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    Wisconsin Icon Challenge – Get every icon generally available in WI, in WI. GC23D9P

    Wisconsin Busy Day Challenge – Get 7 icons in one day, any icon, anywhere.
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    #1921107
    Trekkin and Birdin
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      Ah-yup. We qualify for one, need just a tiny bit more work for the other, and have other plans for this weekend.

      But soon. Very soon! We’d thought about placing a busy day type one ourselves, but never got around to it. Now we can go find it instead! Thanks!

      #1921108

      Hmmm… We qualify for both. A little far for an FTF run though. 🙂

      #1921109

      Is there an app for the 2nd one? :>

      #1921110

      @RSplash40 wrote:

      Is there an app for the 2nd one? :>

      GSAK and FindStatsGen

      #1921111

      Another challenge including a benchmark….so is there any monitoring that the actual benchmark they are claiming is being logged correctly? While there are many good and accurate benchmark finders out there, there are far more “casual benchmark loggers” – those logging a benchmark that happens to be at/near a cache with no concern whether or not the correct marker was even found (and no pictures to prove anything).

      As most of the other icon finds can be easily verified if the find meets the challenge (photos,logbook signatures etc), in my experience no one bothers to check to see if a benchmark find was actually found (Ie correct marker for the PID).

      So I ask why are bencmarks bothered to be put on any challenges? Other than to help perpetuate the far to common really not-found found logs and to get the icon to complete another challenge yet put forth?

      #1921112

      Hopefully there is a little bit of integrity out there regarding benchmark finds.

      Anyone wanting a really easy Benchmark find can come to Wild Rose and find the one near the Larsen Co-op at the South end of town. its not hidden in any way and it is the real deal as listed on the benchmark listings.

      Disclaimer : Always answering to a higher power.

      #1921113

      Cool. I added them to my Wisconsin Challenges Bookmark List.

      Hmmm…the Busy Cacher challenge sounds like a good one for the Cache Ba$h … If you go to the Mega Event, and the after-party regular Event, you only need 5 more icons that day… Last year, we had a Regular, Unknown, and Letterbox as part of the 50. Plus extra Earthcaches and Multi-Caches (night cache). That’s 7! Maybe a Wherigo this year if I get ambitious?

      #1921114

      Looks to me like a trip to the events in Hudson, WI next weekend could easily make for a ten (yup 10) individual icon day. Not bad pick’ins for those interested.
      See ya there!!??

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