First Name Challenge Mystery Cache
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This magnetic nano cache is along the Davis Bike Loop at the posted coordinates. This is a challenge cache; you need to complete the challenge AND sign the log of the physical cache before you can post a "found it" log online. If you do only one of these things, please tell everyone about it with a "write note" log online.
There are two options to complete the requirements of this challenge cache. One requires just one qualifying find, the other requires ten. BUT getting that one qualifying find will be easier for some cachers than for others. Placing a cache with your name in the title does not qualify you for this compilation challenge cache. For each qualifying cache, list the cache name, GC number, and the date of the find.
First option: one find. Find ONE cache whose title includes your official first name (you know the one: it's on your driver's license, or maybe your birth certificate), with no intervening letters. So let's say your name is Ben. (Hi Ben.) If you have found a cache called "Ben who?" you already qualify for the challenge. BUT, if you have found a cache called "Near The Bends," you still qualify. Now, you're on the honor system here--I'm not checking driver's licenses. If your name is really Benjamin, you should go after something like "Benjamin Franklin" or even "Ben Jamin." Remember, spaces can be ignored; if there are no intervening letters, numbers, or other characters and your name is in the cache title, it qualifies. For teams that cache together under the same geocaching name, you can choose anyone's name from your team, but in the spirit of this challenge, the person whose name you are using should have been present at the qualifying find.
A couple more examples to drive home this point: if your name is Sophy, then find, for example, "The Philosophy of End" and you're good to go. If your name is Mildred, a cache named "Mild Red Sauce" would be just fine. If your name is Levi, then "Missile View" will qualify you, since there's a string of letters that matches your name. Got it?
Second option: ten finds. Many cachers are private people and enjoy some anonymity when geocaching. That's all good. If for any reason you don't want to go the first route, just find 5 caches with the word "FIRST" in their title (the word, written out, with no other letters in that word) and find 5 different caches with the word "NAME" in their title (the word, with no other letters in that word).
San Antonio's First GC2B73
Walt Disney's First Garage Studio GCJ4RA
My First Multi GC195KC
My First Cache Event Tribute GC1YMWN
Molly's First GC13G06
Man with No Name GC2KD2V
Couldn't Think of a Name Series#1 GC1FG9W
Stop In The Name of _____ GC1GM35
New Name—got no Game! GC17PA0
No Name Cache GC1BMTB
For this challenge, there are neither date restrictions nor cache type/icon restrictions. You may already qualify. Have fun and BYOP.
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