+DresselDragons Posted January 1, 2008 Share Posted January 1, 2008 We are at 29...not bad for a coin that started slowly and went missing Quote Link to comment
+The Dream Cachers Posted January 1, 2008 Share Posted January 1, 2008 We have had a great time in The Balloon Race, and have finished in 8th Place! [8D] Many thanks to all the cachers who helped move our balloon along it's journey. And thanks for all the great pictures! The Dream Cachers Quote Link to comment
+dorkfish Posted January 2, 2008 Share Posted January 2, 2008 I had a really weird experience with the race. I sent my coin to Athens Greece to start its journey. I asked a cacher to drop it in a cache there, where it sat for a few months with nobody retrieving it. I emailed the same cacher & asked if they'd go to see if the coin was still there and if it was to drop it in a more visited cache. They picked it up but didn't bother putting it in another cache. I waited awhile and then decided to send off the backup racer coin. I dropped it not to far from home here in the USA. About 3 weeks ago I got an email from someone in Athens who found the coin at an event. I told them to keep it since it was probably the first coin I sent out to travel. About a week later I got an email from a cacher from Nevada (I believe) who said they were having problems dropping the racer coin in a cache (because the person from the event had grabbed the 1st one - same tracking number). The people from Nevada had just taken a trip to Athens Greece and they dropped off the coin in a cache there. Now I was really confused and I thought maybe the Athens cacher had picked up the 2nd coin. Nope, I have spoken with the 2nd cacher & they dropped the coin off in Athens a full week after the 1st cacher picked up the 1st coin at the event. How weird is that? Both of the coins ended up in Athens in caches about 1500 feet apart from each other. lol Quote Link to comment
avroair Posted January 2, 2008 Author Share Posted January 2, 2008 How weird is that? Both of the coins ended up in Athens in caches about 1500 feet apart from each other. lol Next time you send a coin into the wild let me know, I wanna goto Athens. Well the race has officially ended. Thanks to everyone who entered. And to Peter for his expertise in the website. And congrats to Seal Rock George for the greatest balloon of all... Quote Link to comment
+whitebear Posted January 2, 2008 Share Posted January 2, 2008 That was fun even if my baloon got stuck twice ...Thanks Avro for a fun race! Quote Link to comment
+Team LightningBugs Posted January 2, 2008 Share Posted January 2, 2008 That was fun even if my baloon got stuck twice ...Thanks Avro for a fun race! Mine got stuck twice too - over two months both times, so my balloon wound up in 36th. But it was fun to watch and the race was a great concept! Quote Link to comment
+PaHawkeye Posted January 2, 2008 Share Posted January 2, 2008 I also enjoyed the race even though I had to set free the backup. I DID like the idea of two coins with the same tracking number, I just wish I didn't need to use the second one. Thanx again avroair!! PaHawkeye Quote Link to comment
+Steinwälzer Posted January 3, 2008 Share Posted January 3, 2008 Wow, the balloon I was watching because I could move it along and got some points for it (took photo at waterfall) made it to position 20 It was one of the first coins I saw, and the first one I fell in love with If you do such a race again, I will participate, thats sure Quote Link to comment
+jenbut Posted January 4, 2008 Share Posted January 4, 2008 Thanks for this game! It was fun to watch the coin travel around, and I think it was fun for our local community of cachers to puzzle together how to accomplish as many feats as possible. It made for some great community building, and story telling!!!! Quote Link to comment
+forthferalz Posted January 23, 2008 Share Posted January 23, 2008 thanks for the game avroair! I was really impressed the winning coin nearly made the 80 feats! My coin got stuck in august - still trying to get it loose again so it's not offically missing. Unfortunately it didn't have a twin as it was the Pink one because I shared my pack with a friend. Can I put a wee plug in for the tb/coin race starting in feb cachinggames.com again as I can't seem to update my sig line Quote Link to comment
avroair Posted January 24, 2008 Author Share Posted January 24, 2008 There are two legendary balloonists available on the geoswag presale page. Legendary Balloonists series 1 The first in the series of Legendary Balloonists is the 'Red Baron' and his 99 Luft Balloon, this famed German aerialist had no equals and during his racing days from 1909 to 1914 he won the 80 Days Around the World Banner 5 consecutive times, a feat that has been unmatched. His career was cut short when he joined the signal corps during WWI, he was shot down in 1918, somewhere over the Western Front, never to be seen again. 99 for sale ~ comes with a matching pin Legendary Balloonists: The Black Watcher series 2 The second in the series of Legendary Balloonists is the "The Black Watcher" and his Flying Circus Balloon, this illustrious Scot Hamish McCache was a grand performer of the skies and during his racing days mysteriously won the 80 Days Around the World Banner 4 times over 4 decades: (1898,1908, 1918 and 1928) choosing only to enter the race in the year ending in 8 ~ his career was cut short when in 1938 his balloon collided with a telegraph pole and landed unceremoniously in a large patch of thistles. The balloon was salvaged, but the aviator wasn't. 99 for sale ~ comes with a matching pin Around the World in 80 Days: Legendary Balloonists Quote Link to comment
+PaHawkeye Posted January 24, 2008 Share Posted January 24, 2008 Scot Hamish McCache ? R U kidding me? What a name! Quote Link to comment
CinemaBoxers Posted January 24, 2008 Share Posted January 24, 2008 Ordered mine this time around.... I just hope they are at least big enough to see without a magnifying glass. Oh how I wish they would list the SIZE of the coins they sell. They are cute. ~J Quote Link to comment
+PaHawkeye Posted January 24, 2008 Share Posted January 24, 2008 I know it says it will have it's own icon but is it a different icon than our racing coins/balloons? Quote Link to comment
+Team Professor X Posted January 25, 2008 Share Posted January 25, 2008 There are two legendary balloonists available on the geoswag presale page. Legendary Balloonists series 1 The first in the series of Legendary Balloonists is the 'Red Baron' and his 99 Luft Balloon, this famed German aerialist had no equals and during his racing days from 1909 to 1914 he won the 80 Days Around the World Banner 5 consecutive times, a feat that has been unmatched. His career was cut short when he joined the signal corps during WWI, he was shot down in 1918, somewhere over the Western Front, never to be seen again. 99 for sale ~ comes with a matching pin Legendary Balloonists: The Black Watcher series 2 The second in the series of Legendary Balloonists is the "The Black Watcher" and his Flying Circus Balloon, this illustrious Scot Hamish McCache was a grand performer of the skies and during his racing days mysteriously won the 80 Days Around the World Banner 4 times over 4 decades: (1898,1908, 1918 and 1928) choosing only to enter the race in the year ending in 8 ~ his career was cut short when in 1938 his balloon collided with a telegraph pole and landed unceremoniously in a large patch of thistles. The balloon was salvaged, but the aviator wasn't. 99 for sale ~ comes with a matching pin Around the World in 80 Days: Legendary Balloonists Nice and ordered, but..............please stop milking this Ballooncoin . I don't want to paint my wall with only Balloon coins . Quote Link to comment
avroair Posted January 25, 2008 Author Share Posted January 25, 2008 Nice and ordered, but..............please stop milking this Balloon coin . I don't want to paint my wall with only Balloon coins . They are all done. Quote Link to comment
avroair Posted January 25, 2008 Author Share Posted January 25, 2008 I just hope they are at least big enough to see without a magnifying glass. Oh how I wish they would list the SIZE of the coins they sell. ~J Same size as the other ones 1.62" Quote Link to comment
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