Yes it can be done!

[labrat_wr]

@Trekkin’ and Birdin’ wrote:

Whew! I’ll bet with that crew in the car, it was a riot. Wouldn’t want to log all those, LOL. Congratulations!

“logged from my Blackberry using Geocache Navigator by Trimble”

That’s easy!!!

Disclaimer : Always answering to a higher power.

[Lostby7]

@zuma wrote:

Anyway, it was a lot of fun. Anybody who wants to go for a trip in March for 300/day in IL, just sign up below. (Unless you have problem flatulence that is.)
🙂

zuma

If you are serious about another run I’d be interested in partaking…I sure do like to push the limits of human endurance…

Are these winter friendly?

…I find myself wondering how long it takes before one feels like a zombie?

[Sagasu]

That is indeed unreal! I was so exhausted reading your logs, it took me a day to recover enough to comment. I guess that means I won’t sign up for the next run like that, tempting as it sounds. Congrats to all of you!

[marc_54140]

Muther and Sun caches are almost all NON Winter Friendly.

Also, you are traveling back country roads, about 50% paved, 40% gravel, and 10% dirt or grass strips. And they are one lane! Literally.

We drove down Friday evening, and started caching right away. so we went some 40 hours without sleep.

[marc_54140]

This type of trip also requires a lot of prep time. I estimate I spent 10-15 hours setting up the route.

Downloaded a bunch of pre-constructed PQs, mapped them out, looked them over, back to GC to add more caches, mapped again, back to fine tune the PQs, more mapping, looking for an optimum route, more caches added, some weeded out, mapped again, back to GC to create one final PQ, mapped it again, thought some more about the route, and finally, using GSAK to create a hit list in order of caches to be done.

Printed out six pages of the hit list, and about a dozen or maps showing close up on the roads where they zig-zagged alot. Turns out our mapping was not up to date, even in the newest GPS units. A couple of places where we expected roads they are none, not even a grass strip to drive down.

And stock up on batteries. We did not actually run out, but came close.

[Lostby7]

[Northern Lightz]

FIRST off congrats. We think a run like this would make for good memories

The second part of this post will most likely mad some/most upset but we cannot go without posting it.

Why is it when a team NOT from WI did a run like this many of our forum members made many comments about how those that did it were out for only the numbers.

And now its different when a team from WI does it? We don’t understand.

Northern Lightz was all for it THEN AND NOW.

Just saying that maybe next time that people are willing to critisize on how a different team geocaches, they should think what if the situation included those I know….

Thats just our thoughts on it and we’re not calling any specific team out…..though we easily could.

But just remember that a situation may come up like this again.

Maybe this post will remind people to think before they feel they have the right to comment on how another team plays the game. We’re all out doing the same thing. This may also remind others to play nice in the forums, don’t be so quick to critisize. It may make people question what type of person you are when you go back on what you so eagerly put down, or said wasn’t right.

[-cheeto-]

@Northern Lightz wrote:

FIRST off congrats. We think a run like this would make for good memories

The second part of this post will most likely mad some/most upset but we cannot go without posting it.

Why is it when a team NOT from WI did a run like this many of our forum members made many comments about how those that did it were out for only the numbers.

And now its different when a team from WI does it? We don’t understand.

Northern Lightz was all for it THEN AND NOW.

Just saying that maybe next time that people are willing to critisize on how a different team geocaches, they should think what if the situation included those I know….

Thats just our thoughts on it and we’re not calling any specific team out…..though we easily could.

But just remember that a situation may come up like this again.

Maybe this post will remind people to think before they feel they have the right to comment on how another team plays the game. We’re all out doing the same thing. This may also remind others to play nice in the forums, don’t be so quick to critisize. It may make people question what type of person you are when you go back on what you so eagerly put down, or said wasn’t right.

Okay, I’ll bite.

I have not posted a congratulations on this thread. I think this accomplishment is pointless and these guys are only out for the numbers.

They claim they want to be taken to nice trails with scenic overlooks but in reality all they want is to reach into a culvert or look for a nano under a garbage can.

There, does that make you happy?

I’ll pass on the offer. Thanks anyway!

[gotta run]

I’ll say what I said before, “To each his or her own.” This team had a goal, they set out to do it, they did it. The goal would not interest me, but it is a goal achieved.

Interesting stuff on that other power caching thread though…

@zuma wrote:

For those interested in doing lots of real crappy caches to meet a personal goal of a certain number of finds in one day, take a look at the caches owned by mutherandsun in central Illinois. It would not be real hard to grab 200 of them in a single day with a small amout of planning, as they are almost all road sign caches.

z

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[Lostby7]

It is absolutely a numbers run…would I expect great caches or amazing views…no. What I would expect is a day with friends doing something completely pointless just to see if it can be done…Why do I ride a bike 100 miles…it’s a hella long way and my body aches after about 2 hours in the saddle (and then constantly for the next 3 hours of saddle time as well and sometimes for days afterwords)…but I do it to see if I can…I see this as the same thing….stupid but fun and a challenge to see how far ones body and mind can go, to see if can be planned and successfully executed…if one gets say 300 smiles along the way so be it.

I love what geocaching has brought me to see and I love the different challenges it presents….a long hike in the mountains, a walk through the desert while watching for rattlers, or a power caching day…it’s all good.

[Mister Greenthumb]

Here’s some info for those of you not from the Milwaukee metro area. The battleship series, other than the fact that it does have a final and some preliminary mystery caches, is made up of 90+ hides which many of are at guardrails and bus stops. Some are winter friendly and many are not. The series is a lot about the numbers, but a lot of cachers also did have fun finding them. October COTM winner – The Battleship Series. Ironic?

[-cheeto-]

@Mister Greenthumb wrote:

Here’s some info for those of you not from the Milwaukee metro area. The battleship series, other than the fact that it does have a final and some preliminary mystery caches, is made up of 90+ hides which many of are at guardrails and bus stops. Some are winter friendly and many are not. The series is a lot about the numbers, but a lot of cachers also did have fun finding them. October COTM winner – The Battleship Series. Ironic?

Not really ironic, it just means that a lot of WGA members who vote for COTM live in the Milwaukee metro area.

A series of 90+ caches is no small feet in an of itself. I would imagine that the large number of caches this “power caching team” did were no small feet to place as well. Even if they were in not-so great locations.

Yeah they did a lot of caches in a day. More than I will find in the next 5 months. That’s cool. Surviving that long with marc is more worth congratulating than anything. 😉

[marc_54140]

-cheeto- I have not posted a congratulations on this thread. I think this accomplishment is pointless and these guys are only out for the numbers.

They claim they want to be taken to nice trails with scenic overlooks but in reality all they want is to reach into a culvert or look for a nano under a garbage can. /-cheeto-

1. Yes, I went for the numbers, but also the experience.

2. No, (I) am not particularily interested in nice trails with overlooks. Zuma is full of hot air, and will talk about anything!!! I see his point, that it is nice for a trail leading somewhere scenic, but ……

3. The caches are not to be remembered. Too many, all similar. The trip is!

4. I did not do it for congratulatory messages from anyone. I think, perhaps tongue in cheek, they come from envious cachers!

[zuma]

@-cheeto- wrote:

@Northern Lightz wrote:

FIRST off congrats. We think a run like this would make for good memories

The second part of this post will most likely mad some/most upset but we cannot go without posting it.

Why is it when a team NOT from WI did a run like this many of our forum members made many comments about how those that did it were out for only the numbers.

And now its different when a team from WI does it? We don’t understand.

Northern Lightz was all for it THEN AND NOW.

Just saying that maybe next time that people are willing to critisize on how a different team geocaches, they should think what if the situation included those I know….

Thats just our thoughts on it and we’re not calling any specific team out…..though we easily could.

But just remember that a situation may come up like this again.

Maybe this post will remind people to think before they feel they have the right to comment on how another team plays the game. We’re all out doing the same thing. This may also remind others to play nice in the forums, don’t be so quick to critisize. It may make people question what type of person you are when you go back on what you so eagerly put down, or said wasn’t right.

Okay, I’ll bite.

I have not posted a congratulations on this thread. I think this accomplishment is pointless and these guys are only out for the numbers.

They claim they want to be taken to nice trails with scenic overlooks but in reality all they want is to reach into a culvert or look for a nano under a garbage can.

There, does that make you happy?

I’ll pass on the offer. Thanks anyway!

I had a great time doing the Illinois run, and sure numbers were a part of it, hence the name “numbers run.” I am guessing that quite a few people enjoy doing numbers runs to spice up their geocaching experience, though I agree that numbers runs are not the best that caching has to offer. But it is fun to mix it up.

Personally, I cache a variety of ways, and respect those who prefer other choices of how they like to cache. Personally, I like especially challenge caches such as the DeLorme Challenge or the County Challenge or the Terrain/Difficulty challenge. Those are ways to keep the game interesting, at least for me.

Having completed those challenges, I look at the 200 caches/day as just another interesting challenge, to see if it could be done. Sure each individual cache was not much, but in aggregate it was a pretty cool experience exploring the rural farmland of central Illinois. We had a ton of fun, and it was fun to challenge ourselves to find 200 in a day, and then reach that goal.

I agree with you Northern Lightz, that it is kind of silly to be critical of how other people cache. There are a lot of ways to play the game, and to each their own, after all we are all just trying to have fun.

I agree with Cheeto as well. It is pointless, and no congrats are needed or expected. Of course, it could also be said that finding tupperware in the woods is pointless, and most noncachers would say that. It could also be said that chasing a little white ball around a golf course is pointless, and some would agree and some would disagree. So it is all a matter of perspective and choices, and we are all free to make our own choices.

That said, I like geocaching in lots of different ways. Sometimes I cache alone and just get a few, other times I cache with other people and get a bunch. Each is fun, but in reality they are very different experiences. I like em both, which is one of the things that keeps the game interesting to me. There are some folks who do only “numbers runs.” That is great, more power to them. There are some folks who do only “quality caches.” That is great, and more power to them as well.

Really, play the game ya want, and get out of it what ya want. It is not that hard to be open to different styles of play and respectful of other people.

zuma

[zuma]

@Lostby7 wrote:

It is absolutely a numbers run…would I expect great caches or amazing views…no. What I would expect is a day with friends doing something completely pointless just to see if it can be done…Why do I ride a bike 100 miles…it’s a hella long way and my body aches after about 2 hours in the saddle (and then constantly for the next 3 hours of saddle time as well and sometimes for days afterwords)…but I do it to see if I can…I see this as the same thing….stupid but fun and a challenge to see how far ones body and mind can go, to see if can be planned and successfully executed…if one gets say 300 smiles along the way so be it.

I love what geocaching has brought me to see and I love the different challenges it presents….a long hike in the mountains, a walk through the desert while watching for rattlers, or a power caching day…it’s all good.

Exactly. That is what I meant to say, but didnt say it as well as you did.

z

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