To complete this Challenge you need to collect 13 caches that might inspire a bit of phobia in some cachers. How? Caches must contain words in the title that relate common fears and phobias. For instance, my cache
GC3Q9FW Copper Street Snake might inspire a bout of
Ophidiophobia, or fear of snakes. Or
GC1797T The Dog Whisperer would fit Cynophobia, the fear of dogs. Here is a list of common phobias to help get you started:
Phobias List.
Here are the rules:
1. You must have at least 13 different phobias! You cannot use the same phobia more than once. Even if you have two caches with the word "Clown" in the name you can only count Coulrophobia once.
2. Phobias must come from the name of the cache, not the experience of finding it, or some story about it. If you claim Acrophobia it should be because the name of the cache contains the word "Height," not because the cache is a tree climbing cache.
3. Phobias must come from different caches. If you found a cache titled "Fire and Ice" you can't claim both Pyrophobia and Cryophobia from the same cache, just one.
4. This cache does not count for "Fear of the number 13." Your 13 caches should come from other finds.
5. Previous finds count. You may already have enough phobias available to fulfill the requirements!
6. When you log your find you must list in your log all the phobias you have conquered while caching.
7. You must be able to verify you have found all the phobias you need. This can be accomplished either with a bookmark list, or a list of Names and GC numbers in your log. Unverifiable lists of phobias might scare your smilie away....
As of Summer 2013 I have confronted Noctiphobia, fear of the night (GCX5PW Pathfinder: A Night Cache); Dementophobia, fear of going crazy (GCN8EC Are Y0u Crazy?); Erythrophobia, fear of the color red (GC3VQ5C Bear Brook Trail: Red Flowers); Arachnaphobia, fear of spiders (GC1Y4V1 IMSpider Monkey); Wiccaphobia, fear of witches (GC2W1WV Wicked Witch of the East); Musophobia, fear of mice (GC1VN0A Mini Mouse); Ornithophobia, fear of birds (GC380BA The Goloo Bird); Thanatophobia, fear of death (GC427V7 DEATH - The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse); Cynophobia, fear of dogs (GC3XV7V Evil Chihuahua 1); Hydrophobia, fear of water (GC1EERQ Walk Through Water); Aviatophobia, fear of flying (GC36722 The Flight Deck); Spectrophobia, fear of ghosts (GC31F30 Haunted New York); Agoraphobia, fear of open spaces (GC1523 Ript2Shrds Phobia Series - #4 "Agoraphobia", oddly enough); and Molysmophobia, fear of contamination or pollution (GC1B7K7 Part of the Solution, Not the Pollution).
Go confront your fears!