+Isonzo Karst Posted October 26, 2004 Share Posted October 26, 2004 (edited) From Zatoichi's post on the NEFGA (Northeast Florida Geocaching Association) site: New post Posted: Tue Oct 26, 2004 2:33 pm Post subject: Re: 24-hour Cache Record Reply with quote First and foremost, I want to thank all those people who encouraged Dan, Dave & I to attempt this crazy record. If our friends & families did not support us, our goal would never have been achieved. Thank you. I am proud to announce that the 24-hour cache record has fallen. The new ante now stands at 246 caches. 'Team Rebellion', consisting of CaptDC52 (Dan), Luke 11.9 (Dave) and Zatoichi (Chris) went to Jacksonville early on Sunday, October 24th, 2004. 24 hours later... tired, dirty, wet, smelly, bleeding... the record had fallen. BTW... the three of us have known each other for over 12 years. We are all career firefighters with Marion County Fire-Rescue, Florida. http://www.nefga.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=9398#9398 These guys had no Jax assistance, no guide, no driver, just came up from central Florida and did it. Expect this record to fall yet again around the GeoWoodstock III to be held in Jax this May Congratulations to Team Rebellion! Edited October 26, 2004 by Isonzo Karst Quote Link to comment
tunacache Posted October 26, 2004 Share Posted October 26, 2004 That is ..... Ahhh... something. Quote Link to comment
+Bull Moose Posted October 26, 2004 Share Posted October 26, 2004 Wow. A little more than one find every 6 minutes for an entire day. Not sure how the heck you did that. Were you using a firetruck with sirens? Quote Link to comment
+Cocacola1820 Posted October 26, 2004 Share Posted October 26, 2004 Congratulations to Team Rebellion from your fellow cachers in Ocala, FL!! What a great feat!! Hope your record stands for at least a little while. Sounds like you may have some competition at GeoWoodstock III. It was exciting hearing about your travels along the way. Great job guys!!!! Gantry69, Cocacola1820 and M&M Girl Quote Link to comment
+9Key Posted October 26, 2004 Share Posted October 26, 2004 That's pretty friggin' amazing! How many NFs did they get? Quote Link to comment
Keystone Posted October 26, 2004 Share Posted October 26, 2004 For the answer to that and other statistical questions, see the linked thread at NEFGA's forum, or this thread that's already runnin' here in the South and Southeast Forum. That's a lotta threads. Quote Link to comment
+wimseyguy Posted October 26, 2004 Share Posted October 26, 2004 Hey KA: I think this thread topic deserves more attention than it will get in the SE forum. Why not merge that one into this one even though this topic stated over there? Quote Link to comment
+Today's Cacher Posted October 26, 2004 Share Posted October 26, 2004 Congrats Team Rebellion. This would make a great (and timely) article for Today's Cacher. Who wants to write it? Quote Link to comment
+Isonzo Karst Posted October 26, 2004 Author Share Posted October 26, 2004 (edited) I nominate Doc - at the moment the cachers themselves are probably sleeping or logging caches Edited October 26, 2004 by Isonzo Karst Quote Link to comment
+Team Perks Posted October 27, 2004 Share Posted October 27, 2004 Pish-posh! Back in my day you could find 130 caches and that would be considered a record! Congratulations on raising the bar again. Proof that no matter how insane the record, there's always someone even more insane willing to break it. Quote Link to comment
+Marky Posted October 27, 2004 Share Posted October 27, 2004 That's an awesome achievement. Congrats! Not something that I would ever be able to do. I waste too much time enjoying signing the logs, trading, etc. Plus, a DNF will always mean an hour or so "wasted". --Marky Quote Link to comment
+YuccaPatrol Posted October 27, 2004 Share Posted October 27, 2004 Wow! Totally amazing. . . . Is there a set of accepted rules for record breaking feats such as this? Does the team split up and log finds as a team or does every member have to individually sign each log? Either way, it's mind blowing. . . . Quote Link to comment
+Isonzo Karst Posted October 27, 2004 Author Share Posted October 27, 2004 The link at the top - to the NEFGA forum thread on this topic answers nearly all the questions posed so far. Quote Link to comment
+Doc-Dean Posted October 27, 2004 Share Posted October 27, 2004 I nominate Doc - at the moment the cachers themselves are probably sleeping or logging caches Thanks IK! I have already emailed Zatoichi about working on it together. Quote Link to comment
+Zatoichi Posted October 29, 2004 Share Posted October 29, 2004 In ref to how the team operated... We used one vehicle. Three people. The 500 foot rule was in effect, so we could not split up. It would have wasted more time than it would have saved. There were so many drive-up caches that we were rarely greater than 100 feet from the car. There were a couple of exceptions, but not the rule. We were moving so fast that splitting up was never considered. Besides, in the absence of hard & fast rules on how to do this, we had to stick with what we called the 'spirit' of caching. Splitting up would have been un-ethical. Interesting stats and facts: TOTAL CACHES FOUND... 246 TOTAL DNF's... 56 TOTAL PASSES... 50 TOTAL DISTANCE TRAVELED... 224.5 miles DISTANCE BETWEEN CACHES (ALL)... average .746 miles AVERAGE FINDS PER HOUR... 10.25 caches FIND PERCENTAGE ON SEARCH... 81.45% AVERAGE TIME PER FIND... 1 cache every 5 minutes and 51 seconds AVERAGE CACHE TIME ALL... 1 every 4 minutes and 46 seconds TRAVEL BUGS FOUND... 9 MOST DNF's IN A ROW... 5 LONGEST BREAK... 18 minutes Thanks, everyone, for your interest. If you want details on our records, copies or pictures or whatever, just e-mail and ask. From 'Team Rebellion' (CaptDC52, Luke 11.9 & Zatoichi) see ya on the trails... Quote Link to comment
WH Posted October 29, 2004 Share Posted October 29, 2004 Question: Did each team member go to each cache, or did you guys split up and credit the individual finds to the group tally? Quote Link to comment
+carleenp Posted October 29, 2004 Share Posted October 29, 2004 Question: Did each team member go to each cache, or did you guys split up and credit the individual finds to the group tally? Look at the post above your's. The question was answered there! Quote Link to comment
WH Posted October 29, 2004 Share Posted October 29, 2004 Question: Did each team member go to each cache, or did you guys split up and credit the individual finds to the group tally? Look at the post above your's. The question was answered there! oops....your right Quote Link to comment
+Zatoichi Posted November 1, 2004 Share Posted November 1, 2004 There is a story and pictures in Today's Cacher magazine about the 24-hour record. Check http://todayscacher.com/ for details. Quote Link to comment
+sept1c_tank Posted November 1, 2004 Share Posted November 1, 2004 By Chris Hayes, aka Zatoichi. Very nice story, Chris. It's an inspiration and I'm sure the record will become a target, very soon, for some other aspiring geocachers out there. Shucks, I reckon it would be a blast to plan a coup on those nembers! Quote Link to comment
+Firehouse16 Posted November 2, 2004 Share Posted November 2, 2004 (edited) It's all about the preparation, plain and simple! when we did our 144 in 15 hrs we were still ready to do more but had only planned on doing 100, so 44 or so were a last minute add on. But if anyone can do it I think firefighters can, we're used to working long hard hours! I'm already planning another big number trip, but unfortunately the density out here won't let me get any numbers that high. I've done too many caches in too many area and there isn't many virgin areas left. Congrats! Edited November 2, 2004 by Firehouse16 Quote Link to comment
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