Skip Navigation

Realtime Content, The World is Our Playground

Die Bearenhoehle (Bear Cave)

By Error's Geo Adventures   Mon, Sep 07, 2009

Die Bearenhoehle (Bear Cave)

Sometimes you encounter a special traditional cache.
A traditional cache that is worth  more than a mention, a cache that has given you a
lot of  fun or has just a beautiful view or is hidden in a special
way.

Tree on steep hillside 

Die bearenhoehle GCJWEN was such a cache for us.
We went for a few days for holiday to Kleve Germany.
After searching for caches with a beautiful view or caches that were
very  special to visit, we found this cache.
This cache was recommended by some dutch cachers, so we were very
curious as to what we would find.
The cache had a difficult terrain and we needed a pocket-torch and
wear clothing that you don't mind getting dirty.pathway by tree

We walked through a beautiful wood in the direction of Die Baerenhoehle .
It was a pity our Error was not with us, he would enjoy himself by
running up and down the hills.
When we came nearby the coordinates we saw it, it was a big and
beautiful old tree.
Under the tree was a big empty hole surrounded by the big roots of the tree.
There where two entrances.
hole in tree roota

One where you most climb up the hill to the tree
 and one that was behind the tree.
hole near tree roots
There were 2 micro caches hidden in the hole to give cachers a chance
to find one of the caches.
There were so many roots that it was a big puzzle in the hole.
So we had two chances, actually Mr Geo.Error had 2 chances because I did
not dare to go in.
Bumble-bees came in and out the hole  and I sure wasn't going in together with them.
Let’s say I watched the hole in case the bear returned. [lol]
Mr Geo.Error climbed first up to the tree and try to find the
cache but he saw nothing.
Then he tried the hole behind the tree.
man in the hole with roots

After careful searching with a pocket-torch, he found the red cache.
It was a mean cache hide, they hid the micro cache in a wooden box
specially made for the micro.
The cache was hidden behind a root so it was difficult to recognise it as a cache.
But he found it !!. WWWHHHOOOOTTTT!!
 man finding the cache

When we walked away from the beautiful tree , we had a feeling the
tree smiled at us.
Do you think he was just as proud of us as we were with ourselves?

half whale coin

smiling tree

By Error's Geo Adventures

Error's Geo Adventures

We are a geocaching team from the Netherlands and we have an ERROR.
We love geocaching and specially that there is such a great variation
in cache types, so there is always a cache that fits our mood.

Please login to post your comments.