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Lainzer Tiergarten II

A cache by PlanetEarth Hidden: 11/6/2003

Size: Size: Regular (Regular) Difficulty: 3 out of 5 Terrain: (1 is easiest, 5 is hardest)

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N/S ? ??.??? W/E ??? ??.??? In Wien, Austria
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The Cache is located in the 13th district in the southwest of Vienna. It´s in the popular recreation-area "Lainzer Tiergarten" a former hunting ground of the emperor.

This cache is the second one of two caches in this area and the longer/harder one. (See also "Lainzer Tiergarten I".)

Details about the area can be found at:
http://www.wien.gv.at/umwelt/wald/erholung/lainzertiergarten/
(in german).

You can reach the cache area by public transport. Take the U4 till "Hütteldorf". Walk 10 minutes to "Nikolai Tor". Those coming by car, can park close to the entrance.

The trail is most of it`s length a gravel walk. Strollers can be used. Only for the very last meters before the cache you have to leave the way. No special equipment is needed, a map could be useful. Animals and bikes are not allowed. Length: 10 km (minimum), Difference in Height: 400 m.

Opening hours: From mid-february till mid of november everyday at least 9 to 5 (depending on the season. See notice at the door!). In winter the park is closed except a short period from 24th of december till 6th of january (only "Nikolai-Tor" and "Lainzer Tor" are open during this period!). Don´t get locked in!

NB: The above difficulty and terrain rating was done with the program from geocaching.com. To be international comparable I´m using this result. (See the discussion in the forum also.) My personal opinion is a rating of 2.5 stars for difficulty and 2 stars for terrain.

Stage 1: Prelude
N1 = 48° x1´ where x1 = 11.896
E1 = 016° y1´ where y1 = 15.160
There are lots of wild boars in this area. At the given coordinates a farrow introduces itself. Convert the 4-letter name into numbers (A=1, B=2,...Z=26). Add these numbers and call the result A.

Stage 2: An old Building
N2 = 48° x2´ where x2 = x1 - (A - 28) / 1000
E2 = 016° y2´ where y2 = y1 - (A - 31) / 1000
At this stage you will see an old building. In what year was this building documented on paper for the very first time ("erste urkundliche Erwähnung")? The result is B.

Stage 3: The visit of the emperor
N3 = 48° x3´ where x3 = x2 - (B - 338) / 1000
E3 = 016° y3´ where y3 = y2 - (B - 897) / 1000
Find a memorial stone which describes the last visit of a foreign emperor and empress. Take the date in the format dd/mm/yyyy.

Stage 4: The sign
N4 = 48° x4´ where x4 = x3 - (dd * mm + 56) / 1000
E4 = 016° y4´ where y4 = y3 - (yyyy / 2 - 177) / 1000
At the given coordinates you will see a sign. How far is it to "Lainzer Tor". The result in meters is C. (Don´t forget the closing hours...). ;-)

Stage 5: Built of stone
N5 = 48° x5´ where x5 = x4 - (C / 10 + 228) / 1000
E5 = 016° y5´ where y5 = y4 - (C / 5 - 5) / 1000
Look for an object which is built of stone. Count the number of stairs inside that lead you to the top. The number is E.

Stage 6: The Cache
N6 = 48° x6´ where x6 = x4 - (E * 4 - 5) / 1000
E6 = 016° y6´ where y6 = y4 - (E * 5 - 9) / 1000
(Att: Take the minutes of stage 4 as basis). Good luck!

To go back to civilization you can use the same way back to "Nikolai Tor" or you can go to "Lainzer Tor" which is a little bit shorter...

The cache initially contains:

cachenote (please don´t remove)
logbook (please don´t remove)
ballpoint-pen & pencil (please don´t remove)
silicagel (please don´t remove)
hook & dovel from minorca
stone from minorca
resin from the woodquarter
badge "Naturfreunde"
pawns in a game & (unloaded) dice
the green from a suprise-egg

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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)

[Stage 2:] Rknpgyl bar uhaqerq lrnef nsgre ivraan orpnzr n pvgl.
[Stage 5:] Vs abg npprffvoyr R = N + P / 50 - 10.
[Final Stage:] Pybfr gb gur ebnq arne gur erfgf bs na byq gerr fghzc haqre jbbq naq fgbarf.(Decrypted Hints)

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January 8 by PlanetEarth (1976 found)
Closed till the end of of January. Park will be reopenend on January, 30th.

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January 5 by reini66 (1401 found)
Habe diesen cache, den ich schon lange machen wollte, heute versucht.

Ich habe den cache aber nicht gefunden.

Jedoch machte ich folgende Beobachtungen:
1. Stage 4: C mag vl. mal auf einem Wegweiser gestanden sein, nun tut es das nimmer. Die Entfernung auf der Tafel dort führt zu:
2. Stage 5: sicher nicht dort wo sie sein soll, kein Steingebäude, sondern ein mickriger hölzerner "Hoch"stand
3. Stage 6: Die Anzahl Stufen kann man, dort wo stage 5 sein sollte, von Tafel ablesen, korrespondiert aber nicht mit der durch die im Hint angegebene Formel (unter der Voraussetzung das C auf der Tafel passt).

Dann habe ich abgebrochen....

Danke
reini

[This entry was edited by reini66 on Tuesday, January 05, 2010 at 11:20:49 AM.]

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December 27, 2009 by hansi30 (329 found)
Der Wert der Variablen C scheint sich etwas geändert zu haben. Stufenzählen kann durch Lesen einer Infotafel ersetzt werden. Das steinerne Objekt ist derzeit leider versperrt. Versteck war dank genauer Koordinaten rasch entdeckt.
TFTC hansi30

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December 25, 2009 by viennacache (381 found)
Dieser Cache stand schon lange auf der Wunschliste, heute war es endlich so weit. Die Kinder waren mit ihren Geschenken beschäftigt, und so bot sich diese lange Runde ideal an, um die Feiertags-Kalorien ein bisschen abzubauen.
Bei Stage 4 hat wohl irgendetwas nicht gestimmt, denn mit den errechneten Koordinaten ergab sich nur die ungefähre Nähe von Stage 5. Auch die Ersatzformel für E brachte ein anderes Ergebnis als das Original am steinernen Objekt. Zuguterletzt war es dann aber doch ein rascher Fund. Der Cache ist in gutem Zustand.
Vielen Dank und frohe Weihnachten!

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December 24, 2009 by PlanetEarth (1976 found)
Öffnungszeiten 24. bis 31. Dezember 2009: von 9 bis 17 Uhr (Geöffnet ist der gesamte Lainzer Tiergarten. Zutritt nur beim Lainzer Tor, Nikolaitor und beim Sankt Veiter Tor)

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Current Time: 2/10/2010 12:42:55 AM (GMT-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada) (8:42 AM GMT)
Last Updated: 1/8/2010 4:08:09 AM (GMT-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada) (12:08 PM GMT)
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Coordinates are in the WGS84 datum

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