1000 Stars Challenge
For this Challenge, a date may qualify from ANYTIME in your caching career and ANY LOCATION and is NOT limited to finds on the Route 66 powertrail (ET Highway finds are ok, for example)
This cache IS at the listed coordinates!
Please read the description below for logging requirements.
I own a 100 and 200 star challenge. Normally getting just 200 stars in a day is pretty tough, since you would probably need 50+ finds. A couple of years ago, I would have scoffed at the idea of 1000+ stars (or way more) until I learned about power trails. Being a veteran of many cache machines, it is quite the experience to hit the road for a serious numbers run, but this is NUTS! (and film canisters...and rocks...)
The object of this challenge: Find caches, all within one calendar day, where the combined Difficulty and Terrain stars add up to a minimum of 1000. This is quite the Star Search day. If you are curious to know your exact star total, I do know of two star counting macros on GSAK (StarChallenge and StarCount). There may be others and on other programs.
How do you figure this out? Lets use this cache as an example:
1000 Stars Challenge - Difficulty: Terrain: = 3.5 Stars for Difficulty + 1.5 Stars for Terrain
3.5 + 1.5 = 5 Stars for this example cache
The Rules of this Challenge:
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All of your finds must be found on the same calendar day.
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Please list the date and number of finds you found on that date. Since we are talking hundreds of caches, you do not have tally the sum of those stars, but please consider the average number of one-day cache finds needed for 1000+ stars (for Route 66, almost all of the caches are 1.5 / 2 = 3.5 stars, so if you found 286 or more caches in a day, you should qualify (286 x 3.5 = 1001 stars)). If your average is 1.5/1.5 you would need 334 finds in a day, which I believe is the average for the ET Highway.
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The sum of all stars, Difficulty/Terrain, must equal or exceed 1000 stars.
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You can use any type of Groundspeak-listed cache finds.
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Star values are to be calculated as of the day of your find. Changes in star value, either up or down, will not effect your final star count. (Changes to star ratings are rare but it does happen)
Logging Requirements:
To log a “Found it” for this cachein addition to finding the cache and signing the logbook, you must have:
Found enough caches in one calendar day where the combined Difficulty and Terrain star ratings add up to a minimum of 1000 stars.
Special thanks to Team Stevecat, who owns and maintains the Route 66 series and who has agreed to help maintain this cache if needed!
Have FUN OUT THERE AND BE SAFE!