All hear, yet another challenge stands before ye!
Come forth with the endurance and bravery necessary to win this
prized cache!
To qualify to find this cache, please do the
following:
Find at least one puzzle cache on each date of
one calendar month in any one year.
Two things to be aware of. First, this is a
streak cache, not a grid filler. You must start on the first day of
a month, then find a puzzle cache on every day of that same month.
You will end up having a streak of at least 28 finds, depending on
the month you choose. For example, if you start on February 1,
2012, you will need to find a puzzle cache on 29 consective days
for each of the 29 days in February. Second, you can't just find a
puzzle cache for any random 31 consecutive days. You've got to
start counting your streak from the first day of the month.
Big Things
- Any unknown cache is fine: challenges, puzzles, nightcaches,
caches that were puzzles once but are now somewhat broken
traditionals, anything as long as the icon is a question mark.
- The difficulty and terrtain ratings of the cache do not matter
at all. Anything is fine.
- Caches can be anywhere in the world. You are not limited to
Minnesota caches.
- Previous finds DO count. So you may already qualify. However,
logs edited after 1/28/12 won't be accepted. Also, see the special
FTF considerations below.
- This cache can NOT be used for the last puzzle cache on the
last day of the month. You must find a different unknown cache for
the last day. You're welcome to find this cache at any point after
you find your month's worth of caches.
- You may find as many other unknown or other caches during the
month as you want, and your streak may overlap the month on either
end. All that matters is finding at least one puzzle cache on each
day of one calendar month in the same year.
Little Things
- I think I've covered everything in this description, but I
reserve the right to tweak, clarify, and modify the challenge in
the case of unforseen stuff.
- For the truly hardcore, can you do this challenge "Ymir Style":
no extra hints or coattail rides on the puzzles for the streak; no
phone a friend or pre-hints on the finds, etc.? Feel free to make a
note of that accomplishment if you can achieve it.
FTF Considerations
- I'm not sure if anyone out there already qualifies for this
challenge, but I'd like to offer two different types of FTFs on
this cache. The first FTF will be for the first person who finds
this cache who has qualified with finds prior to February 2012. In
other words, you've already qualified for this cache at the time of
publication and can just come pick it up. The second FTF is for the
first person to find the cache by qualifying for it with months
starting from February 2012. In other words, you don't qualify for
the cache when the cache was published, and had to start and
complete the challenge after publication. Of course, Co-FTFs in
both of these cases are fine, as long as everyone claiming the find
qualifies. And no, you can't find the cache twice and claim both
FTFs. :)
Logging
Certify your qualifications by including in your log the GC number
and date for each of your finds. Cache name is optional but
appreciated. Alternatively, feel free to make a bookmark list for
this challenge and keep it active for three months after you
complete it. Here is a sample log:
In January of 2012, I found the following 31
caches to qualify for this challenge:
- 1 - GC2Q01W: Workin' on Our Knight Moves
- 2 - GC39BWJ: Nitrogen, etc.
- 3 - GC3A7KQ: The Good, the Bad And the Puzzled
- 4 - GC3A9WN: Mailing in the New Year
- 5 - GC2C5CX: FRINGE
- 6 - GC333PK: Oliver's Cache
- 7 - GC2PKHD: Don't Forget
- 8 - GC2QKXA: Speaking of Christmas
- 9 - GC320H2: A Pretty Good Puzzle
- 10 - GC2QDKM: Challenge: Get to Know your Fellow
Geocachers
- 11 - GC38GF6: Dots
- 12 - GC3AQEY: Pharaoh
- 13 - GC39XWZ: Rust Never Sleeps
- 14 - GC39XWX: I Love Cookies!
- 15 - GC3A8AH: The Planet Krypton
- 16 - GC3A5QA: ... . -.-. .-. . - .. ...- .
- 17 - GC38WHW: Overlook
- 18 - GC2F2H6: It's All About ME!
- 19 - GC3B495: "O" is for Orono ... among other things
- 20 - GC3B4JP: Sign, Sign, Everywhere a Sign
- 21 - GC38B6A: Please enter your username and password
- 22 - GC20VRK: Leafy Puzzle
- 23 - GC38WB5: My Favorite Playlist
- 24 - GCZFJN: Dam Yankees - Johnny Blanchard
- 25 - GC3BG0Z: Just a short note
- 26 - GC39XXK: DomeBall
- 27 - GC36RCT: Holiday Cache Challenge
- 28 - GC38054: Goldy's Halftime Extravaganza
- 29 - GC3BJDY: SP Challenge Series #3: 50 Unknown Caches
- 30 - GC2N95G: Y are you a Mets Fan?
- 31 - GC330HJ: basically the same idea as GC2TMPX
A Last Word
The goal of the challenge is to have fun and try something
challenging. Please keep the spirit of the cache in mind as you
seek to qualify. Good luck!