janeydrury Posted March 7, 2013 Share Posted March 7, 2013 I'm only a standard member, and pretty new but I like the idea of hunting for really hard cache! Is there a way to search for one? I can't seem to find it as a search option. Thanks in advance Quote Link to comment
+LSUFan Posted March 7, 2013 Share Posted March 7, 2013 (edited) I'm only a standard member, and pretty new but I like the idea of hunting for really hard cache! Is there a way to search for one? I can't seem to find it as a search option. Thanks in advance Just do a standard zipcode search (from the browse box on the opening page of geocaching.com) for the caches in your area. When the list of caches loads up, you can click on the D or T (difficulty/terrain) header at the top of the column. Clicking on these will resort the list of caches by most difficult or least difficult......as well as hardest terrain to easiest terrain. You can also click on the column headers to resort your list by...favorite points, placed date, and last found date. Edited March 7, 2013 by LSUFan Quote Link to comment
+cerberus1 Posted March 7, 2013 Share Posted March 7, 2013 I'm only a standard member, and pretty new but I like the idea of hunting for really hard cache! Is there a way to search for one? I can't seem to find it as a search option. Thanks in advance Just do a standard zipcode search (from the search box on the opening page of geocaching.com) for the caches in your area. When the list of caches loads up, you can click on the D or T (difficulty/terrain) header at the top of the column. Clicking on these will resort the list of caches by most difficult or least difficult......as well as hardest terrain to easiest terrain. You can also click on the column headers to resort your list by...favorite points, placed date, and last found date. I attempted it with CJ's basic account and it didn't work. - Appears to be a Premium Member function. Quote Link to comment
+The A-Team Posted March 7, 2013 Share Posted March 7, 2013 When the list of caches loads up, you can click on the D or T (difficulty/terrain) header at the top of the column. Clicking on these will resort the list of caches by most difficult or least difficult......as well as hardest terrain to easiest terrain. You can also click on the column headers to resort your list by...favorite points, placed date, and last found date. Only premium members can sort lists. The OP isn't a premium member. Quote Link to comment
+J Grouchy Posted March 7, 2013 Share Posted March 7, 2013 Not knowing your location, best I could do was pull up your previous finds and work from one of those using a 100 mile radius. Here are a few (non-premium): http://coord.info/GC1XVM2 http://coord.info/GC2Y9WW http://coord.info/GC2VF98 http://coord.info/GC2Y9RW http://coord.info/GC3Y6VE http://coord.info/GC14RPA http://coord.info/GC36F3W http://coord.info/GC1F4NV ...and others... Quote Link to comment
+wvmarle Posted March 8, 2013 Share Posted March 8, 2013 If looking for really hard caches you often better off not going for D5/T5 as most that I have seen so far are really a D1-2/T5. Like "it's high in that tree, you need climbing gear, but you can see it from below" kind of caches, which should be D1. And because it's so dadgum hard to get to the cache (T5) they also make it D5. Many people mix up D and T ratings. Try to look for slightly lower rated caches, like D4/T4. Those are generally truly tough. Or a D4/T5 or D5/T4 cache. But do read the description to see if it's a really tough one, or just pretending to be tough. I've got a D4/T5 out there. D4 as you need six other caches that are far apart to get numbers to calculate final coordinates. It's out there for over a year, I know one person tried but failed to get to GZ, the vegetation was too dense. Was fun placing that one, almost failed myself :-) Quote Link to comment
janeydrury Posted March 9, 2013 Author Share Posted March 9, 2013 Hi, thanks for all your replies. Indeed sorting the search result columns appears to be a Premium only tool. I'm hoping someone will upgrade me for my birthday Thanks J Grouchy for putting in that bit of work for me! I will definitely have a lookfor some of those. If anyone else is wondering, the IPhone app lets you do an advanced search where you can move some sliders for D and T. I love the idea of climbing some trees! Quote Link to comment
+Condorito Posted March 9, 2013 Share Posted March 9, 2013 (edited) If looking for really hard caches you often better off not going for D5/T5 as most that I have seen so far are really a D1-2/T5. Like "it's high in that tree, you need climbing gear, but you can see it from below" kind of caches, which should be D1. And because it's so dadgum hard to get to the cache (T5) they also make it D5. Many people mix up D and T ratings. Try to look for slightly lower rated caches, like D4/T4. Those are generally truly tough. Or a D4/T5 or D5/T4 cache. But do read the description to see if it's a really tough one, or just pretending to be tough. I've got a D4/T5 out there. D4 as you need six other caches that are far apart to get numbers to calculate final coordinates. It's out there for over a year, I know one person tried but failed to get to GZ, the vegetation was too dense. Was fun placing that one, almost failed myself :-) I'm hoping to do something your D4/T5 in the near future... hopefully i will get around to it... Edited March 9, 2013 by Condorito Quote Link to comment
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