Track Day Toys 5/5 Puzzle Challenge Ulster, Ireland
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Track Day Toys on 30-Dec-12. Waypoint GC43HGN
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Logs
Today was Loop-5 & Loop-6 DT hunting day with a range of targets in the collective cross-hairs of myself and GoldCircle.
First out of the blocks was this 5 x D5 puzzle challenge, which when I ran the Project-GC checker told me I was good to go. Quick Find at GZ as per the hint.
QUALIFICATION
I made it with 48 finds and needed only 5
gccode visitdate cache_name
GC1FF4B 2012-10-20 Where Is Black Rock?
GC4177X 2013-03-04 Dublin Port Tunnel
GC49W1X 2013-04-26 Fairy Island
GC2Y3HF 2013-05-04 Knitting Needle Square
GC45E16 2013-05-18 A Walk in the Garden Number 1
TFTC
First out of the blocks was this 5 x D5 puzzle challenge, which when I ran the Project-GC checker told me I was good to go. Quick Find at GZ as per the hint.
QUALIFICATION
I made it with 48 finds and needed only 5
gccode visitdate cache_name
GC1FF4B 2012-10-20 Where Is Black Rock?
GC4177X 2013-03-04 Dublin Port Tunnel
GC49W1X 2013-04-26 Fairy Island
GC2Y3HF 2013-05-04 Knitting Needle Square
GC45E16 2013-05-18 A Walk in the Garden Number 1
TFTC
Cache No.2058 Found @ 11:44:00 AM
I spent the morning with Doug.G on Wednesday assaulting a bunch of trees in search of an FTF on a new 5/5 in Dublin; in the aftermath, we conspired to take another trip up to Ulster to pick off several caches that we both needed for one reason or another - a number of high complexity challenges, some '?s' with high D or T ratings and even one that dated back to 2002! And with day-passes sorted out with our significant others, we disappeared in to the grey rainy Dublin morning, safe in the knowledge that blistering sunshine would await us two hours north.
Or something like that.
To be fair we, we managed to dodge the worst of it, finding the rain mostly already lying on the ground, so this meant wellies were used rather than hiking boots in many places - and when mucking about in trees this didn't help much.
Track Day Toys 5/5 Challenge was first up; it was easily found in a nice hiding place. Since I posted my qualifying list with 28 x D5s in June I have managed to up that number to 42 - which is now too big to screenshot...
We then popped up the road to the Six Icon Challenge - 4 Days cache - which I failed to find on my last trip despite a thorough search... but today not only was it easily spotted (no leaves on the tree in January) it was also easily retrieved in a matter of seconds - and with the help of just the first rung on our extendible ladder!
We then made our way to the Old Coach Trail #13; being the proud possessor of a 366 day consecutive streak, I was contact by the CO when he first published this cache and it had been on my radar ever since. I passed by in the summer - and had no hope of retrieving it then as we were ill-equipped. Today, it was a much more straightforward matter with a ladder and my first grab came up trumps.
We then moved on to the Puzzle/Unknown Setters Mini Alphabet Challenge - a cache that evaded me in the summer. Probably because it was wet and I had no rope to secure myself (I don't have a death wish) - and there's an outside possibility I am also a wuss. After I scouted the area and designed a solid technical approach (aka - 'nah, you do this one...' ) Doug.G went up... and after some meditation he levitated to the correct spot and grabbed the cache.
Next up was the mother lode. Why it was only a T4.5, rather than 5.5 is beyond me... I'm naturally talking about the Challenge Variety Pack... wow that was some ascent...
After the first two 'natural hollows' came up empty, what we didn't say about the CO. [:(!] If anyone is looking at fulfilling this challenge, I suggest you look at the tree first. It is in that fork.
Yeah THAT fork.
Up there. 'nuff said. Epic assault - fully 45 mins with harnesses, two sets of ropes - and a ladder to boot. Awesome stuff!
With the heavy work done we headed back to the car which was conveniently parked 6m from The Project.
We then headed to Crawfordsburn - Doug.G fancied a look at seaview - an awesome 2002 cache that is clearly very well maintained. Alas, the only view was of mist...
On the way back we also logged The Archway - which had more magnets than CERN.
As the light was fading, and the weather closing in, it was time to head. We stopped briefly at Minnowburn Bridge, but here was severe flooding and fast water, so we gave up and kept heading for home. Next stop was the Travelling cacher 3-in-3 Challenge - it has been over two years since I posted my qualification, but only managed to get here today.
The last stop was the Super Chef Challenge - an unnerving drive in the pitch dark! I only spotted this challenge during the summer and it was fun going through all my finds looking for tasty morsels - so again, the qualifying list was posted on 17 June '15.
Today a very productive and very satisfying day. A big thanks to Doug.G for the company and derring-doo and to Track Day Toys for this cache!
TFTC
I spent the morning with Doug.G on Wednesday assaulting a bunch of trees in search of an FTF on a new 5/5 in Dublin; in the aftermath, we conspired to take another trip up to Ulster to pick off several caches that we both needed for one reason or another - a number of high complexity challenges, some '?s' with high D or T ratings and even one that dated back to 2002! And with day-passes sorted out with our significant others, we disappeared in to the grey rainy Dublin morning, safe in the knowledge that blistering sunshine would await us two hours north.
Or something like that.
To be fair we, we managed to dodge the worst of it, finding the rain mostly already lying on the ground, so this meant wellies were used rather than hiking boots in many places - and when mucking about in trees this didn't help much.
Track Day Toys 5/5 Challenge was first up; it was easily found in a nice hiding place. Since I posted my qualifying list with 28 x D5s in June I have managed to up that number to 42 - which is now too big to screenshot...
We then popped up the road to the Six Icon Challenge - 4 Days cache - which I failed to find on my last trip despite a thorough search... but today not only was it easily spotted (no leaves on the tree in January) it was also easily retrieved in a matter of seconds - and with the help of just the first rung on our extendible ladder!
We then made our way to the Old Coach Trail #13; being the proud possessor of a 366 day consecutive streak, I was contact by the CO when he first published this cache and it had been on my radar ever since. I passed by in the summer - and had no hope of retrieving it then as we were ill-equipped. Today, it was a much more straightforward matter with a ladder and my first grab came up trumps.
We then moved on to the Puzzle/Unknown Setters Mini Alphabet Challenge - a cache that evaded me in the summer. Probably because it was wet and I had no rope to secure myself (I don't have a death wish) - and there's an outside possibility I am also a wuss. After I scouted the area and designed a solid technical approach (aka - 'nah, you do this one...' ) Doug.G went up... and after some meditation he levitated to the correct spot and grabbed the cache.
Next up was the mother lode. Why it was only a T4.5, rather than 5.5 is beyond me... I'm naturally talking about the Challenge Variety Pack... wow that was some ascent...
After the first two 'natural hollows' came up empty, what we didn't say about the CO. [:(!] If anyone is looking at fulfilling this challenge, I suggest you look at the tree first. It is in that fork. Yeah THAT fork.
Up there. 'nuff said. Epic assault - fully 45 mins with harnesses, two sets of ropes - and a ladder to boot. Awesome stuff!
With the heavy work done we headed back to the car which was conveniently parked 6m from The Project.
We then headed to Crawfordsburn - Doug.G fancied a look at seaview - an awesome 2002 cache that is clearly very well maintained. Alas, the only view was of mist...
On the way back we also logged The Archway - which had more magnets than CERN.As the light was fading, and the weather closing in, it was time to head. We stopped briefly at Minnowburn Bridge, but here was severe flooding and fast water, so we gave up and kept heading for home. Next stop was the Travelling cacher 3-in-3 Challenge - it has been over two years since I posted my qualification, but only managed to get here today.
The last stop was the Super Chef Challenge - an unnerving drive in the pitch dark! I only spotted this challenge during the summer and it was fun going through all my finds looking for tasty morsels - so again, the qualifying list was posted on 17 June '15.
Today a very productive and very satisfying day. A big thanks to Doug.G for the company and derring-doo and to Track Day Toys for this cache!
TFTC
After today's CITO my plan was to come here and get this cache, I replaced to wet log. Qualifying logs to follow once I'm back home TFTC
I have used [url=http://project-gc.com/Challenges/GC43HGN/3980]Project-GC[/url] to see if I qualify for this challenge and I do.
I made it with 9 finds and needed only 5
[code]
gccode visitdate cache_name
GCN8C1 2014-07-17 If You're Gonna Be Dumb, You Gotta Be Tough
GC4C35 2014-08-02 Cuckoo Cache (could be anywhere)
GC4X3ZQ 2014-11-09 The Mourne Elevation Challenge
GC5HG8J 2014-12-09 Build Your Own Ulster Mountain Challenge
GC4DK10 2014-12-26 10 LONELY LOGS CHALLENGE
This entry was edited by killyman1 on Saturday, 07 November 2015 at 22:13:32 UTC.
I have used [url=http://project-gc.com/Challenges/GC43HGN/3980]Project-GC[/url] to see if I qualify for this challenge and I do.
I made it with 9 finds and needed only 5
[code]
gccode visitdate cache_name
GCN8C1 2014-07-17 If You're Gonna Be Dumb, You Gotta Be Tough
GC4C35 2014-08-02 Cuckoo Cache (could be anywhere)
GC4X3ZQ 2014-11-09 The Mourne Elevation Challenge
GC5HG8J 2014-12-09 Build Your Own Ulster Mountain Challenge
GC4DK10 2014-12-26 10 LONELY LOGS CHALLENGE
This entry was edited by killyman1 on Saturday, 07 November 2015 at 22:13:32 UTC.
Sadly, the cache is completely full of water and all the swag inside is ruined. Log is very wet too. Got my name on it but it tears easily. Drained it out but it needs some TLC.
Didnt realise I had qualified for this but icklelego had a list made up and now that I check I do qualify. Nice little walkway and nice views of the tower in the distance. TFTC
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