Travel Bug Dog Tag Giant Steps

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Owner:
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Released:
Tuesday, October 4, 2005
Origin:
Massachusetts, United States
Recently Spotted:
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Current Goal

This bug is in a race with the "Baby Steps" TB. "Giant Steps" accumulates points only for big cache-to-cache jumps; it loses points for short jumps.

About This Item

The idea behind this race is to see which bug will travel more: one restricted to short jumps, or one restricted to long jumps. The scoring method for the first round is pretty arbitrary, and will change in subsequent rounds if it results in very lopsided scores.

Round 1: October 2005 through February 28, 2006

Scoring:

  • "Baby Steps" accumulates points for any cache-to-cache trip shorter than 20 miles, and loses points for any trip over 20 miles: points per trip = (20 - distance in miles) * 25.
  • "Giant Steps" accumulates points for any cache-to-cache trip longer than 300 miles, and loses points for any trip under 300 miles: points per trip = (distance in miles - 300) * 10.
  • Additionally, each bug picks up 25 points per cache visted.
  • No points are given if a bug is logged out of a cache and then back into the same cache.
  • No points for Stargate travel.
  • No mailing the bugs.
  • Current Standings:
  • Racer Score Most recent points
    Baby Steps 1302.5 02/26/05, Vida's Mire: 517.5 points
    (492.5 points for going 0.3 miles, plus 25 points for the cache)
    Giant Steps -3833 11/06/05, Cascade Lakes Cache: -1118 points
    (-1143 points for going 185.7 miles, plus 25 points for the cache)



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    NOTE: Travel bugs are not trade items, so cache rules regarding trades DO NOT APPLY to this travel bug. This TB may be picked up by anyone at any time from any cache with no restrictions. TB Hotel cache rules like "Don't take one if you don't leave one" do not apply to this TB.

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    Tracking History (59117.2mi) View Map

    Dropped Off 3/27/2010 framboisenko placed it in OTTT #2 – Changing of the Guard Stockholm, Sweden - 936.69 miles  Visit Log
    Write note 3/2/2010 framboisenko posted a note for it   Visit Log

    en Algérie, pas de cache où j'étais pendant une semaine .. dommage... alors, "giant's steps" attendra fin mars pour faire un grand bond :s
    in Algeria no cache where I traveled for a week ...sorry...then "giant's steps" waiting for the end of march to make a giant step's :s
    Retrieve It from a Cache 2/13/2010 framboisenko retrieved it from Le pont Sarrasin Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France   Visit Log

    il vient en lorraine mais c'est juste une pause sans arrêt
    it comes in Lorraine, but it's just a pause without stopping
    Dropped Off 1/23/2010 Phil59 placed it in Le pont Sarrasin Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France - 531.57 miles  Visit Log
    Retrieve It from a Cache 12/16/2009 Phil59 retrieved it from Terres de l'Ebre: Flix Cataluña, Spain   Visit Log

    Due to the circumstance that this cache is a Micro, and that in Winter the "tourist caches" are not visited so often, I placed it in this cache on my road and tooked it with me again...
    I hope this is in the mean of the owner. And if not - it brings mileage...

    ... and for this coin, this two big steps will bring points...
    Dropped Off 12/16/2009 Phil59 placed it in Terres de l'Ebre: Flix Cataluña, Spain - 590.64 miles  Visit Log
    Retrieve It from a Cache 12/9/2009 Phil59 retrieved it from Schnitzeljägers Plauderstunde Zürich, Switzerland   Visit Log

    ... are you ready for giant steps... ?
    Dropped Off 12/9/2009 wöty placed it in Schnitzeljägers Plauderstunde Zürich, Switzerland - .77 miles  Visit Log
    Retrieve It from a Cache 11/22/2009 wöty retrieved it from Äschau Zürich, Switzerland   Visit Log

    Hoffe das ich die richtige Schuhgrösse für diesen TB habe...
    Dropped Off 11/7/2009 Silberstein placed it in Äschau Zürich, Switzerland - 2.74 miles  Visit Log
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