GC3CVDF GSS02: Venus - Geolympix Solar System (Traditional Cache) in Southern England, United Kingdom created by Simply Paul with kind help from the National Trust

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Simply Paul: As promised, this has been collected today to be recycled elsewhere. Thanks to everyone who paid a visit over the years, and sorry to those who DNF'd it. The climb down from the top of the hill is still hairy! I took the easy route back up, although it meant a long walk in today's overpowering sun.

SP - Winter Geolympix Mega GC75FTF - Sat Oct 27th - Ashridge, UK - Awesome night caching, England's oldest caches, sales stands, the UK's oldest Puzzle and much, much more!

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A cache by Simply Paul with kind help from the National Trust Message this owner

Hidden : 3/30/2012

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Geocache Description:

The Geolympix Solar System Series was inspired by a visit to Zürich in 2010, where I saw a 1:1bn scale solar system. GSS caches are hidden at scale distances from the 'sun'; the golden globe atop West Wycombe church.

Based on a 1:300,000,000 scale, each cache contains a planet to the same scale and is sited at the correct distance from the globe. Thus, if you could see it from the Earth cache, the golden globe would appear to be 1/2 of a degree across, just as the sun appears from the Earth.

Venus on paper is the planet most like Earth. After the moon, it's our closest neighbour and is only slightly smaller than the Earth. However! A 'run-away greenhouse-effect' had turned Venus into a cloud-covered hellhole, with surface temps and pressures so high no probe from Earth has lasted there longer than minutes. Not somewhere you'd want to visit for your holidays! Don't forget to gather a letter and a number here if you plan to find Neptune and the caches beyond.

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[De Milo] Ghpxrq oruvaq jbbq va gur nezyrff gerr

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)

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GSS02: Venus - Geolympix Solar System Traditional Cache

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