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From Primeval-man to Industrial Age Traditional Geocache

Hidden : 11/14/2001
Difficulty:
3 out of 5
Terrain:
4 out of 5

Size: Size:   regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:

The cache is hidden in Ostrava on "Landek" hill above the junction of Ostravice and Odra rivers.

The cache is hidden in Ostrava on "Landek" hill above the junction of Ostravice and Odra rivers. On Landek you can find place where lived primeval-man, the mammoth hunter, who was the first man on the World using a black coal. In mediaeval age Landek was an important establishment of Slovanien settlement, unfortunately the castle which was situated in this area has been conquered and destroyed in 13. century. Big changes started in this region in 1763 when on Landek was discovered black coal, succeded an elemantal development of industry (especially metallurgy). In these days all is gone. Industrial is in deep restructuralization and mining of coal suggest only Minig Museum, which is situated on Landek too. Seek it!

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Vs lbh fgnl ol gur fznyy bhgybbx gbjre, ybbx ng gur Bfgenin pvgl. Gura ghea gb gur evtug naq tb ol sbbgcngu sbe 150 z. Ghea yrsg gb gur fznyy evqtr. Nsgre 30 - 40 z gurer vf evqtr vagreehcgrq ol 2 genafirefny thyyl'f jvgu fznyy fgrrc uvyy orgjrra gurz. Tb gb gur frpbaq thyyl, ghea yrsg, tb qbja naq ntnva ghea yrsg. Abj lbh jvyy frr ebpxf ba lbhe yrsg fvqr (vg ybbxf yvxr lbh ner ergheavat onpx, ohg zhpu zber qrrcre). Nsgre 30 z frrx sbe pnpur va ebpx va fznyy pnivgl. Tbbq yhpx!

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)