GC3YWDV Ultimate Well Rounded Cacher Challenge
Type: Mystery | Size: Regular | Difficulty: | Terrain:
By: WingsAndTales @ | Hide Date: 10/15/2012 | Status: Available
Country: United States | State: Colorado
Coordinates: N38° 44.058 W104° 59.075 | Last updated: 08/30/2019 | Fav points: 0
         

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How Well Rounded Are You?

This is your chance to prove it.  The cache is at the posted coordinates but you must complete the challenge in order to log it.

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Being a well rounded cacher used to simply mean having completed a "Fizzy" challenge. They require at least one find of each of the 81 possible difficulty and terrain combinations. In recent years as the number of both caches and cachers have grown the meaning has evolved. Many different types of challenge caches have been created to help keep the game interesting. To claim this cache you will need to complete 6 out of 7 popular types of challenges. I had completed all 7 of the choices before hiding the cache.

Complete 6 of the 7 choices below

1. Fizzy Challenge - Find at least one of each of the 81 possible difficulty and terrain combinations. Remember that D/T ratings occasionally change. You must have all 81 D/T combos at the time you log a find for this cache. Qualifying in the past and logging a Fizzy challenge don't count.

2. Jasmer Challenge - Find at least one cache that was hidden in each month since geocaching started in May 2000. Your Jasmer grid must be full through the current month at the time you log this cache. Even if you logged a Jasmer challenge in the past you will need to have finds for the months since then.

3. 365 Found Date Challenge - Find at least one cache on each calendar date. A cache found on a particular date(March 1st for example) in any year covers that date. February 29 is not included in this challenge.

4. 365 Placed Date Challenge - Find at least one cache that was placed on each calendar date. A cache placed on a particular date October 10th for example) in any year covers that date. February 29 is not included in this challenge.

5. Alphabet Challenge - Find caches with names that begin with the 26 letters of the alphabet. Special characters at the beginning of the name are ignored and the first letter or number appearing in the name is used.

6. Containers in a Day Challenge - Find at least one of each container size on a single day. The sizes are Micro, Small, Regular, Large, Other and Not Chosen.

7. Cache Types in a Day Challenge - Find at least six different cache types in a day. Events and Locationless caches do not count. Any of the other 11 types of caches may be used.

Finding a way to check your qualifications and displaying them for verification is also another aspect of becoming a well rounded cacher. I will accept any method that allows me to see that you qualify for the find. Choices 1 and 3 are available on your stats provided by Geocaching.com. You can view your qualifications for the other choices by using MyGeocachingProfile.com or GSAK. I will include screen shots of my qualifications as an example.

The cache is rated 5/5 due to the nature of the challenge. The terrain rating for the actual cache is a 3.5. There are numerous routes to the cache but I listed the coords for where we started up the hill. There is also an old road that goes close to the cache. I didn't drive it so I'm not sure of its condition. Use the spoiler photo to help with your search.

Fizzy Challenge



Jasmer Challenge



365 Found Date Challenge



365 Placed Date Challenge



Alphabet Challenge



Containers in a Day Challenge



Cache Types in a Day Challenge



Congrats to FTF: mtn_goat

Additional Waypoints

AA3YWDV - Old Stage Intersection
N 38° 44.120 W 104° 59.274
Turn north off Old Stage Rd. 2WD vehicles should park here.
BB3YWDV - Possible Trailhead
N 38° 44.192 W 104° 59.144
This is where we started up the hill.
XX3YWDV - Upper Gold Camp Rd
N 38° 44.635 W 105° 06.058
Start of Upper Gold Camp Rd from Cripple Creek/Victor area

09/22/2018 By Rock Chalk
Our Colorado vacation began in earnest today with most of the day spent in Colorado Springs, as well as a brief jaunt up to around 10,500 feet. Just a super day.

I wasn't sure how our rental car (definitely not 4WD) would handle this ascent, but it ended up making it okay. The road actually seemed to get better after the first couple miles, which I wasn't expecting. Once at parking, we hiked between the caches as well as our sea level lungs would allow. The views at each cache were certainly worth the huffing and puffing.

This was probably the most difficult to find of the trio of cache we attempted here. Mrs RC waited at the base of the rock while I pursued the cache. I felt like I checked every nook and cranny before finally coming upon the correct one.

I believe I've attached all of the necessary qualifying info. TFTC!

08/28/2018 By JBase
Colorado Road Trip!

Headed out for a long weekend road trip with a small number of hand picked caches. I headed south to Topeka and then to Colorado Springs, next to Cheyenne and Rapid City before heading home. I camped most of the way when I could find campgrounds. The scenery was incredible and the hikes in the mountains worth the trip. All these caches made the trip worth every minute!

This is the reason I still cache. I don't know what I like better, the view or Fizzy's?! I was staying with a few locals and told them where I was heading, she said, "drive fast over the bumps!" I had no idea what was ahead of me. I got up early and headed out for Old Stage Road. When the blacktop ended I thought, no big deal. It was around 6700 feet and I did noty know where this road would take me. My Nuvi wanted me to take the Beaver Road really bad, lol I'm glad I did not! I followed Old Stage Road for 13ish miles to the parking area. The road just kept going up and up until I parked at 10,000 feet elevation. I jumped out and gathered my hiking things and some water. I picked the two on the left first and headed up the old washed out mountain road. I saw the tire treads and could not believe that someone drove up so close to the caches.

I saw the first rock out crop and headed straight at the target. The cache was 80 feet away but 150 feet above me. I walked to the north a bit and climbed up the bolders until I reached the top. It may have been much easier to walk all the way around and come from the back. I had fun so no worries. I recognized the rock from the picture and just sat down and enjoyed the moment. Again, this is the reason I geocache. The caches take me on these hikes that I love the best. I grabbed the cache and signed in. I took many pictures and memories with me as I headed to the next cache.

I worked my way up the hill over the granite ledge and then to the next rock out crop. This time I headed around to find an easier way up. I found a natural set of stairs and climbed up the back side of the boulders. I worked my way about 150 feet to the frongt ledge and found the cache container. Again I just sat down and enjoyed what was in front of me. All of my worries were just gone at this very moment, I had a snack and some water and then headed back down toward my car. (Did I mention it was a Scion tC?)

About 0.20 from my car I headed over the creek up the next hill. I found a road and a small trail up and the next hugh pile of boulders appeared. I found this one much easier to climb up on top. I worked my way from boulder to boulder until I was right next to the cache. I reached in a grabbed the container and was a bit sad at this point because there was not another one to climb. I inked in and put the container back nice and snug. While standing on the fron of the boulders a white Toyota Sequoia came driving through the hills and park just underneath me. I packed up and headed back to my car. I popped out on the road about 0.10 from my car.

I absolutely love Colorado and this is the best trip I ever had. These three caches are the best journeys I have ever had. If I could give them 500 favorite points I would! Thanks for the destination and all your work finding these perfect spots for me to explore.




Thanks WingsAndTales for the cache!

JBase

06/25/2018 By ProfessorLeisure
A fun little scramble! Out with friends looking for this one. A very fun afternoon. Thanks for the challenge! My stats are displayed from mygeocachingprofile on my home page. Thanks for the challenge and great hide!

04/08/2018 By TTO2
Thanks you again for these great challenges:

11/16/2017 By gampa&gamma
We cached from the trails off Gold Camp Road today, focusing on some challenges, puzzles, and RTPs. All containers and logs are in great shape. Thanks to all the COs for placing and maintaining these caches. our qualifiers are listed below.

06/25/2017 By Grotprof
Whilst attending a conference in the US I had some extra time to do some geocaching. This took me to Denver, Colorado Springs and even into Kansas to log the worlds oldest cache currently available. Some of the caches were really tough due to the hiking involved at (for me) fairly high altitude. These include some 5/5 challenges west of Colorado Springs at 3200m and some around Pikes Peak at ca 4300m.
I’d like to take this general opportunity thank all the cache owners for their caches (whether traditional, mystery, wherigo, virtual, multi or earth) and I will add further comments on individual caches. TFTCs!
I qualify here on all except the 2nd challenge. Will post more proof when back home. Thanks for the challenge! FP for a real tough one.

03/08/2017 By k9jayhawk
Qualified, will sign the final at the first opportunity