A Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Cache Game

4.1k · August 12, 2003

Gowens,

Just go ahead and dive in! Pick a nice spot near your home that seems to be troubled by an Improbability Field and let the GPS's have at it!

-- I've found 58% of the caches in the country! How are your numbers? ;-)

8.4k · August 12, 2003

Yes! Please join the disorganized madness that is this thread....

BTW - I have 16 50 cal ammo cans. At least half will be used for the caches that I have previously mentioned.

I have recently placed the following caches with local family members who are new geocachers:

7/18/2003 Young Zaphod Plays It Safe

7/18/2003 Crash site of the Golgafrinchan "B" Ark:

7/18/2003 The Salmon of Doubt

7/16/2003 The FrogStar (West)

7/14/2003 Veet Voojagig's Ballpoint Planet: Wormhole #1

Sngans

Sacred cows make the best hamburger....Mark Twain.

August 13, 2003

So we don't do one of the same name, which ones have been done.

8.4k · August 13, 2003

I plan to do em all. Copy what you want, or think up new ones. No one has posted any ideas for the Dirk Gently stuff.

The actual game rules have been on the back burner until we get a good network going. I have a feeling that this will all take for freakin ever, but it's still fun working toward something.

There are no leaders here. Work at your own pace and on what ever you want. (Mine's reeeeeal slow right now.)

I'm still hoping this thing will take on a life of it's own........

Sngans

Sacred cows make the best hamburger....Mark Twain.

1.4k · August 13, 2003

Heck I just found this. I used THHGTTG on 2 questions on one of my puzzle caches. Count me in.

You should have told me about this thread Snoogans. YES I EXPECT YOU TO BE PSYCHIC!!! Ok errrr, the meds have kicked in now and the voices are almost....there just a whisper now.

Anyway I will come up with something for this as I love DNA's works.

When in doubt...hit it with a big hammer.

4.1k · August 14, 2003

quote:
Originally posted by Chris&Cindy:
I used THHGTTG on 2 questions on one of my puzzle caches.

Can you give us a link to it?

-- I've found 58% of the caches in the country! How are your numbers? ;-)

August 14, 2003

quote:
Originally posted by Mark 42:
Unfortunately, my eyes ain't what they used to be.

Could someone post a larger version of the

http://img.Groundspeak.com/user/avatar/14490_700.jpg

avatar so I can see it, please? Thanks.

Found It!

1.4k · August 14, 2003

quote:
Originally posted by MissJenn:

quote:
Originally posted by Chris&Cindy:
I used THHGTTG on 2 questions on one of my puzzle caches.

Can you give us a link to it?

-- _I've found 58% of the caches in the country! How are your numbers? ;-) _

Here you go. It is the last two questions but I guess that would be obvious to a fan

When in doubt...hit it with a big hammer.

August 16, 2003

Very happy to find this thread. I am working on ideas for one or more THHGTTG caches that will be placed in IOWA. I have all the books in "Digital format" for listening on an MP3, or burn to CD, so not having books to look at I dont understand the interest in the avtar above, is it of some signifigance to the books? Am I missing something?

4.1k · August 18, 2003

quote:
Originally posted by Team Kilroy:
I dont understand the interest in the avtar above, is it of some signifigance to the books? Am I missing something?

a person had an avatar that incorporated babel fish. i think she has since changed the avatar to this forest-in-flames one.

-- I've found 58% of the caches in the country! How are your numbers? ;-)

August 18, 2003

What a great idea, I might do a HHGTTG themed cache myself, I have an autographed DA "Don't Panic" pin (written in bold, friendly yellow letters across the front) LOL.... I have had the good fortune to meet both DA and Eric Idle together at a scifi book conference... Really miss him, too bad he passed away.

August 18, 2003

I just ran across this thread after doing a search concerning a TB of mine.

Earlier in the thread, MissJenn remarked that she had never heard the radio series. That is a deprivation which should not be allowed to stand, so MissJenn, keep an eye out for TB Don't Panic. It’s somewhere in Texas right now, just having been checked into a series of HHG themed caches there. Perhaps an appropriate new cache in PA might attract the TB to MissJenn’s area. In case you’re too lazy to look up the TB page, it’s a CDROM with the entire six hour radio series in mp3 format.

8.4k · August 18, 2003

quote:
Originally posted by RogerNPsp:
What a great idea, I might do a HHGTTG themed cache myself, I have an autographed DA "Don't Panic" pin (written in bold, friendly yellow letters across the front) LOL.... I have had the good fortune to meet both DA and Eric Idle together at a scifi book conference... Really miss him, too bad he passed away.

You are my new GOD. I try to write sci-fi and I dreamed of one day calling DA a contemporary. He is the reason that I became interested in reading at a fairly early age. (followed later by Stephen King)

Sngans

Sacred cows make the best hamburger....Mark Twain.

4.1k · August 18, 2003

quote:
Originally posted by blindleader:
Earlier in the thread, MissJenn remarked that she had never heard the radio series. That is a deprivation which should not be allowed to stand, so MissJenn, keep an eye out for TB http://www.geocaching.com/track/track_detail.asp?ID=37524.

Wahoo! It's on my Watch List now. This sure is good incentive to post a HitchHiker's cache near me ASAP!

And, dang, I was JUST in Seatle last week! You and I could have had a beer together and called it an Event Cache!

-- I've found 58% of the caches in the country! How are your numbers? ;-)

August 18, 2003

It figures a thread like this would only exist in the T-bug forum wich I never look at! Guess I'm not a hoopy frood. But I'll have to keep an eye on it now. I have had a few H2G2 ideas. Maybe someone can help since I so despise life.

I am moving along!

8.4k · August 18, 2003

Originally posted by Eeyore and Shadow:
I have had a few H2G2 ideas. Maybe someone can help since I so despise life.

Ummmm, I'd say that a cache on the Marvin theme would be right up your alley......

Sngans

Sacred cows make the best hamburger....Mark Twain.

August 22, 2003

Figures, I find an interesting thread and it up and dies. Maybe I shall go wash my head.

I am moving along!

4.1k · August 23, 2003

Eeyore,

Maybe some mattresses would like to hear you make a speech?

8.4k · August 26, 2003

Bumping this thread. I had to get it from my notifications page. It disappeared from the TB Forum?????

Sngans

Sacred cows make the best hamburger....Mark Twain.

August 29, 2003

quote:
Originally posted by Snoogans:
Yes! Please join the disorganized madness that is this thread....

Like the concept! That got me thinking, a bad habit but there we go.

Hmmm, following a rat down an aquaduct (or should that be a mouse?);

quote:
THE HHGTTG (p.123) ....

'Oh yes,'said Slartibartfast. 'Did you ever go to a place ... I think it was called Norway?'

'No,'said Arthur, 'no, I didn't.'

'Pity,' said Slartibartfast, 'that was one of mine. Won an award you know. Lovely crinkly edges. I was most upset to hear of its destruction'

Welcome to the *Slartibartfast Signature Series*

Another set for your HHGTTG TB's to bag

The cache must be in a location with evidence of current, recent or ancient glaciation, plenty of scope really.

http://www.ivygreen.ctc.edu/ids/102/Solutions02/Glacialfeaturesans.pdf

(2126KB)

The name would be something like *LOCATION NAME :: Slartibartfast Signature Series* ... possibly even a graphic for inclusion on the cache page?

quote:
THE RATEOTU (p.179) ....

'Norway,' said Arthur, 'Slartibartfast's signature in the glacier. Did you tell them?'

Any takers?

cheers Darren

4.1k · August 29, 2003

Darren,

I've actually been hoping and hoping that someone from Norway would join this thread! You give us non-Norwegians a good workaround, though....

-- I've found 58% of the caches in the country! How are your numbers? ;-)

August 29, 2003

AHHH the joys of electricity, after half a week witout it you really learn to appreciate it. And your favorite website. But I did have a lot of time to think about a cache in honor of my favorite HHGTTG character. Wowbagger the Infinitely Prolonged. What better to find in a cache than a personal insult? Maybe laminated so your insult will last longer than you.

Eeyore

I am moving along!

8.4k · August 29, 2003

quote:
Originally posted by The ELTHAM Mob:

quote:
Originally posted by Snoogans:
Yes! Please join the disorganized madness that is this thread....

Like the concept! That got me thinking, a bad habit but there we go.

Hmmm, following a rat down an aquaduct (or should that be a mouse?);

quote:
THE HHGTTG (p.123) ....

'Oh yes,'said Slartibartfast. 'Did you ever go to a place ... I think it was called Norway?'

'No,'said Arthur, 'no, I didn't.'

'Pity,' said Slartibartfast, 'that was one of mine. Won an award you know. Lovely crinkly edges. I was most upset to hear of its destruction'

Welcome to the *Slartibartfast Signature Series*

Another set for your HHGTTG TB's to bag

The cache must be in a location with evidence of current, recent or ancient glaciation, plenty of scope really.

http://www.ivygreen.ctc.edu/ids/102/Solutions02/Glacialfeaturesans.pdf

(2126KB)

The name would be something like *LOCATION NAME :: Slartibartfast Signature Series* ... possibly even a graphic for inclusion on the cache page?

quote:
THE RATEOTU (p.179) ....

'Norway,' said Arthur, 'Slartibartfast's signature in the glacier. Did you tell them?'

Any takers?

cheers Darren

Wayyyyyyyyyyyy KEWL!!!

Sngans

Sacred cows make the best hamburger....Mark Twain.

8.4k · August 29, 2003

quote:
Originally posted by Eeyore and Shadow:
AHHH the joys of electricity, after half a week witout it you really learn to appreciate it. And your favorite website. But I did have a lot of time to think about a cache in honor of my favorite HHGTTG character. Wowbagger the Infinitely Prolonged. What better to find in a cache than a personal insult? Maybe laminated so your insult will last longer than you.

Eeyore

I am moving along!

I like it! Wowbagger is a fav of mine too.

Sngans

Sacred cows make the best hamburger....Mark Twain.

September 5, 2003

I really miss this thread, what happened to all it's interest?

I'm working on a Make Your Own Event Cache, where you list an event, and meet at my main cache, and it contains several tags with coordinates to seperate unpublished cache locations near-by.

With several teams participating, you will have time to get to know each other, as several teams may have to wait for a needed tag to complete the series, or group up together. These would be non-trading caches with little comemoritave books, and each of the satillite caches would contain a stamper to stamp the pages

THHGTTG Series would make a great theme for this idea.

What do you think?

September 6, 2003

Well I for one refuse to give up on this thread this easily. Does anyone know of any where I can get some CHEAP Self Inking Stampers that would have any similarity to THHGTTG Books. please let me know team_kilroy@yahoo.com Thanks Andy

4.1k · September 7, 2003

quote:
Originally posted by Eeyore and Shadow:
What better to find in a cache than a personal insult? Maybe laminated so your insult will last longer than you.

I'd surely come for my own personal insult! Would we all have to arrive in alphabetical order?

-- I've found 58% of the caches in the country! How are your numbers? ;-)

8.4k · October 24, 2003

Bump,

Is anyone at all still interested in this? I'm still doing the caches regardless of participation. I have a few more that are almost ready for placement.

I thought that this idea would really take-off.

Sngans

If you are not failing now and again, it's a sign you're playing it safe. - Woody Allen

3.8k · October 26, 2003

I have dibs on a digital watch TB. It will go out this week. Anyone have a cache for the Resturant at the end of the universe for a goal.

4.1k · October 28, 2003

quote:
Originally posted by Snoogans:
I thought that this idea would really take-off.

I'm still interested.

I think we are waiting for the rules of the game...

-- Do you think lobsters look good on telephones?

October 28, 2003

Has anyone got a somewhat complete (or even slighty accurate) listing of all the hitchhiker cacahes out there? I am kicking around a couple ideas for this theme up here in the great northwest and I would like to know if there are any others up here and/or if my ideas have been done yet.

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* Remember... Only you can pervert forest faeries... *

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**Namaste**

8.4k · October 28, 2003

quote:
Originally posted by bazzle:
Has anyone got a somewhat complete (or even slighty accurate) listing of all the hitchhiker cacahes out there? I am kicking around a couple ideas for this theme up here in the great northwest and I would like to know if there are any others up here and/or if my ideas have been done yet.

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* Remember... Only you can pervert forest faeries... *

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**Namaste**

http://www.pdxgeocaching.com

That's part of the reason that I started this thread. Getting DA related caches listed here to start a network.

Miss Jenn, There would be several games based on stat data for game pieces. That way anyone could join the game(s) at any time. It should be chaotic like the books.

As yet the network listed here is too small to be really fun. There should be caches in other countries and in as many states as possible.

Lastly, I don't want to RUN anything. DA's work has a life of it's own. This game should too. I have been out of the activity for reasons beyond my control. I'm getting back in slowly.

More THGTTG caches are on the way!

Sngans

If you are not failing now and again, it's a sign you're playing it safe. - Woody Allen

October 29, 2003

So I take it that is a no Snoogans? Or have you complied a list from the data contained within this thread?

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* Remember... Only you can pervert forest faeries... *

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**Namaste**

4.1k · October 31, 2003

quote:
Originally posted by bazzle:
Has anyone got a somewhat complete (or even slighty accurate) listing of all the hitchhiker cacahes out there?

This thread is the list.

-- Do you think lobsters look good on telephones?

October 31, 2003

Well a partitial list at least

I was rather hoping someone had complied the cache info on a page someplace so that one can see them with sifting through the other conversations in this thread. Since that does not appear to be the case yet, look for it soon .

This thread is a good start, but rather cumbersome for someone simply wanting cache listings. So I will put it together and post a link here. If anyone has a cache they would like to have on the list, and it is not contained within this thread, email the info to me and I will include it on the page.

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* Remember... Only you can pervert forest faeries... *

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Official H2G2 Researcher #248886 www.pdxgeocaching.com

**Namaste**

8.4k · December 9, 2003

Just giving a bump.

I still have more caches to place for this network.

Anyone else....?

Sn gans

December 9, 2003

I have a cache that I started up a week or so ago. I did it all on my own without ever seeing this thread. It's not exactly THGTTG but the theme is really close. If you all want to use it please feel free.

The Night Sky (Central Georgia)

8.4k · December 30, 2003

I have a cache that I started up a week or so ago. I did it all on my own without ever seeing this thread. It's not exactly THGTTG but the theme is really close. If you all want to use it please feel free.

The Night Sky (Central Georgia)

I thought it would contain at least some Hitchhiker's Guide references. I didn't see any....?

Sn :blink: gans

4.1k · January 2, 2004

I was rather hoping someone had complied the cache info on a page someplace so that one can see them with sifting through the other conversations in this thread. Since that does not appear to be the case yet, look for it soon

Bazzle,

is it soon yet???

:unsure:

The next cache I set out will hopefully be a HGTTG themed cache.... if I can work out the details. The forces of the Heart Of Gold's improbability field need to be at work in order for it to work.

January 2, 2004

Actually I have rather let this slip. Been working on research for a new challenge cache in my area for this spring. It is the type of cache that needs several scouting missions and thorough planning as there are no trails and no clear easy route to the location. It sure is great to live in an area where caches like this can exist :unsure:

I do not know if/when I will actually get a HGTTG cache designed. But if I do, maybe then I will work up that list...

4.1k · January 2, 2004

4.1k · February 1, 2004

I heard something cool on NPR this morning:

'Hitchhiker,' a Guide to Douglas Adams

A New Biography of the Science Fiction Series Creator

February 2, 2004

:mad: I can't believe I've just now stumbled into this thread.(Thank god I've got my towel) I am a huge fan of The Douglas Adams books. I originally read The Hitchhiker's Guide in 1983 when I was hitchhiking across the USA,and have been a huge fan ever since. Go here for a somewhat complete, almost done, not quite finished listing of caches and TB's associated with this thread:

THHGTTG

All the info is being compiled from info obtained in this thread. I have only compiled the info posted on page 1, will work on page 2 tommorow or the next day!

Edited February 2, 2004 by programmer64

February 2, 2004

I have recently placed the following caches with local family members who are new geocachers:
7/18/2003 Young Zaphod Plays It Safe

7/18/2003 Crash site of the Golgafrinchan "B" Ark:

7/18/2003 The Salmon of Doubt

7/16/2003 The FrogStar (West)

7/14/2003 Veet Voojagig's Ballpoint Planet: Wormhole #1

Links would be nice!

Edited February 2, 2004 by programmer64

February 3, 2004

DON'T PANIC

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There is a thread in the TB forum associated with the douglas adams books from the Hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy series.

Hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy cache game

I would really like to see discussed here,as it pertains more to the whole sport than just Bugs. It might get a little more action. It is an old thread started last year that seems to have died off. Is anyone really still interested? I have compiled all the caches and TB's I could find related to this theme, you can find them here:Hitchhikers guide page

I would love to generate some interest.

Edited February 3, 2004 by programmer64

9.4k · February 3, 2004

I would love to place a Hitchhiker-themed cache, but I don't want to duplicate someone else's cache. I'll check out your list and see what I can do, as long as you get rid of the yellow text or change the background!

Edited February 3, 2004 by Team GPSaxophone

8.4k · February 3, 2004

Not many people were interested in my HGTTG thread. It is in the whining and unrealistic expectation forum. Ummm, I mean the TB forum.

This is probably a better place to get some action.

Sn gans

1.3k · February 3, 2004

You ought to make a trip to Baton Rouge LA and pick op one of Bast of Trall's sig items, a little green bugblatter.

4.1k · February 3, 2004

Earlier in the thread, MissJenn remarked that she had never heard the radio series. That is a deprivation which should not be allowed to stand, so MissJenn, keep an eye out for TB Don't Panic. It’s somewhere in Texas right now, just having been checked into a series of HHG themed caches there. Perhaps an appropriate new cache in PA might attract the TB to MissJenn’s area.

I kept an eye out and now my ears have fallen upon good fortune: The TB has successfully found me!

9.4k · February 3, 2004

I can't believe I've just now stumbled into this thread.(Thank god I've got my towel) I am a huge fan of The Douglas Adams books. I originally read The Hitchhiker's Guide in 1983 when I was hitchhiking across the USA,and have been a huge fan ever since. Go here for a somewhat complete, almost done, not quite finished listing of caches and TB's associated with this thread:

THHGTTG

All the info is being compiled from info obtained in this thread. I have only compiled the info posted on page 1, will work on page 2 tommorow or the next day!

There's a link there to the old text game! I used to play that on my Commodore 64!

A Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Cache Game

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