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Which of this applies to you?

Answering these takes the parts that are not for you out of Geocaching Merit Badge. Nothing is required, nothing is kept on the server, and nothing is ever hidden because a question went unanswered. A step that might apply to you stays on the list and is marked.

Requirement 8: which of the four routes?

The badge says do ONE of the following. Three of the four carry a clock, and the fourth depends on your council running a Cache to Eagle series, so this is the question worth answering before anything else on the badge.