And the 2009 winner is........

Posted: Fri Jan 01, 2010 12:41 pm

Gotta Run of course, with a mind numbing 296 lonely caches!
(unless there are a few yet to report)

Congratulations on the achievement!

Posted: Fri Jan 01, 2010 1:08 pm

Congrats on a "lonely"year! Very Happy

Posted: Fri Jan 01, 2010 2:26 pm

Gotta Run won????? Shocked

Who'd a thunk it!!!!!! wink

Congrats to the GR crew for making a lot of togetherness come out at the pinnacle of Lonely!

WGA Member Joined: 2007-11-26 Posts: 3259

Thanks all. It's been a fun year exploring some remote places and solving some gnarly puzzles. For us the fun of the game is finding things that haven't seen the light of day for a while, in some cases for over two years, and to work on "clearing the map." The adventure meant more than any score--although I will admit it is fun to rack up numbers and there were times I wouldn't have minded having the extra "minor maintenance" points of the 2008 season.

It will be interesting to see how many of the single-season marks set in 2009 get smashed in 2010, and by whom. With unfound lonelies getting farther and farther from our home base--something Dave and Alex can surely appreciate as well--and with our personal penchant for logging no revisit points, I'm pretty sure that we are one-year wonders.

So......................who's next? Very Happy

Posted: Fri Jan 01, 2010 6:45 pm

Congratulations. That is a lot of Lonely Caches.

Maybe you want to share a few stories of your favorite adventures in seeking Lonelies?

z

Posted: Fri Jan 01, 2010 6:51 pm

Congratulations, Gotta Run, on your most impressive achievement! And for showing many of us a great model on how to play the game, for the benefit of the sport. Very Happy

WGA Member Joined: 2007-11-26 Posts: 3259

zuma wrote:

Congratulations. That is a lot of Lonely Caches.

Maybe you want to share a few stories of your favorite adventures in seeking Lonelies?

z

Sure. I'll start a thread (or someone else can) on its own topic when I have a chance to put some thoughts together so everyone who played can share some thoughts.

Posted: Fri Jan 01, 2010 11:37 pm

Kudo's to the accomplishment. I've watched your numbers since I started caching in July and have wondered "How do they do it?" I still don't exactly know, but it had to be fun considering the excitement I get finding a lonely still in tact after many months.

WGA Member Joined: 2007-02-23 Posts: 771 Location: Menasha

Congrats on the awesome year, Michael, and welcome to the club of more limited opportunities! Shocked

WGA Member Joined: 2007-11-26 Posts: 3259

Sagasu wrote:

Congrats on the awesome year, Michael, and welcome to the club of more limited opportunities! Shocked

You got that right! But that's as it should be, provides more encourgement to new players...especially those with a penchant for solving puzzles in the Appleton area...

Posted: Sun Jan 03, 2010 11:27 am

Congratulations and on behalf of cache seekers throughout the state, thanks for helping to keep the quality of the hunt high with all your finds and checks!

Posted: Sun Jan 03, 2010 4:12 pm

gotta run wrote:

...especially those with a penchant for solving puzzles in the Appleton area...

I had no idea Appleton had any puzzle caches Confused

Posted: Sun Jan 03, 2010 6:36 pm

CodeJunkie wrote:

gotta run wrote:

...especially those with a penchant for solving puzzles in the Appleton area...

I had no idea Appleton had any puzzle caches Confused

Crazy Talk I tell ya.

WGA Member Joined: 2007-11-26 Posts: 3259

-cheeto- wrote:

CodeJunkie wrote:

gotta run wrote:

...especially those with a penchant for solving puzzles in the Appleton area...

I had no idea Appleton had any puzzle caches Confused

Crazy Talk I tell ya.

I know you thought the purple pushpins were Tinky Winky tribute caches, but they're actually puzzles. Sorry to be the bearer of bad news. Crying or Very sad

Posted: Sun Jan 10, 2010 9:18 pm

Congrats!! And thanks on the extra work you put in to find some of these caches