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Herrie the Elephant Traditional Cache

Hidden : 5/2/2008
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
4 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:

Tugged into a crack of the rock face, at 568m asl a short climb up from the parking area.

C.J. Langenhoven, famous South African writer, also writer of “Die Stem” – South African Anthem – came around here one day and carved the name “Herrie” into a rock.

Herrie was an elephant character from one of his books “Sonde met die Bure”- but in a joking way he referred to this carving in the rock as a monument to himself.

This exact spot was declared as a National Monument in 1973 to commemorate the 100 year anniversary of his birth date.

Today known as Herrie se Klip.

Many traveler through the Karoo has stopped here for a coffee break, some padkos or just a photo of this famous “graffiti”.

Original Content:
- Elephant (in a bottle...)
- Colour Pencils (to paint him pink)
- Sharpener (for his tusks)
- Eraser (to make him disappear)
- Lanyard (to keep him tied up)

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

[CLUE 1] Fgnaq va sebag bs Ureevr'f yrggref gur ybpngvba vf ~20z, rknpgyl fgenvg nobir. [CLUE 2] Abg gur avpr bireunatvat obhyqre, ohg n ovg uvture.

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)