+golfchick Posted October 4, 2011 Share Posted October 4, 2011 I hit day 125 today and I'll be stopping very soon, I didn't purposefully do it, I started caching and after 30 days realised I'd started a streak so then I decided I'd go to 100 days but I did it more challenging and got as many as I could each day so after 4 months despite doing a streak I hit the 1000 cache mark, now the closest walkable enjoyable set for me and the dog is 7 miles or so away and it's not feesible to drive it everyday! I think I'll hit 130 and then stop, I was gonna stop today but I have caching plans tomorrow and I'd rather a round number. If money were no object id keep going as I still enjoy it just as much! Quote Link to comment
+Team Geo-Rangers Posted October 19, 2011 Share Posted October 19, 2011 1634 consecutive days ... it will end someday! Quote Link to comment
+barraseaclaid Posted October 19, 2011 Share Posted October 19, 2011 here in ireland there has been a cacher visting us from sydney austrailia and has managed a 500day streak and is still going strong!!! hes flying back to sydney soon though and looses a day as he is crossing over the intl. date line his caching name is zalgariath...impressive methinks Quote Link to comment
+Team Firenze Posted October 19, 2011 Share Posted October 19, 2011 Is there a good way to search for these streak and date challenges? I looked in the challenge section for my area and I didn't find anything. Quote Link to comment
+styx Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 Well, mine started on 1/13/2011 when a fellow cacher told me about a Calendar Challenge. As I had just come off of an impressive slump my calendar was entirely empty and so I started my streak. First I hit the 100 day challenge mark.... and kept going. Then came 200. Then I caught up with some days I already filled in on my calendar, but one year was so close. This couldn't, shouldn't have to continue. I would actually plan my daily cache before looking at what I had to do for work each day. I didn't have a problem. I could stop any time I wanted to! Finally I had determined I would stop at 366 and so on 1/13/2012 I stopped.... or tried to. There were these voices in my head that said I had to keep going.... I couldn't sleep.... I tried an intervention but it didn't work.... perhaps an exorcism? I don't know which is more impressive... my current streak or my prior slump! If only the voices would stop..... Quote Link to comment
+medicman911 Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 I have no idea what my longest stretch is but thats OK because it was all fun and still is. Quote Link to comment
+Dew5077 Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 I started with a goal of 10 days, then 20, then 30. Next came a goal of 50, 100, 150, now 200. After 200, I will go for 250, 300, and 366. Breaking it up into smaller attainable goals was the key for me. It's fun. I cache on the way home from work. Depending on what time I leave determines my route home. I think the longest route I went home only added 5 miles to my 20 some mile commute already... I know most of the hiders in the area now, so just by reading their pages, I know what to look for (usually) and just seeing if I was right adds to the excitement! I think I will be getting a FTF in the morning on the WAY to work in the morning though. Can't wait for after, it will get snatched up if it hasn't been this evening already. Off to check! Quote Link to comment
+hzoi Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 (edited) I started with a goal of 10 days, then 20, then 30. Next came a goal of 50, 100, 150, now 200. After 200, I will go for 250, 300, and 366. Breaking it up into smaller attainable goals was the key for me. It's fun. I cache on the way home from work. Depending on what time I leave determines my route home. I think the longest route I went home only added 5 miles to my 20 some mile commute already... I know most of the hiders in the area now, so just by reading their pages, I know what to look for (usually) and just seeing if I was right adds to the excitement! Don't forget the event you attended without leaving your house. edit to add: Logging caches two years after they were archived and post-dating logs on caches you said you found earlier in the year probably helps keep a "streak" alive, too. edited again to put sarcastic quotes around "streak" Edited January 20, 2012 by hzoi Quote Link to comment
+jellis Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 354 days and missed a day cause the ones near me now are high terrain or puzzles I haven't solved and I just didn't have time before going to work. So I gave up. Since this is the new leap year and something is coming up soon which will prevent me from continuing any streak for the next leap year I will not worry about stressing over it. Quote Link to comment
+Trekkin' and birdin' Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 We noticed a couple years ago that we'd not missed a day in several weeks, so decided....let's see if we can keep it going. Now, at this point in our caching career, we'd found most of the stuff within 30+ miles, and were still teaching. There weren't many new cachers in the area at the time either, so new caches close to home were a rare thing. Still, we pressed on, driving to find one of a few caches close by, until one day after such a trip, we were passing a cache in a state park, "saving" it. We looked at each other and both said....this is dumb! What a waste of gas and time and all that! So we went and got that cache, thus ending a streak that lasted 77 days. If others want to keep a streak going, more power to them. For us, it made no sense at that point and even with the lure of "century challenges," we have no desire to try and cache that many days in a row anymore. Lately, we've been trying to do other things non-caching and extend our non-caching days a bit longer, actually. Quote Link to comment
4wheelin_fool Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 I started with a goal of 10 days, then 20, then 30. Next came a goal of 50, 100, 150, now 200. After 200, I will go for 250, 300, and 366. Breaking it up into smaller attainable goals was the key for me. It's fun. I cache on the way home from work. Depending on what time I leave determines my route home. I think the longest route I went home only added 5 miles to my 20 some mile commute already... I know most of the hiders in the area now, so just by reading their pages, I know what to look for (usually) and just seeing if I was right adds to the excitement! Don't forget the event you attended without leaving your house. edit to add: Logging caches two years after they were archived and post-dating logs on caches you said you found earlier in the year probably helps keep a "streak" alive, too. edited again to put sarcastic quotes around "streak" Stalker ! Quote Link to comment
+Semper Questio Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 I started with a goal of 10 days, then 20, then 30. Next came a goal of 50, 100, 150, now 200. After 200, I will go for 250, 300, and 366. Breaking it up into smaller attainable goals was the key for me. It's fun. I cache on the way home from work. Depending on what time I leave determines my route home. I think the longest route I went home only added 5 miles to my 20 some mile commute already... I know most of the hiders in the area now, so just by reading their pages, I know what to look for (usually) and just seeing if I was right adds to the excitement! Don't forget the event you attended without leaving your house. edit to add: Logging caches two years after they were archived and post-dating logs on caches you said you found earlier in the year probably helps keep a "streak" alive, too. edited again to put sarcastic quotes around "streak" Geeze. Maybe a shoulda counted that traveling cache that folks brought to my hospital room to keep my streak goin. At least they made me look around form my hospital bed and find it. Quote Link to comment
+Moose Mob Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 <snip> Geeze. Maybe a shoulda counted that traveling cache that folks brought to my hospital room to keep my streak goin. At least they made me look around form my hospital bed and find it. Did they hide it in your bedpan? Quote Link to comment
+edscott Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 26 days.. when the statistics page came out I found that my longest dry spell was 26 days, so I completed a matching find streak of 26. Stopped because I had accomplished my goal. Quote Link to comment
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