I made this
cache because I love
this landscape, the novel from Jules Verne and the
film:
The Light at the
Edge of the World (1971)
The Light at the Edge of the World is a 1971 suspense thriller
movie, adapted from Jules Verne's classic 1905 adventure novel Le
Phare du bout du monde. The plot involves piracy in the South
Atlantic during the mid 19th century, with a theme of survival in
extreme circumstances, and events centering on an isolated
lighthouse.
1865. Will Denton (Kirk Douglas) tends a light-house at the tip of
Tierra del Fuego, contented to be away from the problems of
civilization, and quickly adjusting to his new supervisor, Captain
Moriz (Fernando Rey). But a shipload of utterly evil pirates show
up, murder everyone they can find, and extinguish the light.
They're wreckers, brigands who mislead ships into the rocks to loot
the cargo and prey upon the victims. Their leader Captain Jonathan
Kongre (Yul Brynner) is a diabolical fiend. Will hides out in the
rocks but cannot keep himself from striking back: he saves innocent
survivor Montefiore (Renato Salvatori) from the pirates' massacre,
and together they wage a game of cat and mouse against Kongre and
his cutthroats. Kongre breaks his own rule by keeping one captive
alive - a beautiful Englishwoman named Arabella (Samantha Eggar).
When Denton realizes she's there, the rules of the game change
radically.
Some recomandations: Trekking shoes,
hat, sun oil, and drinking water would be
usefull.
There's a very good restaurant at the
top!
The cache is not planted on the filmsite
itself but you will have a nice view at the new lighthouse. I have
been several times at the original film area with the old
lighthouse and the house to take the coords but I lost
them. Aproximatively here at N42° 19.284' E3° 19.122' you
still could see only some old remains because the buildings had to
be destroyed once the film finished.
REVIEWER NOTE ON GEOCACHE MAINTENANCE: The cache will be maintained
by Chantal, a GeoFox-lu's friend who is living nearby.
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