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 8/16/2009 D Gniesser retrieved it from This day in history. peigi returns to California. Northern Scotland, United Kingdom   Visit Log

    We will help this TB to make a Giant Step to a new country, where he hasn't been yet....
    Dropped Off 8/16/2009 Follieus placed it in This day in history. peigi returns to California. Northern Scotland, United Kingdom - 331.32 miles  Visit Log
    Retrieve It from a Cache 8/10/2009 Follieus retrieved it from The UK's Second Mega Event South West England, United Kingdom   Visit Log

    picked this one up at WSM will take up to Scotland and drop off.
    Dropped Off 8/6/2009 Bambography placed it in The UK's Second Mega Event South West England, United Kingdom - 659.93 miles  Visit Log
    Retrieve It from a Cache 6/25/2009 Bambography retrieved it from Britain's Third Most Remote Event Cache (Unst) Northern Scotland, United Kingdom   Visit Log

    Taken from the event at the very top of the UK. 300 miles you say? No problem! Will drop off again in the South of the UK giving well over 600 miles again! Loads-a points! (Assuming that this race isn't as forgotten as it appears from the TB page?)
    Dropped Off 6/14/2009 Simply Paul placed it in Britain's Third Most Remote Event Cache (Unst) Northern Scotland, United Kingdom - 446.59 miles  Visit Log
    Discovered It 6/13/2009 Father Monk discovered it   Visit Log

    Discovered at the Picnic in the Park
    Retrieve It from a Cache 6/13/2009 Simply Paul retrieved it from Picnic In The Park South East England, United Kingdom   Visit Log

    Collected at the Picnic in the Park, as I think I can help with the mission. Bambography and I did the caculations on site: 649.95miles as the crow flies. That's got to be worth a point or two 🙂 Fun idea for a TB race (of sorts) - Happy to help!

    SP
    Dropped Off 6/13/2009 adsandco placed it in Picnic In The Park South East England, United Kingdom - 215.48 miles  Visit Log

    Dropped off with Simply Paul, who might actually manage the 300 in the UK! good luck, sorry our trip was short of the mark.

    [This entry was edited by adsandco on Saturday, June 13, 2009 at 12:17:45 PM.]
    Retrieve It from a Cache 5/30/2009 adsandco retrieved it from YB Roadside Challenge - Birkdale Tarn Yorkshire, United Kingdom   Visit Log

    Blimey 300miles in the UK! As per previous log think this is going to struggle here! Picked this one up thinking we could help this one with a 'long journey' from Yorkshire down to London 😁 but thats not going to hit the mark...

    will see what we can do but may take a couple of weeks...

    [This entry was edited by adsandco on Wednesday, June 03, 2009 at 12:43:44 AM.]
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