+catsnfish Posted January 18, 2009 Share Posted January 18, 2009 (edited) Stage Two E-mail sent, I appreciate the break you're giving us on this one! edited to add stage Edited January 18, 2009 by catsnfish Quote Link to comment
+opalsns Posted January 18, 2009 Share Posted January 18, 2009 Oh boy- you were right wavector, they are getting hard much quicker! I'm pleased though that I got the answers right for the first round! I can identify some of the photos here easily but I guess I will have to spend a couple of hours in research and get back to you! Well done snowball58! Edited three hours later- Sorry but I give up, I have 3 answers and I really don't think I can get anymore as i haven't been here long enough to know some of these people and photos. Have fun and good luck everyone for the rest of this cointest NOOOOOOOooooooooooo, BoatBird. You get back here!!!! . I'm stuck on 9 10 11 12 15 16 17 19 20 BUT I'm not giving up yet. Here , grab the rope and pull yourself and let's go. Listen to wavector , there are like 9 answers within the four answers from stage 1 and I didn't know that untill I read your post, So, Lets' Go!!!!!!!!! Opalsns Quote Link to comment
+opalsns Posted January 18, 2009 Share Posted January 18, 2009 Quick Question to wavector, Is the Latin name of that bird in the logs , or are we to use the name that's mentioned in the logs , Not enough sleep and too much coffee makes Opalsns ..... What, where am I????? TeeHee!!! Opalsns Quote Link to comment
+wavector Posted January 18, 2009 Author Share Posted January 18, 2009 Quick Question to wavector, Is the Latin name of that bird in the logs , or are we to use the name that's mentioned in the logs , Not enough sleep and too much coffee makes Opalsns ..... What, where am I????? TeeHee!!! Opalsns I was very surprised to see it called the name the geocacher used in the log. I live on the other side of the world so I had to go check because I am a bird lover. It is indeed called the name the geocacher called it but no one over here would call it that. We use that name for a very different bird. Hence the name I want to see is the correct Latin name. This is a curve ball for those who live on this side of the pond. They will have to find the log, look at the bird and go "No Way" and then go look up the bird in a British Bird Guide to find the correct Latin name. So the correct latin name, not the name in the log. Quote Link to comment
+wavector Posted January 18, 2009 Author Share Posted January 18, 2009 Stage Two E-mail sent, I appreciate the break you're giving us on this one! edited to add stage Congratulations catsnfish!! You are the winners of the FTF prize for Stage Two. You guys are really quick, I am impressed. Thank you for entering the contest and I hope you had fun. I hope I will see you at Stage Three, Stage Three will be the final stage and it will be very short but very hard. You will need to know Brandon's last name for Stage Three. In Stage Three the winner will be determined by a unique method!! Thanks again Quote Link to comment
+catsnfish Posted January 18, 2009 Share Posted January 18, 2009 Stage Two E-mail sent, I appreciate the break you're giving us on this one! edited to add stage Congratulations catsnfish!! You are the winners of the FTF prize for Stage Two. You guys are really quick, I am impressed. Thank you for entering the contest and I hope you had fun. I hope I will see you at Stage Three, Stage Three will be the final stage and it will be very short but very hard. You will need to know Brandon's last name for Stage Three. In Stage Three the winner will be determined by a unique method!! Thanks again Wow! Thanks! These contests sure do teach you to think and navigate the site. It's a good challenge for all of us! Quote Link to comment
BoatBird Posted January 18, 2009 Share Posted January 18, 2009 Okay you twisted my arm opalsns.... 9 was the first one I got being a Brit ... I'm still stuck on most of the others LOL but giving it another try! Quote Link to comment
+wavector Posted January 18, 2009 Author Share Posted January 18, 2009 (edited) "A nice spot here for a bit of butty munching." See Update at the bottom of this post. This repeat makes it easier for folks to get to the contest bones. Stage Two is much more difficult than Stage One. Stage Two Hello Everyone and Welcome to Stage Two Things get a little harder in this Stage. As you all know this is a story about trackable items and their journey through a cache. If you completed the first stage then you know we just tried to help BexyBear straighten out his problem with the guitar geocoin! If you looked at the cache then you know things have not gone so well at Hartshead Pike. If you think you know the trackable items at the cache then you will like this stage. You need to know a few things, actually you need to answer twenty questions! These are the twenty questions in Stage Two of The Mystery of Hartshead Pike. 1) Who is this? 2) What cache is this? 3) What is the licence plate number on the vehicle they used to get to this cache? ************************************************************************* 4) Who is this person? 5) What cache is this? ************************************************************************* 6) Who is this person? 7) What cache is this? 8) What is the TB code ************************************************************************* 9) What is the correct Latin name for this bird? 10) What cache is this? 11) What trackable item was dropped? 12) Which specific log is missing? ************************************************************************* 13) Where is this TB? 14) Which geocacher told everyone it was missing? ************************************************************************* 15) What TB is this? 16) Provide the Public code 17) Provide the secret tracking code. ************************************************************************* These threee questions have no associated pictures. 18) Name the the very first cache the reading mouse ever visited? 19) What is Brandon's geocaching name? 20) Who does Brandon cache with? If these answers aren't immediately apparent that is OK, that is why it is a mystery! Stage Three gets even harder than this, this is a walk in the park compared to Stage Three. To qualify for the Stage Two prize you only need to answer these twenty questions. This is the largest Stage in terms of questions, Stage Three will be very short. Congratulations to catsnfish on winning the FTF prize for Stage Two, a First Geocache in Canada Geocoin. Have fun everyone and I hope you learn a little about tracking trackable items through a cache! I am going to make Questions 19 and 20 optional for everyone, they might appear in Stage Three though. If you have answered those two questions already then you can substitute those for two questions you haven't answered. This means you only need to answer 18 of the questions. I am going to allow one error in any entry. I am going to allow two different responses for Question 14. Edited January 18, 2009 by wavector Quote Link to comment
BoatBird Posted January 18, 2009 Share Posted January 18, 2009 Still stuck on 1,2,3,4,5,10,11,12,14,18,19 and 20. Well at least I have a few more than I did earlier! Braaaaiiiin mellllllltinnnnng Quote Link to comment
+opalsns Posted January 18, 2009 Share Posted January 18, 2009 Boatbird, Remember Stage one. THE ANSWERS ARE THERE!!!!!! Think inside the box. Sometimes when you help someone with a guitar coin, they help you back!!!! Sorry Wavector, I just felt BoatBirds frustration. Opalsns Quote Link to comment
pauljsurfer1 Posted January 19, 2009 Share Posted January 19, 2009 I've almost got it i just need 18,19,20 man I just don't know where to look I think I've clicked on every possible link looking for the answer for those three...are the three questions related to eachother...or a TB? Quote Link to comment
+Team CeDo Posted January 19, 2009 Share Posted January 19, 2009 15, 16, and 17 KILLING me!!!!!!! LOL Quote Link to comment
+opalsns Posted January 19, 2009 Share Posted January 19, 2009 15, 16, and 17 KILLING me!!!!!!! LOL AAARRRRRRGGGGGGGHHHHHHHhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!! WHERE IS 15 ??????????? ROFS Opalsns Quote Link to comment
+grizz-rider Posted January 19, 2009 Share Posted January 19, 2009 Answered ten questions in 2 hours, should have started this earlier. Have to shut down now. Quote Link to comment
+surteb Posted January 19, 2009 Share Posted January 19, 2009 It's question 9 for me! Where is that stinkin' bird??????????? Quote Link to comment
+opalsns Posted January 19, 2009 Share Posted January 19, 2009 Answered ten questions in 2 hours, should have started this earlier. Have to shut down now. Way to keep pluggin grizz. You'll get er' done tomorrow!!!! Opalsns Quote Link to comment
+surteb Posted January 19, 2009 Share Posted January 19, 2009 Email sent for Stage 2. Finally! Quote Link to comment
+opalsns Posted January 19, 2009 Share Posted January 19, 2009 Email sent for Stage 2. Finally! WOOOO HOOOOO, Congrats... There is hope, LOL!!!! Opalsns Quote Link to comment
pauljsurfer1 Posted January 19, 2009 Share Posted January 19, 2009 finally sent in Stage 2....still couldn't figure out 19 and 20 wish there was a hint Quote Link to comment
+opalsns Posted January 19, 2009 Share Posted January 19, 2009 19 and 20, I would like to get a hint, if at all possible. I looked and looked and find myself back in galleries and there is no picture for these, so Please, just a little hint??? Batting Eyes !!!! LOL! Opalsns Quote Link to comment
BoatBird Posted January 19, 2009 Share Posted January 19, 2009 (edited) Do I get the chance to win half a coin for having half the answers???? Still plodding on..... 3, 4, 5, 10, 11, 12, 14, and the last elusive three still lacking *sigh* Edit: Well slap me silly d'oh! I should have read what opalsns said and took notice of it.... managed to solve 4 and 5 within seconds of writing this message.... nearly three quarters done Edited January 19, 2009 by BoatBird Quote Link to comment
+Team CeDo Posted January 19, 2009 Share Posted January 19, 2009 E-mail sent, Got first 18 but 19 and 20 just don't seem possible(even though I know the answers are there somewhere). LOL I'm still working on them though!! Its addictive!! Quote Link to comment
BoatBird Posted January 19, 2009 Share Posted January 19, 2009 ARGHHHHHHHHHHH! Only need one more answer and then I can submit... back to the search! This is getting addictive!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment
+GATOULIS Posted January 19, 2009 Share Posted January 19, 2009 :-( I am still missing the 3, 10, 11, 12, 14, 18 19, 20!!! :-( Oh boy!!!!! Things are getting harder!!! Quote Link to comment
BoatBird Posted January 19, 2009 Share Posted January 19, 2009 Stage Two email sent- hope it was worth the hard work! This has taken me most of today No hope on 19 or 20 but I am still plodding away with an idea! Quote Link to comment
+opalsns Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 Stage 2 email sent Thanx, Wavector Quote Link to comment
+grizz-rider Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 Stage Two E-mail sent # 19 ??? #20 ???? Thanks for the challenge Quote Link to comment
+GATOULIS Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 Stage 2, email send! The 19 & 20 .... not yet! I will keep trying! Quote Link to comment
+wavector Posted January 21, 2009 Author Share Posted January 21, 2009 (edited) I see the two Stage Three type questions are proving to be a bear for some. I won't be giving any hints for those Questions but in Stage Three you will encounter them again, along with several other questions of the same level of difficulty. You will have an IN however, a lead off that helps get you started and that should help you find the information you will need. I haven't recieved any correct anwers for 19 or 20 so if you have taken a guess I can only tell you are wrong. I have decided to allow 2 answers for Question Number 9 as well. I decided to do this after reviewing all the answers I have received so far and realizing that I was diligent enough!!! I am glad to see this contest is rewarding those who have participated, the skills acquired will stand any entrant in good stead and I am glad to see that it is a challenge but still doable. If you are looking at Stage Two then try it out, it is fun and you gain some good insights into trackable items and the advantages of using specific logging practices. Thanks to everyone who has entered. Edited January 21, 2009 by wavector Quote Link to comment
+snowball 58 Posted January 21, 2009 Share Posted January 21, 2009 Stage 2 email sent Quote Link to comment
+wavector Posted January 22, 2009 Author Share Posted January 22, 2009 Not to worry opalsns. If you do this Stage Two puzzle and get the answers right (take your time) I will send you an Albertosaurus geocoin just because you have been such a good sport, essentially you are automatically guaranteed a win on this Stage if you complete the puzzle. There will still be a geocoin draw for everyone who completes the stage, this geocoin for opalsns is an "in addition to" prize. Good luck. Way to go opalsns, you did that really well and very quickly! You are the new owner of an Albertosaurus geocoin which I will mail to you on one condition... you send me a snail mail address!! I got your email but you forgot to include your address. You were 100% correct, even providing the optional answers as well! You go. Quote Link to comment
+opalsns Posted January 22, 2009 Share Posted January 22, 2009 WWWWWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO HHHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO WOOOO HOOOOOOOO WHOOOOT WHOOOOOOT WHOOOOOOOTTTTTTTTT WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO HHHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO email sent Quote Link to comment
+GATOULIS Posted January 22, 2009 Share Posted January 22, 2009 WWWWWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO HHHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO WOOOO HOOOOOOOO WHOOOOT WHOOOOOOT WHOOOOOOOTTTTTTTTT WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO HHHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO email sent Congratulations my dear friend!!!!! Quote Link to comment
BoatBird Posted January 22, 2009 Share Posted January 22, 2009 Yeah yeah rub it in opalsns! Just cos you got the last two.... huh! Quote Link to comment
+opalsns Posted January 22, 2009 Share Posted January 22, 2009 Nope never got the last 2. I was givin the same break as everyone I am very thanful for that. I spent yesterday checking wavectors forum posts, There are alot of hints there, but I still got no closer. Believe me, when I find out who Brandon is everyone will know...... he will be the one reported missing because I kidnapped him!!!! LOL!!!! One Thing I can say,after checking all his forum posts, Wavector has taken a LONG time in preparring this contest. Opalsns Quote Link to comment
BoatBird Posted January 22, 2009 Share Posted January 22, 2009 Oh definitely! Kudos to him for all the hard work- wonder what he does in his spare time LOLOLOLOL Quote Link to comment
+ImaMystic Posted January 22, 2009 Share Posted January 22, 2009 well i finally had enough time to sit and work thru the questions that gave me trouble. It seems easy now. I'll pm my answers. I don't think I'll ever look at TB's, their logs, geocache logs and cacher profiles ever the same. That's surely what the puzzle was about. Thanks for the very fun lesson in geocaching and trackables Wavector. My desk mouse got quite the workout. Quote Link to comment
BoatBird Posted January 23, 2009 Share Posted January 23, 2009 I think I got the last two answered but will sit on the answers until Round 3 cos I am really not sure they are correct Quote Link to comment
+Team CeDo Posted January 23, 2009 Share Posted January 23, 2009 If you really got the last two you are REAL good!!!! I have been looking on and off for those since stage two was released!!! Still no luck. Way To Go BoatBird!! Quote Link to comment
+snowball 58 Posted January 23, 2009 Share Posted January 23, 2009 Hope you have the right answers. I've lost more hair looking for them than I can spare!!!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment
BoatBird Posted January 23, 2009 Share Posted January 23, 2009 Its taken me since the stage 2 was set! On and off for sure- but a lot of dedicated searching Will find out when wavector publishes the next stage!!!! (and probably feel like a complete idiot when I realise I was barking up the wrong tree LOLOL) Quote Link to comment
+opalsns Posted January 23, 2009 Share Posted January 23, 2009 ATTA way to go BB WOOOOO HOOOOOOO So glad you stayed in the cointest!!!!!!! Opalsns Quote Link to comment
BoatBird Posted January 23, 2009 Share Posted January 23, 2009 Yeah me too- was worth it- enjoyed it despite what I was saying- just keep your fingers crossed that I wasn't a million miles off the whole Brandon thing! (otherwise I have absolutely no hope of Stage 3 completion!) 8) Quote Link to comment
+Kealia Posted January 23, 2009 Share Posted January 23, 2009 Not playing, but I couldn't resist opening the thread based on the title! Quote Link to comment
ELTADA Posted January 23, 2009 Share Posted January 23, 2009 Ok, so I glanced at this thread a long time ago and just didn't have time to come back. But today, I decided to tackle it and WOW! This was so fun to do! What a great adventure! I have emailed answers for Stage one and two (not sure if that's what I was supposed to do or not) and hopefully I got them right. The most difficult by far was #18-20 (especially 19 & 20! Not sure if I got them right or not...). Quote Link to comment
BoatBird Posted January 24, 2009 Share Posted January 24, 2009 Any updates wavector???? Not that I'm getting impatient to continue at all Quote Link to comment
+snowball 58 Posted January 26, 2009 Share Posted January 26, 2009 Bumping back to page one. Any updates yet?????? Quote Link to comment
+snowball 58 Posted January 26, 2009 Share Posted January 26, 2009 Recieved Canada's first geocache coin to today. Thank you wavector looking forward to the next stage and answers to the last stage?????? Quote Link to comment
+catsnfish Posted January 27, 2009 Share Posted January 27, 2009 I also received the First Geocache in Canada coin today Great coin! Thanks for the Cointest!! Quote Link to comment
+opalsns Posted January 27, 2009 Share Posted January 27, 2009 Congrats on your new coins, Well played Wooo Hoooo!!!!! Opalsns Quote Link to comment
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