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2-Star D/T Achievement Traditional Cache

Hidden : 4/19/2020
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
3.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:


For those of you who are star chasers, this cache used to be a challenge to cachers who had attained an average difficulty and terrain rating of 2 or higher. Groundspeak no longer allows challenge caches like this as it discourages people from finding caches with D/T ratings lower than a 2. I was able to work around this issue and get the cache published by allowing all cachers to log this cache. The challenge of getting and keeping a 2/2 and above rating is difficult, and the old cache gave star chasers an opportunity to share the adventures they had while qualifying for this challenge.

Recently I noticed that some caches being published have D/T ratings that are higher than they should be in order to meet the challenges of other caches. This diminished the purpose of my challenge and I archived it. That was stupid, because all of those wonderful stories and experiences were lost. I was unable to reinstate the cache because of updated Groundspeak rules, so I decided to make it a new traditional with a link to the original cache page: https://coord.info/GC3YHXC. These stories are amazing and worth reading.

Congratulations to hartsdale, First to Find!

Who has met the Challenge?

Name Find Date Find Count Difficulty Terrain
TTO2 12/31/2017 16329 2.78 2.79
Mississauga Misfits 07/06/2016 16246 2.02 2.05
youkfish 08/23/2025 16137 2.09 2.04
billkat 07/02/2024 14256 2.35 2.27
USAdotRun 05/28/2024 11777 2.34 2.21
jherber 09/04/2021 11344 2.16 2.09
allenmabry 12/31/2017 10030 2.16 2.00
EJKPBR 11/12/2022 9752 2.12 2.07
ernie66 02/15/2014 9651 2.08 2.00
kimbotjr 05/27/2016 9588 2.05 2.00
hartsdale 04/28/2020 7956 2.06 2.11
gampa&gamma 11/08/2022 7645 2.14 2.11
huffinpuffin2 07/05/2015 6221 2.20 2.06
Denali41 11/04/2013 5802 2.02 2.00
msstrong 12/17/2017 4753 2.00 2.00
Bunganator 07/12/2014 3969 2.04 2.03
dawnandgary 07/24/2015 3711 2.35 2.46
WingsAndTales 10/21/2012 3541 2.00 2.04
KAJ22 07/24/2015 3508 2.34 2.24
RPieperCO 08/01/2019 3000 2.18 2.07
K Trackers 01/31/2014 3000 2.04 2.03
kerewin0430 07/14/2019 2807 2.07 2.00
BIGBROTHERBEAR 07/03/2013 2803 2.18 2.25
OMR419 05/14/2014 2761 2.20 2.32
ClaraJean/JLDossett 06/10/2017 2739 2.20 2.16
Kriyacacher 06/19/2018 2654 2.95 2.94
2/3 Marine 11/01/2012 2262 2.00 2.39
MountainBear 06/01/2024 2583 2.10 2.03
kenyansherpa 11/03/2012 1929 2.24 2.40
GoMRT 11/10/2016 1800 2.05 2.00
lesslost2 10/30/2012 1373 2.02 2.32
shrinerr 10/12/2015 1291 2.12 2.09
Path Pacer 07/10/2017 1225 2.06 2.06
icezebra11 09/10/2015 780 2.55 2.72
Winkelried 08/05/2013 448 2.18 2.67
MikeyMoore 10/23/2021 95 2.15 2.56

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Fbeg bs haqre n obhyqre. Fgnl ba gur genvy hagvy lbh ner nobir gur pnpur.

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)