Numbers. We are
fascinated by them. We love to celebrate milestones and goals met
of various numbers.
One hundred always seems to be a significant number that
gives us a sense of accomplishment.
The object of this challenge is that you must find caches, all
within one calendar day, where their combined Difficulty and Terrain stars add up to a
minimum of 100. I call this your Star
Search day. This can be done in a minimum of ten caches for
the really ambitious. (10 caches rated as 5/5 star. 5 stars x 20 =
100 stars) It can also be accomplished with exactly 50 caches on
the other extreme. (50 caches rated as 1/1 star. 1 star x 100 = 100
stars) So all you have to do is find between 10 and 50 caches
within one calendar day where their combined stars equal or exceed
100 stars!! That's not so hard. Or is it?
How do you figure this out? Lets use
this cache as an example:
100 Stars Challenge -
Difficulty:
Terrain: = 4.5 Stars
for Difficulty + 2 Stars for Terrain
4.5 + 2.0 = 6.5 Stars for this example cache!!
The Rules of this
Challenge:
- All of your finds must be found on the same calendar day.
- All of your finds must be listed in the state of North
Carolina.
- To even the playing field, only a Star
Search day on or after the hidden date of this challenge may be
used.
- The sum of all the stars, Difficulty & Terrain, must equal
or exceed 100 stars.
- All cache types can count as finds for your Star Search
day.
- No "Armchair" finds may be used for this challenge. You must
have physically visited each cache that day.
- Use of the stars for THIS challenge may be counted
ONLY IF you physically visited and signed the log on the day
of your Star Search. (There are 6.5 stars right there!! That's 6.5%
of of the Star Search Day's requirements)
- If you do not want to include this cache in your Star
Search day total, you can visit the final and sign at anytime but
you can not claim this as a "find" online until you meet the
challenge requirements.
- For this challenge, it is requested that you not use the
same set of finds for this challenge as you would for of any of the
other "# finds in a day" challenge caches like the "Geocaching 101 - The Chinese Fire Drill
Challenge". This challenge is intended to be completed on a
separate day with a separate set of finds.
- Star values are to be calculated as of the day of your find.
Changes in star value, either up or down, will not effect your
final star count. (Changes to star ratings are rare but it does
happen)
- Generally accepted rules, guidelines and conditions for logging
a cache find apply. These must be bona fide caches listed on
Geocaching.com that you have personally and physically active,
found and logged.
Logging
Requirements:
To log a "Found it" for this cache, in addition to finding the
cache and signing the logbook, you must have:
Found enough caches inside the state of
North Carolina, in one calendar day where their combined Difficulty
and Terrain star ratings add up to a minimum of 100
stars.
Demonstrate this logging
requirement with a few options. You can create a temporary bookmark
listing each cache of your Star Search day with the star value in
the notes. Please leave this bookmark as active for at least one
month. Or you create a listing your log of the date of your Star
Search, each cache found and the associated star value.
Regardless of how you demonstrate your completion of this
challenge your log must include your total Star Count for the
day.
Quick note on a way to calculate your
Star Search Total:
If you use any of the many Waypoint Management software tools,
chances are you have access to an "export" function. I found that I
can export a list of finds for a specific day to Excel, edit out
the unwanted columns and then sum up the stars very easily. I can
also "Copy & Paste" the text from that spreadsheet to result in
something like the following in a log:
GC# |
Cache Name |
Found Date |
D |
T |
GC1F36C |
NHFD #1 |
07/03/10 |
2 |
1.5 |
GC1AY8A |
Hobble NCBiscuit, Hobble. |
07/03/10 |
1.5 |
1.5 |
GC12537 |
Fun Football Facts |
07/03/10 |
1.5 |
1.5 |
GC1FC94 |
Vertical Skate |
07/03/10 |
1.5 |
1.5 |
GC1A65Q |
The Joggling Board |
07/03/10 |
2 |
4 |
GC1QR4W |
Where is it |
07/03/10 |
2 |
1.5 |
GC1F3WX |
NHFD Mystery Cache |
07/03/10 |
2.5 |
1.5 |
GC27J1X |
86 near 86 - Pay you respects |
07/03/10 |
1.5 |
1.5 |
GC1F3VP |
NHFD #2 |
07/03/10 |
2 |
1.5 |
|
|
Total Stars |
|
32.5 |
Holy Moly!! There's another 27
Stars!!
They're everywhere!!
Get ready for some fun and watch for more challenge caches to
come soon.
FTF should contact wsgaskins so
that they may choose their very own unactivated geocoin.