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Altitude: 95 m. ASL.
Region:
Estonia > Eesti
Cache type: Traditional
Size: Regular
Status:
Ready for Search
Time required:
0:30 h
Distance to travel:
0.20 km
Date hidden: 29-06-2009
Date created: 05-07-2009
Date published: 05-07-2009
Last modification: 05-07-2009 
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Description
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We've been passing near this place quite a few times and recently while trying to solve a multi our bad calculations led us straight to it. Instead of turning back we decided to check this place out. After a short climb we knew this place deserves a cache and we hid it right away. Beautiful view and interesting place. At first the ski jump seemed to be abandoned for a longer time but after getting home we found out that it is actually still in use during winter and what's more interesting is that, according to some sources, it is the first ski jump built in Estonia. It has two K-spots: K-18 and K-30. It was opened on February 3rd 1929. During that time the longest jumps were around 10m long. 50 years later, in 1979 the jumps were only ~7 meters longer. Current jump record was set not long ago, in March 2009 and measures 29m.
Used materials: Article in Virumaa Teataja and PDF about Estonian skiing history
About the cache
This cache is also published in
geocaching.com and
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Container is a plastic box (dimensions: 12 x 12 x 5 cm) put in a
vapour permeable membrane sachet - it should allow the box to dry
fast after getting wet - we are testing how this method works so
please do NOT add any plastic bag. Do not dig! WARNING!
Cache is placed directly next to the slope, be careful especially
with children - this is why we used the dangerous attribute.
Original contents
» Logbook, pencil, sharpener, tissues, FTF diploma, geocaching
instructions
» Reflector, 5 Pokemon tattoos, lock, scull badge, yellow and green
stone, glass ball, candle, mushroom, EST-POL flag, transformer car
toy, Polish coin
» GeoKrets:
B&B's
Partying Hippo
Happy hunting!
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