To the best of my knowledge this is the first geocache placed
where an integer meridian crosses the equator.
Due to the people who live in the area, it is not possible to
actually stash away anything. Thus we also have the first virtual
geocache now.
Approx. 40 m (meters) to the south of the meridian-equator
crossing there is a tree.
The tree with the virtual geocache marking. Photo 2004-11-10 by
Mike (Nightfire)
I carved a short message into its bark on the northern side,
easy to read. Whoever sends me an email to
hans-georg©michna.com (retype, don't copy!) with the text of
the marking will get entered into the virtual logbook for that
stash and published here and on my Web site www.michna.com/gps/ and on anybody
else's Web site who wants it.
A small hint—at first I went there the hard way, by
pointing my jeep towards the point, off about 90° from the
nearby main road, and driving straight towards it. It's only a few
kilometers, but it took me hours of rather difficult driving
including turning back once and crossing a river, where I had to
drive through the water, then up a steep slope such that I was
seriously worried about the jeep falling over backwards.
After finding the place, it turned out that there is at least
one easier way to get there. Getting back to the road took me much
less than an hour. A good map would help. So don't do it the hard
way. The shortest way is not always the fastest.
Warning: The geocache is very difficult or impossible to reach
by car when it has rained. Walking is not recommended either. It is
relatively far and there are obstacles like a small river. If you
want to walk nonetheless, take at least a stick with you. There are
roaming farmers' dogs, not very dangerous, but they can be a
nuisance.
I don't expect this virtual geocache to be found all too often,
if ever.
2004-11-11 – I have to swallow my words—it's been
found 4 times already!
Hans-Georg
p.s. As of 2006-09-27 there are already 8 log entries, but not
all of the people have found the actual cache. Some only drove by
on the road. This is still nice. Finding the cache is a little more
involved.
When you visit the location, please do not add any additional
carvings or make this carving deeper.
