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AHET - Hangman Mystery Cache

Hidden : 11/15/2020
Difficulty:
2.5 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size:   regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:


THE CACHE IS NOT AT THE POSTED COORDINATES. It  is placed along the newly opened Albany-Hudson Electric Trail.

The Albany-Hudson Electric Trail follows the path of the electric trolley line that connected Albany to Hudson from 1899 to 1929. It runs from Rensselaer through East Greenbush, Nassau, the village of Nassau and Schodack in Rensselaer County into Columbia County where it traverses Chatham, Kinderhook, the villages of Valatie and Kinderhook, Stuyvesant, Stockport, Greenport and arrives in Hudson. Details are available on the trail website at www.ahettrail.org.

As cursed year 2020 draws to a close, and Halloween in confinement didn't deliver the thrills and chills it normally would, I sprinkled a few spooky caches along the trail to make up for it. Parents and tender hearts never fear, this "Trail of Terror" is very much family friendly.

Electric Fact: Devices to lift and lower people and objects along a fixed shaft have existed for over 2000 years, but German engineer Werner von Siemens was the first to build an electric elevator. In what year did he complete his prototype?

A - 1880 - go find the cache at N 42° 25.736' W 73° 40.145'

B - 1895 - go find the cache at N 42° 25.763' W 73° 40.154'

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Ybbx hc

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)