Here it is! – The 6th Annual Vancouver Island Hide-&-Go Cache!

There are 3 steps to this event. The Hide, The Go, The Event.

The Hide

The hide dates this year are Friday February 5th AND Saturday February 6th. Yes, 2 days!! (We’ve moved the hide days to a Friday and Saturday to give mtn-man more time to publish the caches during the weekend. Mtn-man knows about the event and will publish the caches as soon as he is able. There have been changes to www.geocaching.com and this is making reviewing slower.

The hide and event dates are earlier this year so as not to conflict with the Olympics.

This years’ theme is
“Hide-&-Go VI…”

This years’ Hide-&-Go is the 6th Annual event thus “VI” which is also “Vancouver Island”, and the “…” use your imagination, have fun and be creative! How many ways can you incorporate “6” into a cache???

As with previous years, micros are allowed as part of this event only if they are ingeniously disguised in high traffic urban areas, and, each cacher can count only one micro in their total hides. Multi caches that have micros as the intermediate steps and a final container that is larger then a micro will not be counted as your micro hide.

We would like to see the same type of caches hidden that you like to find – mind-bending puzzles, ingeniously camouflaged urban micros, Lock&Locks in the woods, caches large enough for your trade items, etc.

There is a trophy for the cacher with the most hides.

Your caches must be hidden on Friday February 5th AND Saturday February 6th. No pre-hiding (or post-hiding) allowed.

You must abide by the geocaching.com cache placement guidelines when hiding your cache. Keep in mind that your hide must be at least 161 meters from another cache. When submitting a multi or puzzle cache, include the intermediate steps to speed up the approval process. Be nice to mtn-man!
(Victoria is getting saturated with caches and if there is a conflict with your cache you have 24 hours to move the cache and resubmit the page to mtn-man for your cache to be included in the event.)

After submitting your caches, please post a note in the vigps.com forums to indicate the name of the cache. On the cache page, please state that this cache was hidden as part of the Hide-&-Go VI…

The Go

As the caches start to appear on geocaching.com, go out and find them!

To qualify for the Most FTFs trophy, you must hide at least one cache. A couple years ago we had a few cases where a group wanted to be listed as FTF. To avoid confusion and squabbles, only one recognized cacher will be listed as the First finder.

But it’s not all about FTFs – just think about all the fresh air and exercise you will be getting by going out and finding all these new caches!

Waymarking

Last year Waymarking was an overwhelming success! If you would like to have a trophy in your home for a year, but don’t feel you can maintain any more caches, then this is the event for you!

There is a Trophy for the most Waymarks posted, and the most FTL (First to Log). To qualify for this portion of the event you must include a photo of the Waymarked object when you post the Waymark and when you log, even if photos are not a requirement for that category. We are including this rule so you cannot simply go through the phonebook and post all the McDonalds locations on the Island.

The Event

As in previous years the Hide-&-Go Cache Bash event will be held at 6:30pm on March 6th (Location to be confirmed). The event is to hand out prizes and chat about our hides and finds. You are welcome to attend the event even if you haven’t hidden any caches. The event will be listed shortly on geocaching.com.

Questions? We’ll be chatting in the forums. Join us!

Other Important Notes
This event is intended to be FUN! Please be considerate of your fellow cachers.