+JavaDuck Posted April 16, 2008 Posted April 16, 2008 I'm pleased to announce the date of the 3rd annual geocaper! This year our theme is the Amazing Race. Check out the Amazing Geocaper cache page. It provides all the necessary information etc. We are looking for 2-4 volunteers to help us on the day of the event. If you are looking for another cacher to fill out your team, use this forum! See you in July! We are busy planning another fun filled day! JavaDuck Quote
+Blue Power Ranger Posted April 16, 2008 Posted April 16, 2008 We will for sure be there. As the half of our team that caches a tad bit less this was probably my most fun day I have had geocaching. We are still coming up with a team name, but will for sure have a team! Quote
+SteadyPop Posted April 17, 2008 Posted April 17, 2008 This event sounds fantastic! If anyone needs an additional team member I would be happy to join! My wife is afraid she would get too stressed so she is staying out of this one. Let me know if you need an additional team member. Thanks! Quote
+JavaDuck Posted April 19, 2008 Author Posted April 19, 2008 Just a quick update! We already have 3 teams signed up for this great event. Teams can be anywhere from 3 to 6 people. Due to the nature of the event, we can only take up to 12 teams. Spots will be first come, first serve. I know that there are at least 3 other teams that have expressed interest. Again, we are looking for a 2-3 volunteers to help us the day of the event. JavaDuck Quote
+the.james.gang Posted April 19, 2008 Posted April 19, 2008 This looks like a ton of fun! I'll be talking to the rest of the.james.gang and see what the consensus is. Also, may try team up with our folks, 2RUSTYWHALERS. We all LOVE The Amazing Race!! I'm gathering from the cache page that you don't always use The Amazing Race theme for the caper? And is this usually held in Tacoma? Just curious. Quote
+JavaDuck Posted April 20, 2008 Author Posted April 20, 2008 The Geocaper is a puzzle and cache race. The puzzles are similar to the many puzzle cache pages you see on here. Instead of solving for coordinates you will be solving for a word. Solve the puzzle get the coordinates for the next puzzle, etc. Yes, this year's theme is the Amazing Race, the past two years it has been the Goonies and Willy Wonka. The spots seem to be filling up quickly this year and there seems to be a lot of interest. If you're interested, please send me an email with the information listed on the cache page to reserve your spot. 5 spots of 12 have already been filled. So just 7 spots are left. The organizers are busy planning a day of fun and surprises! JavaDuck Quote
+fairyhoney Posted April 20, 2008 Posted April 20, 2008 I would like to be one of the helpers of the event. Only problem would be that I'd have to be towards the beginning as I'd have to leave at 1630 that day to get to work Quote
+JavaDuck Posted April 20, 2008 Author Posted April 20, 2008 Hi FairHoney, Thanks for offering to help out. Send me an email and we can work things out. Quote
+JavaDuck Posted April 21, 2008 Author Posted April 21, 2008 Hi all! Wow, we have already had a great response to this event. We already have 9 teams registered, so just 3 spots left. If registered teams have a few spots left for other cachers, please post a note here. I know a few are looking for a team. Remember teams can have between 3 and 6 cachers. JavaDuck Quote
+JavaDuck Posted April 22, 2008 Author Posted April 22, 2008 All team spots for the Amazing Geocaper are now full! We had an amazing response this past week and the spots filled up quickly. We are still taking names of intersted teams in case of cancellations. I will be notifying teams in the next week, to see if any of them have any openings for cachers to join their team. We look forward to seeing all the teams in July! Quote
+Brainbumps Posted April 22, 2008 Posted April 22, 2008 I'll be there with Guppyfish, sciuchetti, Superhoser, and Lajoy5! Quote
square_peg Posted April 23, 2008 Posted April 23, 2008 Remember teams can have between 3 and 6 cachers. So interested parties might still join an existing team? Quote
+JavaDuck Posted April 23, 2008 Author Posted April 23, 2008 Cachers that are interested in participating in the event can post a message here or on the cache page to see if one of the registered teams have space on their team. Teams are allowed to have up to 6 people on the team. I will be organizing all the data regarding teams this weekend. At that time, I will have a better idea of how many teams are able and willing to have another cacher join their team. JavaDuck Quote
+FilmFans Posted April 24, 2008 Posted April 24, 2008 I am 95% sure I can make this date, and I would very much like to join a team. - FilmFans Quote
+SweetSassyPants Posted April 25, 2008 Posted April 25, 2008 I am 95% sure I can make this date, and I would very much like to join a team. - FilmFans FilmFans would make an excellent team member. He's got a wicked good puzzle brain and if we were planning on attending I'd fight tooth and nail to get him on our team. Someone better snap him up, yo. Quote
+romulusnr Posted April 26, 2008 Posted April 26, 2008 We have room for two more cachers! Hey, Coreynjoey, NomadRaven and I are interested in filling your open spots. Let me know via forum or email! Quote
+coreynjoey Posted April 27, 2008 Posted April 27, 2008 We have room for two more cachers! Hey, Coreynjoey, NomadRaven and I are interested in filling your open spots. Let me know via forum or email! Thanks!! It looks as though we may have our team filled up. But, if they drop out, I will definitely let you know. Also, I suggest posting a note on the cache page that you are looking for a team. Thanks and Happy Caching! Quote
+JustMike Posted July 14, 2008 Posted July 14, 2008 So..... less than 1 week to this event and nothing posted to forum for quite some time. Any updates? All still good? Any team lists? cheers, JustMike Quote
+JavaDuck Posted July 15, 2008 Author Posted July 15, 2008 The Amazing Geocaper is all set and ready to start go on this Saturday. We are looking forward to a great day of puzzle solving, caching, and all around fun. All the teams should have a great day! Quote
+hdmama2002 Posted July 16, 2008 Posted July 16, 2008 Was wondering if you could give a description of the BBQ? Is there a covered area, running water nearby, close to bathrooms. is there shade? Just trying to figure out if I am going to pack any extras for the BBQ like a canopy. Thanks Quote
+JavaDuck Posted July 16, 2008 Author Posted July 16, 2008 The picnic at the end has a covered shelter, running water, and nearby bathrooms. So there will be plenty of shade while you enjoy your hot dog! Quote
+JavaDuck Posted July 16, 2008 Author Posted July 16, 2008 Just want to give some clarification. If a team spot becomes available, we will be contacting teams on the wait list. If no teams on the wait list are interested in an open spot, we will post a note on the cache page and in the Amazing Geocaper thread in the forums. Quote
+Nomad001 Posted July 16, 2008 Posted July 16, 2008 Looking for team members to join my team, please email me via my profile if you're interested. I do have a team spot on the caper. Quote
+roocifer Posted July 18, 2008 Posted July 18, 2008 (edited) I already emailed one person, but thought this might be a better spot for this. If anyone still has a spot on their team, I'd love to join! I swear I don't bite. eta: I should admit that even though I'm pretty good at caching & puzzles, I haven't done any of the puzzle caches already existing. Edited July 18, 2008 by roocifer Quote
+coreynjoey Posted July 18, 2008 Posted July 18, 2008 I already emailed one person, but thought this might be a better spot for this. If anyone still has a spot on their team, I'd love to join! I swear I don't bite. eta: I should admit that even though I'm pretty good at caching & puzzles, I haven't done any of the puzzle caches already existing. Dang it, our team is already full! I'm kinda hoping no one has a spot available just becasue we don't want to lose to you! Quote
+tomison Posted July 18, 2008 Posted July 18, 2008 I see that there is interest in doing the caches in the Park before or after the event. For those that are not familiar with the area, the outer loop of Five Mile Drive is closed to vehicles on Saturday until 1:00 p.m., so getting there early on Saturday to get the caches further out would necessitate bikes or a long hike. I'm really hoping the first task is close to the event coords so we have time for the drive to open as we plan to drive. P.S. Sorry CoreyNJoey, we had room for one more and picked up roocifer. Is she privvy to all of your puzzle secrets? I'll have to work on my powers of persuasion. Quote
+nancois Posted July 18, 2008 Posted July 18, 2008 We did take the 1PM opening of 5 Mile Drive into account. All teams will be able to exercise any option of transportation to the waypoints in the order that they play out. Looks like good weather tomorrow; keeping my fingers crossed! : ) Quote
+mudsneaker Posted July 21, 2008 Posted July 21, 2008 Just wanted to say once again, Thanks to everyone who made this incredibly well planned event happen. We are SOOOO lucky to have this event in Washington. My only suggestion would be attempting to find sponsors willing to donate prizes so everyone can walk away with something. I personally will be donating some coins when this rolls around again to add to the pool of prizes. Every team really put forth some serious efforts and they all deserve a prize of some sort just for making it through. Thats my $.02 at least. Get ahold of me if anything needs built. I would be happy to contribute what I can if a contraption needs made. Quote
+Blue Power Ranger Posted July 21, 2008 Posted July 21, 2008 My only suggestion would be attempting to find sponsors willing to donate prizes so everyone can walk away with something. I personally will be donating some coins when this rolls around again to add to the pool of prizes. Every team really put forth some serious efforts and they all deserve a prize of some sort just for making it through. Thats my $.02 at least. I said it all in my log but this event was just AMAZING. Our team had a great time, can't wait to go next year. If organizers do decide to put together a prize pool or anything like that as suggested above, add us to the top of the list of those willing to contribute however or whatever we can. Again thanks so much to Javaduck and all the volunteers who went above and beyond on this one. I wish they could be the ones to walk away with a prize. Quote
+GrnXnham Posted July 23, 2008 Posted July 23, 2008 Check it out! A pic of Team BUGZ 1 made the banner on the geocaching.com home page! Just keeping refreshing the homepage until it comes up! Quote
+JavaDuck Posted July 23, 2008 Author Posted July 23, 2008 I've posted this on the event cache page, but wanted to say thanks to all the teams that participated in this year's Geocaper. And a HUGE THANK YOU to Nancois, TracerBullet, Ragman, and Squeak2Me for helping organizing this year's event. And another HUGE THANK YOU to Mudsneaker, DragonFly, Dave of GrnXHam, GrumpyMarien, and Melanie for all their help during the event. Hope to see you all next year! Quote
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