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Cermak Traditional Cache

Hidden : 4/3/2010
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
3 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Uz ako male dieta som chodieval obcas na tury do Karpat. Casom, ked som trosku podrastol okrem pachtenia do kopca ci z kopca som zacal vnimat aj nazvy miest. Cermak ako taky, mi nejak prirastol k srdcu. Bolo to pravdepodobne asi tym, ze vzdy, ked som sa tam ocitol, vedel som, ze ciel cesty je nadosah. A hlavne, je tam pekne urobeny pramen cistej vody, ktory v stadiu maximalneho vycerpania sluzil ako “prva pomoc” .)

S odstupom casu pri googleearthteni som narazil zase na toto karpatske miesto. Ake bolo moje prekvapenie, ked som zrazu zistil, ze ten nazov nevznikol len tak, ale je odvodeny od pana, ktory je v tychto miestach pravdepodobne pochovany. A tu niekde sa zrodil napad na dalsiu kesku :-) Miesto je pekne, tak preco to nevyuzit. Po hodinach guglenia internetom som vsak vobec nezistil, kto to ten pan Csermak vlastne bol. V nadeji, ze ziskam nejake informacie naviac, sadam do auta a uhanam smer Modra. Po zaparkovani na Zochovej chate nastalo neuprosne prenasledovanie zltej znacky. Po 15 min prichadzam na miesto. Nechapem ako je to mozne, ale pomnik, ktory som si doteraz nikdy nevsimol, tam naozaj bol.
Napriek mojej maximalnej snahe som vsak nahrobny kamen nikde nenasiel. Jedine co sa na mna usmievalo bolo torzo podstavca. Vzhladom na uprsane pocasie zacinam plnit ulohu c.2 a hladam vhodne geopozitivne miesto. Je to strasne, no nic nesplnalo moju vysnenu predstavu. Po 20 min to vsak prislo. Mam to. Miesto bolo plne miestneho, po zime spiaceho obyvatelstva, no moja drevena palicka, ktora neuprosne stuchala do geomiesta bola priebojnejsia a po chvilke bolo vsetko pripravene na ulozenie pokladu. Spokojne sa otacam na pate k Zochovej chate a s pocitom dobre zasitej kesky opustam tento krasny kut Malych karpat .)

Nakolko sa final nachadza v lese, suradnica je zamerana +/- 10 metrov a pocas kontrolnych merani to znacne lietalo na vsetky strany

Prosim, do kesky nevkladajte kinder hracky.

EN

Since I was a little child I used to go trekking to the Carpatian Mountains. As the time passed and I grew a bit I started to take notice of place names. Cermak as such was my favourite place. It was probably because always when I was there I knew I’m very close to my target. And mainly, there is a very nice spring of crystal clear water, which served as a ‘first aid’ when I was in state of maximum exhaustion.

Later on, during browsing on GoogleEarth I found again this place in Carpatians. And I was surprised to see that the name of this place wasn’t just made up. It was named after a gentleman who was most probably buried somewhere nearby. And this is how the idea for the next cache appeared. :) The place is beautiful, so why not to use it. I didn't find out anything about Mr. Cermak after hours of searching on Google. So I’ve jumped in the car in the hope that I will find out more when I drive towards Modra. I’ve parked my car at the ‘Zochova Chata’ and then I followed the yellow mark. I came to the place in about 15 mins. I don’t understand how it’s possible, but the memorial, which I never seen until now, was really there.

Even after a long search I didn’t find the grave stone. The only thing which was there was a fragment of a base. As it was rainy I started to complete my second assignment and looked for an appropriate geopositive place. It was awful, nothing was good enough. But I’ve managed to find it after 20 minutes. I got it. The place was full of native, still winter sleeping habitants, but my wooden stick, which poked into the geoplace was stronger and the place was soon ready to hide the treasure. Pleased with myself I’m turning back to Zochova Chata, knowing that I’ve perfectly hidden cache, leaving this beautiful part of Small Carpatian.

As the final is located in the woods, the co-ordinate is oriented +/- 10 metres radius and it moved quite a lot during control measurements. Please do not insert any Kinder-egg toys into cache.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

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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)