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OTNE: NZ Grid Filler's Challenge (Canterbury) Mystery Cache

Hidden : 1/15/2017
Difficulty:
5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:

This cache is part of my "Ode to New England" (OTNE) set. Though the solution has nothing to do with New England, there is a cache there that inspired me to create this one.


I've done some research into Geocacher motivations. I'd classify myself as mostly a "Grid Filler", but I also like placing caches, mostly Mysteries.

The cache is at the posted coordinates, but you must fulfill the requirements below before logging this cache as found. The Difficulty rating is for how hard it is to fulfill the requirements, and the Terrain rating is for this hide.

The requirements are:

  1. 366 Date Found: Log a find for each of the 366 possible days of the calendar.*
  2. 366 Date Hidden: Find a cache with a Date Hidden for each of the 366 possible days of the calendar.
  3. D/T: Find a cache for each of the Difficulty / Terrain combinations that exist (81 in all).
  4. NZ Month Placed: Find a cache with a month and year combination for each of the months since geocaching has existed (May 2000) for those caches with Month/Year combinations available in New Zealand. Your finds do not need to be in New Zealand, as long as you have the dates for all the ones available in New Zealand. To be clear, you need to have at least one find for each Month/Year combination since May 2000, EXCEPT 06/2000, 07/2000, 08/2000, 09/2000, 10/2000, and 05/2001
  5. Find this physical cache.

Please use the checker below to verify that you qualify.

In your online log, feel free to include images of your grids. Also, please add the dates you first completed each of the requirements, and the number of caches you found up to that time.

Since it is required that the owner of a challenge cache must have already fulfilled the requirements of the challenge, here is the information for my grids:

  1. 366 Date Found: 2012-07-20 (After 1,319 cache finds)
  2. 366 Date Hidden: 2013-11-23 (After 1,764 cache finds)
  3. D/T: 2014-06-22 (After 1,854 cache finds)
  4. Month Placed: 2012-11-05 (After 1,431 cache finds)

Note:
* If leap day (Feb. 29) is the only day you are missing, feel free to log the cache. No need to wait for time to catch up with you!

On the way to fulfilling all of these requirements, you may also want to grab these other challenge caches:

Happy Caching!

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