HERE IT IS…..
“THE FAR HORIZONS” CONTEST by The Team
Start at a large steel sign marked ‘Ladd Petroleum Company’ in the overall vicinity of Lost World Butte (fairly near Moab, Utah). Determine the UTM in WGS 84.
From here, follow a compass course of 319 deg. 32 min. 56.0190 sec.True. This bearing will take you across Vancouver Island. In the Greater Victoria area, look for a piece of old railway track where it leaves asphalt and heads off into grass (see Photo #5 in Photo Contest #1; we’ve also updated this same photo which can be found on Jessica’s site in the photo section under “The Far Horizons” Contest. (There are a total of 5 new photos here which you must establish UTM’s for as part of the contest).
Determine the UTM of this railway track.
From this location (the railway track), follow a True compass course of 130 deg. 40 min. 45.7542sec. for 1529689 meters. If things have been done correctly, you’ll find a pink painted circle on a very large rock. From this pink circle, proceed approximately 50 meters at approx. 85 deg. True (use the correct compass declination for this area). There, glued to a rock, you’ll find a GPS tag.
What is the tag number? __________. (There’s a large arrow scratched into the rock just below this tag as a reference.) WARNING: This is very rough country – be prepared!
From this pink circle, proceed 1527096 meters at 319 deg. 46 min. 47.0795 sec.
Determine this UTM in WGS 84.
Now, using a compass declination of 19 deg. E, determine the distance to the following positions from the UTM you determined above.
A) How many meters is it to a telephone pole and transformer at 266 deg. T? ________________
B) How many meters is it to a yellow oil tank by some stairs at the side of a building at 184 deg. T? __________________
C) How many meters is it to a yellow and black marker at 125 deg. T? ___________
From the UTM you determined above, proceed 1547077 meters at 129 deg. 35 min. 00.6368 sec. There you will find a benchmark and a GPS tag.
What is the date of the benchmark? _____________________, AND what is the GPS tag number? ___________________
From this benchmark, proceed on a True compass course of 319 deg. 01 min. 13.2007 sec. for 1547852 meters. From the position you determine, now determine the following distances to:
A) A totem pole at 290 deg. True ________________
B) The top of a brown building elevator shaft at 290 deg. True __________________
C) A house with blue trim and a shiny top of what appears to be a chimney at
287 deg. True _____________
From the UTM you determined, proceed 1560950 meters at 130 deg. 23 min. 24.6618 sec. There you will find a buried steel bar with two numbers on it. What are these two numbers? _____________and ________________
From this new position, proceed 1560863 meters at 319 deg. 47 min. 50.4040 sec., and determine this new position.
From this position, determine the following (all compass declinations are 19 deg. East unless advised otherwise):
What is the distance to:
A) A sign that says CABLE at 123 deg. T ______________________
B) A sign at 92 deg. T ________________
C) The widest of two chimneys on a house on a hill at 55 deg. T _______________
(The house is 39 meters higher than where you’re sighting from).
From your sighting position, proceed 472420 meters at 142 deg. 22 min. 12.3993 sec. There you will find a GPS tag nailed to a tree.
What is this GPS tag number? _______________________
From this tree, we’ll give you two bearings and distances:
1) Proceed 480934.6708 meters at 324 deg. 51 min. 22.4844 sec.
2) Proceed 480970.0469 meters at 324 deg. 48 min. 44.3894 sec.
Determine the position of 1)
Determine the position of 2)
Somewhere between the two UTM’s you determined, is a buried bright pink painted rock with a small mini circular moonbomb and a GPS tag attached. It is buried about 6 to 8 inches deep & is approx. 4 inches in diameter. Please rebury as found.
What is the GPS tag number? _________
Add up all the numbers of all questions asked and call them meters.
The first team to answer all the questions AND submit UTM’S FOR THE 5 PHOTOS, is the GRAND WINNER, providing your answer is within 1% of The Team’s grand total.
In the case of a tie, winnings will be split.
You will find the photos on the vigps.com photo site under “The Far Horizons Contest”, and these will appear in a couple of days.
You must answer ALL questions to win.
$2,000.00 Cdn. will be paid ONLY TO THE WINNING TEAM. We will only announce a winner who meets the stated rules.
You may use any other teams to help you out in your quest for victory.
You are responsible for your own safety and well being.
Please make your own financial arrangements with other teams.
No team can monopolize another team for their own exclusive use.
An American team, the Cache U Nuts (Geo.com) may be available to help you out as there is some work to be done in the U.S. There’s a lot of work to be done in Canada, and the team ‘Cache U Nuts’ is in the enviable position of having the ability to work with all Teams from their end. Of course the Canadian teams can do it all on their own – but do they want all the long distance driving? Make your own financial arrangements with them if you use their expertise.
We would appreciate your not asking us a lot of questions; we will not confirm or deny any answers to individual questions until ‘Judgment Day’.
This contest officially expires October 31st, 2005 – or sooner if a team submits all the winning answers before this date.
SO, what follows are the answers we require – this form may assist you with completion of ‘The Far Horizons’ Contest:
ANSWERS REQUIRED
Tag number glued to Rock __________
A) ________
B) ________
C) ________
Year of benchmark ________
Tag by benchmark ________
A) ________
B) ________
C) ________
Steel bar numbers: 1) __________ 2) __________
A) ________
B) ________
C) ________
GPS tag on tree _________
Pink rock number ________
TOTAL: _____________________
UTM’s for 5 included photos are: (Note: all 5 photos in Victoria/Oak Bay area)
1) ________ ________
2) ________ ________
3) ________ ________
4) ________ ________
5) ________ ________
GOOD LUCK TO ALL! THE TEAM
