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We thought the success of last years event would be difficult to top, but 38 cachers hid 106 caches for the 2nd Annual Vancouver Island Hide-and-Go Cache.
A great time was had by all at the Hide-and-Go Cache Bash 2006, where every cacher who hid a cache was presented with a commemorative mug.
The Most Hides trophy went to sole seeker with 13 hides. Sole Seeker narrowly squeaked past Spud502 who had 12 listed before the deadline.
Squirrellydeath took home the trophy for the most First to Finds. His 13 FTFs was more than double his nearest competitors.
One cache hidden during this event was so outstanding it deserved a trophy of it own, so Roswell’s Logbook by Roswell was awarded The Golden Lock&Lock.
A new award this year, the Special Merit Award, was presented to viguy for outstanding sportsmanship and allegiance to the ideals of geocaching.
Congratulations to all the award recipients.
A huge Thank you goes out to everyone who made 2nd Annual Vancouver Island Hide-and-Go Cache such a big success, and Thank you Cyberchasers for the prizes!
View the summary of caches listed for this event.
Here it is….
The Black Rose Of Courage Contest
The X-Treme GPS Team
February 20th, 2006
Somewhere, approximately west of Mount Douglas (and the Greater Victoria area), you’ll find a red dot about 1” in diameter on a rock surface that is slightly off the vertical. This red dot is close to ground level, but easily seen.
From this position, you can see a green roofed house with 4 windows on the front of it. The top window is a semi circle, the window below it is larger, and there are 2 smaller windows either side of the larger window. There’s a red stairway to the right of the house. Above this house, 38 meters higher, is a small white building.
The house is 1320 meters from the red dot, and 49 meters lower. There’s also a small brown shed on a hill 40 meters lower than the red dot, and it is 2015 meters away from the red dot.
We’ll also let you know that 8551 meters away (and 108 meters lower), is a large yellowish and white building (measurement is on top left side of this building). This is the furthest point we’ll give you from the red dot.
Determine the UTM using WAAS in WGS84.
You’re going to have a nice hike now, by going to 10U 463896 E and 5370505 N. There you will find a GPS tag attached to a tree. What is the GPS tag #? __________
Now call the tag number ‘MILS’. Add 305.7320384367100 ‘mils’ to the tag number in ‘MILS’. What are the total ‘mils’? ____________________
(Please don’t ask us what ‘MILS’ are – we’re asking you.)
Now proceed 958.850118 miles at the number of ‘MILS’ you determined. Here you will find a buried steel bar with 2 tag numbers on it. What are the tag #’s? _____/_____
The first team/individual to figure this all out is the winner. There are no other winners. The winning prize is $1,000.00 Cdn.
This contest must be completed by Thursday, March 23rd, 2006 at 9:00pm.
Winning numbers must appear on vigps.com by that time and under this forum page.
Teams/individuals MAY NOT USE OPERATIVES OR INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE ALREADY BEEN SELECTED BY ANOTHER TEAM. Teams must not procure the help of operatives until they have located all the required Canadian positions – i.e. you CANNOT ‘book’ an operative in advance.
You are responsible for your own safety. Please post notes on this site pertinent to this contest – no smiley faces and superfluous comments.
Here’s the contest…
MARATHON OF PAIN CONTEST
By The X-Treme GPS Team
We are giving you 24 Lat/Longs or UTM’s positions to get to.
3 positions are buried steel bars; the others (are) stakes, tags glued to rock or nailed to objects.
All positions will have GPS tags (some will have 2 tag’s).
This contest will end at 9:00pm, Sunday, 5th of March, 2006. The goal of this contest is to get as many tag numbers as possible. The team with the most tags will get $50.00 per tag found (exception: multiple tags at a position count as one tag – i.e. if two tags are found on a steel bar, stakes or trees then report both tag #’s, – these two tags will count as one tag, and be worth $50.00). In the event of a tie, funds will be split.
Please put your answers on vigps.com under this Forum post; and please put your answers in numerical order.
Please DO NOT use this forum post for nonsense and smiley faces as they’re a waste of everyone’s time.
There will only be one winner – that team or individual with the most tags found.
You are responsible for your own safety and well being.
Here are all the positions – all in WGS 84
1) 365984 5477736 Nailed to tree
2) 387568 5455138 Glued to rock
3) 334418 5567994 Nailed to fir tree
4) 9U 709943 5517800 Nailed to tree
5) 343956 5557164 Glued to rock
6) 408489 5463512 Buried steel bar
7) 409675 5462508 Buried steel bar
8 ) 476488 5386202 Glued to rock
9) 48deg. 31.430 123deg. 25.240 Nailed to tree
10) 48deg. 44.041 123deg. 40.494 Nailed to tree
11) 406299 5459922 Nailed to alder tree
12) 10 U 383232 5461559 Nailed to trestle
13) 10 U 374382 5481273 Buried steel bar
14) 49deg. 10.880 124deg. 16.097 Nailed to tree
15) 49deg. 09.897 124deg. 24.547 Nailed to stump
16) 49deg. 14.462 124deg. 29.560 Nailed to tree
17) 390971 5456508 Nailed to tree
18) 49deg. 15.537 124deg. 31.629 Nailed to stake
19) 402617 5462767 Nailed to cedar tree
20) 411679 5462980 Glued to rock
21) 459743 5394288 Nailed to cedar tree
22) 447910 5390020 Nailed to alder tree
23) 450259 5390937 Nailed to alder tree
24) 415892 5458720 Nailed to arbutus tree
Here’s the contest!
Somewhere, approximately west of ‘Malahat’ (there’s a restaurant and hotel there), you’ll find a large boulder with a white triangle on it.
This large boulder is 10832 meters from a church, and 7452 meters from a house (there’s a roof turret on it) on top of a hill. Determine the exact UTM of this boulder.
From this boulder, proceed 5808.1809 meters at 19deg 54min. 04.6512sec. Determine this UTM, and call it “K”.
From this boulder also proceed 4805.5304 meters at 27deg. 03min. 39.5717sec. and determine this position. Call it “M”.
Now follow a round world curved line between position “K” and position “M”.
Along this line, glued to rock in a rocky area, is a GPS tag. What is the GPS tag #?
This contest is in WGS 84. There will be ONE WINNER ONLY. The winner will receive $500.00.
You are responsible for your own safety.
This contest should get a few folks in shape.
Please post the winning tag number, and, if possible, a photo of this tag, on vigps.com.
This contest ends at 6:00pm on March 31st, 2006.
Last year, during the 1st event, 22 Vancouver Island cachers hid 49 caches. Will we be able to top that with the 2nd Annual Vancouver Island Hide-&-Go Cache?
There are 3 steps to this event. The Hide, The Go-Cache, The Event.
The Hide
Hide a cache, or two, or three (you get the idea) on Saturday February 25th.
Last year, we didn’t have any rules regarding the type of cache hidden, but we’re afraid that people might aimlessly scatter micros all over the island in an effort to take home the beautiful “Most Hides” trophy. This year, 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. 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, etc. – no one wants to take a 5k hike only to be skunked by a micro hidden in the woods with 20, accuracy. 😉
There will be a trophy for the cacher with the most hides. Last year, D-Tour was awarded the trophy for most hides after placing 6 caches. Will D-Tour be clearing another spot in their trophy cabinet, or will another cacher try to top these hide champions to take the Most Hides title?
If you absolutely can’t get out on Saturday February 25th, you can hide your cache(s) ahead of time. When you post your cache please add a note to the Approver, stating that your cache is part of the Vancouver Island Hide-And-Go Cache Event and is to be approved with the other event caches on Saturday February 25th.
Keep the cache placement rules in mind when hiding your cache. Read the geocaching.com guidelines (http://www.geocaching.com/about/guidelines.aspx), and remember that your cache must be at least 161 meters from another cache. When submitting a multi or puzzle cache, include the intermediate steps in a note to the approver to speed up the approval process.
As you submit your caches, please post a note in the vigps.com forums to indicate the name of the cache and the cache listing site on which it appears. On the cache page, please state that this cache was hidden as part of the 2nd Annual Vancouver Island Hide-&-Go Cache.
The Go-Cache
As the caches start to appear, go out and find them.
Last year, Curious George took home the unique and beautiful Most FTF trophy. Only cachers who have hidden caches for this event are eligible for this coveted prize. This trophy must be handed over to the new winner each year, so will Curious George attempt retain to his title, or will another cacher claim this title, leaving a bare spot on Curious Georges mantle?
But it’s not all about FTF’s – just think about all the fresh air and exercise you will be getting by going out and finding all these new caches!
The Event
An event, which will be announced soon, will be held so we can get together to hand out prizes and chat about our hides and finds. You can attend the event even if you haven’t hidden any caches.
Questions?
We’ll be chatting in the forums.
