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Been Around the Block Challenge - The Gross Cacher Mystery Cache

Hidden : 10/8/2013
Difficulty:
4 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

Cache is at the posted coordinates. You may sign the log at any time, but may only post a found it log once you meet the terms of the challenge.


During one of the many events this year, I was chatting with MotorBug about personal goals, and he mentioned one of his to me. For some reason, the thought stuck in my head, and after thinking on it for a while, I thought I could present a challenge that would be something similar. I ran through several ideas that seemed too impossible until I settled on this one: 12 caches per day, 12 days in a row, for 12 months out of the year. A nice, neat block on the calendar stats.

For this challenge, you must have found at least twelve caches, twelve days in a row, over all twelve months, so that your calendar stats page reflects a 12 x 12 block with 12 or more days in each square. For each month, it must be the same twelve days in a row. It doesn't have to be the first twelve days, it just has to be the same set of twelve days for each month.

In this example, you can see I don't qualify for this challenge, yet, but this was the best "block" I could make:

no

However, in this example, you can see that this cacher qualifies for this challenge:

yes

If you wish, you may post a photo of your calendar stats showing your "block," or a link to your statistics page with your log, once you qualify for your smiley. How hard can it be? It's only 144 caches! ...times 12...

The cache is a blue bison tube.

Many thanks to jpavlik for creating a checker for this challenge. To see if you qualify, simply click this link! PGC Checker

Geocachers of the Bay Area

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

fvta

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)