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Having gotten caught up in the trend within Geocaching to create a signature item to trade and leave as an "I was here" in caches, I decided I needed to take three of these so-called geo-patches, make them into travel bugs, and send them out to race each other. I then created the silly and arbitrary point systems shown below, for no other reason than to entertain myself and hopefully you, my fellow cachers. Shown here is an example of the ScouterDuck Geo-patch. The three racers consist of this patch, epoxied to a piece of wood, with the TB dog tag expoxied below it, and an explanation sheet glued to the back. |
Here is the scoring system, which as mentioned before was made up just for fun and is entirely arbitrary.
Remember that these point values were made up for no reason, and should not be taken to imply that I have anything against foxes, reptiles, or discover logs. I am just as curious to see which racer accumulates the most negative points as positive points.
Racer 'D' current status | |||
Date | Description | Rule | Points |
25-Apr-07 | Visit to cache GC11JNK | 2 | 5 |
28-Apr-07 | bullseye1 discover log | 10 | -5 |
12-May-07 | coterm59 discover log | 10 | -5 |
12-May-07 | waorgany discover log | 10 | -5 |
13-May-07 | davee-ncachincarrie grab log | 10 | -5 |
13-May-07 | visit to cache GC11XXV | 2 | 5 |
13-May-07 | Visit to cache GC10A3Q | 2 | 5 |
18-May-07 | Visit to cache GCWV7G | 2 | 5 |
18-May-07 | Four photos with cache GCWV7G | 3 | 40 |
19-May-07 | Visit to cache GCK8ZV | 2 | 5 |
19-May-07 | Two photos with cache GCK8ZV | 3 | 20 |
21-May-07 | Two repeat moves by MaxB on the River | 9 | -20 |
21-May-07 | Visit to cache GC12MJM | 2 | 5 |
22-May-07 | Visit to cache GCR2AK | 2 | 5 |
30-May-07 | Photo with cache GCR2AK | 3 | 10 |
30-May-07 | Visit to cache GCZKGE | 2 | 5 |
30-May-07 | GCZKGE is Scouting related | 5 | 10 |
1-Jul-07 | Last log was 30 May | 13 | -5 |
5-Jul-07 | Visit to cache GC1435V | 2 | 5 |
7-Jul-07 | Visit to cache GCJD94 | 2 | 5 |
7-Aug-07 | Last log was 7 Jul | 13 | -5 |
7-Sep-07 | Last log was 7 Jul | 13 | -5 |
5-Oct-07 | Visit to cache GCY43K | 2 | 5 |
5-Oct-07 | Visit to New Zealand | 6 | 25 |
5-Nov-07 | Last log was 5 Oct | 13 | -5 |
30-Nov-07 | Visit to cache GC12P22 | 2 | 5 |
26-Dec-07 | Visit to cache GC1AF | 2 | 5 |
29-Jan-08 | Visit to cache GCN3WF | 2 | 5 |
Current mileage | 1 | 10555 | |
POINT TOTAL | 10670 | ||
update June 2008 – frozen |
See the official page for Racer 'D' on geocaching.com
Racer 'N' current status | |||
Date | Description | Rule | Points |
7-May | Visit to cache GCKXBQ | 2 | 5 |
18-May-07 | Visit to cache GCWV7G | 2 | 5 |
18-May-07 | Three photos with GCWV7G | 3 | 30 |
19-May-07 | Visit to cache GCK8ZV | 2 | 5 |
19-May-07 | Two photos with GCK8ZV | 3 | 20 |
23-May-07 | Visit to cache GCZKVX | 2 | 5 |
23-May-07 | Two photos with cache GCZKVX | 3 | 20 |
29-May-07 | Visit to cache GCYAK7 | 2 | 5 |
29-May-07 | Photo with cache GCYAK7 | 3 | 10 |
1-Jun-07 | Visit to cache GCZKGE | 2 | 5 |
1-Jun-07 | Photo with GCZKGE | 3 | 10 |
1-Jun-07 | GCZKGE is Scouting related | 5 | 10 |
4-Jun-07 | Visit to cache GCX7H9 | 2 | 5 |
4-Jun-07 | Five repeat moves by MaxB on the River | 9 | -50 |
6-Jul-07 | Last log was 6 June | 13 | -5 |
6-Aug-07 | Last log was 6 June | 13 | -5 |
6-Sep-07 | Last log was 6 June | 13 | -5 |
6-Oct-07 | Last log was 6 June | 13 | -5 |
14-Oct-07 | Grab log by Team GeoBlast | 10 | -5 |
16-Oct-07 | Visit to cache GCZW9M | 2 | 5 |
Current mileage | 1 | 8997 | |
POINT TOTAL | 9062 | ||
update June 2008 - frozen |
See the official page for Racer 'N' on geocaching.com
Racer 'Q' current status | |||
Date | Description | Rule | Points |
26-Apr-07 | Visit to Cache GCQ7Z3 | 2 | 5 |
18-May-07 | Visit to Cache GCYDQ9 | 2 | 5 |
18-May-07 | photo with GCYDQ9 | 3 | 10 |
18-May-07 | Visit to Cahce GCTYK7 | 2 | 5 |
18-May-07 | photo with GCTYK7 | 3 | 10 |
18-May-07 | Visit to cache GCGAGD | 2 | 5 |
18-May-07 | photo with GCGAGD | 3 | 10 |
18-May-07 | Visit to cache GCTY5H | 2 | 5 |
18-May-07 | photo with GCTY5H | 3 | 10 |
18-May-07 | Visit to cache GC2284 | 2 | 5 |
18-May-07 | photo with GC2284 | 3 | 10 |
18-May-07 | Visit to cache GCZFQR | 2 | 5 |
18-May-07 | GCZFQR has Scouting theme | 5 | 10 |
18-May-07 | photo with GCZFQR | 3 | 10 |
18-May-07 | Visit to cache GCW9XC | 2 | 5 |
18-May-07 | photo with GCW9XC | 3 | 10 |
18-May-07 | Visit to cache GCVW7H | 2 | 5 |
18-May-07 | photo with GCVW7H | 3 | 10 |
18-May-07 | Visit to cache GCYA2D | 2 | 5 |
18-May-07 | GCYA2D has a Scouting theme | 5 | 10 |
18-May-07 | photo with GCYA2D | 3 | 10 |
18-May-07 | Visit to cache GCWK5N | 2 | 5 |
18-May-07 | GCWK5N has a Scouting theme | 5 | 10 |
18-May-07 | photo with GCWK5N | 3 | 10 |
18-May-07 | Visit to GCQJAY | 2 | 5 |
20-May-07 | Visit to GCG59Z | 2 | 5 |
20-May-07 | photo with GCG59Z | 3 | 10 |
20-May-07 | 10 Repeat moves by leftylarose | 9 | -100 |
20-Jun-07 | Last log was May 20 | 13 | -5 |
30-Jun-07 | Visit to cache GCT295 | 2 | 5 |
30-Jun-07 | Visit to cache GCPTQN | 2 | 5 |
2-Jul-07 | Visit to cache GC12P0M | 2 | 5 |
5-Jul-07 | Visit to cache GC428A | 2 | 5 |
5-Jul-07 | Visit to cache GCQRGA | 2 | 5 |
5-Jul-07 | Visit to cache GCZ7DT | 2 | 5 |
5-Jul-07 | Visit to cache GC131JN | 2 | 5 |
5-Jul-07 | Visit to cache GCNG51 | 2 | 5 |
20-Jul-07 | Visit to cache GCKQ48 | 2 | 5 |
20-Jul-07 | Visit to cache GC12XGP | 2 | 5 |
20-Jul-07 | Visit to cache GCF795 | 2 | 5 |
21-Jul-07 | Visit to cache GC9363 | 2 | 5 |
21-Jul-07 | Visit to cache GCVMXX | 2 | 5 |
22-Jul-07 | Visit to cache GCKQ3B | 2 | 5 |
22-Jul-07 | Visit to cache GCW14C | 2 | 5 |
22-Jul-07 | photo with GCW14C | 3 | 10 |
22-Jul-07 | 15 additional repeat moves by leftylarose | 9 | -150 |
23-Jul-07 | Visit to cache GCZNGF | 2 | 5 |
23-Jul-07 | Visit to cache GC13763 | 2 | 5 |
23-Jul-07 | Visit to cache GC14DXW | 2 | 5 |
25-Jul-07 | Visit to cache GCZERA | 2 | 5 |
25-Jul-07 | Visit to cache GCKK9P | 2 | 5 |
25-Jul-07 | 5 repeat moves by leftylarose | 9 | -50 |
25-Aug-07 | last log was 25 July | 13 | -5 |
25-Sep-07 | last log was 25 July | 13 | -5 |
25-Oct-07 | last log was 25 July | 13 | -5 |
1-Nov-07 | Visit to cache GCXEGJ | 2 | 5 |
1-Dec-07 | Last log was 1 Nov | 13 | -5 |
1-Jan-08 | Last log was 1 Nov | 13 | -5 |
1-Feb-08 | Last log was 1 Nov | 13 | -5 |
1-Mar-08 | Last log was 1 Nov | 13 | -5 |
1-Apr-08 | Last log was 1 Nov | 13 | -5 |
1-May-08 | Last log was 1 Nov | 13 | -5 |
23-Jun-08 | Last log was 23 Apr | 13 | -5 |
1-Jul-08 | Visit to cache GCQNBA | 2 | 5 |
Current mileage | 1 | 972 | |
POINT TOTAL | 942 | ||
update June 2008 – frozen |
See the official page for Racer 'Q' on geocaching.com
With all three racers having gone missing, scores have been frozen as of June 2008 as of the last cache logged by each. Racer 'D' wins convincingly with 10670 points, and the only racer to make it out of the USA, all the way to New Zealand. Racer 'N' takes second place. Racer 'Q' languished away a whole winter in a snow-covered cache and was badly hurt by rule 13. 'Q' failed to even reach the four-digit mark. This page represents the final scores- the racers will not be re-issued, nor a similar race created. Thanks to all who took part.