The cache is at the above coordinates. I have chosen a scenic, yet cache and dash location in Bond Lake Park, conveniently located in the area where an Inkwell Travel Bug Hotel was recently archived. No sense in taking up prime real estate in the park for a challenge cache few will qualify for.
You must meet the requirements for this challenge cache to log a find! Any non-qualifying find logs will be deleted. Don't make me be the bad guy, as MickEMT would say.
The Jasmer Challenge requires you to find at least one cache placed every month since Geocaching was invented, in May 2000. That's kinda crazy, and very few qualify. Many cachers across North America have created "mini Jasmer challenges" which require you to only find one cache placed during each month of a specific year, and that is what we have here. You must have found a cache placed during each month of the year 2002.
For a cache to qualify for the challenge, you must have completed the logging requirements for that cache. There are no geographic restrictions, the cache can be anywhere in the world. There is no time restriction on when you made the find, previous finds count. The only condition is that the cache must have been placed in one of the months of 2002.
How do I know if I qualify?
You'll probably want to be a premium member, and use a "my finds" pocket query. There is a program called Geocaching Swiss Army Knife, commonly known as GSAK Then there is a third party macro, i.e. plug-in, for the Jasmer Challenge found here There are examples uploaded to this cache page below.
Easier way? You can download the much simpler program CacheStats This will organize your data nicely, but it's not something you'll be able to upload to the cache page, you'll have to make a bookmark list, or typed list of your qualifying finds. There is an example of a portion of my 2002 finds below. Also, the free web-based service MyGeocachingProfile.com offers Jasmer Challenge support. Simply upload your My finds Pocket Query to that website. You can take a screen shot of a grid to upload here.
The cache owner would prefer a nice GSAK screen shot, or the stats conveniently located in your profile via GSAK. Next best is creating a bookmark list. Or you could just list your qualifying caches as text with your find log. Please note all these "third party" methods are optional, not mandatory. They sure make things easier though.
2002: When caches were caches, and parking lots were for parking.
- Jimmy Carter was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize
- BarbershopDru joined Geocaching.com
- Salt Lake City hosted the Winter Olympic Games
- Tiger Woods won the 66th Masters at Augusta
- MrMom and MsBusymom, aka The Mom's (or The Mum's in Canada) joined Geocaching.com
- The Detroit Red Wings won the Stanley Cup
The cache owner qualifies for his own challenge, with 93 qualifying finds placed during the 12 months of 2002. The "worst" month is March, 2002, with 4 qualifying finds. Easy, peasy, eh?