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PPJ #14 Overfloden, river of Oslo Traditional Cache

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Hidden : 8/29/2003
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

A Camo tube.

Along the river Sørkedalselva, made famous by the TV comedy ''Brødrene Dal og Professor Drøvels Hemmelighet'' (1979), where this river was called 'Overfloden' and many fine scenes where shot.
See this scene from the comedy.

Parking conveniant at N59 59.068 E10 37.210

Theme: Waterways of Oslo - creeks and rivers /
Tema: Oslos vannveier - bekker og elver

These geocaches are placed along the waterways of Oslo (from west to east and downstream): /
Disse geocacher er plassert ved Oslos vannveier (rekkefølge fra vest til øst og nedstrøms):
~ Heggelielva: PPJ #15 Heggelielva, Gryta
~ Tverrelva: PPJ #27 Midtre Lysedammen
~ Sørkedalselva: gekoh #05: Surka and PPJ #14 Overfloden, river of Oslo
~ Lysakerelva: PPJ #18 Peter's Crossing, Lysakerelva Spilleboksen,
   PPJ #43 Wet Arena, SQUAWK#1 The New Bridge at Fåbro
   and SQUAWK#2 The Mill Falls of Lysaker
~ Mærradalsbekken: PPJ #26 Sneak Creek
~ Styggedalsbekken and Skådalsbekken: PPJ #22 Twin Creeks
~ Hoffselva: PPJ #19 Court Creek Coming
~ Sognsvannsbekken: PPJ #2 Sognsvannsbekken creek,
   HYSSE#19 "Spring Cache" and Xmas #3, many xings
~ Frognerelva: The Park, Beer Corner, NWG # 7 Cold Turkey in Oslo
   and PPJ #42 Frognerelva Exit
~ Akerselva: RN#1 Frysja, gekoh #02: Nydalsbakken , PPJ #64 - Twisted,
   Drama Behind You, Triple Islands, Jerusalem and the bridge that is not, Olsen Special,
   PPJ #23 Borderline North, As Close As You Get, PPJ #44 Aamodt Bru,
   AG#24 - Canvas Fall and Akerselva exit
~ Hovinbekken: HYSSE#9 "GreenTrashCache"
~ Alna: Lillomarka Rundt #3 - Alna, AG#17 - The old bridge of Alna,
   Alnaparken, AG#23 - Cotton Fall and HYSSE#5 "A RiverDance"
~ Haugerudbekken: AG#8 - Soda creek
~ Østensjøbekken: AG#6 - Silent creek
~ Ljanselva: Rotten Bastard

Heggelielva runs into Sørkedalselva at Åmot, 200 meters northeast of the Sørkedalen church.
Sørkedalselva ends in Bogstadvannet lake, from which the river Lysakerelva starts its journey into the Oslo Fjord.


The river passing the cache

There is a path along the left (east) bank of this section of the river, where the cache is placed.
150 m. above sea-level.

See the pictures below!

The path you may wish to follow all the way till the end of the river, where the deposits have made a long tongue into the lake Bogstadvannet.

These Travel Bugs have been visiting (the original box):
1. TB Cache Hopper 31 (August 30, 2003)
2. TB Søtnos (August 31, 2003)
3. TB Doug's Dog Porkchop (August 31, 2003)
4. TB Racing SKWERL (September 16, 2003)
5. TB Eeyore (April 9, 2005)
6. TB Mostly's Moose (April 24, 2005)

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

[English:] Ba n fcehpr, pybfr gb evire bhgre pbeare. [Norsk:] V ra tena, ergg irq ryiraf lger ohr.

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
-------------------------
N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)