Tag: T5D5

/ Dana

Geocache of the Week Flashback Edition: STRUBKLAMM

Traditional
GC14D8W
by baumrinde & sternfänger
Difficulty:
5
Terrain:
5
Location:
Salzburg, Austria
N 47° 46.520′ E 013° 12.190′

Deep in the Strubklamm (gorge) outside of Salzburg, Austria, lies a geocache that is sure to provide a thrill. A quick glance at the cache page for GC14D8W reveals that this difficulty 5, terrain 5 cache is far from a park and grab. Attributes “May require swimming,” “Climbing gear required,” “Dangerous area,” and “Cliffs/falling rocks nearby” hint at what you can expect from a journey to this Geocache of the Week.

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/ Andrew Baldwin

Ojamon Helmi / The Pearl Of Ojamo — Geocache of the Week

Traditional
GC4Q81K
by famsten
Difficulty:
5
Terrain:
5
Location:
Finland
N 60° 14.222′ E 024° 02.194′

Any abandoned mine sounds like an interesting place for a geocache, but the Ojamo mine in southern Finland is more than just that. The mine is completely submerged in water and still contains tracks, elevators, tools, test samples, and drilling equipment systems from when it was fully operational.

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