GC5FCPR Moose's Challenge: The Letterbox Challenge
Type: Mystery | Size: Small | Difficulty: | Terrain:
By: MooseTag @ | Hide Date: 10/24/2014 | Status: Available
Country: United States | State: Colorado
Coordinates: N40° 31.665 W105° 04.529 | Last updated: 08/30/2019 | Fav points: 0
         

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This is a challenge cache, check below to make sure you meet the qualifications.

Congrats barasaur on FTF!

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This cache IS located at the coordinates given, however you must meet the criteria to log this cache as "found".  To log this cache, you must have found 5 Letterbox Hybrid-type caches in one CALENDAR day.

While out caching the other day, I came across a letterbox hybrid not too far east of I-25 by OneKindWord.  He mentioned in the description that it was on the way to the "star".  I had no idea what he was talking about, but as I only had found one letterbox before it, I made my way out there to grab his.  Then I noticed the GeoArt Star (check out "Colorado Star #01- Stars Across America" GC4E0DH for more info) made out of letterboxes several miles to the East!  50 of them!  You have to hike them all, as they are on the pawnee grasslands, and it is not an easy feat, it will take you 3-5 hours depending on how fast you go, and since some of them are very hard to find it may take you longer that you'd think.  I told myself I was going to give it a go, so I did and a little over 4 hours later I had all 50 of them done, proud of myself for being able to do it after 4 back surgeries.  Now, I have 52 total letterboxes opposed to the 1 I had before! 

This challenge is designed so that you don't have to go do the "Star" as I did, if you find a town or park where various people have placed letterboxes and you can get 5 of them in one day, that works too.  Depending on how many people around here have actually hiked the "star" and have done all 50, I may do some higher qualifying challenges as well.  This one is designed so that you can get it done anywhere, not just in one place.  I have also heard there are star designs in many other states, so some of you may have done the star series many times in many places and qualify for this many times over.  For now, lets keep it at 5 and work our way up as we see fit! 

As always, this is not mandatory, its meant to be a fun challenge to get out and do, maybe make a day of it while you are visiting somewhere that has numerous letterboxes.  I will be trying to get some letterbox caches out myself sometime soon so keep an eye out, but do not rely on me to get this challenge done!  Also, as usual, make sure to either give me the date and GC codes used to qualify for this challenge, make your profile public for me to verify, and/or use GSAK if you can to post your qualifications.  This one is meant to be a starter challenge for letterboxes so I'll keep an eye on how many people log this challenge and how many have more than 5 in one day and if needed I will post a higher challenge down the road. 

These challenges are all meant to be fun and rewarding, do not stress over them, but if you enjoy them I will keep placing new and exciting challenges!  Thanks to all the support I get from those of you who enjoy challenges as much as myself!

Difficulty and Terrain rating for this cache take into account that in addition to finding this cache you must have found 5 letterbox caches in a single day which usually requires puzzles or riddles, or hiking a specific area.  The container itself will be big enough for small swag and small trackables, and shouldn't be too hard for you to find.

Additional Waypoints

FN5FCPR - Final Location
N 40° 31.665 W 105° 04.529
Cache

07/03/2019 By kenyansherpa
I had a few caches I wanted to get while I was in the Ft Collins area and this one was on the list. Thanks to MooseTag for creating this nice challenge cache! All is well with the container and the log. TFTH!!

kenyansherpa fulfills challenge Moose's Challenge: The Letterbox Challenge (GC5FCPR) according to https://project-gc.com/Challenges/GC5FCPR/5627

06/14/2019 By marmotandgoatcachers
My final muggle story for the day...a car pulled up to GZ just as I approached the very obvious (geocacher) hiding place so I detoured slightly to look at the nearby sales rack. Apparently getting out of the car requires extensive phone checking but after about ten minutes, the muggle finally got out of his car so I could return for a discrete sign and dash. Qualifying for this cache was somewhat happenstance...I was mostly interested in geoart when I first started caching so I was excited about the CO star located NE of town several years ago. That trek was quite a fun outing and I'm sad to no longer see a star of smilies on the map. At least the letterbox numbers still exist in my stats so here is a screenshot of all the letterboxes I found that day so many years ago! Attached is a screenshot showing 6 of the letterboxes. Thanks for the hide - and helping me reach my tenth mystery cache of the day so get ready for another log tomorrow !

06/11/2019 By WingsAndTales
Another easy one as I made my way about town. TFTC

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

I made it with 64 finds and needed only 5 of the type Letterbox Hybrid
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gccode visitdate cache_name
GC7H64J 2018-03-21 WX99
GC7H64H 2018-03-21 WX98
GC7H62Z 2018-03-21 WX52
GC7H634 2018-03-21 WX53
GC7H637 2018-03-21 WX54

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

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

I made it with 66 finds and needed only 5 of the type Letterbox Hybrid
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gccode visitdate cache_name
GC58HQG 2016-07-26 Big Hollow "Magnetic Personality"
GC58HQQ 2016-07-26 Big Hollow "Rusty the Juniper"
GC57MMF 2016-07-26 Big Hollow "Plinkerton"
GC58HR2 2016-07-26 Big Hollow "Rusty Can Gulch"
GC57MM9 2016-07-26 Big Hollow "R.I.P. Tree"

06/01/2019 By kteeeee
Great times had with sweet-marie, MissPeach13 & Laphamclan (CCCs) on our roadtrip into Colorado! I do qualify for this challenge of 5 mailboxes in one day with the steam engine.
The 'Steam Engine' Apr 20, 2014:
GC3T57M 0846 RR-Mississippi Central
GC3T57N 0847RR-Missouri & Arkansas
GC3T57M 0848 RR-Missouri & North Arkansas
GC3T57M 0849 RR-Missouri, Oklahoma & Gulf
GC3T57M 0850 RR-Mobile & Ohio

09/06/2018 By Casper&Aero
Casper&Aero](https://www.geocaching.com/profile/?u=Casper%26Aero) a utilisé Project-GC pour voir s'il/elle était qualifié(e) pour ce challenge et il/elle l'est.

I made it with 25 finds and needed only 5 of the type Letterbox Hybrid

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

08/31/2018 By qrang
qrang has used Project-GC to see if they qualified for this challenge and they did.

I made it with 43 finds and needed only 5 of the type Letterbox Hybrid
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gccode visitdate cache_name
GC5Q4V7 2017-06-09 10. Kent Mega 2015 Cache and Dash
GC5ND1W 2017-06-09 Letterbox Mereworth
GC5Z0MF 2017-06-09 VS #315 Mereworth
GC5WDPZ 2017-06-09 (4) West Peckham Wander
GC5WE0D 2017-06-09 (5) West Peckham Wander

TFTC

08/25/2018 By Pohka
Another challenge where you set things up to do all at once; ok, did it a while ago. Here's the listing:

GC5EN3N Letterbox Hybrid K is for Kangaroo 11/14/2015 Colorado
GC5F88Q Letterbox Hybrid O is for Octopus 11/14/2015 Colorado
GC5F88J Letterbox Hybrid N is for Narwhal 11/14/2015 Colorado
GC5EN3G Letterbox Hybrid J is for Jackal 11/14/2015 Colorado
GC5F88G Letterbox Hybrid M is for Manatee 11/14/2015 Colorado
GC5F88D Letterbox Hybrid L is for Lemur 11/14/2015 Colorado
GC5FPE4 Letterbox Hybrid V is for vervet 11/14/2015 Colorado
GC5EN39 Letterbox Hybrid H is for Hippopotamus 11/14/2015 Colorado
GC5EN3C Letterbox Hybrid I is for Ibis 11/14/2015 Colorado
GC5FPDZ Letterbox Hybrid U is for unau 11/14/2015 Colorado

08/21/2018 By billkat
Found it. Tftc!

08/20/2018 By FresnoDancingFool
I've found as many as 24 letterbox hybrid caches n a single day; that was in 2015 up north in Minnesota using an alphabetical animal series that has since been archived. So I'll use some caches that were much more recent and which are still easy to check: On August 17th I found my first such cache (Pucker up) in Colorado and ended up finding 12 more that day, all in the WX power series southeast of this cache: WX1, WX44, WX2, WX7, WX8, WX9, WX56, WX57, WX58, WX59, WX60, and WX69; the very next cache I found was a nearby multi and it was my 22,000th find overall! Good challenge, FDF favorite point, and TFTC!!

08/15/2018 By dustyriver
Got 'er done - Thanks for the Challenge -

I made it with 14 finds and needed only 10 of the type Letterbox Hybrid
gccode visitdate cache_name
GC48YKQ 2018-04-15 L IS FOR LOGBOOK
GC48YH0 2018-04-15 K IS FOR KIDS
GC48YF2 2018-04-15 J IS FOR JOGGERS
GC48YE6 2018-04-15 I IS FOR IN PLAIN SIGHT
GC48YBZ 2018-04-15 H IS FOR HIKING
GC48YBJ 2018-04-15 G IS FOR GROUND ZERO
GC48Y85 2018-04-15 F IS FOR FIRST AID KITS
GC48VQR 2018-04-15 E IS FOR EVENTS
GC48PHN 2018-04-15 D IS FOR DOUBLE TRANSPOSITION
GC48PGZ 2018-04-15 C IS FOR CRYPTOGRAM