Rideau Trail 2: Tribute to Pete Traditional Cache
Rideau Trail 2: Tribute to Pete
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This cache is a tribute to Pierre St. Jean, a fellow geocacher and a former Olympic Athlete who took part in the 2010 Torch Relay in Gatineau on December 11th, 2009. In fact the distance from the suggested parking to this cache is roughly the distance that Pete ran during the torch relay.
Pierre St. Jean is a Canadian weightlifter who competed from the mid 1960s to the mid 1970s. Pierre competed in three Summer Olympics, earning his best finish of tenth in the light heavyweight (85 kg) category at Mexico City in 1968. At the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, he took the Athlete's Oath. In fact, in 1976, he had to take the oath from memory, there was no teleprompter as there often is. We're very proud of the fact that Pete is now a geocacher and part of the Petendot team. Pete's picture from 1976 was kindly provided by his loving wife Dorothy.
This cache will take you along a new reroute of the Rideau Trail along 'Bleeks Trail'. The cache, a slightly camoed Lock'n'Lock just off the trail. The Rideau Trail Association is a non-profit organization and a founding member of Hike Ontario. Its purpose is to preserve and maintain a hiking trail from Kingston to Ottawa. Its registered trademark is a red-orange isosceles triangle; these triangles are used to mark the main trail (to distinguish the two directions, Kingston-bound trail markers carry yellow tips). This section of the trail is maintained by a member of the Ottawa Rideau Trail, a subset of the Rideau Trail Association.
Enjoy your hike along the Rideau Trail and next time you see Pete, give him a thumbs up! Pics: Pete in 1976 and Pete in 2009: Still a happy olympian.
Additional Hints
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