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Frick and Frack Multi-Cache

Hidden : 9/10/2011
Difficulty:
2.5 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

Posted coords are location for Frick - or wait - was it for Frack? Hmmm I can't remember. BUT find the clue at the posted coords and you'll be able to find the final - will it be Frick... or... Frack??


Please unscrew the top of the container - do not pull. BE WARNED - USE STEALTH - the hunt can be very hard during normal business hours. Difficulty is partly due to muggle factor. Approach GZ from parking to the SOUTH not North.

Frick and Frack were two Swiss skaters who came to the U.S. in 1937 and joined the original Ice Follies show as comedy ice skaters. "Frick and Frack" has become a sort of slang for two people so closely associated that they are hard to distinguish from each other.

"Frick" was Werner Groebli (April 21, 1915 – April 14, 2008). "Frack" was Hansruedi (Hans Rudolf) Mauch, (May 4, 1919 – June 4, 1979). Frick and Frack were known for skating in Alpine Lederhosen and performing eccentric tricks on ice, including the "cantilever spread-eagle", created by Frick, and Frack's "rubber legs", twisting and bending his legs while skating in a spread eagle position. Only a few skaters have successfully performed the duo's routines since. Their association lasted so long, and they were at one time so well known, that their names became a household term in many languages.

You can watch a video clip here: Video Clip

Congrats to Topher_LV for the FTF after dancing with the wrong partner for a bit, even IN the rain!

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

1. Chaf ner sha 2. V qba'g xabj bar rireterra sebz nabgure. Cvar? Sve? Fcehpr?

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)