THE CACHE IS AT THE POSTED COORDINATES!
Well everyone out there is creating challenges. So here you go. Every wonder just how far you have gone while geocaching? Well this challenge is for you. In order to claim a find on this cache you must:
1) Find and sign the long. Difficulty is 1, Terrain is 1.
2) Demonstrate that you have found caches with a total distance from your home coordinates of at least 1,000,000 miles.
It’s just that simple. So is why the Difficult so high? Well simple. 1,000,000 Million Miles. According to Groundspeak the difficulty rating is based upon a simple set of criteria. See the table below.
Difficulty 5 Star requires serious mental or physical challenge. I think that 1,000,000 million miles qualifies for that description. May require specialized knowledge or skills! Have you had to plan out a big caching trip, solve one of the difficult puzzles that someone created, or found one of the difficult containers to open (maybe one with a lock). My guess is that if you got the miles, you have met the requirements for difficulty level 5.
Demonstrate this logging requirement any way you see fit but you must provide reasonable documentation that you meet the requirement. Here are examples of four ways this could be done.
1. For the Tech savy; Use GSAK and center on your Home coords and export your database to .csv. Load this file into a spreadsheet and Sum the Miles column.
2. Use the FindStasGen macro for GSAK and calculate “Distance from Home” which will display an “Average Distance”. Multiply this number by your total finds.
3. Use Statistics on your Geocaching.com profile and calculate a total “Distance to Finds”. You’re going to have to use the lower number in the range here and will lose a lot of miles.
4. Cookshome has programmed a GSAK macro for this challenge: Million Mile Challenge
You may find this cache prior to qualifying. Just sign the log and write a note on the cache page of your current status. Then when you qualify you may claim the find on the cache.