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Distant mountains, close sky Multi-cache

Hidden : 5/1/2004
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size:   regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:

Nenarocna multicache na severnim okraji Prahy. Navstivite misto s dalekymi rozhledy a lesem pokryty buliznikovy kopec Ladvi, jeden z nejvyssich bodu metropole.

An easy multicache on northern edge of Prague. You will visit an outlook point with far views and a wooded hill, one of highest in the area.


Hvezdarna Dablice nekolik desitek kroku od zacatku trasy. Foto: Tabacek, kveten 2004.
Hvezdarna Dablice, nekolik desitek kroku od zacatku trasy. Foto: Tabacek, kveten 2004.

cesky:

Prochazku lze doporucit obzvlaste, kdyz se vzduch vycisti a je dobra viditelnost. Celkova vzdalenost je necele 3 km (pocitano od jedne zastavky MHD ke druhe). Jen mala cast vyletu jde terenem mimo cesty, i na kole ci s kocarkem se bez vetsich obtizi od zacatku az k cili dostanete. Nebudete-li mit opravdu smulu, nemeli by vam u cile mudlove delat prilisnou starost.
Souradnice, uvedene v zahlavi zadani, vas dovedou do tesne blizkosti dablicke hvezdarny, ke skalnimu vychozu s krizem na vychodnim okraji. Za prihodneho pocasi se z tohoto mista otevira pohled na velkou cast severnich Cech az k hranicnim horam. Na severozapade je 30 km vzdaleny Rip a za nim pres 50 km daleko pasmo Ceskeho stredohori, na severovychodni strane je mozno videt 48 km vzdaleny Bezdez a, mate-li stesti, Jested (75 km). V idealnim pripade muze vyhled obsahnout temer cely severni perimetr Cech od Klinovce az po Snezku (115 km).
Kdyz jste se pokochali pohledem do dalky (at uz pozemske ci nebeske), je nacase pokracovat v ceste.

Kolem paty krize jsou vepsana ctyri latinska slova. Pouzijte nejkratsi a druhe nejkratsi z nich a prevedte je na cisla s pomoci bezne telefonni klavesnice (tj. A, B, C = 2 atd.). Pak uz podle nasledujiciho vzorecku ziskate konecnou pozici cache.
(druhe nejkratsi slovo - 1772) / 10 = nnnn
(nejkratsi slovo + 1) x 3 = eeee
Cache se nachazi na N 50 0n.nnn E 014 2e.eee.
Hodne stesti!

Pohled na Polomene hory a Bezdez od pocatecniho bodu. Kdyz budete mit obzvlastni stesti, i vzdalenejsi hory budou. Foto: Milancer, kveten 2004.
Pohled na Polomene hory a Bezdez od vychoziho bodu. Foto: Milancer, kveten 2004.

English:

Recommended especially by clear air and good visibility. The total distance is slightly below 3 km (from one stop of the Public Transport to another one). Only small part of the trip is off-trail; cycling is quite well possible.
The coordinates given above point to a rocky outcrop with a cross on its eastern edge, only a few steps from the Dablice Astronomical Observatory. By favourable weather conditions you can see extensive part of northern Bohemia as far as to the border Ore and Giant Mountains.
After having a look at faraway places (terrestrial or celestial), there is time to go on.

There are four Latin words around the foot of the cross. Use the shortest and the second shortest of words and convert them into numbers using common phone keyboard (A, B, C = 2 etc.). Then get the final position of cache according to the following formula.
(second shortest word - 1772) / 10 = nnnn
(shortest word + 1) x 3 = eeee
Cache is at N 50 0n.nnn E 014 2e.eee.
Good luck!


This is the second oldest cache in Prague 8 (after GCGTFH).
Tato cache je druha nejstarsi na Praze 8 (po GCGTFH).

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

[klavesnice/keyboard]:N2Q3T4W5Z6C7G8J9

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)