15 May 2004 by
gavriel
(Finds: 37 Score: 144)  
(Hidden: 15 Score: 72.5)
Open Log: Personal use only
Very interesting area. What I missed was some sort of sign board about the age of the tower. I was surprised that there are no "no entrance" or "danger"-signs there.
The micro was found rather quickly after reading the description a second time.
The next micro was trickier. After searching the area twice I read the previous logs and had an idea: Like them I had searched the wrong side. To get on the right side was the most difficult part of the cache-hunt (apart from climbing over the crumbling fence below the Hungerturm).
In order to get to the final I took a little detour, trying to get there from the "far" side. Fairly easy terrain there, a forest road until the last 100 m. If you walk far enough to the other side, hardly any undergrowth.
The cache is in good condition. I wanted to leave the Aussie Invader there, but it was too large for the box.
Out: Owl
In: Ponybead-frog
thx, Gavriel [Modified 2004-06-20 17:03:33]
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05 Apr 2004 by
cezanne
(Finds: 63 Score: 226)  
(Hidden: 11 Score: 56.5)
Open Log: Personal use only
Finally, I managed to go for this cache. I had decrypted the text very quickly on the day the cache came up (no big deal given my profession ;) ). For some special reason I was particularly interested into this cache. (If you got curious now, then you have to search this cache and read Edorian's note in the log book.)
I originally intended to go for this cache already last year, but then I either did not have time or the weather was not that pleasant to do a 3.5* Edorian cache on my own.
Today the weather was not very pleasant either, but I was not alone as Alice came with me.
On our way to the Stage 1 it started to rain rather heavily and there was a rather cold wind. Fortunately, the weather improved lateron. The ground was rather wet, however, since it also had rained during the night.
Like Gert, Alice and myself had some difficulties with Stage 1 - the reception was very bad today. After some time, we decided to use the hint, but, as we found out later, we misinterpreted it. So we searched for quite a while at wrong places. Alice was close to giving up, but then we finally had the right idea. The micro cache was then easy to find once we searched at a place where one had been hidden ;).
The micro at Stage 2 was found much more quickly. The first part of Stage 2 to Stage 3 was the most difficult for me, in particular because of the wet ground. I was very glad that Alice was with me and helped me a lot :). (A big thank you!) We probably did not take the optimal path to Stage 3, and had to walk up a rather steep slope. We found the final cache almost immediately.
Thanks, edorian for hiding this very nice cache. I knew already a part of the area, but I have been there on a sunny, warm day. It was a special atmosphere to be there on a day like today. I also liked the view from Stage 3. Alice and myself did not meet a single person except two forest workers right at the beginning of our tour. The first part of the logging road was very muddy, but not that muddy than the area around Peter's new house which we visited on our way back home ...
I am glad to have completed my first cache hidden by Edorian. Let's see when further (already existing or, even better, new) ones will follow.
In: Bank note from Africa, TB "Schellenberg Pilgrimage"
Out: blue marbles
[Modified 2004-04-18 14:19:19]
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