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Mesa Mota (Monument to '77 Air Disaster)- Tenerife Traditional Geocache

Hidden : 6/22/2007
Difficulty:
2.5 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size:   regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:

This Cache area is called "  The Stairway to Heaven"    (en español... ""  Escalera al Cielo" " ) in memory of the Accident on 27th March 1977 where two aircraft crashed into each other at the Los Rodeos Airport with the Loss of 583 lives!!!

Foto Courtesy of :- Asociación Tenerife Monument

For Visitors to gain a better understanding of what happened that day and the way it affected the local people (my girlfriend was working at the airport), one can visit the youtube website and search for "tenerife air crash" It would make the visit more significant.   (thankyou team mavos)

The inaugaration of this site was 30 years after the incident where the largest loss of life in the history of aviation took place. The Dutch artist, Rudi van de Wint, who designed the over 18 metres tall monument, (a spiral staircase or Wenteltrap in Dutch) sadly died shortly after completing it. To search for this cache is an ideal time to reflect on the frailty of the human form and our reliance on Technology!

To get there by car. you will take a road that passes just South and just below the cache which is located at the top of a Bluff (Do not try to climb this Bluff, it is dangerous)

As of May 2010 the Park and Monument area has been opened up to the general public and there is now quite good parking, toilets(of a kind) and running water so you can take the children and make a day of it.  

I have left a small plastic case with a blue lid.

Inside is:- Various trivia, pen, bracelet, log book etc etc GOOD LUCK......

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Svaq n Jbbqra Cbyr jvgu n Ehfgl Pnc Jvgu gur Ab 77 ba vg.

Decryption Key

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

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)