Category: Geocaching (page 4 of 4)
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What?: Hiding Caches….lots of caches
When?: Saturday February 26th, 2005
Where?: Vancouver Island
Who?: Everybody! …but this will be especially fun for those who have not yet hidden a cache.
Huh?: Keep reading….
Spring has sprung,
The grass has riz,
I wonder where,
The new caches is??
It’s been pretty quiet lately so it’s time to dust off your gear, get into hiding mode and make the 1st Annual Vancouver Island Hide-And-Go Cache Event a huge success. Here’s the drill…
Hide
We’d like as many of you as possible to go and hide a cache, or two, or three (you get the idea) on Saturday February 26th.
If you absolutely can’t get out that day then you can hide your cache(s) ahead of time but 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 26th.
As you submit your caches, please post a note in the vigps.com forums to indicate the name of the cache and the site on which it appears.
Go Cache
As the caches start to appear, go out and find them.
Watch for a thread on VIGPS.com where you can vote for things like:
<ul>
<li>Best First Hide (Cacher has never hidden a cache before)</li>
<li>Overall Favourite Hide</li>
<li>Most FTF on caches hidden for this event</li>
<li>and more!</li>
</ul>
Only those who have hidden a cache for this event are eligible for prizes.
Geocaching.com, terracaching.com, movingcache.com and navicache.com caches all apply, but if you list the same cache on multiple sites, it will be counted as one cache.
Wrap-up
So you have two weeks to go hide caches, and two more to find them and vote for your favourites before the geocaching.com event on Saturday March 12th.
We’d like to have some fun prizes – if you have anything you’d like to donate, please let us know.
Rules
There aren’t any complicated rules – On February 26th, go hide some caches (in accordance with the rules of geocaching.com or other cache listing site) then go and find some caches. On March 12 we all get together to discuss and award prizes.
Tips
Notes about getting caches approved quickly:
Make sure it is meets with the geocaching.com (or other listing site) <a href=”http://www.geocaching.com/about/guidelines.aspx”>guidelines</a>.
If your cache is a multi or puzzle cache, include a note to the reviewer telling them where the intermediate points and final cache are located.
When submitting a cache for this event, include a note to the reviewer, asking them to release your cache as part of the VI Hide and Go Cache event on Saturday February 26th.
Questions?
Visit the <a href=”http://www.vigps.com/forums/”>forums</a> – we’d be happy to answer your questions.
Looking for geocaching.com listings near a particular city or town on Vancouver Island? This selector should help to narrow down your search.
Please let us know of any places you would like to see added.
