Locally, there are a TON of simple, park n grab type caches but not that many to actually physically challenge a person. In this area (Fort Wayne, Indiana), one will not be forging through the mountains, hiking through the woods for miles and miles, or backpacking overnight to bag a few. This is flat as a pancake farm country surrounding a midwestern city.
I like to cycle long distances, away from the city, throughout the farmlands and Amish communities of Northern Indiana. I like to geocache. So I thought combining the two would be a good, physically challenging task. My idea is to place a series of cycling only caches with the requirement of riding at least 5 miles one way in order to claim the find. The cacher would need to provide a photo of the person, bike and general spot to validate the find. Without the pics, the logged find would be removed. I routinely ride routes of 30-60 miles and have found several areas I would like to place caches. 5 miles seems a reasonable distance. Several days ago, I cycled 21 miles one way to find a cache but I chose to make the find using a bike. I could have easily drove my car to it but other than paying $4.00/gallon, what is the challenge in that?
The idea behind this is that basically the area is geographically BORING, we have one of the fattest, unhealthy communities in the country and combining the two sports would address both. It would get one out of town, riding for some distance and provide a challenging cache to boot.
So before I publish the first cache with these restrictions, I need some feedback. Since there is a physical cache to be found, would this still qualify as a Traditional?
Thank you for suggestions and please remain respectful.
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