A network, in the abstract, is a set of nodes together with some relation between some of the pairs of the nodes. It's a social network if it involves individual persons or organizations of people.
For this challenge the nodes will be geocachers and the relationship is that they've found the same cache. In particular you are a node in this network. So are those geocachers, which we'll refer to as the 10K cachers, who have found at least 10,000 caches apiece. See the link below for a list, which includes several cachers from our area who have recently obtained the distinction of joining this upper echelon.
Details:
- You must have found ten caches, one for each of your choice of ten of the 10K cachers who has also found that cache. The cachers as well as the caches must be different from one another.
- Only physical caches, in which there's a log book to sign, count. This includes traditional, multi-, puzzle and letterbox hybrids but not events, virtuals, earthcaches, etc.
- Your log on this page must include the relevant information in a format that makes it easy to check. See our sample log below. (You need not include the rankings.)
- FTF, in my opinion, goes to whoever both signs the physical log and completes the electronic log correctly first, in either order.
- A small point. A relationship is called reflexive if a node can relate to itself. Here, that would mean have you found the same cache that you found? The answer is obviously yes. So, if you are a 10K cacher, you can include yourself and one of the caches you have found in your list.
.: cacher rankings
Historical Note: So far as we know this was the very first cache based on social networks. When it was first submitted the reviewer would not publish for reasons that were unclear. So after trying a few go-arounds with the reviewer we appealed to geocaching HQ, who approved publishing the cache. Since then, several more network caches were established nearby, and one very similar to this one approved in Iowa, all without dispute.