+Natureboy56 Posted August 25, 2006 Share Posted August 25, 2006 How many 5/5 caches have you found? I haven't found any.. at least not yet.. There is only one within 50 miles of me though... Quote Link to comment
+briansnat Posted August 25, 2006 Share Posted August 25, 2006 I doubt there are many true 5/5 caches even in existence. I've yet to find a 5/5 though. Found a few 5 star terrain caches and one 4.5 star difficulty, though that one was overrated. Quote Link to comment
+Natureboy56 Posted August 25, 2006 Author Share Posted August 25, 2006 How many 5/5 caches have you found? I haven't found any.. at least not yet.. There is only one within 50 miles of me though... Yeah, I have foun a 5 terrain cache too. I do think that there are quite a few 5\5s though Quote Link to comment
+StarBrand Posted August 25, 2006 Share Posted August 25, 2006 Just one - the terrain was overrated and the difficulty should have been 1 because it was in plain sight after getting through what I would call 4* terrain. I contacted the owner and he changed it later on to a 4/4. Many just don't understnad the difficulty scale or refuse to use the Clayjar tool. Quote Link to comment
+Kit Fox Posted August 25, 2006 Share Posted August 25, 2006 I came close to a 5/5 with the dragonfly scroll. The terrain rating is about 1 to 1 1/2 stars to low, because you have to scale a sheer rock wall for about 10 feet, to access the cache. That day, we found five or six caches that had not been found in over 1 1/2 years. Talk about "dust offs." Quote Link to comment
+brodiebunch Posted August 25, 2006 Share Posted August 25, 2006 Zip, zero, zilch Quote Link to comment
+Tsmola Posted August 25, 2006 Share Posted August 25, 2006 not yet, I've got some 3/3s but the higest terrain I've gotten is 3.5 I do have a few 4 difficulty and one 5/3 I plan to place a 5/5 this winter, and believe me, it'll be properly rated! The only terrain 5s around here are basicially 5's because of a boat required and since I don't have a hitch to take the boat there I haven't gotten them. My plan is to make a 5 where it's not just a 5 because of special equipment required. Quote Link to comment
+StarBrand Posted August 25, 2006 Share Posted August 25, 2006 not yet, I've got some 3/3s but the higest terrain I've gotten is 3.5 I do have a few 4 difficulty and one 5/3 I plan to place a 5/5 this winter, and believe me, it'll be properly rated! The only terrain 5s around here are basicially 5's because of a boat required and since I don't have a hitch to take the boat there I haven't gotten them. My plan is to make a 5 where it's not just a 5 because of special equipment required. And what will you do to get the 5 on difficulty?? Quote Link to comment
+Kit Fox Posted August 25, 2006 Share Posted August 25, 2006 not yet, I've got some 3/3s but the higest terrain I've gotten is 3.5 I do have a few 4 difficulty and one 5/3 I plan to place a 5/5 this winter, and believe me, it'll be properly rated! The only terrain 5s around here are basicially 5's because of a boat required and since I don't have a hitch to take the boat there I haven't gotten them. My plan is to make a 5 where it's not just a 5 because of special equipment required. And what will you do to get the 5 on difficulty?? How about a 40 mile R/T hike-to cache? Quote Link to comment
+CheshireFrog Posted August 25, 2006 Share Posted August 25, 2006 And what will you do to get the 5 on difficulty?? Doesn't a 5 by definition require special equipment to reach? Quote Link to comment
+klossner Posted August 25, 2006 Share Posted August 25, 2006 Ten Star Turtle is the only 5/5 cache I've found that merited the rating. It involves tough puzzles, tiny micros, and a rock-climbing gym. Quote Link to comment
+Harry Dolphin Posted August 25, 2006 Share Posted August 25, 2006 I've done two mystery caches rated at 5/5. The one was definitely 5* for difficulty, and, I suppose that a ten-mile walk through New York City might qualify as a 5* terain. But we drove to most of the waypoints. We would have given up on it early, if it weren't on my caching partners 10-mile list. Did a 1/5 Virtual that was definitely 5* terrain! Don't have a kayak, so I can't do any of the boating caches around. Anyone want to loan me a kayak? There's a great 4/5 cache on an island in the East River near Ryker's Island. No. Thanks. I'll avoid that one! Quote Link to comment
+StarBrand Posted August 25, 2006 Share Posted August 25, 2006 And what will you do to get the 5 on difficulty?? Doesn't a 5 by definition require special equipment to reach? Not difficulty - you are thinking terrain - as is the Anasazi cache - lots of 5 star terrains ou there but very few are also 5 star difficulty to find. Two different scales. Quote Link to comment
+Silny Jako Bek Posted August 25, 2006 Share Posted August 25, 2006 I did this one GCHB6V. I really think it was only a 5/4.... Quote Link to comment
Tahosa and Sons Posted August 25, 2006 Share Posted August 25, 2006 I think I've hidden one. Quote Link to comment
+tomfuller & Quill Posted August 25, 2006 Share Posted August 25, 2006 Two Multis, Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is 5/5 where we hiked in to Moose Lake on a Saturday afternoon, set up camp then dove in the lake for the location for the final. Hiked back out Sunday morning. The other was Oregon Walkabout which involved 4-5 miles of walking on sand dunes. The final was the 4th in the series. I recently failed on the hunt for Rock House Cave. I do have to get back there sometime this year with a better bicycle and more water. I came out of there severely dehydrated 6 hours after I started in. I have several more 5/5 to do in the "Counting Counties in Oregon" challenge (GCR9XY). I don't know if I can beat PMOGUY but I'm still trying. Check our bookmark lists. Quote Link to comment
+CheshireFrog Posted August 26, 2006 Share Posted August 26, 2006 (edited) Playfair's Extreme Geocacher Test is rated as a 4/4, but many finders question that rating. The cache was placed in February of 2003 and has only been found 27 times since then, and most of those logged at least one DNF before scoring the cache. It misses being a 5 terrain only because there is one, and only one, approach that does not require climbing equipment, and that route is well hidden, requiring some spelunking to balance out the climbing. Edited August 26, 2006 by CheshireFrog Quote Link to comment
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