Same rules as contests #1-#8; $500.00 Cdn. prize money to the first winner, be it individual or team. Photos to be posted on vigps of all positions…
WHERE WILL YOU BE? CONTEST #9
Start at the Buckhorn Cabin, at approximately 11S 443442 East and 4032235 North in the California Desert. (All WGS 84, and all 19deg. E declination). Photos are required on vigps for all positions in this contest.
From the UTM given, go 312.452554 miles at 358deg. 54min. 49.6871sec. You should be standing by a large cross. In this general area, look for the name “Clinton John Valentine”. When did Clinton die? _______. From the UTM you determined to get you to the approximate area of the large cross, proceed (with dignity, of course!) 940.909587 kilometers at 338deg. 15min. 36.4007sec. This will put you at a structure. Look under the bathroom sink. There you will find a GPS tag. What is the tag #? ______(we’ll give you a clue here – “check out 320”).
From the UTM you determined for this structure, proceed 73.854558 nautical miles at 297deg. 18min. 21.8437sec. This will place you in an area where you must locate a buried moonbomb. What are the tag #’s attached to this moonbomb? ______/_____
From here, what is the UTM of the top of a flagpole that is close to the above position? What is the UTM of the flagpole? _____/_____
Now, we’ve made this more difficult than you think, as we’ve run a slope distance to the top of the pole, so the UTM will not be the same as if the top of the pole was at the elevation of the starting point, which, by the way, was 1 meter above ground level. So you’ll actually have a false UTM for the top of the pole…that’s the UTM to go with.
From the top of the flagpole and the false UTM, look in the distance and find a white sign on a white/orange pole with a concrete base.
How many meters higher is the flagpole when compared to the white sign? ______
From the top of the flagpole to the top of the white sign is what distance? _______
You will get a slightly skewed reading here as we ran a slope for the actual distance between flagpole and sign. What is the UTM of the sign? _____/_____
Presuming your numbers are close, now follow a compass course of 323deg. 18min. True. Look for the highest point of two very small islands. They’re only a few meters across, and would barely be visible at high tide.
How far is it from the sign to the highest point on the small islands, in meters? _______
What is the UTM of the highest point of the small islands? ______/______
From the highest point on the small islands, where you determined the UTM, proceed 7615 meters at 275deg. 00min. 01.9253sec. There you’ll find a buried moonbomb.
What are the two GPS tag #’s on the steel bar attached to the moonbomb? ______/______
From this buried moonbomb, proceed 969.0032 meters at 298deg. 41min. 26.037sec. There you will find the WORLD’S FIRST “MINI MOONBOMB STAKE“!!
What are the two tag #’s on this stake? ____/____ Make sure to bring a hammer to drive this stake back into the ground, so the top of it is four inches below grade.
You and any operatives are responsible for your own safety and well being.
Good Luck from The Team!
