P.H.D. in Geocaching Degree Challenge Mystery Cache
P.H.D. in Geocaching Degree Challenge
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The cache is at the posted coordinates, however you must complete the necessary qualifications before you may sign the logbook and register it as a find on this listing page. The 5/5 rating is for the requirements to meet the challenge. The actual placement is a 2/3. This challenge may only be logged once regardless of how many different ways you may rack up 80 points.
This listing is all about celebrating our triumphs as geocachers. So a replica of the L'Arc de Triumph (Paris) of our own Rosedale Memorial Arch (KC) seemed only fitting as a setting.
All logs will need to be submitted with proof of component completion to the Registrar attached. Logs not meeting requirements will be deleted and your tuition forfeited. There is a vintage Woodland Clan FTF token #197 for the initial degree recipient. Inside the bottle, are ten micro medals as swag for the initial ten finders. Once depleted, they will not be replaced. All finders will be e-mailed an electronic PDF version of the PHD degree certificate, if they provide a valid e-mail address via the message function.
The P.H.D. (Placed, Hidden, Distance) Degree in Geocaching is only conferred on an elite group of cachers who have exerted a sustained effort to achieve completion of the components of the curriculum listed below. In order to claim this find and complete the challenge, you must achieve eighty (80) points using any of the combinations below with the following exception:
You may use either the full or half version of qualifications, but not both. For example, if claiming 20 points of course credit for a 10-year Jasmer grid, then you cannot also use the 10 points of course credit for the 5-year Jasmer option.
DISTANCE LEARNING ONE (20 points towards degree) -- in order to complete this segment of the curriculum, you must have logged at least one find in each of the 48 contiguous United States since you began caching.
HALF WAY USA ONE (10 points towards degree) -- in order to complete this segment of the curriculum, you must have logged at least one find in 24 of the contiguous 48 United States.
SEMESTER ABROAD ONE (10 points towards degree) -- in order to complete this segment of the curriculum, you must have logged at least thirty (30) caches of any type outside of the contiguous 48 lower states.
MUNICIPAL CODE ONE (10 points towards degree) -- in order to complete this segment of the curriculum, you must have logged finds in at least four hundred (400) counties.
DELORME CHALLENGES (10 points towards degree; capped at two states maximum) -- in order to complete this segment of the curriculum, you must have fulfilled the requirements and logged a DeLorme challenge in a state.
ALL COUNTIES IN STATE CHALLENGES (10 points towards degree; capped at two states maximum) -- in order to complete this segment of the curriculum, you must have logged a find in each of the counties within a state.
PLACED DATE ONE (20 points towards degree) -- in order to complete this segment of the curriculum, you must have logged at least one find by placed date for each day of the year. You may straddle across multiple years to fulfill this requirement to fill your grid.
A CACHE A DAY ONE (20 points towards degree)-- in order to complete this segment of the curriculum, you must have logged at least one find on each day of the year of any cache type. You may straddle across multiple years to fulfill this requirement and complete your grid.
FIZZY GRID ONE (20 points towards degree) -- in order to complete this segment of the curriculum, you have filled a D/T grid in entirety.
HIDDEN JASMER ONE (20 points towards degree) -- in order to complete this segment of the curriculum, you must have logged at least one find per month/year combination on a Jasmer Grid for a period of not less than ten years.
HALF JASMER ONE (10 points towards degree) -- in order to complete this segment of the curriculum, you must have logged at least one find per month/year combination for a period of not less than five years.
Additional Hints
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