The cache IS at the posted
coordinates!
Please read the description below for logging
requirements.
OK, here is the situation. You are out in a park searching
for that little container that has the piece of paper that you
REALLY want to sign.
This one seems to be eluding you and you have been out there for
some time now. Walking
back and fourth, bending over, looking up, reaching in and around,
talking to yourself, stopping to scratch your head in confusion and
maybe at some point you have been on your hands and
knees.
Distracted you don’t notice the person walking
to your location. Then
you hear from behind you, “Excuse me, what are you
doing?” You slowly turn
around to face someone in uniform and think to yourself….
Busted!
Now you go into your speal about Geocaching
and what you are doing in that park. Yes, now you realize that from
another perspective that you do look like someone who is “under the
influence” or maybe just crazy and you understand why the neighbor
called in a “suspicious” character hanging
around. The
officer is unsure of your story and gives you 60 seconds to
produce this container of which you speak. You frantically take
advantage of every second rifling around in the bushes,
11…12…13 searching that retaining wall, 32…33…34… and even
contemplated climbing that tree, 45…46…47… after all it is a
difficulty 4 cache…..
56…57…58…59…Minute is up!! The office suspects that you are
actually drunk and/or hallucinating about that “treasure” that you
claim to be seeking and initiates a field sobriety test.
You are instructed to stand on one leg, arms
outstretched. You look
at the sky, close your eyes and successfully touch your nose
without falling over.
Whew!! Now you are
instructed to walk an “imaginary line”. Why the officer requested this
from a person that is suspected of hallucinating I will never
figure out, but you pass that test too. Now you are hopping in place on
one leg. All is good…
until…
“Count backwards from 10 to 1” the officer
instructs… Here is your
chance to finally pass this sobriety test but please know that this
will take some concentration to do it right. Get it wrong and it’s off to the
drunk tank for you.
To pass this sobriety
test you must find ten caches in reverse number order
that you
have NOT found before being busted
today. Each
qualifying cache must have a number in its name. It can be spelled out, roman
numeral, digits, whatever. Some examples are outlined
below. You must
find a cache with a 10, then a 9, then 8 and so on down to
1. Here are some
of the other stipulations and rules to pass this
test:
-
Only caches found on or after the published date of this
challenge will count.
-
The
caches must be “found” in order from 10 to 1.
-
They DO NOT
need to be in the same day or even on consecutive
days. Just in
date order.
Example: You can find your “10 cache” on the first day then
take a few days of caching before you come across your “9
cache” with other miscellaneous finds in between. But if you find an “8 cache”
before your “9 cache” the eight cache will not count for this
sobriety test.
-
You
can find multiple numbers on the same day if you
can. They just
need to be found and logged in the correct reverse order.
(You can find other caches in between of
course)
-
The
caches can be of any type.
Examples of Qualifying Caches Names: (These
are fictional caches)
-
“The Ten That Were Never Found” (Use the “Ten” for 10 but
NOT as your 1)
-
“I
Hate This Stupid Challenge IV” (Use the “IV” as your 4 but NOT as a
1 or 5)
-
For
numeric numbers in a cache name you can use any part of
it. “Crazy 101
Challenges” (Can be used for the 1 or 10)
-
Other variations upon approval.
To log your find
simply list your caches in your “Found It” date order with cache
names. This will
automatically put them in the 10 to 1 order. If I find any problems with your
list your log will be deleted and you will be sentenced to the
drunk tank until you can correctly count backwards from 10 to
1.