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Observation Deck, It WAS Maddening! Traditional Cache

Hidden : 8/15/2004
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

This is my FIRST GEOCACHE Ever. Near the heart of Cuyahoga Falls. Slightly sneaky hide, clue provided to narrow your search.


To me, the Best of Geoaching is the great locations it takes you to. Location, location, location. This geocache is on an observation deck overlooking the gorge down below and the Little Falls of the Cuyahoga River. Wonderful view year round.

The cache container is a very small tube, skinnier than your finger.

The cache is in it's 3rd location here since I originally hid it. First location was under the wood floor planks below your feet. Real tricky hide, hanging by a wire. Punk Geomuggles found it and destroyed it. Second location was on the north hand rail. City installed a new deck and hand rails so that location was compromised. This new location should be ok for some time.

This would make a good night cache, the falls are especially pretty at night when it is all lit up by the Sheraton Hotel that sits above it.

If you don't suffer from VERTIGO! Lean over the rail and look down. You're about 100 feet up from the river. The view reminds me of something you would see high in the mountains somewhere. Quite a view. Enjoy!


Trust your GPS, my coordinates are from a 4 day average. Don't decode the clue now! I've kept it short so that you can easily decode in the field.

This is the hiking viking's VERY FIRST Geocache in the greater Akron area.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Uvtujnl fvqr - arne gur zvqqyr cbfg. Oryyl uvtu.

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)