Vouno Traditional Geocache
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This is a fascinating feature which very few people have ever seen. Only the goatherd goes up there so the path is well used but very overgrown in places. The route is not marked on any map only in a guide book. Fantastic views. The area of the cache is very overgrown.
Below the peak of Vouno is an enormous geological feature know as ‘the big hole’. This hole is almost perfectly cylindrical and an estimated 20 metres across and 150 metres deep. It is connected at the bottom by tunnels going off to other caves in the area. Around the corner there is one of these caves and there are a considerable amount of crystal deposits in the area.
There is evidence that in this area was an important Early Cycladic settlement with the holes being used for sacrificial rituals. In more modern times locals used to collect wild honey from the sides by lowering a man into the hole on a platform secured with ropes. Geologically these holes have formed over millions of years by water dissolving the soft rock, which was encased in the hard outer rock. Salts in the rainwater crystallising in layers formed the crystal deposits nearby.
The cache is in a plastic drink container with a yellow top. It just contains a log and a geocaching declaration in Greek and in English. Please take a pen with you.
IMPORTANT NOTE: The cache is nowhere near the edge of the big hole. It is in a very safe location to reach
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
Guvf pbhyq or n jnl qbja gb gur ovt ubyr