Unless you lived under a stone for the last few years, you will
have heard that there are serious disagreements over the future
location of the U.S. Embassy in Norway. While not siding with any
of the involved parties, this cache offers an opportunity to visit
the disputed area and see what the fight is about.
Note: The given coordinates are bogus.To determine the
location of the cache, you will need to study a bit of foreign
affairs and answer the following questions.
A. The current U.S Embassy (the one in Drammensveien) is
designed by a famous architect. Which one?
Snøhetta=6
Eero Saarinen=4
Le Corbusier=2
B. The current (2006) U.S. Secretary of State
(=utenriksminister) is
Lawrence Eagleburger=4
Lester Maddox=6
Condoleeza Rice=8
C. The current (2006) U.S. Secretary of State is a long-standing
friend of
The Schwarzenegger Family=3
The Bush Family=6
The Addams Family=9
D. The current (March 2006) American ambassador to Norway
is
Benson K. Whitney=1
John C. Ausland=2
John Doyle Ong=3
E. The U.S Ambassador to Norway when the embassy row erupted,
was
Benson K. Whitney=1
Louis Lerner=2
John Doyle Ong=3
F. Which of the following persons has not been Norwegian
ambassador to the U.S.?
Jan Petersen=1
Knut Vollebæk=2
Kjeld Vibe=3
The cache is located at
N 59°56.ABC E 010°40.DEF
Please be diplomatically discreet while logging the cache.
Muggles of all sizes and shapes abound - even soldier-muggles out
for an off- duty hike. You may be on camera, and - what an
opportunity - you could be watched by a CIA-controlled
satellite.
Bring your skis if you visit in the snowy season. Look out for
non-moose droppings, as this is where the locals walk their
dogs.
Whatever you do, don't park your car at Njårdhallen. It may
seriously damage your personal finances. Better to take the Østerås
T-bane to Makrellbekken. And having said that - mackerel fishing is
really lousy around here, but these battlefields are named for
their many markskillebekker (=creeks dividing properties). Make
sure you enter the fray on the appropriate side of such a divider,
or you're going to smell somewhat undiplomatic for the foreseeable
future.
The cache is small Curver container.
Inital contents: Log/stashnote combo, pencil, Norwgian krone, a U.S
quarter, an ostehøvel, a symbol of transparency, a pepsi, a coke,
plus plus.
Further reading: The world according to Ambassador Whitney
| The world according to Vern Husebyskogen