September Challenge Mystery Cache
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****Cache IS located at the posted coordiantes****
Complete Title: Minnesota Blackout by September Placed Date Challenge.
See Related Web Page for a checker by Project GC.
The major requirement is to find or to have found in Minnesota, 30 caches, one for each day of September according to the date it was placed. Thus you'll find one that was placed on the first, one that was placed on the 2nd, and so on.
The purpose of this cache is to encourage September caching. I chose September because it is my favorite month. It only has 30 days which is such a nice even number. In September the State Fair ends and school starts. We get all kinds of things on a stick at the MN State Fair. Those yellow buses dot the roads as kids hit the books for another year. In September summer ends and fall starts. The sights and smells of fall are breathtaking. We can experience Indian summer and our first frost. The bugs are less buggy and cachers are enjoying some of the last fair weather days of caching.
FAQ:
- What counts and what doesn't?
Caches that have physical logs, i.e. traditionals, multi's, puzzles, and letterbox hybrids but not virtuals, events, earthcaches, webcams, or locationless caches. Furhermore premium member only and whereigo caches don't count.
- How about other months?
Please go ahead and place a "May, June or August Blackout Challenge". That would create a total of 12 caches.
- Why just Minnesota?
No rewards for snowbirds. For example, January in a very popular month in Arizona.
- How about Wisconsin?
Go ahead and place a "September Blackout Challenge - WI". If we did that for each state and each month we'd have 600 new caches!
- How about using find dates rather than placed dates?
Wow! That'd be 1200 new caches.
- Do prior finds count?
Yes, but that's not as big of an advantage as it might seem.
- Why is that?
If you just were to find September-placed caches at random, after a while you would start to duplicate placement dates. For example, after about 30 finds of September-placed caches you still would have about eleven to go, after 60 that would be down to about four; only after 120 would you have half a chance of finding them all. And multiply those numbers by about 20 to account for all months and you'd need a couple thousand or so Minnesota finds to have even half a chance. So most cachers should have at least a few caches to find.
- What are the logging requirements?
In either order, you have to find and sign the log at the posted coordinates and you have to either bookmark or email a list of the GCXXX for your 30 finds, each of which must have been found and logged by you personally. After you've done both you may claim the find. Please try to order yours by September placement date.
- How can I easily obtain the placements dates of caches I've found?
One way is to scan the "All Cache Finds" list for your profile.
- How do I find caches according to their placement date?
One way is to scan through caches listed for Minnesota. These are arranged by placement date. You might need to go back through the years.
- What if I've more questions?
Just ask. Anything significant that's been overlooked will be listed and dated here.
This cache was placed with the approal of the Anoka County Parks.
BYOP and if you park in the nearby lot during school hours you will need to check in at the offoce.
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Fvk srrg hc