GC5F58K Unknown Cache Moose's Challenge: The Earth Cache Challenge
Type: Mystery | Size: Small Small | Difficulty: 2.5 out of 5 | Terrain: 3 out of 5
By: MooseTag @ | Hide Date: 10/19/2014 | Status: Available
Country: United States | State: Colorado
Coordinates: N40° 31.644 W105° 04.364 | Last updated: 08/30/2019 | Fav points: 0
Recommended for kids  Takes less than an hour  Available at all times  Parking available  Bicycles  Park and Grab 

The cache IS at the posted coordinates, however to log this cache as "found" you must meet specific requirements.  Check below to understand the challenge.

Congratulations to OneKindWord and Denali41 on a co-FTF!

To log this cache you must have found and logged at least 5 Earth Caches on a single CALENDAR day.  You will need to find an area with plenty of Earth Caches so that you can do the required hikes and find the information needed to email the owners for your credit.  I did this down in Colorado Springs where Earth Caches are a dime a dozen, however up here in the North we don't have as many options, so maybe this challenge will even entice some people to start some new Earth Caches. 

To qualify for this challenge, use a GSAK macro/plugin for FindStatGen to show how many you have found in a single day.  You may also type up each GC code and name of the Earth Cache seperately and let me know the day you found them if it is easier for you to do so or you do not use GSAK. If you do not qualify or do not post your qualifications in a reasonable amount of time, I may delete your log. Here is my example:

Earth           10        10/12/2014

I have found 10 in a day and it could have been more had it not been raining and cold, so this is possible even for someone like me who can't hike miles upon miles at a time. 

Depending on the popularity of this challenge and how many have found 10 or more I may make a 10+ challenge as well, but for now we will start at 5 and see how many qualify first.  This challenge is meant to be fun and rewarding for those of you who enjoy doing Earth Caches as much as I do.  I enjoy the hikes, the scenery, the great knowledge about the world, terrain, geology and everything else that makes up the world we live on. 

Please respect the challenge and take it seriously, if I see you posting 5 Earth Caches in different parts of the country I will know you're not exactly telling the truth and will delete your log.  Have fun with it, go learn something!  The difficulty and terrain ratings are based on finding 5 Earth Caches and doing the required hikes/finding the correct information in a single day.  The cache itself will be very easy to find.

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FN5F58K - Final Location
N 40° 31.644 W 105° 04.364
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CodeNameTypeCommentsDateCoordinatesDistance
FN5F58KFinal Location Final Location Cache 10/19/2014 N 40° 31.644 W 105° 04.364 0.00 kms N 

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Someone else put an "X" there so X marks the spot.

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10 Logs: Found it 7  Didn't find it 1  Write note 2  

Found it 06/14/2019 By marmotandgoatcachers
Ugh. I thought I was all done for today after successfully finding 10 mystery caches. I then got home and used the Project-GC checker for your nearby challenge cache and realized I actually needed 15! I was already 2/3 of the way done so felt rather committed despite my early work day on Saturday so back out I went to find a few more challenges. Fortunately there were plenty of lights near this one so I could make a speedy but discrete find. Considering all my earlier muggle problems, I'm thinking I need to change my urban search times actually! Thanks for the challenge cache!

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

I made it with 10 finds and needed only 5 of the type Earthcache
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gccode visitdate cache_name
GC1W096 2015-08-03 Ancient Rock at the Road Cut
GC230DE 2015-08-03 The Great Divide at Milner Pass
GC230BW 2015-08-03 Alpine Visitor Center Cirque
GC1W09A 2015-08-03 Fire & Ice
GC230EB 2015-08-03 Alpine Tor

Found it 06/01/2019 By kteeeee
Fun road trip with sweet-marie, MissPeach13 & Laphamclan.

GCZNE- Gullfoss (Golden Falls)- 6/17/2018
GC1G4XZ- Geysir-powerful hot spring- 6/17/2019
GC1Z45X- Þingvellir -The Mid-Atlantic Ridge- 6/17/2018
GC637CP- Lava Flow- 6/17/2018
GC3HWJ4- Sólheimajökull (Earthcache)- 6/17/2018

Thanks for the Challenge!

Found it 06/01/2019 By Laphamclan
I am away from British Columbia heading to the States for a 10 day road trip with 3 others -- Sweet Marie, MissPeach13 and Kteeeee. We signed logs with CCC stamp (Canadian Caching Crew)
Thanks to all the COs for making this such a great hobby/pastime
Day 4 and today it is Colorado and our goal is the oldest cache, road closed so alternate plan B


I made it with 8 finds and needed only 5 of the type Earthcache
gccode visitdate cache_name
GC1M15H 2016-10-22 Olivine (Mg,Fe)2SiO4 - DP/EC38
GCQV5E 2016-10-22 Hawaii Volcanoes N.P. - U.S. World Heritage Site
GC3N436 2016-10-22 Hawaii Volcanoes N.P. - Steam Vents
GC3NJEY 2016-10-22 Hawaii Volcanoes N.P. - Sulphur Banks
GCQV5H 2016-10-22 Hawaii Volcanoes N.P. - Rain Forest & Lava Tube

Write note 06/01/2019 By MissPeach13
Here on an amazing 10 day geocaching road trip with sweet-marie, kteeeee and laphamclan. We flew into Kansas City and after renting a car we drove through Kansas, Colorado, Wyoming, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Missouri and back to Kansas. All logs were either signed CCC (Crazy Canadian Cachers) or stamped with our red CCC stamp. Answers to Virtuals and Earthcaches have been sent in on behalf of the group.
Writing a note until I can check to see if I qualify.

Found it 06/01/2019 By sweet-marie
Greetings from Beautiful British Columbia! Off on a 10 day, 9 state geo-adventure with kteeeee, Laphamclan and MissPeach13. Many thanks to all of the COs for placing these caches for us to find and adding to our fun day. We used our CCC (Canadian Caching Crew) stamp or initials on all of the logs.

Today we headed to the oldest cache in Colorado and then changed our original plans to go to Mt. Evans as the road was closed due to snow and we were unable to do the caches there Frown We went through the city of Denver instead and stopped in Fort Collins for the night.

Sadly this entire series is in need of maintenance. We did several earth caches every day on this adventure so we all do qualify for this challenge.

Found it 09/06/2018 By Casper&Aero
Casper&Aero a utilisé Project-GC pour voir s'il/elle était qualifié(e) pour ce challenge et il/elle l'est.

I made it with 5 finds and needed only 5 of the type Earthcache

Notre périple a débuté le 22 août dernier et nous amènera à visiter douze états Américains et deux provinces Canadiennes... Notre départ s'est fait à partir de Baie-Comeau, une ville sur la Côte Nord du Québec pour ensuite se poursuivre quelques jours à Québec où nous avons fait un peu de Géocaching.... Par la suite, nous avons fait un arrêt à St-Eustache et Ville de Laval, toujours au Québec, pour ensuite prendre l'avion et arriver à Portland, Oregon... Nous avons fait un arrêt le 28 août à Umatilla toujours en Oregon, le 29 août à Boise en Idaho, le 30 à Twin Falls et le 31 nous sommes à Salt Lake City pour deux jours... Le 2 septembre nous étions à Rock Springs, Wyoming, le 3 nous avons fait un arrêt à Laramie, Wyoming... Le 4 et le 5 septembre nous étions dans la région de Colorado Spring, CO... Aujourd’hui nous nous dirigeons vers Fort Collins, CO...

Pendant tout le voyage nous avons ciblé quelques caches qui nous aideront à atteindre nos objectifs personnels et nous découvrirons certainement de nouveaux endroits que les Géocacheurs d'ici voudront nous faire découvrir... Nous préparons ce voyage depuis plusieurs mois et savons que nous ne pourrons pas tout voir par manque de temps... Il y a beaucoup de caches mais devons fermer les yeux ne pouvant toutes les trouver... Mais c'est avec plaisir que nous apposerons notre signature sur certaines d'entre-elles...

Merci pour la création de ces caches qui ajoutent des sourires à notre profil et qui nous font passer du bon temps peu importe l'humeur de Dame Nature... Notre log sera le même pour toute la journée et s'il y a une particularité nous l'ajouterons au début du texte... Des favoris seront ajoutés ici et là pour tout le travail accompli... MPLC

Casper&Aero de Baie-Comeau, Québec, Canada


Our English is not perfect, we use Google Translate to help us ...

Our journey began last August 22 and will take us to visit twelve US states and two Canadian provinces ... Our departure was from Baie-Comeau, a city on the North Shore of Quebec and then continue for a few days in Quebec City where we did some Geocaching .... Then we stopped at St-Eustache and Ville de Laval, still in Quebec, and then flew to Portland, Oregon... We made stop in Umatilla on August 28 still in Oregon, August 29 in Boise, Idaho, August 30 in Twin Falls and August 31st we are in Salt Lake City for two days... The 2nd of september we were in Rock Springs. Wyoming and the september 3 the road brought us to Laramie, Wyoming... On September 4th and 5th we were in the Colorado Spring area, CO ... Today we are heading to Fort Collins, CO

Throughout the trip we have targeted some caches that will help us achieve our personal goals and we will certainly discover new places that Geocachers here will want us to discover ... We have been planning this trip for several months and know we will not be able to not all see for lack of time ... There are many caches but we must close our eyes can not find them all ... But it is with pleasure that we will put our signature on some of them ...

Thank you for creating these caches that add smiles to our profile and make us have a good time regardless of the mood of Mother Nature ... Our log will be the same for the whole day and if there is a particularity we will add it at the beginning of the text ... Favorites will be added here and there for all the work done ... TFTC

Casper&Aero from Baie-Comeau, Quebec, Canada

Found it 08/31/2018 By qrang
See or profile we did 17 virtuals on 27/9/14 in Yellowstone TFTC

Found it 08/25/2018 By Pohka
Another set it up for the numbers in a day, a good place to do this:

GC5FDZF Earthcache Honaunau Bay - Two Step Beach Cache 9/15/2016 Hawaii
GCQV5G Earthcache Hawaii Volcanoes N.P. - Caldera and Crater 9/15/2016 Hawaii
GC5GPY6 Earthcache Lava Detective 1 - Holes in the Ground 9/15/2016 Hawaii
GC1A5E4 Earthcache Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park - Pu‘u Huluhulu 9/15/2016 Hawaii
GCQV5H Earthcache Hawaii Volcanoes N.P. - Rain Forest & Lava Tube 9/15/2016 Hawaii
GCQV5E Earthcache Hawaii Volcanoes N.P. - U.S. World Heritage Site 9/15/2016 Hawaii
GC3N436 Earthcache Hawaii Volcanoes N.P. - Steam Vents 9/15/2016 Hawaii
GC5HD6B Earthcache Lava Detective 2 - Pillars 9/15/2016 Hawaii
GC3NJEY Earthcache Hawaii Volcanoes N.P. - Sulphur Banks 9/15/2016 Hawaii
GC1PQV2 Earthcache Holei Sea Arch 9/15/2016 Hawaii
GC5HAVW Earthcache Stalactites on Hawaii 9/15/2016 Hawaii

Write note 08/20/2018 By FresnoDancingFool
I may qualify for this one in as little as a day or two as I'm planning to do the Trail Ridge Road for some high-altitude finds, and as that is in Rocky Mountain Nat'l Park there are mostly earthcaches up there. In the meantime the log is signed and I'm writing a note; TFTC in advance!

Didn't find it 08/15/2018 By dustyriver
4 earth caches in a day, 1 the next, but that don't do it - Thanks for th challenges