Welcome to the 100 Acre Wood
The cache IS at the posted coordinates.
You can sign the log anytime, but to claim a find, you need to complete the following challenge:
Welcome to the 100 Acre Wood, a forest of challenges that will let you flex your stats AND stretch your legs. Glen Alpine Valley is home to some amazing twisted and time-worn Juniper trees. They thrive in challenging terrain under challenging conditions, so it seems only fitting that they also host some challenging caches! In creating this course, I wanted to share a place I love and provide a source of inspiration and motivation... I like to have goals that require effort but that are clearly achievable, goals I know I can constantly build toward and complete. I have hiked to all of these trees in the summer and visited them all by snowshoe in the winter. These caches are all off-trail in moderate to difficult terrain... but there are plenty of rocks, ridges, terraces, and traverses that make them all accessible if you pick the right approach. However and whenever you plan to go, plan ahead and be prepared. And if you've got 100 aches at the end of the day... you're only feeling a sense of accomplishment.
Challenge Qualifications: 100% Fizzy Grid Filled In
When I first started caching, I didn't know what anyone meant by filling in a Fizzy Grid... then once I found out, it seemed like an impossible task. But slowly, over time, I started to fill in those boxes, one by one by one. Over 10 years after finding my first geocache, I finally filled in the last little square by finding a rather benign little camoflauged cache in Carson City. Sure, there are challenges to fill your grid twice, thrice, and so on and so forth, but getting rid of that last little zero was satisfaction enough for me. To qualify for this challenge, you need to have found a minimum of 81 caches, one for each unique Difficulty / Terrain combination. I finally finished my fill to 100% on August 29, 2021, finding a 4.5/1 in Jack's Valley south of Carson City, Nevada. I've still got fenceposts, but the gooseeggs are all gone!
You can verify your totals with the checker below!
No need to share all 81 of your finds... that's easy to see in your stats, but I encourage you to share your favorite D/T combo adventure in your log or what cache finally filled in your fizzy! I've placed this container in one of my absolute favorite spots... one I think is truly deserving of the challenge. I hope all you terrain hunters out there appreciate the journey and the view!
