+J Grouchy Posted July 31, 2015 Share Posted July 31, 2015 I like it how this year's summer souvenir promotion is staggered over a long period of time, rather than forcing everyone to find a particular type of cache on a precise date or narrow window of time. I think that's the best part of this year's souvenir promotion. Good thinking, Groundspeak. B. True...but perhaps they ought to have re-thought the order and duration of each. The 10+ favorite one really needed the shortest 'window' since it's the easiest to get, while the event and earthcache/CITO souvenir likely need a longer window for more folks to qualify. Quote Link to comment
+hzoi Posted August 1, 2015 Share Posted August 1, 2015 At the outset of this, I really didn't think the event souvenir would be the hardest one for me to get. I've found a dozen terrain 5 caches this month. We just moved to El Paso, which has seen a paltry 10 events over the last 15 years. So I hosted an 11th. Problem solved. I like it how this year's summer souvenir promotion is staggered over a long period of time, rather than forcing everyone to find a particular type of cache on a precise date or narrow window of time. I think that's the best part of this year's souvenir promotion. Good thinking, Groundspeak. B. True...but perhaps they ought to have re-thought the order and duration of each. The 10+ favorite one really needed the shortest 'window' since it's the easiest to get, while the event and earthcache/CITO souvenir likely need a longer window for more folks to qualify. I tried solving the earthcache part for my other local cachers by getting a new one published. Apparently half the rest of the geocaching world is doing the same, though, as there is a big backlog of new caches for the EC reviewers right now. Quote Link to comment
+terratin Posted August 1, 2015 Share Posted August 1, 2015 Well, I'm going on a roadtrip, or rather a plane trip to find a cache with at least 10 favourites. There are just two available in the whole country, and we found them ages ago already. So I'm using a conveniently placed business trip to pick up such cache in the UK. This is, of course, why we do not go hunting for the local EarthCaches. We have to save them for upcoming souvenirs. And there are so few around. I wish we'd done that. But we have a CITO next weekend, at predicted cozy 110-115F Quote Link to comment
+Vertumnis Posted August 1, 2015 Share Posted August 1, 2015 Here's a questions some friends of mine and I were wondering about. Is it possible to get two souvenirs for one cache/event? Let's say a D5 Event? Thoughts? Did silversage03 get an official answer from Groundspeak? I only saw 'theories' posted. Can you get 2 (or more) souvenirs by finding only one cache? Quote Link to comment
+Team Hugs Posted August 3, 2015 Share Posted August 3, 2015 I asked this question awhile ago ... and received an affirmative answer. Yes, if the cache you find satisfies multiple criteria (e.g. a D5/T5 event), it can earn multiple souvenirs. Quote Link to comment
kanchan Posted August 5, 2015 Share Posted August 5, 2015 I think I'm seeing more caches with inflated difficulty and/or terrain ratings after the the Let's Get Extreme souvenir was unlocked -- I've even seen a D5 CITO event (now it's downgraded). Does anyone have stats which support what I'm seeing? I tried Project-GC, but I wasn't able to locate such data. Quote Link to comment
+L0ne.R Posted August 5, 2015 Share Posted August 5, 2015 I think I'm seeing more caches with inflated difficulty and/or terrain ratings after the the Let's Get Extreme souvenir was unlocked -- I've even seen a D5 CITO event (now it's downgraded). Does anyone have stats which support what I'm seeing? I tried Project-GC, but I wasn't able to locate such data. This one was deliberately set high with a D5. Finders complained. NMs were posted. The CO reluctantly changed it. GC609HA Want 5 for this to help casher out, but it since some casher disagree. So change to make people happy. No badges to collect for people since not many 5 out there. Discouraged from cashing, so happy hunting Quote Link to comment
+J Grouchy Posted August 5, 2015 Share Posted August 5, 2015 I think I'm seeing more caches with inflated difficulty and/or terrain ratings after the the Let's Get Extreme souvenir was unlocked -- I've even seen a D5 CITO event (now it's downgraded). Does anyone have stats which support what I'm seeing? I tried Project-GC, but I wasn't able to locate such data. This one was deliberately set high with a D5. Finders complained. NMs were posted. The CO reluctantly changed it. GC609HA Want 5 for this to help casher out, but it since some casher disagree. So change to make people happy. No badges to collect for people since not many 5 out there. Discouraged from cashing, so happy hunting If this person had only spent more than ten seconds typing the cache page.... It's at the posted co. Some how the tbs got lost in this forest it is your casher responsibility to search and rescue them. Good luck So this is how they choose to present themselves as "cash" owners. Quote Link to comment
+niraD Posted August 5, 2015 Share Posted August 5, 2015 I think I'm seeing more caches with inflated difficulty and/or terrain ratings after the the Let's Get Extreme souvenir was unlocked -- I've even seen a D5 CITO event (now it's downgraded).I don't have any stats, but I've been seeing silly difficulty/terrain ratings, names, etc. for a while, from cache owners and event organizers trying to help others complete various challenge caches. This summer's Let's Get Extreme souvenir didn't start it. Quote Link to comment
+hzoi Posted August 6, 2015 Share Posted August 6, 2015 I think I'm seeing more caches with inflated difficulty and/or terrain ratings after the the Let's Get Extreme souvenir was unlocked -- I've even seen a D5 CITO event (now it's downgraded). Does anyone have stats which support what I'm seeing? I tried Project-GC, but I wasn't able to locate such data. This one was deliberately set high with a D5. Finders complained. NMs were posted. The CO reluctantly changed it. GC609HA Want 5 for this to help casher out, but it since some casher disagree. So change to make people happy. No badges to collect for people since not many 5 out there. Discouraged from cashing, so happy hunting If this person had only spent more than ten seconds typing the cache page.... It's at the posted co. Some how the tbs got lost in this forest it is your casher responsibility to search and rescue them. Good luck So this is how they choose to present themselves as "cash" owners. Eesh. According to geoaware, the week before the earth souvenir posted, they were slammed with earthcache submissions. Hopefully this summer's souvenir challenge inspired some good new caches, events, etc. and not just whatever someone could excrete before the new souvenir popped. Quote Link to comment
+Maebius Posted August 6, 2015 Share Posted August 6, 2015 (edited) Interesting also how the Official Blog HQ folks are out looking for ALL 6 Souvenirs in 24 hours, TODAY! (edit to add link: http://www.geocaching.com/blog/2015/08/6-souvenirs-8-geocaching-hqers-300-miles-24-hours/) yes, I know it says in grey text on white, at the veeeery bottom "PS: yes we know it's not available yet". but I got excited/confused they were after the badge ahead of the Official date and wondered how the heck they could do that. Edited August 6, 2015 by Maebius Quote Link to comment
cezanne Posted August 6, 2015 Share Posted August 6, 2015 (edited) Hopefully this summer's souvenir challenge inspired some good new caches, events, etc. and not just whatever someone could excrete before the new souvenir popped. I do not think that too many good caches will be inspired just by the souvenir challenge (meaning that the souvenir is the main or only source of inspiration) - I'm sure good caches will be among those published during that period, but only a small minority of them will have been hidden with the main intent of the souvenir in mind. The souvenir could just be an additional bit of motivation to hide an anyway planned cache a bit earlier. What's bad about the D/T souvenir is that these parameters can easily be changed after the publication of a cache and in particular with respect to events this will typically easily work out as even if someone complains those who wish will have already obtained the getting extreme souvenir. Edited August 6, 2015 by cezanne Quote Link to comment
+MEintheME Posted August 14, 2015 Share Posted August 14, 2015 For us, we summer in a small town in the rural South. Going to a CITO, an event, or anything else requires a road trip. I've enjoyed the badges as it's pushed me to get outside of my comfort zone. We're relatively new to caching and hadn't ever done a multi. While there wasn't one for the summer challenge, trying to get another one spurred me to try a nearby multi... And then another. I will say that I attended a CITO event which qualifies only as a CITO/earth cache. For those of us who have to drive into town for such events, it would have been nice to count for both (although perhaps defeating the purpose)... We ended up dropping by an event to get the souvenir even though I was in the throes of last minute preparations to head back to our overseas home. In all, I can appreciate people who have no interest and people who are excited about the summer souvenirs. I was very thankful to be away for, home for the summer. Our last CITO event at home was in April for earth day. Everyone involved managed about 45 minutes outside because the heat was already over 100 in the desert. So, I can't imagine trying to do it during the actual summer... Quote Link to comment
+J Grouchy Posted August 14, 2015 Share Posted August 14, 2015 Got my final souvenir for the Road Trip...the "Road Trip Hero". You were geocacher #2,402 of 3,601 to earn this souvenir. Nice job! Quote Link to comment
+geoGnasher Posted August 15, 2015 Share Posted August 15, 2015 (edited) Here's a crazy little personal souvenir-related record for you: today I planned and recorded THREE new souvenirs finding just a single cache. Which begs the question: what is the most souvenirs any cacher can record on one single cache? I'm pretty sure the answer is FOUR, but only if you get it done today. After today, it's back down to THREE, unless Groundspeak throws out another souvenir curveball in the future. Can you figure out how to get FOUR at once? I didn't figure on getting multiple road trip souvenirs in one - like a D5 with 10 favorites. That could get you up to 6 at once if the road trip categories can be combined into a single cache - not sure if that works or not. Regardless, it would take a good deal of advance planing. Edited August 16, 2015 by geoGnasher Quote Link to comment
+Gill & Tony Posted August 15, 2015 Share Posted August 15, 2015 (edited) I think you could get 5. A D5 mystery with 10+ favourites, on international caching day, when you already have the CITO and event souvenirs. Edit. Make that 6 because this cache is in a new state or country Edited August 15, 2015 by Gill & Tony Quote Link to comment
+forcesofnature Posted August 17, 2015 Share Posted August 17, 2015 We managed to get three souvenirs in one: Put your Thinking Cap on Road Trip Souvenir Road Trip Hero Souvenir as this was the final of the road trip souvenirs for us International Geocaching Day Souvenir It wasn't planned like that it was just luck, but the cache had more than 10 favourite points as well so had we not done the Fun with Favourites souvenir already it could have been 4 in 1. Al. Quote Link to comment
+forcesofnature Posted August 19, 2015 Share Posted August 19, 2015 Here you go... blog post about our final cache of the 2015 Road Trip souvenirs: http://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2015/geocaching-road-trip-2015/ Al. Quote Link to comment
+spooder Posted August 21, 2015 Share Posted August 21, 2015 Not sure if this is the right forum to be asking this, but I was wondering if there will be a road trip event coming to north Carolina. on the map of road trip events, there are plenty of events, located in the surrounding states! if not this year, could they come a different year because it seams like NC has been passed by. Quote Link to comment
+narcissa Posted August 21, 2015 Share Posted August 21, 2015 Not sure if this is the right forum to be asking this, but I was wondering if there will be a road trip event coming to north Carolina. on the map of road trip events, there are plenty of events, located in the surrounding states! if not this year, could they come a different year because it seams like NC has been passed by. Anyone can create an event. Quote Link to comment
Pup Patrol Posted August 21, 2015 Share Posted August 21, 2015 (edited) Not sure if this is the right forum to be asking this, but I was wondering if there will be a road trip event coming to north Carolina. on the map of road trip events, there are plenty of events, located in the surrounding states! if not this year, could they come a different year because it seams like NC has been passed by. There is no special "Road Trip" events, per se. Any event attended prior to September 2nd will earn you the "Meet Your Road Crew" souvenir. When you go to your Road Trip 2015 page: https://www.geocaching.com/play/promo/roadtrip there is a link to the events near you. Or you could do a search for events in North Carolina. https://www.geocaching.com/local/default.aspx?state_id=34 Not sure where would be convenient for you to attend, but here's some events in North Carolina taking place prior to or taking place on September 2nd: http://coord.info/GC60QW7 Event Date: 08/23/2015 http://coord.info/GC61DJW Event Date: 08/27/2015 http://coord.info/GC617BQ Event Date: 08/27/2015 http://coord.info/GC61M3G Event Date: 08/30/2015 http://coord.info/GC61H55 Event Date: 08/31/2015 http://coord.info/GC61FD1 Event Date: 08/31/2015 http://coord.info/GC61QP3 Event Date: 09/01/2015 http://coord.info/GC61TYP Event Date: 09/02/2015 B. Edited August 21, 2015 by Pup Patrol Quote Link to comment
+J Grouchy Posted August 21, 2015 Share Posted August 21, 2015 Not sure if this is the right forum to be asking this, but I was wondering if there will be a road trip event coming to north Carolina. on the map of road trip events, there are plenty of events, located in the surrounding states! if not this year, could they come a different year because it seams like NC has been passed by. There is no special "Road Trip" events, per se. Any event attended prior to September 2nd will earn you the "Meet Your Road Crew" souvenir. When you go to your Road Trip 2015 page: https://www.geocaching.com/play/promo/roadtrip there is a link to the events near you. Or you could do a search for events in North Carolina. https://www.geocaching.com/local/default.aspx?state_id=34 Not sure where would be convenient for you to attend, but here's some events in North Carolina taking place prior to or taking place on September 2nd: http://coord.info/GC60QW7 Event Date: 08/23/2015 http://coord.info/GC61DJW Event Date: 08/27/2015 http://coord.info/GC617BQ Event Date: 08/27/2015 http://coord.info/GC61M3G Event Date: 08/30/2015 http://coord.info/GC61H55 Event Date: 08/31/2015 http://coord.info/GC61FD1 Event Date: 08/31/2015 http://coord.info/GC61QP3 Event Date: 09/01/2015 http://coord.info/GC61TYP Event Date: 09/02/2015 B. And it's technically too late to create one. I think they need to be submitted at least two weeks prior, so your last opportunity to create one would have been this past Tuesday or Wednesday. Quote Link to comment
+terratin Posted August 22, 2015 Share Posted August 22, 2015 Looks like we'll manage to finish the roadtrip in time. Not that it's so important, but it's a nice challenge nonetheless. favourite points: no such cache left in the whole country. Needed an intercontinental flight to find such a cache find mystery: easy event: easy, and we always have events here cito/earthcache: no earthcache left to find in the whole country. Didn't manage to go to the cito. But we'll pick up an EC at a vacation soon D5 yes, we still have a solved mystery Just need to find the time to get out into the desert and pick it up It'll be close but we'll get there in the end. Quote Link to comment
+The Jester Posted August 22, 2015 Share Posted August 22, 2015 Looks like we'll manage to finish the roadtrip in time. Not that it's so important, but it's a nice challenge nonetheless. favourite points: no such cache left in the whole country. Needed an intercontinental flight to find such a cache find mystery: easy event: easy, and we always have events here cito/earthcache: no earthcache left to find in the whole country. Didn't manage to go to the cito. But we'll pick up an EC at a vacation soon D5 yes, we still have a solved mystery Just need to find the time to get out into the desert and pick it up It'll be close but we'll get there in the end. Yeah, some people can finish by walking around town, others do need to make a "road trip" to finish. Quote Link to comment
+The Leprechauns Posted August 22, 2015 Share Posted August 22, 2015 ... and some of us chose consciously to earn the souvenirs during a roadtrip, even though they could've been earned closer to home. See my prior post to this thread where I described how I earned the first three roadtrip souvenirs on a driving trip to Midwest GeoBash and northern Michigan. Then, I earned the remaining souvenirs (including "Road Trip Hero") last weekend by finding an earthcache and some challenge caches during my visit to Seattle for Block Party. It was nice seeing The Jester again at the "Going Ape 2015" event. Road Trips rock! Quote Link to comment
+Kelux Posted August 22, 2015 Share Posted August 22, 2015 (edited) I grabbed my T5 Souvenir in one of the most amazing Events I have attended... an aluminium tower with 42 meters high (426 steps) in the Amazonia Museum, surrounded by the forest trees, 8 meters underneath us. Simply unforgettable! Edited August 22, 2015 by Kelux Quote Link to comment
+terratin Posted August 23, 2015 Share Posted August 23, 2015 Oh gosh... I could not have walked up that tower! (or rather, not managed to get down again ) Quote Link to comment
+Geo_TAJ Posted August 23, 2015 Share Posted August 23, 2015 We have found 3 Earth Caches sine 31 July but haven't received the 'High Five for the Earth' badge. Is there something else I have to complete? Quote Link to comment
+Lost Girl Posted August 23, 2015 Share Posted August 23, 2015 (edited) My caching buddy Shamrokk and I found out the hard way that a CITO event will NOT give you credit for both the CITO event and a regular event. We will lose out on the final souvenir because there are no other events in the time allotted to get the crew souvenir. Highly disappointed. Most events happen while I'm working. I would be happy to receive credit for the CITO event as just the event, and go do an Earthcache. :-( Edited August 23, 2015 by Lost Girl Quote Link to comment
Keystone Posted August 23, 2015 Share Posted August 23, 2015 We have found 3 Earth Caches sine 31 July but haven't received the 'High Five for the Earth' badge. Is there something else I have to complete? All three of your earthcache finds say 13 July as the date you found them. Try editing or relogging with the date when you actually found them. Quote Link to comment
+Geo_TAJ Posted August 23, 2015 Share Posted August 23, 2015 We have found 3 Earth Caches sine 31 July but haven't received the 'High Five for the Earth' badge. Is there something else I have to complete? All three of your earthcache finds say 13 July as the date you found them. Try editing or relogging with the date when you actually found them. Hi. Thanks for that, changing the date worked! Quote Link to comment
+The Jester Posted August 23, 2015 Share Posted August 23, 2015 ... and some of us chose consciously to earn the souvenirs during a roadtrip, even though they could've been earned closer to home. See my prior post to this thread where I described how I earned the first three roadtrip souvenirs on a driving trip to Midwest GeoBash and northern Michigan. Then, I earned the remaining souvenirs (including "Road Trip Hero") last weekend by finding an earthcache and some challenge caches during my visit to Seattle for Block Party. It was nice seeing The Jester again at the "Going Ape 2015" event. Road Trips rock! I agree! I wish the "Road Trip" had happened during our big trip back to GeoWoodstock, it would have been cool to earn the souvenirs while traveling the country. Quote Link to comment
+J Grouchy Posted August 24, 2015 Share Posted August 24, 2015 I grabbed my T5 Souvenir in one of the most amazing Events I have attended... an aluminium tower with 42 meters high (426 steps) in the Amazonia Museum, surrounded by the forest trees, 8 meters underneath us. Simply unforgettable! Just curious...how is that a "T5"? While probably a bit nerve-wracking, it hardly looks like it required "specialized equipment". Quote Link to comment
+CanadianRockies Posted August 24, 2015 Share Posted August 24, 2015 (edited) I grabbed my T5 Souvenir in one of the most amazing Events I have attended... an aluminium tower with 42 meters high (426 steps) in the Amazonia Museum, surrounded by the forest trees, 8 meters underneath us. Simply unforgettable! Just curious...how is that a "T5"? While probably a bit nerve-wracking, it hardly looks like it required "specialized equipment". I don't think I would even find it very nerve-wracking. You're completely enclosed inside a metal "cage." Even if you stumble and fall while climbing, the most you'd probably fall is about 4 feet. I'd probably have to stop a couple times to catch my breath on the way up, but my wife and I climbed 500 meters yesterday to Paget Lookout in Yoho National Park. That was rated T3.5. All that said, it still looks like a fun event to get to and attend. Edited August 24, 2015 by CanadianRockies Quote Link to comment
+J Grouchy Posted August 24, 2015 Share Posted August 24, 2015 I grabbed my T5 Souvenir in one of the most amazing Events I have attended... an aluminium tower with 42 meters high (426 steps) in the Amazonia Museum, surrounded by the forest trees, 8 meters underneath us. Simply unforgettable! Just curious...how is that a "T5"? While probably a bit nerve-wracking, it hardly looks like it required "specialized equipment". I don't think I would even find it very nerve-wracking. You're completely enclosed inside a metal "cage." Even if you stumble and fall while climbing, the most you'd probably fall is about 4 feet. I'd probably have to stop a couple times to catch my breath on the way up, but my wife and I climbed 500 meters yesterday to Paget Lookout in Yoho National Park. That was rated T3.5. All that said, it still looks like a fun event to get to and attend. If you have vertigo or a dislike of heights, no "cage" or glass can really allay one's fears. Phobias are rarely rational. I wouldn't say I have a true "fear" of heights, but I often get that dropping sensation in my belly when I get close to the edge of a high platform (maybe 50 feet or higher is when it really kicks in). It doesn't keep me from ascending, but it does slow me down when approaching the edge. Quote Link to comment
+Kelux Posted August 24, 2015 Share Posted August 24, 2015 I grabbed my T5 Souvenir in one of the most amazing Events I have attended... an aluminium tower with 42 meters high (426 steps) in the Amazonia Museum, surrounded by the forest trees, 8 meters underneath us. Simply unforgettable! Just curious...how is that a "T5"? While probably a bit nerve-wracking, it hardly looks like it required "specialized equipment". I don't think I would even find it very nerve-wracking. You're completely enclosed inside a metal "cage." Even if you stumble and fall while climbing, the most you'd probably fall is about 4 feet. I'd probably have to stop a couple times to catch my breath on the way up, but my wife and I climbed 500 meters yesterday to Paget Lookout in Yoho National Park. That was rated T3.5. All that said, it still looks like a fun event to get to and attend. If you have vertigo or a dislike of heights, no "cage" or glass can really allay one's fears. Phobias are rarely rational. I wouldn't say I have a true "fear" of heights, but I often get that dropping sensation in my belly when I get close to the edge of a high platform (maybe 50 feet or higher is when it really kicks in). It doesn't keep me from ascending, but it does slow me down when approaching the edge. Well... the forums are not the right place to have direct dialogues between users, for that purpose we have private messages, by instance. Even so, and assuming that neither of you have ever been on the amazonian forest, let me give you some details mostly related to the weather conditions. The main temperature is around 35º C with a 80% humidity, raining heavily several times a day, sometimes. Even if the wind on the ground is almost not felt, above the tree canopy it will make the tower balancing a lot... and slippery if wet by the rain. The tower was built for scientific studies and only after that opened to the public, and they have some security rules to comply... and so we. They only allowed the Event if we agreed to use ropes and carabiners to go up and to return... and even in the top according to the wind. We are not "completely enclosed inside a metal cage" in any step of the way. The stairs and the platform has a fence until the waist, nothing above it, and since the top platform is much larger than the stairs, it would be a 42 meters fall... not 4 feet. Any more questions (and I remember that I was not the Event owner), please send me a PM. Quote Link to comment
+fuzziebear3 Posted August 24, 2015 Share Posted August 24, 2015 ...They only allowed the Event if we agreed to use ropes and carabiners to go up and to return... Sounds like a legitimate T5 to me. Quote Link to comment
+J Grouchy Posted August 24, 2015 Share Posted August 24, 2015 (edited) Well... the forums are not the right place to have direct dialogues between users, for that purpose we have private messages, by instance. Nonsense. These are exactly the right place to have such a discussion...so I'm not sure where you get the idea you can dictate what can be posted. Yes, it may have been tangential to the topic, but still a valid response. Edited August 24, 2015 by J Grouchy Quote Link to comment
+Kelux Posted August 24, 2015 Share Posted August 24, 2015 Nonsense. These are exactly the right place to have such a discussion... Forum Guidelines "7. Private discussions: Sometimes, a discussion thread strays off into a friendly dialogue or a heated debate among a very small number of users. For these exchanges, we ask that you please use the Private Message feature that is provided through the Groundspeak forums, or the Geocaching.com e-mail system. Public forum posts should be reserved for matters of interest to the general geocaching community. Reminder: All contact with other community members through Groundspeak's sites is subject to the Terms of Use." Quote Link to comment
+crystalwoods Posted August 24, 2015 Share Posted August 24, 2015 I hosted/attended a CITO event, but haven't got either a CITO souvenir or a Road Trip Challenge souvenir for attending an Event. All my other souvenirs showed up nstantly . . . . Quote Link to comment
+cerberus1 Posted August 24, 2015 Share Posted August 24, 2015 I grabbed my T5 Souvenir in one of the most amazing Events I have attended... an aluminium tower with 42 meters high (426 steps) in the Amazonia Museum, surrounded by the forest trees, 8 meters underneath us. Simply unforgettable! Now that looks like fun ! We like to play with tech rope climbs and zip lines, but my dream playday would be a canopy tour there. Awesome pics! Thanks. Quote Link to comment
+The Jester Posted August 25, 2015 Share Posted August 25, 2015 I grabbed my T5 Souvenir in one of the most amazing Events I have attended... an aluminium tower with 42 meters high (426 steps) in the Amazonia Museum, surrounded by the forest trees, 8 meters underneath us. Simply unforgettable! Just curious...how is that a "T5"? While probably a bit nerve-wracking, it hardly looks like it required "specialized equipment". Specialized equipment isn't the only way to a T5 rating, just the most common/known. Quote Link to comment
+CanadianRockies Posted August 25, 2015 Share Posted August 25, 2015 I grabbed my T5 Souvenir in one of the most amazing Events I have attended... an aluminium tower with 42 meters high (426 steps) in the Amazonia Museum, surrounded by the forest trees, 8 meters underneath us. Simply unforgettable! Just curious...how is that a "T5"? While probably a bit nerve-wracking, it hardly looks like it required "specialized equipment". Specialized equipment isn't the only way to a T5 rating, just the most common/known. True. But climbing 426 steps hardly constitutes the type of extreme physical challenge that I would rate as a T5. Quote Link to comment
+terratin Posted August 26, 2015 Share Posted August 26, 2015 I grabbed my T5 Souvenir in one of the most amazing Events I have attended... an aluminium tower with 42 meters high (426 steps) in the Amazonia Museum, surrounded by the forest trees, 8 meters underneath us. Simply unforgettable! Just curious...how is that a "T5"? While probably a bit nerve-wracking, it hardly looks like it required "specialized equipment". I don't think I would even find it very nerve-wracking. You're completely enclosed inside a metal "cage." Even if you stumble and fall while climbing, the most you'd probably fall is about 4 feet. I'd probably have to stop a couple times to catch my breath on the way up, but my wife and I climbed 500 meters yesterday to Paget Lookout in Yoho National Park. That was rated T3.5. All that said, it still looks like a fun event to get to and attend. If you have vertigo or a dislike of heights, no "cage" or glass can really allay one's fears. Phobias are rarely rational. I wouldn't say I have a true "fear" of heights, but I often get that dropping sensation in my belly when I get close to the edge of a high platform (maybe 50 feet or higher is when it really kicks in). It doesn't keep me from ascending, but it does slow me down when approaching the edge. For me it would be a T5 as my eyes cannot focus properly on heavily textured things, and heavily textured things such as that tower have my eyes' focus switch between the stairs and the ground constantly which give me a very funny feeling Anyway.. we failed. Our last cache in Qatar before moving away was supposed to be a D5 puzzle. Turned out we didn't find it as the area appeared to be dug up (or we were cache-blind). In a cooperative attempt we managed to solve a cypher puzzle in Singapore: me figuring out what kind of cypher it is, Mr. terratin writing the code to crack it. We have two days exactly to pick up this cache, and while the cache is not really close to our hotel, Singapore is fortunately a small country. We might still finish the roadtrip after all, spanning three countries: UK, Qatar and Singapore Quote Link to comment
+noncentric Posted August 26, 2015 Share Posted August 26, 2015 I hosted/attended a CITO event, but haven't got either a CITO souvenir or a Road Trip Challenge souvenir for attending an Event. All my other souvenirs showed up nstantly . . . . CITO events do not result in a Meet Your Road Trip Crew souvenir. CITO and Earth caches result in the High Five for the Earth souvenir. You need to attend a non-CITO event to get the Meet Your Road Trip Crew souvenir. Quote Link to comment
+beccabunnyuk Posted August 28, 2015 Share Posted August 28, 2015 (edited) Hello I wonder if someone can help? I noticed on someones profile page that they had a road trip photo thing that is pictures of all the souvenirs changing from to the other! I have one for the Essex mega but can't find the link for the road trip one. Anyway know how to get this on profile page please? Thanks Edited August 28, 2015 by beccabunnyuk Quote Link to comment
+Gill & Tony Posted August 28, 2015 Share Posted August 28, 2015 I've never done it, but the ones I have seen look like animated GIFs. In that case download each image to your computer and use something like Photoshop or a GIF editor to build the file. Quote Link to comment
+cerberus1 Posted August 29, 2015 Share Posted August 29, 2015 Noticed that the road trip souvis are scattered all over. I realize that it's an alphabetical order thing, maybe the reason last years were started with "the". Really would like to see them together somehow. Quote Link to comment
+Harry Dolphin Posted August 30, 2015 Share Posted August 30, 2015 Noticed that the road trip souvis are scattered all over. I realize that it's an alphabetical order thing, maybe the reason last years were started with "the". Really would like to see them together somehow. I agree. That was inane! Scattered all over. They should have been next to each other like the "The" souvenirs. Maybe 2015 Road Trip Souvenirs? Quote Link to comment
+The Leprechauns Posted August 30, 2015 Share Posted August 30, 2015 I wish that users could display/sort their souvenirs in a manner selected by the user: -- by date earned (Project-GC shows them this way, and I like looking at my souvenir list there) -- alphabetically -- by "souvenir grouping" (Country/State/Province souvenirs grouped together, special date souvenirs grouped together, Geocaching promotion souvenirs grouped together, Mega/Giga Event souvenirs grouped together, etc.) That way, I could more easily reflect on my Geocaching Road Trip fun by viewing the souvenirs in a group or by date earned. Today I have to go to another website to do that. Quote Link to comment
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