Travel Bug Dog Tag The Rapakivi Brothers: Pim

Trackable Options
Found this item? Log in.
Print Info Sheet
There are 2 users watching this listing.
Owner:
Femke & Sandor Send Message to Owner Message this owner
Released:
Saturday, March 22, 2003
Origin:
Netherlands
Recently Spotted:
In Steenwieker Kaampe [OV]

The owner hasn't set their collectible preference.

Use TB6C5E to reference this item.

First time logging a Trackable? Click here.

Current Goal

The original goal was to help the Rapakivi Brothers to the Baltic Sea region. Since Pim has achieved his goal, his current goal it to travel back to the Netherlands to report to his owners about his adventures.

About This Item

The granite Rapakivi Brothers, Pim and Pom, have been around for millions of years. Recently, in the Saalien ice-age (about 150,000 years ago), they left their ancestral home and moved with the ice to the Netherlands. Once the ice melted, the brothers were stuck in the Steenwijker Kamp, in the Dutch province of Overijssel. They were picked up by us, and we decided to present them with a holiday. Or rather, you're going to help Pim or Pom along towards their holiday destination: a cache in their homeland, the Baltic Sea region. Click here for a map.

The Rapakivi brothers have enjoyed each other's company for a long long time, and it is essential that they travel separately from each other. They may end up in the same cache at the holiday destination, but they'd rather not be together in the same cache on the way to avoid confusion or worse.

When Pim and Pom have spent some time in the North, they would like to be taken back to the Netherlands, specifically to the Steenwieker Kaampe cache where they'll report to their owners. After that, a new travel destination will be revealed.


IMPORTANT UPDATE:

To our great dismay, Pom seems to have vanished in the Baltic Area. We moved him to the Dutch TB burial ground at Rottumerplaat. His brother Pim will have to continue its journey alone. Since Pim has reached the Baltic Area and visited it extensively, he is now allowed to come home, back to the cache where he has started his big adventure. We therefore ask the next finders to help Pim to travel back to the Netherlands.

PIM

De granieten Rapakivi Broers, Pim en Pom, bestaan al miljoenen jaren. Recentelijk, in de Saalien ijstijd (ongeveer 150.000 jaar geleden), verlieten ze hun voorouderlijk woongebied om met het ijs mee te reizen naar Nederland. Toen het ijs eenmaal gesmolten was, bleven de gebroeders noodgedwongen achter op de Steenwijker Kamp in Overijssel. Wij hebben ze gevonden, en we hebben besloten de Rapakivi Broers een vakantie aan te bieden. Beter gezegd, jij gaat Pim of Pom helpen om hun vakantie bestemming te bereiken: een cache in hun thuisland, de Oostzee regio. Klik hier voor een kaart.

De Rapakivi Broers zijn al tijden samen. Het is belangrijk dat ze niet samen reizen. Het maakt niet uit of ze in dezelfde cache zitten bij aankomst op het vakantieverblijf, maar onderweg zijn ze liever niet samen in dezelfde cache om verwarring te voorkomen.

Als Pim en Pom een tijdje in het Noorden zijn geweest, willen ze graag weer terug naar Nederland, in het bijzonder naar de Steenwieker Kaampe cache om verslag uit te brengen aan hun eigenaars. Daarna wordt er een nieuwe reisbestemming bekend gemaakt.


BELANGRIJKE UPDATE:

Tot ons groot verdriet is Pom vermist geraakt ergens in het Baltische Gebied. We hebben hem daarom naar het TB kerkhof op Rottumerplaat gebracht. Pim is alleen verder gereisd. Nadat hij uitvoerig het Baltisch Gebied heeft kunnen verkennen, mag hij nu weer terug naar huis komen, naar de cache waar zijn avontuur begonnen is. We vragen daarom of de volgende vinders hem terug naar Nederland willen helpen reizen.

Gallery Images related to The Rapakivi Brothers: Pim

    View All 10 Gallery Images

    Tracking History (3603.5mi) View Map

    Dropped Off 5/1/2005 Surreri placed it in Prague Travel Bug Hotel "Hunger Wall" Hlavní město Praha, Czechia - 815.5 miles  Visit Log
    Retrieve It from a Cache 4/23/2005 Surreri retrieved it from Skata Finland   Visit Log

    Maybe I can help Pim get littlebit closer to home.

    • 050423_2rs.JPG Different ice ages have grind finnish coastline quite smooth.
    Dropped Off 4/19/2005 Mikkozzz placed it in Skata Finland - 19.84 miles  Visit Log
    Retrieve It from a Cache 4/17/2005 Mikkozzz retrieved it from Vääräjärvi Finland   Visit Log

    Maintenance visit to my faraway cache. Took Pim from his winter home.
    Dropped Off 10/4/2004 pealgis placed it in Vääräjärvi Finland - .65 miles  Visit Log
    Retrieve It from a Cache 10/3/2004 pealgis retrieved it from Scenic Nuuksio #4 - Urjansaari Finland   Visit Log

    Pim did not stay long in Urjansaari.

    Dropped Off 10/3/2004 jylitalo placed it in Scenic Nuuksio #4 - Urjansaari Finland - 3.48 miles  Visit Log

    I arrived to Scenic Nuuksio #4 in the evening. Daylight was getting dim, so instead of a search, I had to find spot for my tent. I made dinner, read a book and slept to the morning. On morning, I did one search before breakfast, but that was unsuccessful. After breakfast, I packed things, but wanted to give this cache one last chance before giving up. I only had compass, GPS and TB Pim with me, on this final search. Then I finally found it. Since it has taken me this long to search it, place has lot of rock around it and it has beatiful view to the lake, I decided to leave Pim here to enjoy this view, before its way to home (or visit to Nuuksio national park, which is pretty close to this spot).
    Retrieve It from a Cache 10/2/2004 jylitalo retrieved it from HH-8 Hiidenpesä Finland   Visit Log

    Even before I started geocaching, I sometimes wondered, what is that cave in Nuuksio-Luukkaa maps. On this weeked, I was able to visit that spot, log cache and as bonus, find my very first travel bug.
    Dropped Off 9/7/2004 Pelde placed it in HH-8 Hiidenpesä Finland - 6.49 miles  Visit Log

    There is a large rapakivi granite boulder some 500 metres west of the cache (true bearing 261º).

    The contact of the large Wiborg Rapakivi Massif is some 50 kilometres east. Both the boulder and the TB have probably started their journey from there. Soil derived from rapakivi granite contains fluorine-bearing minerals. Therefore, the fluorine concentration in groundwaters of the rapakivi area is 5 to 10 times higher compared with the mean value of the whole country.
    Retrieve It from a Cache 9/1/2004 Pelde retrieved it from Ketunkorpi Finland   Visit Log

    Found it nearby its soulmate.
    data on this page is cached for 3 mins