Unused Minutes Challenge Mystery Cache

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ecrane: This one had a good run. Thanks to all who visited!
~ecrane f#851,2511 h#67
Davis, CA USA

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Hidden : 7/28/2009
Difficulty:
4 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size: micro (micro)

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FTF congratulations and good caching karma to retiredprof for pointing out another qualifying cache!

The plastic bottle is at the posted coordinates, against the fence behind a tree. Use stealth. You must complete the requirements of the challenge before you may post a "found it" log.

A parallel is an imaginary east-west line connecting all points with the same latitude. It can also mean those lines that have an exact integer latitude.
A meridian is an imaginary north-south line connecting all points with the same longitude. It can also mean those lines that have an exact integer longitude.
A confluence is a location where integer latitude and integer longitude lines cross. Also called a degree confluence.

Recently, I found GCWTRH and GC144TA, two caches on the 70th meridian west. That got me thinking ... Challenge time!

To complete this challenge, all you need to do is find two caches.* BUT they must be two physical caches that lie on either a meridian or a parallel (yes, the integer kind). Now, we're not talking about the posted coordinates of a mystery or virtual--there must be a physical cache (or stage--yep, there's at least one like that) where the minutes portion of the coordinates is 00.000. That's the "unused minutes"!

Besides the two caches mentioned above, some other caches that would qualify include:
GC2ZNR0, GC1R4N3, GC107MG, GCY1RA, GC1G98T, GC1CKM6, GC1NCAD, GC108BX, or if you're in Italy, GC17CHY. (Feel free to send me others--I've started a bookmark.)

You may wonder, what if I find a cache that is on both a meridian and a parallel? Well, that's a confluence! Congratulations! (You still need another cache, however.) Examples of caches at confluences include GCNVX3, GCYBJA, GCTXBV, or GCK35Z. In that same vein, closer to home, there was GCXJEC, but it has been archived. There's also GCZPKZ. You can read more about confluences at The Degree Confluence Project.

Here are the requirements of the challenge:

You must find 2 caches to complete this challenge.*
Each qualifying cache must have the final (or a stage) on a parallel or meridian. A minutes portion that is a nonzero integer (such as this cache, whose minutes longitude is 46.000), does NOT qualify. Minutes must be 00.000.
Past finds do not qualify. The caches must be found (or revisited) after July 28, 2009.
You may revisit a cache/caches you have found before 7/29/2009 but may not use the same cache twice for this challenge. You must sign the physical log again on your revisit and post a note to the cache page(s) indicating a revisit.
You may log this cache twice if your two qualifying caches are each at a confluence.
In your "found it" log, indicate the qualifying caches--include at least the waypoint ID (the "GC number").
You must sign the log of the physical cache; you may sign the log before completing the challenge.
You may log this find multiple times (limit 100). Just list two other qualifying caches that you have found. You may NOT use the same cache twice.

I am planning to place a qualifying cache closer to home. Perhaps others will too! Have fun with this challenge!
* Note: developing and listing a qualifying cache can count in lieu of one find (limit 10: you can use this option up to ten times).

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