Around the World in 80 Caches Geocoin DC's Around the World in 80 Caches Geocoin

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Owner:
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Released:
Thursday, November 23, 2006
Origin:
Florida, United States
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This coin is part of the Around the World in 80 Caches Game.
The race officially begins December 16, 2006 and runs through January 1, 2008.
As part of the race, there are various feats the coin must accomplish to earn points.
You can view the game my coin is part of here:
http://www.cachinggames.com/games.php. Valid Movement:
* One feat per cache movement
* A geocacher cannot complete more than 1 feat in a row for me
* The same geocacher may move this coin only once within a 24 hour period
* A geocacher cannot log 2 consecutive photos, discovers, etc. in the same day
* During the whole duration of the race, no geocacher may earn more than 3 feats for my racer
* This coin has to be physically placed into a cache (so no virtuals, nanos or micros)
* Family members must log in and out of separate accounts
* Balloon coin should not be "grabbed" from another cacher!
* Please do not take this coin to events!

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Feats That Need To Be Completed:

Mileage:
Feat 1: Moves over 1 mile - 1 Point
Feat 2: Moves over 10 miles - 2 Points
Feat 3: Moves over 50 miles - 3 Points
Feat 5: Moves less than 1 mile - 5 Points
Feat 9: Moves over 3000 miles - 9 Points
Feat 10: Moves over 5000 miles - 10 Points

General Locations:
Feat 11: Crosses a province or state line - 1 Points
Feat 13: Sits atop of a mountain - 3 Points
Feat 17: Sits atop a tallest city building - 7 Points
Feat 19: Visits a zoo - 9 Points

Activity:
Feat 22: Hasn't moved in a week - 2 Points
Feat 23: Moved 5 times milestone - 3 Points
Feat 24: Moved by same cacher twice - 4 Points
Feat 26: Moved 10 times milestone - 6 Points
Feat 29: Moved 25 times milestone - 9 Points

Caches:
Feat 31: Placed in a travel bug hotel - 1 Points
Feat 37: Coin is seen on a webcam - 7 Points
Feat 40: Placed in a project ape cache - 10 Points

The Coin:
Feat 42: Placed with another coin - 2 Points
Feat 44: Coin visits a cito event - 4 Points
Feat 45: Coin is verified missing - 5 Points
Feat 46: Coin visits a mega event - 6 Points
Feat 47: Placed with another game coin - 7 Points
Feat 48: Meets a famous person - 8 Points
Feat 50: Coin is missing then found - 10 Points

Hollywood:
Feat 51: Photo of coin by itself - 1 Points
Feat 52: Photo with a cacher - 2 Points
Feat 53: Photo of the coin in nature - 3 Points
Feat 56: Photo at National Monument or Park - 6 Points
Feat 57: Photo with another race coin - 7 Points

Unique Locations:
Feat 60: Photo with employee or reviewer - 10 Points
Feat 61: Visits a national or state capital city - 1 Points
Feat 62: Unique to the race, you choose - 2 Points
Feat 63: Visits a battle field or site - 3 Points
Feat 64: Visits another country - 4 Points
Feat 66: Unique to the race, you choose - 6 Points
Feat 67: Crosses the equator - 7 Points
Feat 68: Onto different continent - 8 Points
Feat 69: Crosses the prime meridian - 9 Points
Feat 70: Visits a world heritage Site - 10 Points

Delivery:
Feat 71: Coin travels via motorcycle - 1 Points
Feat 72: Coin takes a plane ride - 2 Points
Feat 73: Coin takes a bicycle ride - 3 Points
Feat 75: Coin travels on a boat (not canoe) - 5 Points
Feat 76: Coin goes gliding or parachuting - 6 Points
Feat 78: Coin is taken scuba diving - 8 Points
Feat 79: Coin travels on a heritage railway - 9 Points

Feat 84: Bonus Feat
Have coin's photo taken with a windmill. Can be any kind.
5 Points

Feat 85: Bonus Feat
Have coin's picture taken with a Fireman, Police officer or EMT.
5 Points

Feat 86: Bonus Feat
Balloon Racer coin visits a circus, faire or carnival
5 Points
Feat 87: Bonus Feat
Balloon Racer coin visits the beach
5 Points

Feat 88: Bonus Feat
Balloon Racer coin has photo taken on an amusement park ride (roller coaster etc.)
An amusement park does NOT include a carnival or traveling attraction.
5 Points

Feat 89: Bonus Feat
Have coin's picture taken at a benchmark, trig point or survey marker
5 Points

Feat 90: Bonus Feat
Have the Balloon Racer photographed at a University. (not community college or college, must be a University)
5 Points

Feat 91: Bonus Feat
Have the Balloon Racer photographed at a major sporting event
5 Points

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Tracking History (4025.2mi) View Map

Retrieve It from a Cache 1/31/2008 Team Geo-Rangers retrieved it from On the way to Grandma's House #5 California   Visit Log

Cool; getting mileage
Dropped Off 1/31/2008 Team Geo-Rangers placed it in On the way to Grandma's House #5 California - 417.46 miles  Visit Log
Discovered It 1/18/2008 arush19 discovered it   Visit Log

This coin has seen a lot! It must have been an exciting race. Thanks for the discovery TGR.
Retrieve It from a Cache 1/13/2008 Team Geo-Rangers retrieved it from For the Hero's California   Visit Log

Always log them a few days later given the busy travel schedule for the Geo-Rangers ... 1,000 apologies to anyone who's panties are in a twist. ;>)

IT'S ALL GOOD!
Write note 1/1/2008 The Dream Cachers posted a note for it   Visit Log

The Balloon Race has ended, and we have finished in 8th Place!
😎
Many thanks to all the cachers who helped move our balloon along it's journey.
And thanks for all the great pictures!

The Dream Cachers
Write note 12/30/2007 The Dream Cachers posted a note for it   Visit Log

Countdown to Conclusion of the game:
2 days 4 hours 18 minutes 50 seconds........

We are in 8th place right now.
😎
The Dream Cachers
Write note 11/8/2007 The Dream Cachers posted a note for it   Visit Log

Thanks Crazy Teacher!
Feat 43: Placed with a travel bug - 3 Points
😎
Dropped Off 11/8/2007 Crazy Teacher placed it in For the Hero's California - 32.02 miles  Visit Log
Retrieve It from a Cache 11/5/2007 Crazy Teacher retrieved it from Keyes To The Kingdom California   Visit Log

Grabbed this on the way to work form the Keys to the Kingdom cache. Will pass it on asap.
Write note 10/21/2007 The Dream Cachers posted a note for it   Visit Log

The balloon is flying high again!
Thanks Team VCR!
Feat 21: Moved within 24 hour period - 1 Point
😎
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