Geocaching

OK, so it’s all about the fun we have as a family, not the numbers that we post. However, the numbers are fun! Here are the cache stats that we have achieved.

My Cache Stats as of 7/26/2008 (Get your own CacheStats at
www.logicweave.com)


Cache Finds
Total Found: 102 (# found/attended logs) Find Rate: 0.130 per day (0.9 per week, 47 per year)
Caches: 102 (# unique caches visited) Avg. difficulty / terrain: 1.59 / 1.67
# Archived: 17 (16%) FTFs: (unknown)
Avg. in 1 day: 2.7 Oldest Cache: Demise of a Dot Com (GC525 placed 3/22/2001)
Most in 1 day: 11 Most in 1 month: 28
My Goal: 150 by 12/31/2009    

Days Cached
Total days cached: 38 (every 20.6 days or 4.9%) Most consecutive days with a find: 4
Most in 1 month: 9 Most consecutive days without a find: 202

History
Year Total Found Rate Days Cached / Frequency
2006 31 0.147 16 / every 13.2 days
2007 57 0.156 15 / every 24.3 days
2008 14 0.067 7 / every 29.9 days

Milestones
Number  Date Cache # Days between
#1 6/4/2006 Jack and Jill went up a Hill  
#50 1/27/2007 Bookmark Cache 237
#100 7/19/2008 I Bleed Green 539

Size
Breakdown
Size # Found Percentage
Regular 60 58.8
Small 27 26.5
Micro 7 6.9
Not chosen 3 2.9
Large 2 2.0
Virtual 2 2.0
Other 1 1.0
Type
Breakdown
Type # Found Percentage
Traditional Cache 98 96.1
Virtual Cache 4 3.9

Difficulty
Breakdown
Difficulty # Found Percentage
1 34 33.3
1.5 30 29.4
2 31 30.4
2.5 2 2.0
3 3 2.9
3.5 1 1.0
4 1 1.0
4.5 0 0.0
5 0 0.0
Terrain
Breakdown
Terrain # Found Percentage
1 34 33.3
1.5 24 23.5
2 30 29.4
2.5 6 5.9
3 6 5.9
3.5 2 2.0
4 0 0.0
4.5 0 0.0
5 0 0.0

Favorite and
other Notable Caches
Category Cache Log Comment
All-time favorite Lord of the Rocks View  
Recent favorite You Might be a Geocacher View This has to rank way up as a great location for a cache. Hard to believe it is in the middle of Austin. An undiscovered wonder!
Most difficult find Boggy Depot View  
Most scenic Lord of the Rocks View  
Best hike Tabletop Rock Ridge View  
Cleverest hide “Woodstock 05″ View  

Locations
US States (10): TX, OK, AR, LA, KS, CO, AZ, NM, CA, VA
Other States (1): District of Columbia
Countries (1): United States


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