What is the most amount of stages you've seem for a multi-cache?

[+JoeCthulhu]

I'm considering doing a multi-cache with 6 or 7 stages. Is that too many?

[+wcgreen]

One of mine, Quercus Veteranus, has seven virtuals and a final traditional cache.

 

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wcgreen

Wendy Chatley Green

[+ooga booga]

Loop the Loop in Arizona has, if I recall, eight virtual stages followed by the final physical cache. Most of them are within .10 of a mile from the previous stage, though, so it's not too bad of a walk (but it was still a bit of a trek on a summer day in Phoenix).

 

I'd say that's probably about the upper limit of what I would consider reasonable for a multi-cache...the main difficulty was not the hike, but the potential for error with that many stages. Each stage gave you numbers to add/subtract to the coordinates, so any math errors early on could grow and cause catastrophe by, say, stage 7. (As I found out the hard way.)

[+The Leprechauns]

There are some days when I really wish I lived in Cincinnati.

 

x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x

What if the Hokey Pokey IS what it's all about?

[+sbell111]

A182pilot's terrific 'Ticks & Poison Ivy' has eight or nine steps (I'll know for sure when I complete it this weekend-I hope!)

 

He did a very kind thing and put a warning on the cache page giving the approximate time necessary to complete it.

[+beatnik]

Mine has 10 virtuals and one final hidden box. I've had good response so far. The difficulty is rated high as it takes a good drive to hit them all. But the cache is based on a theme.

 

beatnik

[+Jamie Z]

I just had my first experience with a long multi-cache. I'm not even sure how many stages it is. All I know is that I was looking for the fourth stage and got stumped.

 

Anyway, all the clues are hidden in the same small park. There is a drainage ditch "flowing" through the park, and a bridge over it. Each stage (that I found) was on alternating sides of the ditch, which required an irritatingly long walk down the same trail each time. Honestly, I got a little bored with it.

 

I think as long as each part is interesting in its own right, nearly any length (within reason) is fine.

 

Let me vent a little here too... I have been in the planning of a 4-part multi. One of the middle parts required a visit to a local scenic spot with a guest book to sign. I'd hidden clues in the guest book to lead the finder to the next stage. Just yesterday, somebody made that scenic spot into a virtual cache.

 

I've been procrastinating on my own multi, so it's my own fault... but dangit, I had such grand plans for that place. It's really very neat... and now its just a plain old vanilla virtual.

 

Oh well.

 

Jamie

[+briansnat]

I don't care for too many stages. More chances for one of them to go missing. I prefer multis that have 2-3 stages. Max of 4 is good. I've seen ones with a lot more stages, but I don't think I'd bother with them.

 

"Life is a daring adventure, or it is nothing" - Helen Keller

 

[This message was edited by BrianSnat on October 20, 2002 at 04:25 AM.]

[+gnbrotz]

I completed this one in Louisville, KY.

 

It's very well done. I did it by car, rather than bike, and completed it in about 2 1/2 hrs.

 

Greg

N 39 54.705'

W 77 33.137'

[+Cache Crazy]

or so, I lost track after a while. Although the clues were well done it was waaaaaay too long. We spent a week going from one side of town to the other. I would have enjoyed it if the sites were important or I was learning history or etc.

 

I haven't completed to the final cache as it is located up on the top of a mountain. Soon though!

 

If I was to do a multi I would keep the legs under 10. Just MHO.

 

Cache Crazy

[+Zartimus]

I did one in the city by car featuring mailboxes that went about 15. The guy was a postal employee and constructed the cache as he did his route. At the end of the cache was a note on the first page of the log that said "heck I should have just given you my mail bag" or something like that. It was cool.

In the woods I don't like more than 6 or 7.

[+armed to the teeth]

We've got some gomers here in Utah that have several multi's listed, where several of the coordinants are more than 100 feet off. Just make sure you make it a quality cache.

[etrex1]

I've seen a SEVEN stage multi-cache. The owner has currently disabled it because nobody, including myself, can find it. I did manage to get to Stage 5 though.

 

See ya on the trail!

 

[This message was edited by pack and stick on October 28, 2002 at 05:07 PM.]

[+JoeyBob]

El Diablo and the Evil Horde did a multi for Cache_Hunter 1 and myself over Labor Day that was a killer. The cache went from Raleigh, NC to Roanoke, VA. We each did half the stages, and met in Greensboro, NC. I had done a total of 15 stages, and 280+ miles by the end of the day. The cache was converted to a traditional after we found it. <---- Hell is just ahead, I still get nervous twitches sometimes. [shudder). El Diablo is the master of the multi!

JoeyBob

 

[This message was edited by JoeyBob on October 29, 2002 at 02:45 AM.]

[+Markwell]

Great Village of the Maramek Cache here in Chicago has 10, but only because you have to access the location from a very specific path.

 

BTW - on our Chicago favorites, this is the one cache that has the most votes for any category/area combination.

 

Markwell

Chicago Geocaching

"Therapy is expensive but bubble wrap is free."

[teddyp]

My buddy and I did one multi cache, and had some luck with it.

I wont say how many stages it is, since I didn't list in on the cache's page.

It is called the Back and Forth Cache.

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?ID=35751

If I was doing this cache myself, I would wonder if it ever going to end.

I think if I do another multi, it will be no more then four, for a few reasons.

One, the chances of making a mistake grows with each leg.

Two, as a player, I really don't like really long multi.

If you want to know how many legs it is, or any more details of the cache(and aren't planning on doing it) send me an email and I will fill you in

[+StevesFamily]

Last weekend we did Ambrose and Angus cache in Maryland. This multi has between 7 and 12 stages depending on your ability to remember a story that you read at the first cache. Very inventive and a lot of fun. I may try and repeat that kind of cache in my area if I get a chance and a good area to put it in.

[+kbraband]

My OIT Trailside cache has 13 stages because I designed it to be hunted via bicycle while following a specific trail. No one has found it yet, so I'm starting to wonder if 13 is about 11 too many.

 

[+Seesthewind and Lavamama]

Check out our Earth, Wind & Fire cache. It's a very unusual 9 stage multi (1 offset WP, 1 virtual, 5 physical intermediates and 1 final traditional cache). Compass work and puzzle solving are involved.

 

We've had a lot of finders say it's the best cache they've done so far.

 

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?ID=9988

 

 

I'm out of my mind right now but you can leave a beep after the message.

[+canadazuuk]

Well, how about two 12 stagers, and they're more than worthwile, and CURRENT!

 

BOLD ENDURANCE GEOCACHE

 

REST & BE THANKFUL CACHE

 

In fact, many of TEAM KFWB GPS caches are multi-stage, and all are very interesting.

 

Having just taken part in a TEAM KFWB GPS adventure this past weekend, I am planning a similar type of cache that will involve all 12 of my 'microcaches' already hidden. I may be scrambling a word or phrase up with 1 letter being inside each cache container (on the lid perhaps). That word, along with a couple other calculations will lead a cacher to a great prize, something of value that I do not any longer need.

 

canadazuuk