The Choose Your Own Challenge Challenge (Auckland) Mystery Cache

This cache challenges you to set yourself a personal, individual, caching challenge to complete before finding this cache - any challenge that you will then undertake and complete - whatever it is, it's entirely up to you! While challenging you to complete a personal challenge, this is not actually a challenge cache in that there is no official, specific, challenge requirement for you to fulfill before finding the cache, which is itself located at the published coordinates.

There are no rules for this challenge, but there are some guidelines and suggestions. You can ignore it all and just go out and find the cache right now, if that's your bag, or you can enter into the spirit of this challenge - read on to find out how.

If geocaching for you is all about the numbers, and you see this as just an opportunity to grab another quick smiley (or FTF even), then you'll obviously choose a very very simple challenge to complete, or no challenge at all - the shame, embarrassment and utter humiliation in the face of your peers for doing so won't matter to you. If, on the other hand, there is more to geocaching for you - the challenging puzzles or terrain, the amazing places visited, history, views, and cunning hides - then you'll set yourself a very hard challenge, something deeply satisfying that you'll be truly proud of achieving. It's your choice - it's entirely up to you.

First of all, you'll notice that these are just guidelines and suggestions and not rules. As we've already established there are no rules at all for this challenge.

1. We request that you post a note stating the challenge you have set for yourself before you begin. You don't have to, but if you're going to set yourself a decent challenge, then you should have no problem letting everyone know what it is! So this is a strong request.

2. Don't choose a challenge that you have already completed, or at least set yourself a challenge you can start now so that you can get some feeling of accomplishment in achieving it before finding this cache.

3. Your challenge should hopefully somewhat reflect the high difficulty and terrain ratings of this challenge cache. Think of a challenge worthy of these high ratings - perhaps some really tricky puzzles, some really tough terrain, basically some hard work should go into completing your challenge, whatever you decide it will be.

4. Try not to copy exactly someone else's challenge they have set themselves. Since you can come up with your own individual challenge, try and be original and unique and pick one that is entirely individual to your caching style.

5. Think about how you can go that little bit harder, further or tougher than those who have announced or completed their challenges before you.

6. When you complete your challenge, supply evidence that you have completed it by whatever means and in whatever format you choose (but please do so publicly on the cache page, rather than privately to us). We trust you have completed the challenge you set for yourself, if you say you have - but you might as well let everyone know!

7. Remember, you can choose whatever challenge you like - it could be really tough or it could be really easy. Major kudos if you set yourself a really tough challenge befitting, or outdoing, your caching experience so far and you will wear this challenge cache find with pride and satisfaction.

8. Finally, have fun caching! That's the primary reason for all of this. If you're not having fun then you're not doing it right.