Geocache
A
cache
by Pierre Cao, adopt by Speerpunt
Hidden:
7/7/2000
Size:
 (Regular)
Difficulty: 
Terrain:
(1 is easiest, 5 is hardest)
Related Web Page
|
Please note: To use the services of geocaching.com, you must
agree to the terms and conditions in our
disclaimer.
|
The Haut-Fays Geocache - GPS Stash Hunt This is the second
GPS
Stash Hunt to be set in Belgium. It was set on the 6th of
July,
2000 near Haut-Fays [map]. The idea of this one came from the
Degree Confluence Project although it is not an "official"
point
for this project. Why? Because for latitudes above 49 degree
they
drop every third point :-( This one is in south of Belgium, not
far
from France, in the Haute Lesse area. That is a very attractive
and
touristic area in the belgian Luxembourg province, though the
stash
is actually in the Namur province. There are many other things
to
visit and enjoy after you will have found the stash. You will
be
just some kilometers west of the European Space Agency ground
station in Redu. This site is operated by Ciset and controls
more
than 80 geostationary satellites (no, not the Navstar
satellites
that your GPS uses!) A more recreational site about space is
the
Euro Space Camp. The small village of Redu is also known for
being
a "book town". There are more than 20 bookshops that you can
visit
in a friendly and relaxing environment. The geocache is located
in
the woods at about 10 meter from a paved road (N835). A
1/200.000
Michelin road map (sheet 214) should be enough if you want to go
by
car or road cycling. We chose to leave our car at the Redu's
ESA
station and go with a mountain bike. To get to the stash it was
a
17km westward ride, mainly in the woods and trough the village
of
Gembes. We came back mainly by paved roads and trough the
village
of Daverdisse for a total of 39km round trip [map]. The topomap
was
absolutely necessary. The IGN 1/25000 sheet 64/1-2 (Haut-Fays
-
Redu) covers this area. Be aware that the coordinates on that
map
are not WGS84. More details on that on the IGN web site: in
French
or in Dutch. The stash is a ammo box. It is burried between
the
roots of a large stump (on the side facing north). The ammo box
is
coverd with some leaves and small branches but remains evident
for
the one who searches for it. It is marked in big blue letters
"Geocache - GPS Stash Hunt" and the coordinates. We took some
pictures and they will be published here (it may take some
time,
though...). The initial contents: a log book and a pencil of
course, plus some roller pens, orange juice, green-and-white
"antistress" ball,... No batteries in this one but genuine
belgian
chocolate (56% cocoa, 0% other vegetable fat). As the rule
says:
take something, leave something, write in the log book.. And
now
for the coordinates: after a 15 minute averaging, the Garmin
GPS
III Pilot confirmed the cache is at: N50°00.000' -
E005°00.000'
(WGS84) That position was determined with 9 sats, DOP 1.2 and EPE
5
meters. The averaging showed first E004°59.997' and Estimated
Precision 4.6m. This geocache was visited for the first time
on
July 16, 2000.
Additional Hints (
No hints available
)
(Decrypted Hints)
Find...
|
 Navigation
33 user(s) watching this cache.
 Attributes
 Inventory
 Bookmark Lists
|
|
Logged Visits (
308 total. Visit the Gallery (78 images)
)
Warning.
Spoilers may be included in the descriptions or links.
Cache find counts are based on the last time the page generated.
There are more logs. View them all on one page
Current time: 11/21/2009 11:29:53 AM
Last Updated: 11/18/2009 8:31:25 PM
Rendered: From Database
Coordinates are in the WGS84 datum
|
