GC82B5V Unknown Cache Spruce Willis Die Hard Challenge
Type: Mystery | Size: Micro Micro | Difficulty: 4.5 out of 5 | Terrain: 2 out of 5
By: oz8118 @ | Hide Date: 01/11/2019 | Status: Available
Country: United States | State: Colorado
Coordinates: N39° 42.332 W104° 52.182 | Last updated: 08/30/2019 | Fav points: 0
Dogs  Available at all times  Available during winter  Parking available  No Telephone nearby  No Campfires  Stealth required  Cross Country Skis  Park and Grab  Short hike (less than 1km)  No Seasonal Access  Tourist Friendly 
Spruce..er Bruce.. Willis was 33 years old when Die Hard was released in July, 1988. In the film he portrays John McClane, a streetwise New York cop who alone fights overwhelming odds to take on terrorists who seize hostages and attempt to steal bearer bonds held in a Los Angeles skyscraper.

Are you a die hard geocacher? This challenge will task your planning, skillfulness, fortitude, and celebrate geocaches that have survived in the wild for more than one year. Your mission, if you accept, is to find 33 caches on their 1st year or later birthday. Only Traditional, Unknown, and Multi-caches count. And you must find at least ONE of EACH of these three types on their birthday.

You can accept the mission at any time by going to the posted coordinates, finding Spruce Willis, and signing your username to the sign-in sheet. A “found it” smiley can only be claimed after you have completed the mission and receive a successful result on the challenge checker provided below. Copy and paste the "example log" output from your checker result in your log, not the lengthy entire script output please.

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On your found it log, please post fun and interesting experiences you achieved completing this challenge. Such as:
What's the oldest birthday cache you visited?
What was your favorite (or least favorite) geocache for this challenge?

Congratulations for being a die hard geocacher! Yippee ki-yay______________!
Congratulations to Edwards654 and 2lablovers for being the first to complete the Die Hard Challenge!

Additional Waypoints

0182B5V - Final
N 39° 42.332 W 104° 52.182

P082B5V - Parking
N 39° 42.255 W 104° 52.163

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CodeNameTypeCommentsDateCoordinatesDistance
0182B5VFinal Final Location  01/17/2019 N 39° 42.332 W 104° 52.182 0.00 kms N 
P082B5VParking Parking Area  01/11/2019 N 39° 42.255 W 104° 52.163 0.15 kms S 

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14 Logs: Found it 5  Write note 8  Publish Listing 1  

Found it 01/03/2020 By LostinDenver
As usual, your caches blend well. It couldn't possibly be where it is. Can it? Of course it can.
Exciting day. I witnessed the end part of a robbery and spoke to the police for a little while. Then my caching day finally begun. It is cold, but not too cold. I walked a bike path for several caches and ended up with 6 for the day.
Here are my qualifications:
LostinDenver has used Project-GC to see if they qualified for this challenge and they did.

hidden date visit date type gccode name
2005-02-08 2019-02-08 Multi-cache GCMQNK Love Me Tender
2015-02-05 2019-02-05 Traditional Cache GC5MB4T 8 days of radiation-Day2
2014-02-17 2019-02-17 Traditional Cache GC4YQWP Mondo's NAT #421 - Opelousa
2011-06-18 2018-06-18 Traditional Cache GC2YFK3 Agresor7's Trackable Hotel: I-25
2014-02-17 2019-02-17 Traditional Cache GC4YR5K Mondo's NAT #454 - Pinal Coyotero
2014-02-17 2019-02-17 Traditional Cache GC4YR60 Mondo's NAT #456 - Piros
2010-03-23 2018-03-23 Traditional Cache GC25G3J Silo View # 86
2014-02-17 2019-02-17 Traditional Cache GC4YQYX Mondo's NAT #430 - Palouse
2014-02-17 2019-02-17 Traditional Cache GC4YR6X Mondo's NAT #461 - Pomo
2014-02-17 2019-02-17 Traditional Cache GC4YR1V Mondo's NAT #432 - Pamunkey
2014-02-17 2019-02-17 Traditional Cache GC4YQX5 Mondo's NAT #423 - Osoche
2014-02-17 2019-02-17 Traditional Cache GC4YR4G Mondo's NAT #447 - Peoria
2014-02-17 2019-02-17 Traditional Cache GC4YQV9 Mondo's NAT #415 - Onatheaqua
2015-06-27 2017-06-27 Traditional Cache GC5YAJ3 From the bottom of my heart
2014-02-17 2019-02-17 Traditional Cache GC4YR6R Mondo's NAT #460 - Pohoy
2015-02-05 2019-02-05 Traditional Cache GC5MB5P 8 days of radiation-Day 6
2014-02-17 2019-02-17 Traditional Cache GC4YR3F Mondo's NAT #442 - Pecos
2014-02-17 2019-02-17 Traditional Cache GC4YR1Y Mondo's NAT #433 - Panamint
2015-02-05 2019-02-05 Traditional Cache GC5MB4H 8 days of radiation-Day 1
2014-02-17 2019-02-17 Traditional Cache GC4YQY1 Mondo's NAT #427 - Ozette
2015-02-05 2019-02-05 Traditional Cache GC5MB4W 8 days of radiation-Day 3
2014-06-05 2017-06-05 Traditional Cache GC56CV0 Foul Ball
2014-02-17 2019-02-17 Traditional Cache GC4YQY7 Mondo's NAT #428 - Paiute
2014-02-17 2019-02-17 Traditional Cache GC4YR3N Mondo's NAT #443 - Pedee

Write note 09/14/2019 By CDRSheppo
I found it with my mommy and big brother, but I don't qualify yet. I also need to find 8 more caches on their birthdays.

Write note 09/14/2019 By LilRyRy
I found it with my mommy and little brother, but I don't qualify yet. I need to find 8 more caches on their birthdays.

Found it 09/14/2019 By shelleah
I found this one with LilRyRy and CDRSheppo on our way home back from an event. It took a little bit of searching before I turned the right direction and spotted it. I discovered this challenge and started working on completing it last month, so I had to find it now that I qualify. Thanks for the challenge!

shelleah has used Project-GC to see if they qualified for this challenge and they did.

"33 birthday caches" Qualifying 33 / 33, PASSED
"3 different birthday cache types" Qualifying 3 / 3, PASSED
All tests, Qualifying 2 / 2, PASSED

Write note 08/26/2019 By IrishCubsFan
Checker says I need another 18 birthday caches but I signed in on this one today... another one to add to my list of target caches!

Found it 06/16/2019 By sleuthers
Found a couple more to satisfy the challenge and finally got around to signing the log today. Thanks for an interesting and fun challenge and for fixing up the checker. Cheers.

sleuthers has used Project-GC to see if they qualified for this challenge and they did.

"33 birthday caches" Qualifying 33 / 33, PASSED
"3 different birthday cache types" Qualifying 3 / 3, PASSED
All tests, Qualifying 2 / 2, PASSED

Write note 06/05/2019 By jasperdakota
Signed log today. Still need to find about 10 more anniversary caches, managed to find an anniversary multi today. Thanks for the challenge!

Write note 03/07/2019 By oz8118
The new and improved checker is now live. It will give the results of your test and let you know what and how many caches you're missing if you don't pass. For those that pass the challenge, please include just the "example log" results in your log, such as...

oz8118 has used Project-GC to see if they qualified for this challenge and they did.

"33 birthday caches" Qualifying 36 / 33, PASSED
"3 different birthday cache types" Qualifying 3 / 3, PASSED
All tests, Qualifying 2 / 2, PASSED

Cache on!

Write note 03/06/2019 By oz8118
I'm forwarding a request to Project GC to update the checker. Although it appears to be calculating correctly, it is listing duplicates in the result. The duplicates are only counted once, but it is confusing for users. Also, I am requesting the checker give a result of what and how many geocaches are missing when they don't qualify.

Write note 03/05/2019 By sleuthers
I think there's a problem with the coding (see below) of the checker. It correctly checks for 3 birthday caches being a traditional, a mystery and a multi. I think it then checks for either 30 traditional birthday caches, or 30 mystery birthday caches, or 30 multi birthday caches.

{
"challenge": [
"find 3 caches with unique type where (type == 'Traditional Cache' or type == 'Unknown Cache' or type == 'Multi-cache') and hidden_month_day == visitdate_month_day and hidden_year <> visitdate_year.",
"find 30 caches where (type == 'Traditional Cache' or type == 'Unknown Cache' or type == 'Multi-cache') and hidden_month_day == visitdate_month_day and hidden_year <> visitdate_year.",
"fulfilled with unique caches.",
"fulfilled with unique caches.",
"output sorted by type table hidden as 'Hidden Date', visitdate as 'Visit Date', type, gccode, cache_name as 'Name'.",
"if fail output 'sorry, you have not fulfilled this challenge GC82B5V yet'."
]
}

Write note 03/05/2019 By sleuthers
I've been working towards this challenge for a while and think I have it completed, but the checker disagrees! Here's the checker output:

hidden date visit date type gccode name
2017-02-13 2019-02-13 Multi-cache GC70GD4 Arbor Danger v2.0
2017-02-13 2019-02-13 Multi-cache GC70GD4 Arbor Danger v2.0
2017-02-13 2019-02-13 Multi-cache GC70GHW Arbor Bridge
2014-01-24 2019-01-24 Traditional Cache GC4XFKF Guitar Harbor
2008-01-23 2019-01-23 Traditional Cache GC18V6V Mondo's in Paradise
2017-02-20 2019-02-20 Traditional Cache GC70TE3 Bradburn Surprise
2017-02-20 2019-02-20 Traditional Cache GC70W38 DryCreek Emmie Moo Fence
2016-02-05 2019-02-05 Traditional Cache GC6AWQ3 Muche Beautiful Mountians
2011-01-30 2019-01-30 Traditional Cache GC2N527 refreshing interlude
2011-01-30 2019-01-30 Traditional Cache GC2N52T Coming to the concert tonight?
2018-02-04 2019-02-04 Traditional Cache GC7HZQY The Will of the Good
2012-01-22 2019-01-22 Traditional Cache GC3BBYY Heavenly View #52 - Cross of Christ
2004-04-16 2006-04-16 Traditional Cache GCJ740 tumble weed
2015-02-03 2019-02-03 Traditional Cache GC5M8PC Metzger Farm Open Space (2)
2011-01-30 2019-01-30 Traditional Cache GC2N52V You've got mail!
2013-01-26 2019-01-26 Traditional Cache GC44ZBY Coolest Cat II... A Tribute to Yoda
2015-02-13 2019-02-13 Traditional Cache GC5MQK6 Mondo's NAT #543 - Tachi
2010-02-02 2019-02-02 Traditional Cache GC23K43 Just Because...
2004-04-16 2006-04-16 Traditional Cache GCJ740 tumble weed
2010-02-22 2019-02-22 Traditional Cache GC248KV "Thank You" CFBaer
2011-01-30 2019-01-30 Traditional Cache GC2N4NZ Cheap Cheap
2015-01-30 2019-01-30 Traditional Cache GC5M2BW Mondo's NAT #541 - Swinomish
2017-02-13 2019-02-13 Traditional Cache GC70G8E $999
2014-04-03 2016-04-03 Unknown Cache GC51KR4 ? Force, ? Faucet, ? Airline
2004-05-02 2008-05-02 Unknown Cache GCJBT7 Water You Looking For?
2007-11-09 2008-11-09 Unknown Cache GC179FC I saw 200 Travel Bugs and know this is a fake Club
2012-02-19 2015-02-19 Unknown Cache GC3CXEP Small World
2008-05-26 2014-05-26 Unknown Cache GC1CK03 Gozzy
2011-05-27 2013-05-27 Unknown Cache GC2X167 Record Collection
2006-12-26 2008-12-26 Unknown Cache GC100HX The Sky's the limit
2004-05-02 2008-05-02 Unknown Cache GCJBT7 Water You Looking For?
2008-09-22 2011-09-22 Unknown Cache GC1FT2T A Knotty Cache
2003-01-11 2009-01-11 Unknown Cache GCC276 Away Team Mission
sorry, you have not fulfilled this challenge GC82B5V yet

So I have 33 birthday caches, with a traditional, an unknown and a multi. I believe that satisfies the challenge.

Found it 01/28/2019 By 2lablovers
Co-FTF with Edwards654 at 6 pm. We were so excited when this challenge came out. We love challenges and after a quick glance we were sure we qualified. Ran the checker, ready to run out the door to get it. What??? We don't qualify?? Read the description over again and realized it was the lack of a darn multi that was stopping us. I knew skipping all those multis would come back to haunt us ! Checked the birthday page by DustyRiver and saw there was a multi on the 28th that we could get with our friends Edwards654. We got it - quite an adventure - you can read about that at GC7HMDV. We headed up the freeway to this one.
Now it is dark and very very cold. We tromped thru the snow to the large tree covered with snow. Edwards654 had the perfect tool for removing some of the snow and we searched and searched while our hands and feet became frozen. We had begun to have doubts when at last it was spotted. Hugs and cheers all around as we struggled to make our fingers work opening the cache and signing it. Thanks for making this a very memorable cache !

Found it 01/28/2019 By Edwards654
CO-FTF at 6:00 p.m. with 2LabLovers.

Oh the stories the 2lablovers and I could tell about our adventures to acquire this cache. We both needed the same "qualifier" cache and today was THE DAY to go get it. HOWEVER, then came the blizzard! So we decided to cancel our rendezvous plans and wait for the next "qualifier" which would be in late February. But when a sliver of sun peaked through the clouds in the afternoon and, despite frigid temperatures, it was game on. We nearly froze to death crawling in the snow looking for the final in the multi, to say nothing of both Lab lovers slipping on the ice and landing flat on their backs. But did that stop us??? Heck No.

So it was across town after dark, through snowy streets, parks and trees to this cache. Needless to say, the host and its neighbors were laden with snow. "We can't see the cache if its hidden in the snow...but if we knock the snow off, maybe we'll inadvertently knock down the cache. And are we at the correct host?" Cold and shivering in the dark, we were SO, SO, SO excited when George said those wonderful, warming words "HERE IT IS". We could barely get the container open and write our names. But we know that on a sunny, warm day this is a wonderful cache in a wonderful location.

Thanks, I think, for the challenging challenge, and the hide.

Publish Listing 01/20/2019 By BlueRajah
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