Stoke Mandeville Traditional Cache

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Hidden : 6/27/2012
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size: small (small)

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Geocache Description:


This geocache is part of the Discovering Places “Culture Caching” project. The project features 5 new geocaches that have been hidden around the UK in locations related to the 1908, 1948, and 2012 Olympic Games.
 
Discovering Places is the London 2012 Cultural Olympiad campaign to inspire the UK to discover their local built, historic and natural environments.

It is delivered on behalf of the London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games by The Heritage Alliance.

Stoke Mandeville is recognized as the birthplace of the Paralympic movement. Sir Ludwig Guttmann, a neurosurgeon who worked at the Stoke Mandeville Hospital, recognized the value of exercise and competition in the rehabilitation of patients. He founded the Stoke Mandeville Games for the disabled in 1948. In 1960, the 9th International Stoke Mandeville Games were held in Rome alongside the Olympic Games. These are now considered the 1st Paralympic Games.

Stoke Mandeville Stadium was built in 1969 to provide a home for the annual Stoke Mandeville Games, now called the World Wheelchair and Amputee Games.
 
If you have a camera with you, take a picture of yourself in front of the stadium and post it in the gallery!

Stoke Mandeville Stadium in 1969

Stoke Mandeville stadium was built to be a model of accessibility for disabled people and help them overcome psychological barriers.

Guttmann Stadium: Present day 2012
1984 Paralympic Flame


About the Cache Placement

Published with Permission from Groundspeak. Extreme stealth is required when retrieving the cache and replacing it. Please replace as you find it to ensure longevity of the cache.
Thank you.

Congratulations! FTF goes to: Liberal Giraffe

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