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Froide terre mais belle vue

A cache by geobobolink
Hidden: 8/9/2007
In Lorraine, France
Difficulty:
Terrain:
2 out of 5 2 out of 5

Size: Size: regular (regular)

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Simple multicache près d'un fort. Simple multicache by a fort.

Le fort de Froideterre, construit entre 1887 et 1902, faisait partie de la ceinture de forts defendant Verdun. Le 23 juin 1916, lors de l'extrême avance de l'armée allemande, les troupes bavaroises atteignirent le sommet du fort avant d'etre repoussés le meme jour par une contre-offensive française.

Cette cache vous entraine sur le fort de Froideterre à la table d'orientation d'où vous dominez une partie du champ de bataille. De la vous obtiendrez les coordonées de la cache finale qui se trouve en lisière de forêt le long d'un chemin.

Pour trouver les coordonnées finales, il vous faudra lire les distances sur la table d'orientation:

  • Fort de Bois-Bourru A,B km
  • Cathédrale de Verdun C,D km
  • Fort de Douaumont E,F km
  • Abri des 4 cheminées G,H km
  • Mort Homme IJ km
La cache finale se situe à N 49 11 BDF E 05 24 IAG

Veuillez bien recacher la boite.


The Froideterre fort, built between 1887 and 1902, was part of the belt of forts defending Verdun. On June, 23rd 1916, Bavarian troops reached the top of the fort at the peak of German advance before being pushed back by the French the same day.

This cache leads you to the view point indicator from where you can see a good part of the battlefield. From there, you will get the coordinates of the final cache which is on the very edge of the wooded area along a path.

To find the final coordinates, you will need to find the following distances on the viewpoint indicator:

  • Fort de Bois-Bourru A,B km
  • Cathédrale de Verdun C,D km
  • Fort de Douaumont E,F km
  • Abri des 4 cheminées G,H km
  • Mort Homme IJ km
The final cache is located at N 49 11 BDF E 05 24 IAG

Please make sure to rehide the box properly.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

[FR] Rager 3 cvreerf erpbhiregrf qr zbhffr, fbhf ha gnf qr obvf.
[EN] Orgjrra 3 zbffl ebpxf haqre n cvyr bs jbbq.

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)

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