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10/03/2007 at 3:18 am #1725520
Now that so many folks have finished the DeLorme Challenge, Da Bloodhound and I have put out a new challenge: The Badger State Challenge – 72 Counties.
Check out GC15WT3 for details.
zuma
10/03/2007 at 9:34 am #1879624Is there a challenge here for those who have already completed the Delorme challenge? It seems to me to be more of a two-for, except of course for the final. I started to do each county then realized that if I go for the Delorme page, that I will hit two birds with one stone. Maybe I’m missing something?? I think that it’s a great idea though.
10/03/2007 at 11:59 am #1879625Zuma is allowing retro finds to qualify for this challenge. I suggested only new finds count, so that all the old timers who have been all over the state have to retrace their steps.
Spend money, visit new places, etc…..
10/03/2007 at 12:01 pm #1879626@furfool wrote:
Is there a challenge here for those who have already completed the Delorme challenge? It seems to me to be more of a two-for, except of course for the final. I started to do each county then realized that if I go for the Delorme page, that I will hit two birds with one stone. Maybe I’m missing something?? I think that it’s a great idea though.
You can complete all the counties without hitting all the DeLorme pages (like Piwko and I did last summer… at the time there was no DeLorme challenge) or complete all the DeLorme pages without getting all the counties (like zuma, lagrac, and others have done). Obviously if you know you want to complete both challenges, it will be easier to do them simultaneously… but not a given (a two-for), as you will probably have to find caches that only count for a page or county but not both.
Anyway, thanks for setting this Ralph and Gary. I know several people (including myself) have thought about creating such a county challenge cache but we did not get off our butts to do so. And I see you even managed to get it set up near the center of the state (Pittsville)… 😀 It is in a great arboretum, but I a little leary about heading back after what happened to me the last time I was there for GCH1FQ (log).
10/03/2007 at 4:28 pm #1879627@Jeremy wrote:
You can complete all the counties without hitting all the DeLorme pages (like Piwko and I did last summer… at the time there was no DeLorme challenge) or complete all the DeLorme pages without getting all the counties (like zuma, lagrac, and others have done). Obviously if you know you want to complete both challenges, it will be easier to do them simultaneously… but not a given (a two-for), as you will probably have to find caches that only count for a page or county but not both.
Yep! It’s not a given. Since the DeLorme came out, I have been working on that as well as getting all the counties just cuz I wanted to. I was surprised at how much extra work doing both at the same time was. I still have some gaps in my maps where I have completed all the pages in an area but not all the counties and vice versa. Kinda weird how it works out.
10/03/2007 at 7:49 pm #1879628@LightningBugs Mum wrote:
@Jeremy wrote:
You can complete all the counties without hitting all the DeLorme pages (like Piwko and I did last summer… at the time there was no DeLorme challenge) or complete all the DeLorme pages without getting all the counties (like zuma, lagrac, and others have done). Obviously if you know you want to complete both challenges, it will be easier to do them simultaneously… but not a given (a two-for), as you will probably have to find caches that only count for a page or county but not both.
Yep! It’s not a given. Since the DeLorme came out, I have been working on that as well as getting all the counties just cuz I wanted to. I was surprised at how much extra work doing both at the same time was. I still have some gaps in my maps where I have completed all the pages in an area but not all the counties and vice versa. Kinda weird how it works out.
I stand corrected. I have been trying to do both as I go places. Just not going all out just do them. I never really looked that closely at that possiblity. Thanks for setting me straight.
10/03/2007 at 9:43 pm #1879629Furfool, That’s the same approach we’ve taken to the Delorme, too. At last count, we were at 53 pages, I think. Of course, when traveling, we’d take one route there and a different one back, LOL.
The day will come when we’ll just have to make a trip strictly to get the rest of the pages, but both of us know of two trips we’ll have to make that will help us get at least five more pages along the way.
Haven’t even looked at the counties, but I’m sure depending on where one grabs the delorme caches, some counties could be missed. They’re close, but not the same.
10/03/2007 at 10:16 pm #1879630At least we won’t have to start all over again. Thanks again.
10/03/2007 at 10:30 pm #1879631Yeah, I thought that Delorme and All Counties went hand in hand too. I went to the ‘Not About the Numbers Site’ and I saw that I had 68 counties in Wisconsin, so for along time, I thought there was only 68 counties, till I looked at the map. ❓
10/03/2007 at 11:10 pm #1879632@lagrac wrote:
Yeah, I thought that Delorme and All Counties went hand in hand too. I went to the ‘Not About the Numbers Site’ and I saw that I had 68 counties in Wisconsin, so for along time, I thought there was only 68 counties, till I looked at the map. ❓
OK, I take away my vote for ‘honorary Wisconsinite’. You should know better!!
10/03/2007 at 11:11 pm #1879633If he moved here he would see that on the test.
10/04/2007 at 12:08 am #1879634@Jeremy wrote:
@furfool wrote:
Is there a challenge here for those who have already completed the Delorme challenge? It seems to me to be more of a two-for, except of course for the final. I started to do each county then realized that if I go for the Delorme page, that I will hit two birds with one stone. Maybe I’m missing something?? I think that it’s a great idea though.
You can complete all the counties without hitting all the DeLorme pages (like Piwko and I did last summer… at the time there was no DeLorme challenge) or complete all the DeLorme pages without getting all the counties (like zuma, lagrac, and others have done). Obviously if you know you want to complete both challenges, it will be easier to do them simultaneously… but not a given (a two-for), as you will probably have to find caches that only count for a page or county but not both.
Anyway, thanks for setting this Ralph and Gary. I know several people (including myself) have thought about creating such a county challenge cache but we did not get off our butts to do so. And I see you even managed to get it set up near the center of the state (Pittsville)… 😀 It is in a great arboretum, but I a little leary about heading back after what happened to me the last time I was there for GCH1FQ (log).
Hi Jeremy,
You are correct on all counts, and thanks for sharing the log of your visit to Thanks to Kurt and Marg. And yes, the Badger State Final is in the same park as that great cache, one that too few have visited. I am hoping that throwing a couple of new caches in this great park will get a few visitors heading this way. Thanks Kurt and Marg being the first though, got the best spot.
zuma
10/04/2007 at 12:12 am #1879635@marc_54140 wrote:
Zuma is allowing retro finds to qualify for this challenge. I suggested only new finds count, so that all the old timers who have been all over the state have to retrace their steps.
Spend money, visit new places, etc…..
Hi Marc,
I thought long and hard on whether to allow existing finds count for the Badger State Challenge. In the end, I decided to do 2 Badger State Challenges, the first being this one that allows existing finds.
later, there will be hopefully a second edition that makes ya start from scratch.
zuma
10/04/2007 at 2:38 am #1879636This is cool. Thanks to Zuma and Da Bloodhound for putting this out. I knew getting all the counties while I did the Delorme would come in handy.
10/04/2007 at 1:15 pm #1879637You can indeed complete the DeLorme Challenge and have counties left over. We have completed DeLorme and it looks like we still have 18 counties without a found cache. Oh well thats a good excuse for a couple of road trips. Thanks for setting it up Zuma and Da Bloodhound.
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