OCD Challenge Cache - 4 x 4 x 16 Mystery Cache
Dr. House: Once tick season has passed, I'll head out and remove the container.
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OCD Challenge Cache - 4 x 4 x 16
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The O.C.D. Series of Challenge caches are based on attaining a certain amount of finds within different Ontario Census Divisions (hence, OCD). At the time this cache was published, there were 50 different Regions, Districts, Counties and Municipalities to cache in within Ontario. Being a Challenge Cache, this cache is located at the posted co-ordinates.
There's no question that Geocaching is the hobby for me. It allows me to do 2 of the things that I enjoy most: Travel to new locations and explore that area through caches to my heart's content. I do it so often that I've created little goals for myself which have become little "games within the game", pushing me to find more caches in as many different Census Divisions as possible.
For this Challenge Cache, I've borrowed an idea from a good friend and expanded on the premise somewhat. As such, it is quite a bit tougher to achieve and will likely require a significant amount of travel in order to qualify to log a find.
GC225WY - Off-Road 4 x 4 by The Blue Quasar was a pretty intriguing cache for me and is the inspiration for this Challenge Cache. Although I was able to qualify fairly easily, I was sweating a little bit while looking through my finds thinking that I wouldn't be able to find certain sizes of cache types (that micro letterbox is a toughy!!).
The basis for this cache is very similar, though since it's part of the OCD Challenge, much more travel is involved. This twist on this Challenge? You can only find 1 combination of cache type and size per Ontario Census Division - without using any Ontario Census Division twice.
In order to qualify to log a find on this Challenge cache, you will need to have accomplished the following:
1. You will need to start by finding one each of the following cache types - Traditional, Multicache, Mystery Cache, and Letterbox Hybrid.
2. Of those 4 cache types, you will need to find each of the 4 different cache sizes currently available - Micro, Small, Regular and Large.
3. Of those 16 different cache finds (the 4 different cache types multiplied by the 4 different possible sizes for each one), each one must be in a separate Census Division within Ontario. In other words: If you use Niagara Region for your Large Sized Letterbox Hybrid cache, you may not use Niagara Region again for any of the other 15 remaining combinations.
4. Please send a list of the 16 caches that you found based on the above requirements to me through my profile, or make a shared bookmark list and attach it to this cache listing. Alternatively, you may include the GC codes, cache types & sizes, and the Census Division for each cache in a log on this listing. Please view the "Related Web Page" at the top of this listing for a list of the 50 qualifying Census Divisions in Ontario.
5. Finds on your own caches are considered invalid for the purposes of this challenge.
6. You may not use a find on this cache as one of your 16 qualifying caches.
7. All Census Divisions in your qualifying list will be verified by me using the Ontario Counties Map macro designed for GSAK based on the posted co-ordinates of each individual cache.
Found logs which do not qualify based on the above-mentioned criteria will be subject to deletion.
Additional Hints
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