Leça buliçoso corre entre as árvores, cheio de pássaros, onde uma pequena faixa de terreno e bosque insiste em permanecer, apesar da pressão das construções.

Nota 1: De carro, convém deixar o carro no ponto indicado para parque. Não recomendo descer a pequena estrada de carro, até pela dificuldade em inversão de marcha e por atrair olhares. Alguns carros podem ter dificuldade na subida de regresso!

Nota 2: O container é de tamanho pequeno, pelo que não permite troca de pequenos objectos. Levem com que escrever.

Nota 3: É fundamental que deixem a cache no sítio exacto e conforme a encontraram, para manter o nível de dificuldade do desafio.

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Across the River and Into the Trees

This cache has it's name inspired on an Hemingway book:

Across the River and Into the Trees is a novel by American writer Ernest Hemingway, published by Charles Scribner's Sons in September 1950. [...] The first chapter opens on the last day in the life of protagonist, Colonel Richard Cantwell, who is duck hunting in Trieste. Much of the novel is a protracted flashback, with Cantwell thinking about a young Venetian woman, Renata, and about his life as a soldier during the war. In Italy, Hemingway had met a young woman, Adriana Ivancich, with whom he was infatuated and he used as the model for the female character in the novel. A central theme in the novel is death and how one faces death. One biographer and critic sees a parallel between Hemingway's Across the River and Into the Trees and Thomas Mann's Death in Venice. Generally critics agree the novel is built upon successive layers of symbolism. As in his other writing, Hemingway employs the style known as the iceberg theory, in which much of the substance of the work lies below the surface of the plot itself.

Certainly those who were on the bank of Leça side beer factory and Centro Empresarial Lionesa, Leça do Balio Monastery and Parque das Varas, already contemplated the Other Shore, with cultivated fields and dense forest. This cache takes us to this bank, where a bustling Leça river runs between the trees full of birds, where a small strip of land and woodland insists on staying, despite the pressure of the buildings.

Note 1: If on a car, park it on the designated parking place. Not only it will attract some eyes but it's difficult to make an U turn and some cars might not climb it back up!

Note 2: Small size film container, doesn't allow small objects. A writing tool is recommended.

Nota 3: It is essential to leave the cache on the site as exactly as you found it, so to maintain the level of difficulty of the challenge.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Pnzhsynqn rz znqrven, à snpr qb pnzvaub. | Pnzbhsyntrq va jbbq, snpvat gur cngu.

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)