GmaCutie

ALL expected REQUIREMENTS of a challenge should be spelled out UP FRONT. It is UNACCEPTABLE to expect people to find 22 NEW very specific caches, which required way more planning and driving than normal, and ONLY THEN find out we’re expected to find 35 MORE, and then still have to determine a coded combination to the vault! I truly feel sorry for the poor cachers out there who won’t find this out until it’s physically too late to accomplish the requirements to close the case!! I at least have 13 days left, but likely won’t even bother now. I do have other things to do... I had my 4 granddaughters here from NY for a month, and we put a lot of planning, searching, and driving time into this challenge in an effort to finish it before they left yesterday. We nearly made it, so we thought, but they left me to finish the last one today. I just found the 15th stolen jewel in the MATM challenge, thinking I would finally be able to gain access to the vault. I won’t bore you with all the details, but I’m pretty upset and disappointed in the lack of disclosure of this challenge right now! I have done every caching challenge offered since 2014 and thoroughly enjoyed the “purposeful search” incentive they offered. But it’s unfair to ask people to take on a challenge, if they aren’t given the full scope of time and effort required before they start the commitment.