This cache was hidden as part of the Geocaching 10 years celebrations in Israel.
This cache is final cache of the 10 Years series of 10 caches.
The valley and the monastery of the cross
The Monastery of the Cross is located in the Valley of the Cross, Hebrew: Emek HaMatzlevah. The monastery was built in the 11th century, during the reign of King Bagrat IV by the Georgian Giorgi-Prokhore of Shavsheti. It is believed that the site was originally consecrated in the 4th century under the instruction of the Roman emperor Constantine the Great, who later gave the site to the Georgian King Mirian III of Iberia aft.
Legend has it that the monastery was erected on the burial spot of Adam's head — though two other locations in Jerusalem also claim this honor — from which grew the tree that gave its wood to the cross on which Jesus was crucified.
The valley of the cross and its neighborhood are wealthy of interesting points which the cache series will take you to discover
The caches
Where is the final cache?
The listed coordinates are for the 10 years event. The final cache is somewhere within a 500m radius from that point.
The final cache location is: N 31° 46.UVW E 035° 12.XYZ
- U=A-B
- V=C+D
- W=E-F
- X=G+H
- Y=I-J
- Z=K+L
The values of A to J are written on the inner side of the caches covers. In each cache you will find the values of 3 to 6 letters, depending on the cache difficulty, distance and estimated time to finish. The table above shows how many clues are given in each cache. Each letter value appears in 3 different caches. It means that you don't have to find all the caches. About 6 of the 9 caches will be needed, but it is depend on the cache difficulty you choose and on your luck. Any 7 caches will always give you all the letters.
Don't forget to write the letters values, when you find the caches!
Special bonus for CITO
Anyone taking part in the CITO event, before the 10 years party, will get the last letter or two, if he will show me at least 10 letters values he found.
Cache Contents
On May 3, 2000, a five-gallon bucket was placed right at this very spot by Dave Ulmer, containing a map, 2 CD Roms, a cassette recorder, a movie, a book, 4 $1 bills, a slingshot handle, and a very famous can of beans. This was the first geocache in history.
As a tribute to the first cache, Similar content was placed in this cache, including:
- Two L&L containers: 2.3l + 1.25l. The log is in the big one.
- Walkman: Stereo cassette recorder + Am/Fm radio
- 3 DVD of the movie "Sacred duty" about the Jewish approach to environment issues (copied with permission)
- A book
- Tourist map of Israel
- A propeller sling toy
- 4 coins of 10 Agorot, from different years
- Computer game from 1998 in unopened original case (outside the containers)
- A cd with a few computer games
In the series caches you will find many more items, including a Tetris game and a magical calculator + pen set.
Trading Rules
To keep the cache spirit, items should be traded by similar items, as follows:
- The unopened computer game and two "Sacred duty" DVDs are FTF prizes - you can take them without need to trade. (taken)
- Trade a book for a book
- Trade a CD/DVD for CD/DVD
- trade a can for a can (only vegan. Please don't put anything that contains meat, poultry, fish, dairy or eggs. We don't want to harm the animals)
- Trade a toy for a toy
- Trade electric device for electric device
- Trade a coin or bill for a coin or bill - preferably with the value "10".
Standard trading items are used in the other series caches
The cache has rich content - book, electronic game, CDs, software, money and more. Please hide it well to protect it from muggles