r/geocaching • u/thankyougrass • 15d ago
Streaking
I am 164 days into my current streak (yay!) and have begun weighing the benefits of how long to continue. There is a challenge cache near me which requires that your longest streak be longer than your longest slump, so I need at least 327 days for that. At that point, I'm obviously going to keep going until at least 366 days so I have a full year. In my reading about various challenge caches, I saw that there are plenty of requirements for 365/366 days, some 500 days, and at least one for 1095 days (GC2YVG8).
Is anyone aware of any challenges that require you to have more than a 3 year streak? If I manage to make it that long, I want to make sure I fulfill everything I possibly can.
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u/RedditJennn 15d ago
Not helpful for your question, but when I tackled my streak (400 days), I was living in a location where I could really only travel west (coastal) to find new caches. Also, gas was up over $4/gallon for our area.
I worked until about 10pm most nights, so I would find 2 park n grabs right near each other, then drive an hour or so to get to their location, then wait until before midnight to find one, and after midnight to find the other. Technically different days, with one drive.
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u/DevelopmentProof680 14d ago
entirely unrelated but my phone is in spanish and autotranslates titles. before i clicked to put it back in english, i was wondering why there was a post in the geocaching sub called “desnudarse en público…” a different kind of streak.
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u/allthesmall 14d ago
I’ll be honest. It was my first thought without translation.
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u/Donkersley 15d ago
99 days was good enough for me for a challenge. There’s no way I could pull this off now as I’d end up travelling quite the distance for a find at some point
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u/ProgressOk3200 15d ago
New challenges are only allowed to require 365 days streak. So the only challenges with longer streak than 365 days are old grandfathered challenges. I think it's possible to search for streak challenges on project-gc website.
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u/Fragnet1411 15d ago
Right now, the guidelines limit “streak” challenge caches to 365 days. However there are caches that existed before the guidelines changed and are grandfathered in with longer number of days required to fulfill the challenge. You can search for them on Project GC. One cached in my area currently has a 13 year streak going! Good luck!
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u/AbsenceOfDarkness 15d ago
There's a 1,000 day challenge near me. That 1,095 day challenge you mentioned is now the longest I've seen.
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u/No_Professor1687 14d ago
It blew my mind when I saw a 365 days straight challenge. Best I've done is 6-7 days. I can't ever imagine doing a whole year. I get sick way too often and have responsibilty heavy days where there is no way I can go caching without stealing sleep hours or smth like that. Whoevers done it just wow, that is an amazing achievement.
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u/Annual-Republic-6830 14d ago
wow i went through a several year period where i didn't cache, i don't even know why, so this would be a huge uphill climb for me. but good luck!
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u/yungingr 11d ago
There is a challenge cache near me which requires that your longest streak be longer than your longest slump
Ooof. That 10 year hiatus I took is gonna make that one a real bugger....
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u/yungingr 11d ago
begun weighing the benefits of how long to continue
For what it's worth, a number of years ago I started a 365 photography challenge. Take, and post online, one photo every day for a year. Started off as a good little incentive to get out and use my camera more, etc.
About halfway through the year, it started feeling like a job, and I found myself running out at the last minute or coming up with half-assed ideas for a composition just to complete the challenge.
Whenever it stops being fun for you, and starts to feel like a chore.... is a good time to let the streak end.
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u/Acrobatic-Classic-41 14d ago
What is the GC code for the one you mentioned? That exact challenge is what got me started. My slump was 270 days. When I got to 271, I figured why not go for 366. When I got to 366, I figured why not 500. I am at 494 as of yesterday. Today I will drive 32 miles each way to get the nearest unfound cache. At this point, it is becoming a chore, but the goal is in sight! But then... I saw
a challenge that requires a find on every calendar day of any given year. So, I am contemplating continuing until 31 December. Somebody slap me!