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

    Retrieve It from a Cache 11/6/2009 Silberstein retrieved it from Troll Sven Zürich, Switzerland   Visit Log

    Er ging einfach mit uns mit!
    Dropped Off 11/5/2009 cache-it placed it in Troll Sven Zürich, Switzerland - 45.55 miles  Visit Log
    Retrieve It from a Cache 10/23/2009 cache-it retrieved it from Schloss Wädenswil Zürich, Switzerland   Visit Log

    Heute leider ohne Fuss gefunden und mitgenommen.
    Dropped Off 10/19/2009 PlamPlamBrother placed it in Schloss Wädenswil Zürich, Switzerland - 31.32 miles  Visit Log
    Discovered It 10/14/2009 Andsgi discovered it   Visit Log

    Heute beim Schloss Wädenswil gesehen.....
    Retrieve It from a Cache 10/4/2009 PlamPlamBrother retrieved it from Glarnerland 4 - Wichlen Glarus, Switzerland   Visit Log

    So, hab den heute mal aus der Box in Wichlen mitlaufen lassen...😁
    Dropped Off 10/3/2009 Hobel placed it in Glarnerland 4 - Wichlen Glarus, Switzerland - 846.34 miles  Visit Log
    Retrieve It from a Cache 8/30/2009 Hobel retrieved it from Open House Mini Event Basel Stadt, Switzerland   Visit Log

    Nun darf der TB ein paar Schritte mit uns gehen,
    bis wir wieder einen geeigneten Cache für ihn sehen.
    Discovered It 8/30/2009 Team_Gammabase discovered it   Visit Log

    Gesehen im Open House Mini Event in Basel 😉
    Dropped Off 8/24/2009 D Gniesser placed it in Open House Mini Event Basel Stadt, Switzerland - 766.99 miles  Visit Log

    We placed this coin in our first Event Cache what will be this sunday! He is now in north of Switzerland, in Basel.
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