It's All Downhill From Here Traditional Cache
WaylessWood: I took an extended hike and picked up the cache and the traveler in it. The NYS geocache permit expired this month, so I am archiving it. Thanks to all who visited.
It's All Downhill From Here
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This cache is placed near the top of Schunemunk Mtn, and borrows its name from a comment made by a cacher regarding my other hides on this mountain. Thanks Cornfarrell.
My family and I placed this cache during a wonderful hike. They did a terrific job making the hike, and even managed to find a few caches along the way. Way to go Wanderers.
Finding this cache will involve a considerable climbing hike up to the top of Schunemunk, where you will be rewarded with a great breeze and fantastic views. Oh, and the views along the way to the top aren't bad either.
Let the Jessup trail be your guide until you pass the paint marking the highest point in Orange County "1664". Then continue south along the trail until your GPSr says to go left. After that, it is just a short downhill trek to the hiding spot.
There are a couple of larger rocks and a tree. The cache is surrounded by smaller rocks. You should only need to lift the rock on top to extract the cache.
I had quite a bit of bounce as I placed this cache with accuracy shifting from 16' to just over 20'. Hopefully the hint should help.
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
Ba gur evtug nf lbh urnq qbjauvyy gbjneq gur ovt obhyqre. Vs lbh trg gb gur obhyqre ghea nebhaq na tb onpx hc n ovg.