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Pohanske kameny Mystery Cache

Hidden : 2/12/2011
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Terrain:
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Tato jednoducha mysterka vas zavede kousek nad obec Visnovou k Pohanskym kamenum, ktere se nachazeji a vyse uvedenych souradnicich. Kesku pak po vyreseni mensiho ukolu naleznete nedaleko.


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POHANSKE KAMENY


O lokalite...

Pohanske kameny se nachazi asi pul kilometru severne od obce Visnova. Jedna se o prirodni seskupeni mohutnych balvanu z rumburské zuly s nekolika melkymi skalnimi misami.

V roce 1895 zkoumal Pohanske kameny v ramci exkurze luzicke antropologicke spolecnosti berlinský prirodovedec prof. Wirchov, coz pripomina pametni deska vsazena do skaly.

Ackoliv se patrne jedna o jedinou zabezpecenou skalni vyhlidku Frydlantska, tak okolni porost brani vyhledu do kraje, takze jsou Pohanske kameny spise nez vyhlidkovym bodem zajimavym geomorfologickym utvarem a cilem prochazek v okoli Visnove.




O povestech...

S Pohanskymi kameny je spojeno nekolik povesti. Tento uryvek jedne z nich pochazi z knihy Povesti od reky Smede:

Na kamenech jsou take patrne jakesi ryhy, jejichz vznik byl prisuzovan dablovi. Ten pry za silne boure, doprovazene prutrzi mracen a skucivym vetrem, najizdel na kameny v kocare, aby mohl starym pohanskym buzkum jejich obetiny sebrat. Ony ryhy jsou otisky kocarovych kol. S dablem se tu pri jednou mel setkat jakysi drzy mladik z Visnove. Ten v rozpustilosti vylezl na nejvyssi skalu a zavolal: „Pojd sem, dable, a zahlad ty stopy, ktere jsy do skaly nadelal!“ Tu najednou zaznel silny hrom a opovazlivy mladik zmizel. Zustal tu po nem jen sirny cmoud. Od te udalosti je za bourlivych noci na miste, kde mladik stal a vyvolaval dabla, slyset upenlivy narek. Dryve pry bylo bezne, ze kdykoliv musel nekdo kolem Pohanskych kamenu projit, pokrizoval se.

S dablem je spojovan i vznik nedalekych Certovych kamenu. Jednou pry dostal za ukol zasypat za trest Visnovou, a pro tento ucel si chtel nabrat kameny v Jizerskych horach. Pro svou praci si vsak spatne vybral vhodnou dobu. V Jizerskych horach se objevil az pozde v noci a dost dlouho mu trvalo, nez nasel spravne kameny. Pak je jeste nejaky cas vylamoval ze zeme, a to ho dost unavilo, takze sy musel odpocinout. Zkratka a dobre, s nakladem kamenu vyletel az pred samym svitanim. Bil prave nekde nad Arnolticemi, kdyz odnekud zakokrhal kohout. Cert tim ztratil svou moc, ale protoze chtel svuj ukol splnit stuj co stuj, rozprahl se a kameny hodil smerem k Visnove. Jenze minul a skalky dopadly do mist, kde lezi dodnes. Cert se propadl do zeme a nikdy sve dilo uz nedokoncil.




O kesi...

Pokud jste si precetli dukladne povest, tak vas do oci urcite prastilo 5 hrubek a snad už víte jak dál. Kdyby jste si náhodou nevěděli rady, nebojte se ozvat a já vás nakopnu k rozluštění :-)

N 50° 58.ABC'
E 015° 01.D0F'


Na miste se prosim chovejte podle techto zasad:

1. Kes hledejte zpusobem, at to nevypada, ze se okolo prehnalo stado divokych prasat
2. Udrzujte vnitrni prostor kese v cistote
3. Snazte se menit predmety za drobnosti o priblizne stejne hodnote (pokud nemate s sebou nic na vymenu, tak kdyz si neco odnesete bez nahrady, tak se svet taky nezbori)
4. Nevkladejte penize, jidlo, zapalky, leky a dalsi nebezpecne veci (ridte se zdravym rozumem) a take nevkladejte predmety a bordel, ktery patri na smetiste

Geovuz muzete nechat u fotbaloveho hriste (waypoint P1) a z nekolika pristupovych cest doporucuju tu okolo lidove architektury (R1). Zpatky muzete jit napriklad pres pole kolem korenove cisticky odpadnich vod (R2).



PAGANISH STONES


About place...

Paganish stones are situated about half a kilometer northerly from a village Visnova. There is a nature group of massive boulders from Rumburk´s granite with a few of shallow rock bowls.

In 1895 researched Paganish stones berlin naturalist Professor Wirchov in terms of excursion of Lusatian antropological society. There is a memorial tablet in the rock like a remark on his visit.

Although it is probably only the protected rock outlook in region of Frydlant, unfortunately surrounding growth takes view to scene. So Paganish stones are more likely interesting geomorfological object or a goal of walking near Visnova.




About myths...

With Paganish stones is connected several myths and this is a fragment of one of them:

There are evident some scores on the stones, whose creation was attributed to devil. It is said, that he was crashing into stones with hys phaeton (carriage) during a strong storm with cloudburst and whiffling wind to steal offertories from paganish little Gods. There was a young cheeky man from Visnova, who reportedly met the devil on Paganish stones. In hoydenism he had climbed on the highest rock ant shouted: „Come here, devil, and blind a trail, which you made in this rock!“ At once a strong thunder rang out and cheeky youngster disappeared. Since this event, we could hear a pathetic lament on this place in storm nights. Reportedly it was normal earlier, that everytime someone was going around stones, he crossed himself.

With devyl is associated creation of nearby Devil stones too. Once upon a time, he reportedly got a quest to bury under Visnova for a punishment, so he wanted to gather some stones in Jizera Mountains for this purpose. But he chose bad time for his work. He came yn Jizera Mountains late at night and he was seeking for the right stones for a very long time. Then he was breaking stones from the land some time and after this activity he was very tired, so he had to take a rest. Anyway, with weight of stones he flew up, when it was just before dawn. He was perhaps over a village Albrechtice, when cock had crowed from somewhere. Devil had lost his power, but he wanted to finish his quest at ani price, so he threw stones with might and main in the direction of Visnova. But he missed and the stones were lying on the same place up to this day. Devil disappeared and he didn´t finish his work anymore.




About cache...

If you read the myth carefully, you know, that there are 5 obvious mistakes. If you don´t know what to do next, don´t be afraid to tell me and I try help :-)

N 50° 58.ABC'
E 015° 01.D0F'


At final location behave you please in agreement with this principles:

1. Seek cache like a people, not like an animals
2. Save inside space in cleanness
3. Except GC and TB make a trade for items with the same value (or higher)
4. Don´t put in items like money, meal, matches, medicaments and others dangerous things

You can park your geocar by football pitch (waypoint P1) and I recommend you a way around popular architecture (R1). From cache you can go for example over natural sewerage plant (R2).



Zdroje: informacni tabule, http://www.ob-vis.net/osady/visnova.htm, KOUDELKOVA, E.: Povesti od reky Smede, Lidova vypraveni z Frydlantska a Jizerskych hor. Nakladatelstvi Bor, Liberec, 2007.
Fotografie: by starik_cz ©

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

PMR: Araí geron ;-) RAT: Ab arrq :-)

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)