There are a couple challenge caches
in the area that require 100 finds in a day. But I think this one
is quite different.
What I have noticed about those
caches is that the people who sign the logs (me included)
accomplished the challenge as a group. It made me wonder if you are
in a group, can you truly say you found 100 in a day? I don't think
anybody can deny that another set of eyes is a big help when
searching. That is the basis for this challenge.
So I started to think about how many
caches a group would have to find to balance the numbers. I came up
with the theory below. Feel free to comment on it, but if you want
to debate the theory, do it with somebody else.
In a calender day you have 24 hours.
In that time you have two things to do, travel to caches and search
for caches. So I will alot 12 hours for each. Having a group
shouldn't make you travel faster so that time stays the same. But
the searching time is helped with more people. Meaning, of the 12
hours of searching time, if you have a group of two, you gain 50%
searching time, or six hours. Six hours is 25% of the full day.
Therefore you need 25% more caches for the day...or 125 total
finds. Taking it further, if you have three in your group, you gain
66% of that search time...or 8 hours. That is one third of your
day...so you need 133 total finds. The chart below shows the number
of finds needed for bigger groups.
one in group....100 finds
two in group....125 finds
three in group....133 finds
four in group....137 finds
five in group....140 finds
six or more in group....141
finds
You might notice the chart includes
"one in group". If you are brave enough to find 100 caches by
yourself, please feel free you sign this cache log too. That is
amazing and I will make special note of it on the cache page.
After a lot of planning and a little
frustration around rush hour, 5*Terrain and I accomplished this
challenge on Sept. 3, 2010. It really was a lot of fun and well
worth the effort.
**Any day in your caching career
counts. **Please reference your big day in your log or profile.
****Congratulations to Team
MEMILA on the FTF****
****SOLO CACHERS****
Team MEMILA
