GC6T2EH Unknown Cache Finds by Found Date AND Placed Date Challenge (x1)
Type: Mystery | Size: Other Other | Difficulty: 3.5 out of 5 | Terrain: 1.5 out of 5
By: animjason @ | Hide Date: 09/19/2016 | Status: Available
Country: United States | State: Colorado
Coordinates: N39° 31.792 W104° 52.252 | Last updated: 08/30/2019 | Fav points: 0
Not Recommended at night  Not Available during winter  Parking available  Stealth required  No Night Cache  Park and Grab 
This challenge was inspired by one that I found while in Arizona a few years ago. It made me focus on some long term goals, and fill some dates more than once. I took it up a notch, and not only require every Found date, but also every Placed date. Specific details below:

CHALLENGE: You will need to find at least ONE cache every* day of the year (cumulatively, doesn't need to be a streak - bonus points if it is). *Except for February 29th, new guidelines don't allow FIND requirements on Leap Day, but again, bonus points if you do. You also need to find at least ONE cache placed every day of the the year. You DO need a find PLACED on February 29th, as it is allowed, for this portion.

Below is an example of these two completed requirements from my profile page:

As required per new guidelines, here is a checker for this challenge on Project-GC, thanks to vogelbird.
Top calendar is Find Date; bottom calendar is Placed Date.

PGC Checker

For some, this will already be accomplished. For others, this may be a long term goal. You may find and sign this challenge before you qualify, but only log as a note if you do. Any found logs that do not qualify will be deleted. Thanks to Project-GC, it will be easy to verify. First to find honors go to: Edwards654

Difficulty is based on the challenge, terrain is based on the cache placement. Please only park in patient/visitor parking.

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10 Logs: Found it 6  Didn't find it 1  Write note 3  

Write note 07/05/2019 By Weatherman64
Just checking in to accept the challenge. Will log again when complete.

Write note 07/05/2019 By penhead63
Signed in, will log once qualified.

Found it 06/20/2019 By fam2go
On our way back to ABQ decided to stay here a few days to go to the event tomorrow! Boy we made this harder than it needed to be but we couldn't get any closer than 37' we looked in the area according to the hint but overlooked that darn thing I don't know how many times! Project GC says we qualified. Thanks CO.

Write note 06/13/2019 By TTO2
Just signing and adding the trip log to these now and will log a find once we are home and able to see if we qualify. If we do I will update the log to a find.

Found it 06/09/2019 By irid3sc3nt
Checking on my list of Challenge caches today and found that I qualified for this one! I have a note logged that I found this in 2016.

irid3sc3nt has used Project-GC to see if they qualified for this challenge and they did.

Found it 10/20/2018 By benj59
GOTCHA! I don't often go for challenge caches because, well, I don't often qualify for them! This is the 11th Challenge cache I have technically found. I don't usually sign them just to qualify for them later either, I like it to be official before I find them. Call me crazy.

Although there are some challenges I doubt I'll ever qualify for, this was one that I figured wouldn't be too hard to get. Or so I thought. I actually completed the Found Date part of it earlier this year in February. Which I felt was pretty impressive since in my four years of caching, the longest streak I had up to that point was 11 days. But I had made a point of making notes on my wall calendar at work what days I needed to fill in and got a ton done last year. And thankfully I was able to get my most diverse day of caching done during the last leap day. However, the placed date aspect of the challenge was quite more difficult than I expected.

I started the year with 11 dates to go for the Placed Date portion. Easy, right? Well... it's funny how some dates just aren't popular for hiding! I even DNFed one of the caches I needed (but thankfully was able to avenge that DNF). So, I have to say I'm a little glad that the 2x and 3x iterations of this puzzle didn't end up lasting because I can't imagine how long that would've taken!

On to the hide itself. A few months back, my father-in-law was actually in the hospital here recuperating from some surgery. I hadn't qualified for the cache but wanted to see if I can find it to make it easier to find and sign when I DID qualify. And then I couldn't find it. So here's a philosophical question - can you technically DNF a cache you don't qualify to log as found? I chose "no" to that question.

Today was an absolutely beautiful fall day and I had to help my in-laws with a computer setup at their nearby senior living center. After that was complete, I swung by GZ and was glad to see that no one else wanted to enjoy the beautiful weather outside the hospital. This really is a peaceful spot just to sit and contemplate. But I didn't have time for that today - I was on a mission! Thankfully the mission was accomplished much faster as I spotted the container in the first place I looked. Very glad to add this to my officially completed and signed challenge list!

benj59 has used Project-GC to see if they qualified for this challenge and they did.

OK: AND{
Missing dates (366 of 366 done):
Filters:()Missing dates (366 of 366 done):
Filters:()}


Thanks for the hide animjason. I appreciate you keeping this cache active for everyone to enjoy.

Find number 2000

Found Finds by Found Date AND Placed Date Challenge (x1) with Cachly app for iOS

Found at 4:14 PM on Saturday, October 20, 2018

Found it 09/16/2018 By psych01
Thxs to Jason for this challenge & maintaining it, also giving a boost when needed. SL. A nice container for the hide & giving it a FAV. Check.
psych01 fulfills challenge Finds by Found Date AND Placed Date Challenge (x1) (GC6T2EH) according to https://project-gc.com/Challenges/GC6T2EH/22722

Found it 09/04/2018 By turtleboy29
Finally got that last date -- oddly, 11/30 placement was hard for me! Thanks for the fun challenge.

Found it 09/04/2018 By Casper&Aero
Casper&Aero complète le challenge Finds by Found Date AND Placed Date Challenge (x1) (GC6T2EH) selon https://project-gc.com/Challenges/GC6T2EH/22722

Notre périple a débuté le 22 août dernier et nous amènera à visiter douze états Américains et deux provinces Canadiennes... Notre départ s'est fait à partir de Baie-Comeau, une ville sur la Côte Nord du Québec pour ensuite se poursuivre quelques jours à Québec où nous avons fait un peu de Géocaching.... Par la suite, nous avons fait un arrêt à St-Eustache et Ville de Laval, toujours au Québec, pour ensuite prendre l'avion et arriver à Portland, Oregon... Nous avons fait un arrêt le 28 août à Umatilla toujours en Oregon, le 29 août à Boise en Idaho, le 30 à Twin Falls et le 31 nous sommes à Salt Lake City pour deux jours... Le 2 septembre nous étions à Rock Springs, Wyoming et hier nous avons fait un arrêt à Laramie, Wyoming... Aujourd’hui nous continuons notre périple vers Colorado Spring où nous passerons deux jours...

Pendant tout le voyage nous avons ciblé quelques caches qui nous aideront à atteindre nos objectifs personnels et nous découvrirons certainement de nouveaux endroits que les Géocacheurs d'ici voudront nous faire découvrir... Nous préparons ce voyage depuis plusieurs mois et savons que nous ne pourrons pas tout voir par manque de temps... Il y a beaucoup de caches mais devons fermer les yeux ne pouvant toutes les trouver... Mais c'est avec plaisir que nous apposerons notre signature sur certaines d'entre-elles...

Merci pour la création de ces caches qui ajoutent des sourires à notre profil et qui nous font passer du bon temps peu importe l'humeur de Dame Nature... Notre log sera le même pour toute la journée et s'il y a une particularité nous l'ajouterons au début du texte... Des favoris seront ajoutés ici et là pour tout le travail accompli... MPLC

Casper&Aero de Baie-Comeau, Québec, Canada


Our English is not perfect, we use Google Translate to help us ...

Our journey began last August 22 and will take us to visit twelve US states and two Canadian provinces ... Our departure was from Baie-Comeau, a city on the North Shore of Quebec and then continue for a few days in Quebec City where we did some Geocaching .... Then we stopped at St-Eustache and Ville de Laval, still in Quebec, and then flew to Portland, Oregon... We made stop in Umatilla on August 28 still in Oregon, August 29 in Boise, Idaho, August 30 in Twin Falls and August 31st we are in Salt Lake City for two days... The 2nd of september we were in Rock Springs. Wyoming and yesterday the road brought us to Laramie, Wyoming... Today our trip will take us to Colorado Springs where we will stay for two days

Throughout the trip we have targeted some caches that will help us achieve our personal goals and we will certainly discover new places that Geocachers here will want us to discover ... We have been planning this trip for several months and know we will not be able to not all see for lack of time ... There are many caches but we must close our eyes can not find them all ... But it is with pleasure that we will put our signature on some of them ...

Thank you for creating these caches that add smiles to our profile and make us have a good time regardless of the mood of Mother Nature ... Our log will be the same for the whole day and if there is a particularity we will add it at the beginning of the text ... Favorites will be added here and there for all the work done ... TFTC

Casper&Aero from Baie-Comeau, Quebec, Canada

Didn't find it 09/02/2018 By FresnoDancingFool
I was hoping for some simple challenge cache finds in this area, but was sadly disappointed. qualify for the one, but the container proved to be far too elusive, with a bad GPS signal due to high walls, a hint that referred to far too many objects, and not even a container size; made two searches before unhappily leaving.