Challenge: 5 5 5 5 5 Mystery Cache
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This challenge is brought to you by the number 5.
It IS at the posted coordinates, but before you can log a smiley, you need to complete 5 mini-challenges, each involving the number 5. If you are successful, you will be rewarded with a 5/5 cache, which is totally about the logistical and physical effort needed to complete these challenges and not at all about the actual hide.
Good Luck!!!!!
Without further adieu, here are the 5 mini-challenges:
1) 5 "Busy" Days:
- For mini-challenge #1, you need to find at least 5 cache types in one day, on each of 5 days.
- The 5 types must be one of these 11 main cache types: CITO, Earthcache, Event, Letterbox Hybrid, Mega Event, Multi, Traditional, Unknown(Puzzle), Virtual, Webcam, and Wherigo.
- If you have 10 or more cache types in one day, that may count for 2 "days".
- These days do not need to be consecutive.
- Each of these 5 days must have a unique set of 5 cache types (so, for example, if you used CITO/Event/Multi/Virtual/Unknown as your 5 cache types for one day, you couldn't use that same set for another day, but you could use CITO/Event/Multi/Virtual/Webcam). Sorting the types alphabetically makes confirmation of this easy.
2) 5 "Busy" 5 Day Streaks:
- For mini-challenge #2, you need to find a different cache type each day for 5 consecutive days.
- The 5 types must be one of these 11 main cache types: CITO, Earthcache, Event, Letterbox Hybrid, Mega Event, Multi, Traditional, Unknown(Puzzle), Virtual, Webcam, and Wherigo.
- Two streaks may overlap provided they differ by at least one date and that you do not use the same cache type for any of the same dates in both streaks. (For example, if both streaks use 1/1/11, you may not use "Earthcache" for that day in both streaks.)
- Each of these 5 streaks must have a unique set of 5 cache types that make up the streak (so, for example, if you used Event/Multi/Unknown/Virtual/Webcam as your 5 cache types for one streak, you couldn't use that same set for another streak, but you could use Event/Multi/Virtual/Webcam/Wherigo).
- In addition, each of the 5 sets of cache types used to meet this mini-challenge must be unique from the 5 sets of cache types used to meet mini-challenge #1. So, at the end of mini-challenges #1 and #2, you will have 10 sets of 5 cache types, and every set must be a unique list (sort order doesn't matter, so a different order doesn't make a different list).
3) 5 "Single Type" Days:
- For mini-challenge #3, you need to complete 5 separate days where you get at least 5 caches of one type, and it can NOT be Traditional.
- All 25 caches must be of the same type and must be from the following list: CITO, Earthcache, Event, Letterbox Hybrid, Mega Event, Multi, Unknown(Puzzle), Virtual, Webcam, and Wherigo.
- If you have 10 or more finds from one cache type in one day, this does NOT count for 2 "days".
- These days do not need to be consecutive.
- The cache type you choose for this mini-challenge must be different than the type you choose for mini-challenge #4.
4) 5 "Single Type" 5 Day Streaks:
- For mini-challenge #4, you need to complete 5 separate 5-day streaks where you find the same cache type each day, and it can NOT be Traditional.
- All 5 streaks must use the same type and must be from the following list: CITO, Earthcache, Event, Letterbox Hybrid, Mega Event, Multi, Unknown(Puzzle), Virtual, Webcam, and Wherigo.
- These 5 separate streaks may NOT overlap.
- In addition, the cache type you choose for this mini-challenge must be different than the type you chose for mini-challenge #3.
5) 5 Consecutive Days with 5 Physical Cache Finds:
- For mini-challenge #5, you need to complete 5 consecutive days where you find at least 5 physical caches each day (with a physical container and logbook).
- All 25 caches must be from the following list: Letterbox Hybrid, Multi, Traditional, Unknown(Puzzle), and Wherigo.
- In addition, at least one cache of the 5 each day MUST be a Traditional, and each Traditional cache that you use to represent each day must be of a different difficulty rating.
Other Things:
- These requirements are minimums, not exact specifications. You can find any number of additional caches, cache types, and streaks above and beyond what you use to meet the requirements for any given mini-challenge.
- Caches can be anywhere in the world. You are not limited to Minnesota caches.
- All past finds count, however see FTF Considerations.
- See our sample on how to post your qualification.
- Most importantly, have fun! The objective of this challenge is to experience many different aspects of geocaching including streaks, numbers, and a multitude of cache types.
FTF Considerations:
- THREE separate FTF awards will be given to make this a fun challenge for all players at different stages in their caching careers!
- First to anyone already able to fully qualify prior to publication date.
- Second to anyone who uses a mix of caches found prior to publication date and caches found post publication date to qualify.
- Third to anyone who uses solely caches found and streaks started on publication date or later.
- A player may claim only one FTF slot.
FTF #1: Sharknose Bunnies
FTF #2: goldribbon
FTF #3: dowian2
Our Qualification:
- 1) 5 "Busy" Days:
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- 1/17/12 = Earthcache(GCMQGN), Event(GC39BAX), Multi(GC25MC0), Unknown(GC25MC0), Wherigo(GC38YKH)
= Ea Ev Mu Un Wh
- 4/28/12 = CITO(GC3D1JY), Earthcache(GC2B8RP), Event(GC3FP8H), Letterbox Hybrid(GC3CYWV), Mega Event(GC2QM9C)
= Ci Ea Ev Le Me
- 4/28/12 = Multi(GC3CYX3), Traditional(GC2TRJX), Unknown(GC3C1DH), Virtual(GC3B66), Wherigo(GC3C8NH)
= Mu Tr Un Vi Wh
- 8/10/12 = Event(GC3P8JZ), Mega Event(GC32A1X), Multi(GC3FGNT), Traditional(GC3FGN7), Unknown(GC3FGN2)
= Ev Me Mu Tr Un
- 8/11/12 = Event(GC3K7H6), Letterbox Hybrid(GC3N3TG), Multi(GC3N3QQ), Traditional(GC3N3WF), Unknown(GC3HTZV)
= Ev Le Mu Tr Un
- 2) 5 "Busy" 5 Day Streaks:
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- 1/15/12-1/19/12 = Earthcache(GC2X3GN), Multi(GC30G40), Event(GC39BAX), Traditional(GC1KM99), Unknown(GC11PYB)
= Ea Ev Mu Tr Un
- 4/26/12-4/30/12 = Event(GC3EKNZ), Unknown(GC3C25H), Mega Event(GC2QM9C), Traditional(GC2TRJF), Virtual(GC8519)
= Ev Me Tr Un Vi
- 4/27/12-5/1/12 = Traditional(GC1TNXQ), Virtual(GC3B66), Event(GC3BHTZ), Letterbox Hybrid(GC3DPT3), Unknown(GC2EGVG)
= Ev Le Tr Un Vi
- 6/2/12-6/6/12 = Earthcache(GC19AXB), Event(GC3F9Y3), Unknown(GC3GAWQ), Traditional(GC1JM4V), Letterbox Hybrid(GC33XCY)
= Ea Ev Le Tr Un
- 8/8/12-8/12/12 = Unknown(GC2WG48), Traditional(GC3JV7G), Mega Event(GC32A1X), Letterbox Hybrid(GC3N3TG), Event(GC3P9RV)
= Ev Le Me Tr Un
- No Dups:
1) Ci Ea Ev Le Me
2) Ea Ev Le Tr Un
3) Ea Ev Mu Tr Un
4) Ea Ev Mu Un Wh
5) Ev Le Me Tr Un
6) Ev Le Mu Tr Un
7) Ev Le Tr Un Vi
8) Ev Me Mu Tr Un
9) Ev Me Tr Un Vi
10) Mu Tr Un Vi Wh
- 3) 5 "Single Type" Days: We chose Puzzles
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- 1/7/2012 = GC2FNEN, GC36AYX, GC3632X, GC2224N, GC1Q42A
- 1/16/2012 = GC333PK, GC30QQ0, GC2V9YV, GC2KB3E, GC2G0PQ
- 1/17/2012 = GC2QDKM, GC22BP6, GC20YXR, GC2F5VH, GC1R6FX
- 4/27/2012 = GC3C25H, GC3C230, GC3C1YN, GC3D00X, GC3CZZH
- 10/6/2012 = GC2WZ98, GC2316P, GC3QVEF, GC3BVFX, GCJAQ6
- 4) 5 "Single Type" 5 Day Streaks: We chose Multis
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- 9/1/12-9/5/12 = GC3JXJ0, GC3JXYP, GC3JXXN, GC3JXJN, GC16RT2
- 9/7/12-9/11/12 = GC3JXJG, GC3JXVQ, GC3JXPJ, GC3P7Q9, GCJZJ7
- 9/13/12-9/17/12 = GC30ZGH, GC3JXRR, GC3JXZ2, GC3JXFF, GC263T6
- 9/19/12-9/23/12 = GC3RHVX, GC1BHEH, GC3JXJX, GC3JXYY, GC3JXMW
- 9/25/12-9/29/12 = GCG7J3, GC1PQ1G, GC2HTDW, GC2K72Q, GC3JXWQ
- 5) 5 Consecutive Days with 5 Physical Cache Finds:
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- 4/26/12: 36 physical finds, Traditional = GC3FA2P, Difficulty 2.5
- 4/27/12: 38 physical finds, Traditional = GC1TNXQ, Difficulty 1.5
- 4/28/12: 20 physical finds, Traditional = GC3BTWK, Difficulty 3.5
- 4/29/12: 16 physical finds, Traditional = GC3BZX1, Difficulty 1.0
- 4/30/12: 62 physical finds, Traditional = GC1DFDE, Difficulty 2.0
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
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