MIJN RUG OP!
For those who don't understand the dutch language
i try to describe the cache in english here. It
won't be a piece of art in style and grammatics
but i hope it is sufficient for visitors to
hunt this cache.
Rug is dutch for ridge. The expression Mijn rug op could
also be translated as Up Yours.
After a year of geocaching it was payback time.
I have spend many pleasant hours hunting caches
and now i decided to make one so others could
have fun.
This is a walk of about 5 km through the woods
between Den Dolder en Soest. A part of the walk will
go over a ridge (dutch: rug), hence the name. Rug also
means back. This ridge was formed by the ice masses in
the last ice age.
Another part of the route goes over the terain of a
psychiatric hospital.
Through these woods and this hospital terrain i regularly
went on my bicycle. I live in Soest and worked in Zeist and if
weather permited i went by bicycle
De Waypoints
WP1
Park at N 52°08.998' - E005°16.372'
While driving to this location watch out! On workdays during rush hours
it is not allowed to pass N 52°09.520' - E005°17.427' with a motorvehicle.
This is to keep traffic away from this neighbourhood.
It's better to drive via N 52°09.437' - E005°16.947' then.
WP2
N 52°09.106' - E005°15.969'
Here you see a big object with a yellow sign.
On the sign there is a number consisting of
two big black digits.
A = Number
WP3
N 52°09.113' - E005°15.867'
No assignment here. This waypoint is meant to set
you right at the start of the ridge. Walk up the
ridge in western direction. Your course on the ridge
will remain mainly west. Take a good look around
while walking on the ridge. You sometimes walk at the
same height as the tree-branches, this gives another
point of view at the forrest.
WP4
N 52°09.150' - E005°15.639'
Again a via waypoint to make sure you stay on course.
WP5
N 52°09.028' - E005°15.423'
What can be seen here?
A red dog: B = 333
A black cow: B = 33
A white horse: B = 3:
WP6
N 52°09.029' - E005°15.266'
Again a via waypoint. Go crookedly across the concrete bicycle path
to the small path on the other side.
En route to the next waypoint you might encounter this sign:
Translation:
Forgotten Victims
A few hundred people died here during the second worldwar anonymous, neglected, and under terrible circumstances.
They were psychiatric patients and people with a mental disability. We recognise their lives and their meaning to others, Because they belong too!
Note from CO: Apparently the nazi's did not have much compassion for people with a disability.....
WP7
N 52°08.898' - E005°14.968'
On this reflecting monument two years can be found. Take the last number of the most recent year.
C = Last number of most recent year found on monument
WP8
N 52°08.701' - E005°14.751'
How many faces are staring at you here? Mind you,
you're on the terrain of a psychiatric hospital here,
so don't count in any people that live here
D = Number of faces.
If you like it, on this terain are more works of art,
just wander around.
WP9
N 52°08.735' - E005°15.371'
Another via point. Enter the small track into the forrest.
WP10
N 52°08.757' - E005°15.534'
A small pole with a green head and a number on it.
E = Number on the pole
WP11
N 52°08.885' - E0005°15.687'
Wich description fits this object best?
1 - Round
2 - Square
3 - Triangular
F = number of the right description
The Cache Location
I placed a picnictable in the neighbourhood
(aprox. 70 mtr north-east) so you can do the
calculations comfortable ;-)
Check: The distance between WP10 and the
end-location is aprox 375 meter.
De stash is at:
N 52°08.((20xA)+B+C+D+E+F)'
E005°16.(C+F)'
Attention: The coordinates always have 3 positions behind the decimal point. So if you have a result smaller than 100, say for instance 25, you will have to add leading zeroes. So the example will become: 025.
Please try to log unseen. Replace the stash on the same spot and cover it with some branches.
Hint:
Va fbzr fbeg bs obzo pengre haqre oenapurf
(Standard ROT13 encoding)
Decryption Key
A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
-------------------------
N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z
(letter above equals below, and vice versa)