10 x 12 Challenge - The Crescent Mystery Cache
10 x 12 Challenge - The Crescent
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How well rounded are you? This cache IS at the posted coordinates but you must meet the challenge to log it as found.
To get to the cache, park at S Gibson Court off Phoenix Street and hike up the Round Valley Trail to the saddle, then up the ridge to the cache. There are small "Payson Area Trails System" signs on Phoenix Street and along the trail. Watch carefully for a turn close to parking where the trail leaves the ATV gully and swichbacks more gently up the hill.
The challenge: there are 10 categories with 12 points each. You must have a total of 60 (sixty) points out of the possible 120 points to log this cache. You only have to be moderately rounded to find this cache, that's why it's called The Crescent.
Most of the information you need can be found on the geocaching statistics pages. You may also need to look through your list of found caches. You will need to do some arithmetic. Round UP no matter how small the fraction.
Longest Streak (measured in days): subtract 5 then divide by 5; max 12. Days of the year: subtract 35 then divide by 30. For example, 366 -35 = 331 / 30 = 11+ rounds up to 12.
Cache Types Found: 1 point per cache type, max 12.
Container Types Found (large, regular, small, micro, other, virtual, not chosen): 1 point per container type plus 1 point for the second on up to 5 types after all 7 types have been found (to make max 12).
Difficulty x Terrain (number of different combinations): divide by 7.
Countries: 1 point for each country; max 12.
States of the USA: 1 point for each state; max 12.
Alphabet: Caches that start with different letters of the alphabet; subtract 3, divide by 2.
Numbers: Caches that contain (does not have to be at the beginning of the cache name) a different written or numeric number; max 12. Count the number in its entirety and only one number per cache.
Total caches found in a day: how many different total numbers of caches have you found in a day?; max 12. If you have cached for less than a year, you can get the numbers from the "Finds for Each Day of the Year" chart of the statistics page. Otherwise you need to scroll through your caches or use a computer program. Corfman Clan provides a link on their Pyramid Challenges, e.g. GC36N43. (Unlike the pyramids, numbers need not be consecutive and you only need one of each.)
Please state your points per category in your log. For this cache you only need 60 points. You may not need to calculate all the different categories.
You can now use the new improved checker. The only thing it doesn't count is written-out numbers. You may add those to your point total if you need them.
Many thanks to jpavlik at Project-GC!
ktTris has 79 points as described in GC3CX36 10 x 12 Challenge - The Point.
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