HIGH POINTS OF MY YOUTH Multi-cache
blitz_8255: It was a good cache, had its run, but when trying to do some maintenance, I ran into way too much poison ivy!
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STAGE 1 IS AN EASY WALK..... FINAL IS A 2.5
NEW PUZZLE BECAUSE OF COORD CHANGE FOR FINAL IT'S STILL IN THE SAME PLACE THOUGH
THIS IS A STRIP OF WOODS THAT I USED TO SPEND A LOT OF TIME IN WHEN I WAS 6 AND 7. CONSIDERING OURSELVES WORLD EXPLORERS, WE USED TO SIT ON THE EDGE OF THE WORLD AS WE CALLED IT AND WATCH THE TRAINS AND THE RIVER ROLL BY. MAKING UP STORIES OF WHAT WAS IN THE CARS AND WHERE THEY WERE GOING. THESE WOODS SEEMED MASSIVE THEN, NOW THEY ARE NOT MUCH MORE THAN A PATCH, BUT THE CLIFFS ARE STILL THERE SO PLEASE EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION AND HANG ON TO THE LITTLE ONES SHOULD YOU CHOSE TO BRING THEM. THE COORDS ON TOP WILL TAKE YOU TO THE “BOUNCER” AS WE CALLED IT, WE WERE TOLD IT BOUNCED THE RADIO SIGNALS FOR THE TRAINS, COMING FROM UP RIVER TO THE TRAIN YARD AT BO-WEST. ONCE THERE YOU MUST USE THESE CLUES TO FIGURE OUT THE COORDS FOR THE FINAL THAT IS LESS THAN .2 AWAY.
. WHERE B= # BOLTS HOLDING 1 LEG TO ITS CONCRETE SUPPORT
AND A= # OF PANELS BOLTED TOGETHER TO FORM THE “BOUNCER”
THE COORDS FOR THE FINAL ARE :
N 40 00.AAA …..…W 079 35.CDA ………WHERE C =A x B
AND D = 2B + 1
I GOT THESE COORDS FROM 3 READINGS AND MY GPS HAD 17 FEET ACCURACY. USE THE HINT IF YOU HAVE TO, BUT YOU SHOULDN’T
THE FINAL IS LOCATED AT A PLACE WE CALLED “NELLIE ROCK” WHY IT WAS CALLED THAT I DON’T KNOW AND NIETHER DOES ANY ONE I’VE EVER ASKED, BUT THAT’S WHAT IT IS CALLED. YOU ARE LOOKING FOR A D-CON CONTAINER THAT HAS A LOG BOOK, TRAVEL BUG AND SOME SMALL POINTLESS SWAG. YOUR APPROACH TO THE FINAL COULD RANGE FROM NOT TO BAD (THERE IS A OLD TRAIL) TO DIFFICULT DEPENDING ON YOUR CHOICE OF STARTING POINT, EITHER WAY THERE IS SOME BUSHWACKING REQUIRED. I SUGGEST STARTING FROM THE BIKE TRAIL, BUT NOT GOING STRAIGHT UP. I USED TO SPEND HOURS HERE WHEN I WAS YOUNG, I HOPE YOU DON’T HAVE TO. PLEASE RE-HIDE AS GOOD OR BETTER, AS I THINK A NEW GERNERATION OF EXPLORERS ARE USING THE PLACE! AS ALWAYS, BE SAFE, AND WATCH OUT FOR THE WOODS, THEY ARE OUT TO GET YOU.
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FVK SRRG HC ...VA N UBYR!