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The Space Elevator

GC5RKQP

Informatie

Type

Unknown Cache

Container

Micro

Difficulty

4 / 5

Terrain

5 / 5

Locatie

Brussels, België

Eigenaar

SFBF

Hoe zeker is het een nachtcache?

150 / 240Mogelijk nachtcache

Deze cache heeft het geocaching-attribuut Nachtcache aanstaan, maar haalt de drempel van 170 punten niet — alleen aanbevolen in de nacht wijst die kant op. Check de listing op Geocaching.com voordat je in het donker vertrekt. Zo werkt de score.

Attributen

Scenic viewNachtcacheAanbevolen in de nachtStealth requiredPublic transportation nearbyDifficult climbDangerous area

Beschrijving

WARNING : This is a difficult puzzle/climbing cache (T5).
There IS NOTHING to find at the posted coordinates.

Please do not attempt to search this cache if you are not familiar with climbing and operating high above ground!
Don´'t go alone ... climbing and stealth(!) skills required ... its all on your own risk ... enjoy the game!

The Facts: Well, this is not too much news to get a seasoned Geocacher excited. There are too many strange things happening these days to be sleepless at night. But again we have to report a serious discovery concerning this elusive alien species living among us and wearing dark glasses:
It seems they are not only operating a space port in this lovely part of Brussels - no, they even have installed a Space Elevator nearby. Space Elevator schematics

Well we all know that a Space Elevator is not a trivial thing and getting up on it is a very scary business (especially as things can be swapped in such a challenging environment).
You can verify your estimations where this Space Elevator is possibly located here:

Click here to verify coordinates

It is suggested to go there at daylight first, to get an idea what the real challenge of this cache is.
The container is not visible from the ground.
Once you are familiar with the situation and you are absolutely certain that you really, really want to log this cache, come back at very late hours (any other timing will render your undertaking practically impossible).

It is in the early morning hours, you stand at the bottom of the Space Elevator, weather conditions are suitable (e.g. not wet) and you are still determined to go up.
Think once more if you really want to do this! You can still turn back and nobody will ever know.

OK you are courageous enough to go up - fine.
You do not need a flash-light - the environment is illuminated sufficiently.

Take a big breath and now the tricky bit starts:
  • The Men wearing dark glasses have hidden the container at the bottom of the space platform.
  • You actually do not need to get on the platform itself.
  • Go only halfway through the floor of the platform.
  • You can rest reasonably comfortable there and you can use the bottom of the platform as a table to facilitate writing your log entry.
  • The magnetic container is hidden on the other side of the Space Elevator cable (i.e. on the side facing away from you) in the horizontal structure that supports the platform.
  • Just reach around the cable - feel the container and grab it.
  • The cap of the micro is magnetic too. You can attach it easily nearby without a great risk of loosing/dropping it.
  • Please bring your own pen.
  • Do not to drop the logbook - you might have no chance to retrieve it (and thus claim your find)!
  • Please close the cache container carefully and put it back into its hiding place.
  • Enjoy the view on the nearby nicely illuminated Linac. You might even see a bunch of illuminated particles being accelerated there ...

A last piece of advice when up there:
Stay calm and carry on!
Once down again on the ground - just walk away ...
and be relieved that everything went well and you actually did not encounter an alien wearing dark glasses.

Additional Waypoints

SE5RKQP - Space Elevator
N/S __ ° __ . ___ W/E ___ ° __ . ___
The coordinates on Streetview are off some 3 m - but with the given attribute it is clear which one to take ...

Recente Logs

großeKaiserinWrite note
2-8-2026

Es ist Sonntag und die Gelegenheit günstig ;-) Und dann steht gleich neben GZ ein Polizeiauto :-( unter GZ sitzen ein paar Muggel, mit denen sich die Polizisten unterhalten... auch nach 15 Minuten stehen sie immer noch da und reden :-(((((( dann ein anderes Mal, tftc

KettuskiWrite note
19-7-2026

I have a story about this. So I already had a look at this cache back in Finland as I was about to travel to Brussels. I decided to bring my climbing harness and couple of slings to make ascent easier. Anyhow, when I arrived to Brussels I was not able to solve the coordinates! :D I think I have a clue where it is, but I have to retry next year. What makes this extraordinary is that I basically carried unnecessary gear for a single cache for about 1700 kilometers :D That has to be a world record. Picture as proof.

AnStahlisFound it
23-5-2026

Voor het lange Pinksterweekend hebben we een aantal interessante caches, evenementen en uitdagingen in België uitgekozen. We hebben het fantastisch gehad met prachtig weer! [:)] Für das lange Pfingstwochenende haben wir uns diesmal interessante Caches, Events und Herausforderungen in Belgien ausgesucht. Bei fantastischen Wetter konnten wir viel erleben! [:)] Dank an **SFBF** für das Legen und Pflegen des Caches AnStahlis [:)] [:)] [:)] [:)] [:)] [:)] [:)] [:)] [:)] [:)] [:)] 17696 [:)] [:)] [:)] [:)] [:)] [:)] [:)] [:)] [:)] [:)] [:)]

mmiicchheellWrite note
4-4-2026

Aujourd'hui direction Bruxelles pour un peu de géocaching en vélo. Avec Anne-France, nous nous promènerons dans le Sud de Bruxelles : Auderghem, Watermael-Boitsfort, Etterbeek, Woluwe-Saint-Lambert ... nous aurons vraiment apprécié la balade. Pour les caches, il y aura quelques DNF ... ça fait partie du jeu. Pour celle-ci, on reviendra un dimanche ... ce samedi, il y a trop de passage ... Merci pour la pose de cette cache.

JayceFound it
13-7-2025

Après pas mal de recherche j'ai fini par localiser l'endroit, il m'a encore fallu quelques mois pour me décider à y monter. C'est vraiment pas évident, dangereux, parfois on se demande pourquoi faire ce genre de truc pour une boîte

Locatie

Kaart laden...

50.815117, 4.417250

Status

BeschikbaarJa
GearchiveerdNee
Aantal logs5