MAntune's Book Box

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Hidden On: 12 Jul 2003
Waypoint (Landmark): N00728
Open Cache:  Personal use only
Cache type:  Normal
Cache size:   Large

Difficulty:  (easy)
Terrain:  (moderate)

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Introduction:

This cache is a box full of books. You are invited to take a book and left
another one. Also, the objectif of this cache is to invite you to a nice hike in
the Montachique hills. 

The hunt

Go to Montachique village by the A8 highway. Follow the waypoints
passing by the villages; Cabeços de Montachique, Tocadelos and Salemas.
Park your cachemobil at the proposed
coordinates Park 1 or Park 2. Visit the cave Gruta das Salemas (don't
forget a lamp). This cave is referred, in
this webpage, as a place where vestiges of the Neanderthal Age were
found. It has about 30 m and is safe to explore. Then walk to the cache place
following the reference points in the file. The final part is tuff, an inclined
ascent. From RefPoint4  to the cache, only Geocachers phisically
skilled can do it. Also, MTB/4WD vehicles can't go further. The area is full of aggressive shrubs. Wear mountain shoes
and clothes that protects your legs and arms. Take water with you too.

Enjoy
the area of Cabeços
de Montachique.

There's a pic-nic area in this Municipal
Park.

I choosed the place based on a nice hiking book called Portugal Pé
ante Pé, Livros Forum Ambiente, Bertrand Editora.

Cache Content:

A plastic box (40 x 25 x 14cm) with; Logbook, stash note, pen, documentation about the hike and
some nice books for you to exchange (Please, update the table below). The whole set weights 5,6Kgs.

Don't forget:
"Cache in, trash
out" 

Pictures:

 Initial books

 The area