Another year comes to an end

When I set my targets for 2012 I didn’t expect to meet all of them but am pleased to see how well I have done. I didn’t anticipate filling the D/T matrix so it wasn’t a surprise when I didn’t. I was glad that I found12 new D/T combinations though. Again I started off the year with a trip to New Zealand where I picked up both more caches than the year before and at higher difficulty and terrain ratings. I enjoyed the short breaks we made in Ireland and Riga this year but would have liked to have travelled more.

These are just a few memorable geocaching highlights in 2012 (2011 in brackets)

• Total finds in the year 782 (524) This is my highest yearly rate ever!
• Milestone 3300 (2600)
• Found 12 new D/T combinations (10)
• Highest terrain rating 5 I found five including two D5/T5 caches
• Highest difficult rating 5 I found eight at this level including seven of the eight possible D5/T combinations
• Most finds in a day 83 on 2012-03-24 (29 on 2011-04-16)
• Most counties in a day 20 on 2012-08-11
• Finds in 5 countries – Finland, Ireland, Latvia, New Zealand, Sweden. (8 in 2011 – Hungary, Lithuania, New Zealand, Singapore, Sweden, UK, USA and Åland Islands)
• Caches hidden 13. This was much better than the year before and included five different types (0)
• Found two more months in the Jasmer challenge leaving just three to find.

Jasmer challenge

So how did I do in terms of the targets I set myself for 2012? Not too bad I guess!

• Fill in all the dates of the year – eighteen needed including 29th Feb. Done Completed this in March.
• Reach 3000 finds. Done I reached 3388.
• Find more than 50 caches in a day. Done I found 83 one day in Spring.
• Continue work on the D/T matrix. Done I added 12 combinations and only have six left to find.


2011 finds to the left and 2012 find to the right

• Arrange an event.Done I arranged two including a WWFMIX event.
• Place a few caches. Done I placed 13.
• Find caches in 2 new countries. Done. Added Ireland and Latvia to the list.
• Maintain a good level of posting on my blog. Done I have posted 57 times.

Now I have to set my targets for 2013. That will come in my next post in a few days time.