No urban legend Traditional Cache

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Hidden : 12/28/2015
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size: micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

A cache placed to honour one of the geocachers of our hobby, Geocaching.
In my eyes Oom Louwtjie is a legend!

Oom Louwtjie van der Watt of team "Louwtjie & Vroutjie" is one of the cache owners who planted the most caches in South Africa. To date Oom Louwtjie has planted 366 caches.

In February 2013 Oom Louwtjie was crowned as Geocacher of the month by Groundspeak. This featured in the weekly newsletter on the Geocaching blog:
” Uncle Louwtjie van der Watt AKA "Louwtjie & Vroutjie" is a legend and cachers are travelling vast distances to find his unique and challenging caches. Uncle Louwtjie has at the time of writing 1178 finds. He also has 269 caches that he maintains vigorously. If a cache is gone then it will be replaced as quickly as possible. More important is his techniques of hiding caches. He does not use the normal conventional Tupperware or other commercial containers as a rule, but rather manufacture caches from household items found in the home. This technique is unique in South Africa and it creates a different feel for geocaches. His caches are high quality and it will challenge even the hardiest cache finder. Due to his unconventional technique of hiding these customized items cachers from all over the country at one stage or another does a sort of a pilgrimage trip to Bloemfontein. His logs, friendly advice, the cup of coffee at his home to anyone that wants to share some time with him and the willingness to contribute his time towards all of us is something that must be recognized". (visit link)

Oom Louwtjie likes to design and construct his own containers. He uses old bicycle parts, microwave magnets, two liter bottles and so forth to fabricate his containers. He invests many man hours into making and maintaining these containers.

Most of his caches in Bloemfontein were adopted by a local cacher (sousies) who is now maintaining these pieces of art and keeping Oom Louwtjie’s legacy alive.

They moved from Bloemfontein in 2013 and settled in George and are now retiring in a nearby complex, Urban Village, but he is a long way from retiring the geocaching game.

See also another caches dedicated to him:
New beginnings – George GC4XTCB (visit link)
Louwtjie & Vroutjie GC42NDV (visit link)

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Ab zber Znpargvp

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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