THE NAPOLEON'S FALL (KNGIN1)
A
cache
by illegalkru
Hidden
:
4/22/2007
Difficulty:
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Size: 
(Micro)
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The Napoleon’s fall cache is the first out of (what will
hopefully once be) a KNGIN series. KNGIN stands for a known
Slovenian proverb »Kdor nima v glavi, ima v nogah!«. This proverb
refers to people’s forgetfulness and could literally be
translated into “If one does not have it in his head, he has
it in his legs”. You would say this to someone if, for
example, they go to buy a frame for their painting, but don’t
know how big the painting is. When they are already in the store,
they realize that they don’t know how big frame they need to
buy, so they have to return home, to measure the painting. The
caches in this series will play with you a little bit and help you
keep that proverb in mind. Why and how? You will find that out soon
enough… ;) Kobarid is a small town, but it has a lot of
interesting historical, as well as natural sights around it. To see
at least a small fragment of it, you can park your car somewhere
around this coordinates N 46° 14.936, E 013° 35.198. Then walk down
to the bridge. The bridge you see is called the Napoleon bridge,
since the Napolen’s troops marched over it towards the
mountain passage Predel. The original bridge, however, was blown up
in the WW1 by the Austrian soldiers in hope to prevent the Italian
soldiers to follow them. The Italians then had to rebuild the
bridge, and later in WW2 this bridge was again a big battle
scene.
STAGE 1: Take a closer look at that bridge and things around it. On
the same side of the bridge where you parked your car you will find
some stone face(s) watching you. Look around and count how many are
there. The number of the faces represents E in the formula. Under
the stone face(s) there are some numbers. Take the number which
represents the year and split it into separate numbers. The first
number represents A, the second B, the third C and the fourth D.
Then, walk across the bridge and take a good look at a sign there
which shows the Kobarid history walk. Find the Napoleon's road
– “Napoleonova cesta” on the map, and take a
short walk on this road to the coordinates, that you will get with
the help of this formula: X=C+A N: 46° 1X.D7A E: 13° 3X.E0E On this
coordinates, look for a micro cache with further
instructions…
The final cache that you will find after completing the last stage
is a regular plastic box, which originally contained: - Snoopy,
candle lantern, Pink Panther stamp, spider pencil sharpener, small
bottle opener, mikro book, Tank-tug travel bug - Pen, pencil,
logbook, stash note(please, do not remove)
PLEASE NOTE: THE BOX WAS REPLACED WITH A MICRO AND IT IS !!!NOT!!!
MAGNETIC! :D
Lately, the place seems to be gaining popularity, so a sunny Sunday
afternoon might not be the best time to look for this cache…
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
uvag sbe svany fgntr: lbh unir jnyxrq bire vg.
