This Team contest has a different ‘twist’!
THE ‘PRO CACHER’ CONTEST
The starting point is a picture (to be found on the ‘photo’ site shortly) of a girl sitting at a table…..
Determine the UTM of this position.
1) From this position, follow a compass bearing of 331 deg. 08 min. 41.3152 sec. until you come to a metal object about four feet high that is painted white, but with four parts of it painted red. There’s a number on this object with a ‘5’ on it. What is the object, AND what is the UTM of this object? __________/__________
2) From your original starting position, proceed on a compass course of 331 deg. 54 min. 19.0232 sec. until you come to a black gate with a lamp to its left, and a three digit number below the lamp, written in gold. What is the UTM of the object? ___________
3) From your original starting point, proceed on a compass bearing of 278 deg. 21 min. 21.2168 sec. until you come to a sign on glass with the numbers and letters 9 to 11. Numbers 603 and 3991 are close by. What is the UTM of where you are? ___________
4) From your original starting position, proceed on a compass course of 129 deg. 41 min. 23.8612 sec. until you cross the 38 deg. 34 min. 52.40613 sec. North parallel of latitude. There you will find a circular GPS tag glued to rock. What is the GPS tag #? ___________
NOTE: All positions are in the Greater Victoria and Saanich Peninsula area, EXCEPT #4.
This contest is a race to the finish! It must be completed by August 31st, 2005 at 6:00 PM.
First team or individual to complete all questions correctly is the GRAND WINNER.
The prize? $500.00 cdn.
Have fun with this one!
The Team