Whats the farthest you've gone for a FTF?

GrizzFlyer · Post by **GrizzFlyer** » Thu 2010-06-24, 02:59:32

Was just updating a couple of my bookmark lists, one of which is for my FTF's. The farthest I've gone is a measly 82 miles, not too impressive. Almost had one in Utah a few years ago on vacation, it was 3 weeks old and no loggers until the day before I hit it. Still a nice climb up into those red rocks.

Its your turn, tell us about some of your long drives (or flights) to get a FTF !!

cheechgang · Post by **cheechgang** » Thu 2010-06-24, 11:42:34

Aprox 2125 miles as the crow flies. GC1A0KM, "Guarded in St Kitts".

It was published on Mar 20, a week and a half later it had not yet been found. We left for a family cruise and got it on Apr 4, about two weeks after publication.

This was the first cache ever placed in St Kitts and my son and I managed to get an FTF.

TeamMina · Post by **TeamMina** » Thu 2010-06-24, 12:06:05

We stayed in Munising, MI in the U.P. last year and saw while we were planning our trip an earthcache was published a month previously with no finds. We studied it, printed it all out, and figured even if it was found, we'd attempt GC1PN8A "Grand Sable Dunes, A Perched Dune" in the Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore Park. Took almost all day to get the cache area and perform the requirements. But 445 miles from home, and a week later after we got all the info submitted it for, was an FTF.

However, if this is about running straight out from home too, that was the one last week in Branch County GC2AB8V "Grove Rd Curves" which was 57.2 miles from home.

cheechgang · Post by **cheechgang** » Thu 2010-06-24, 12:32:59

Run out from the house? About 45 miles to Clinton, MI.

yogi57 · Post by **yogi57** » Thu 2010-06-24, 16:02:49

Ben(Bjion74) put out about 6 caches near Maryville 2/2/03 and I was FTF on two of them and STF on the others on 3/15/03. Mr O beat me to the FTFs by a day. He DNF on one them that I found and didn't attempt the other.

OnDHunt · Post by **OnDHunt** » Thu 2010-06-24, 17:40:16

Every winter I head south for spring break with the family. Right before we were leaving for our trip in 2008, I noticed a new cache was published on a remote island not too far from where we were staying. The cache is GC19MN5 Quaranteen Trail and it is 1038 miles from home.

So I took a plane to Florida, a car to the house, and a boat to the island in an effort to get the FTF! Unfortunately, when I found the cache, I discovered that someone else had already signed the log! I assumed they were just sandbagging it or waiting until the got home to log it in so I claimed Cheech Honors!

To this day, that other finder has never logged it in! Go Figure!!

Handyman-N-Fam · Post by **Handyman-N-Fam** » Fri 2010-06-25, 00:26:50

I have 6 FTFs in West Virginia. Including four in one day. I am sure the locals were a little frustrated with me that day. The farthest one was 298.5 miles from home.

Handyman-N-Fam · Post by **Handyman-N-Fam** » Fri 2010-06-25, 00:31:40

Oh, by the way...The one that was 298.5 miles from home was a blue squiggly (dug out of a foot of snow)that has only been found once since I found it on Jan 1. I am not sure why! It wasn't that hard.

TheBearclaws · Post by **TheBearclaws** » Fri 2010-06-25, 11:16:54

OnDHunt wrote:Every winter I head south for spring break with the family. Right before we were leaving for our trip in 2008, I noticed a new cache was published on a remote island not too far from where we were staying. The cache is GC19MN5 Quaranteen Trail and it is 1038 miles from home.

So I took a plane to Florida, a car to the house, and a boat to the island in an effort to get the FTF! Unfortunately, when I found the cache, I discovered that someone else had already signed the log! I assumed they were just sandbagging it or waiting until the got home to log it in so I claimed Cheech Honors!

To this day, that other finder has never logged it in! Go Figure!!

Maybe you should send a reminder email to 3Olivos.

GeoFlint13 · Post by **GeoFlint13** » Sat 2010-06-26, 03:49:26

I only have 27 FTF's, but I'm gonna have to make a bookmark list just to see my distances.

Mighty_Mo · Post by **Mighty_Mo** » Mon 2010-06-28, 21:47:38

Paint By Numbers (68 Miles) at the Belle Isle event this year, other than that "Silver Bullet" in Clyde (45 miles)

Keger8 · Post by **Keger8** » Thu 2010-07-01, 00:15:26

WOW! My only FTF (yes, only.) was about 6 miles away lol

Mighty_Mo · Post by **Mighty_Mo** » Thu 2010-07-01, 02:20:01

Keger8 wrote:WOW! My only FTF (yes, only.) was about 6 miles away lol

Lets call that your 1st FTF. My 1st FTF was only 4.5 miles and I had 226 finds before I got one.

Keger8 · Post by **Keger8** » Fri 2010-07-02, 14:00:16

Mighty_Mo wrote:
Keger8 wrote:WOW! My only FTF (yes, only.) was about 6 miles away lol
Lets call that your 1st FTF. My 1st FTF was only 4.5 miles and I had 226 finds before I got one.

I guess i did better than i thought! lol, i have 226 right now actually!

My only FTF was also the only cache we went out in the snow for

lol

allenite · Post by **allenite** » Fri 2010-07-02, 19:18:02

Well cheech is still ahead of me. I have not yet logged my farthest FTF, which is NW 1822.9mi of my home coords. GC2ATM6 - The Iron Horse Express.

nwogeo.org

Whats the farthest you've gone for a FTF?

Whats the farthest you've gone for a FTF?

Re: Whats the farthest you've gone for a FTF?

Re: Whats the farthest you've gone for a FTF?

Re: Whats the farthest you've gone for a FTF?

Re: Whats the farthest you've gone for a FTF?

Re: Whats the farthest you've gone for a FTF?

Re: Whats the farthest you've gone for a FTF?

Re: Whats the farthest you've gone for a FTF?

Re: Whats the farthest you've gone for a FTF?

Re: Whats the farthest you've gone for a FTF?

Re: Whats the farthest you've gone for a FTF?

Re: Whats the farthest you've gone for a FTF?

Re: Whats the farthest you've gone for a FTF?

Re: Whats the farthest you've gone for a FTF?

Re: Whats the farthest you've gone for a FTF?