10 x 12 Challenge - The Frustum Mystery Cache

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02Bhkn: Today I hiked to the cache with rocketgirl2 and hauled away the wet debris. Thanks to all who have found this cache or worked on the challenge. I intend to keep the other 10x12 challenges active for another few years, but it was time for the frustrating frustum to go.
Happy caching!

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Hidden : 10/1/2012
Difficulty:
4 out of 5
Terrain:
3 out of 5

Size: Size: small (small)

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Geocache Description:

How well rounded are you? This cache IS at the posted coordinates but you must meet the challenge to log it as found.

One way to the cache is to park at N 34 14.546  W 111 14.824 on Moonlight Drive across from the mailboxes.  Hike across the creek, follow an old road, hike up the creek past Lion's Roar by Lutonian, follow a wide trail, then a narrow track.

The cache itself should not be hard to find, although it is on the micro side of "small".  The difficulty rating is for meeting the challenge.

The challenge: there are 10 categories with 12 points each. You must have a total of 96 (ninety six) points out of the possible 120 points to log this cache. A frustrum is a truncated cone.  A person could qualify for this cache with eight perfect and two "flat" categories:  8 x 12 = 96.

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 (must have 78 of max 81 to get 12 points).

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, or refer to another of these challenges.  You need not show all the categories if you have enough points from what you do show.  For this cache you need 96 points.

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.

PGC Checker
Many thanks to jpavlik at Project-GC!

KtTris on October 1, 2012 had:
  Longest streak, 61 days, - 5 = 56, /5  rounds up to 12.
  Days = 257 - 35 = 222 , /30 rounds up to 8.
  Cache Types = 9.
  Container Types = 7 + second of 5 types = 12.
  Difficulty x Terrain = 59 / 7 rounds up to 9.
  Countries = 6.
  States of the USA = 6.
  Alphabet = 26 – 3 = 23, / 2 rounds up to 12.
  Numbers = 1, I and one; 2, II, dos and zwei; 3 and drei; 4 and vier; 5 and five; 51; 101; 290; 414; 433; 609; 1914 = 12.
  Different total numbers found in one day:  1 through 12, 14 and 17, max 12.
  Total points = 98.

For more examples, see GC3CX36 10 x 12 Challenge - The Point.
For a more challenging challenge, see GC3V0M6
The Oblate Speroid Challenge (Ball of Confusion)

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