{"id":60359,"date":"2018-10-30T08:51:41","date_gmt":"2018-10-30T15:51:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.geocaching.com\/blog\/?p=60359"},"modified":"2018-10-30T10:33:03","modified_gmt":"2018-10-30T17:33:03","slug":"the-jasmer-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.geocaching.com\/blog\/2018\/10\/the-jasmer-challenge\/","title":{"rendered":"The Jasmer Challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"

One of the oldest and most popular geocaching challenges is the Jasmer Challenge. To complete the challenge, you must fill your Jasmer grid by finding caches <\/span>placed<\/span><\/i> in every month since geocaching began in May 2000. As of the time of this blog publication, there have been 222 months since the beginning of geocaching, which means you must find 222 caches to qualify. <\/span><\/p>\n

The first Jasmer Challenge appeared in California in 2008 (<\/span>GC1GBC1<\/span><\/a>). It has since been duplicated all over the world. If you\u2019re unclear on how the Jasmer Challenge works or want some tips on how to qualify, you found the right place.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The Jasmer Challenge inevitably becomes more difficult as time passes. First, because with each new month, there is another required cache to find. Also, there are fewer active caches available from the early years. To see for yourself:<\/span><\/p>\n

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  1. Conduct a worldwide search and <\/span>order the results by the \u2018Placed On\u2019 category<\/span><\/a>. <\/span><\/li>\n
  2. Scroll past the caches with bogus \u2018Placed On\u2019 dates (example: everything prior to May 11, 2000).<\/span><\/li>\n
  3. You will see there are only seven remaining caches that were placed in May 2000, which was the first month of geocaching. <\/span><\/li>\n
  4. The pickings are even slimmer for August 2000, with just four remaining active caches.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    So, you better get started! To find out where you currently stand, use a tool like <\/span>Project-GC<\/span><\/a> to view your \u2018Finds by hidden month.\u201d (Find it on <\/span>your \u2018Profile stats\u2019<\/span><\/a> page on Project-GC.) <\/span><\/p>\n

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    Next, identify available caches from the months you\u2019re missing. There are a number of ways to do this: <\/span>
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