+Ca_Ghost Posted February 20, 2011 Share Posted February 20, 2011 Curious if anyone has ever put on a geocaching contest mixed with rally style racing? Would be very cool to do something like this. Get a bunch of people together and have a huge race Where each team must find say color coded travel bugs before crossing the finish line. Quote Link to comment
+Mom-n-Andy Posted February 20, 2011 Share Posted February 20, 2011 Curious if anyone has ever put on a geocaching contest mixed with rally style racing? Would be very cool to do something like this. Get a bunch of people together and have a huge race Where each team must find say color coded travel bugs before crossing the finish line. Sounds kind of like orienteering. but with gps. Quote Link to comment
+niraD Posted February 21, 2011 Share Posted February 21, 2011 You mean like this? http://coord.info/GC2NRD3 Quote Link to comment
+Ca_Ghost Posted February 21, 2011 Author Share Posted February 21, 2011 (edited) You mean like this? http://coord.info/GC2NRD3 That is exactly what I mean! Now if I wasn't going to a wedding that day I'd be all over that. Need to find another one lol Thanks! Edited February 21, 2011 by Ca_Ghost Quote Link to comment
+ocklawahaboy Posted February 21, 2011 Share Posted February 21, 2011 Another one is http://coord.info/GC2M4HX You all fan out and have to bring back fake moonshine jugs. They even have the local deputies in on it. Quote Link to comment
+TXHooligans Posted February 21, 2011 Share Posted February 21, 2011 i can imagine being in a 4 wheel drift around a corner only to smack into the cacher in front of me.. but it'd be GREAT!!! Quote Link to comment
+GeoGeeBee Posted February 21, 2011 Share Posted February 21, 2011 i can imagine being in a 4 wheel drift around a corner only to smack into the cacher in front of me.. but it'd be GREAT!!! Road rallies don't work that way. But it would be GREAT, though!!!! Quote Link to comment
+Team_FussyPants Posted February 21, 2011 Share Posted February 21, 2011 (edited) Great Basin Eastern Sierra Geocachers holds a geocaching rally each year in Northern Nevada: http://coord.info/GC26WZG Although its considered more of a navigational rally that a "race" style rally. Any time you have an event where speed is required or encouraged, your insurance and liability for the event skyrockets, so keep that in mind if you're thinking of putting something together. Even if you are putting together something informal you never know what may happen when people get competitive and start going faster than they should. I've grown up around racing and worked in the professional racing industry for a few years, so I've seen what happens when things go wrong. We have both a on road and off road division to our rallies, offering people a choice if they dont have an off road capable vehicle. Competitors are given a list of waypoints/caches and must find them in a alotted time, with time penalties for going too slow and too fast, but the penalties for going to fast are much greater than going too slow, so it encourages safer driving. There are also challenges that each team must complete along the way that add/subtract to their overall score. We've been doing this for a few years and its a great time! We end up with about 15 teams in each division. We usually kick off with a night cache on friday night, the competition on saturday, and an awards banquet on saturday evening. Edited February 21, 2011 by altered7151 Quote Link to comment
+EttaKrewe Posted March 25, 2011 Share Posted March 25, 2011 We hosted a GeoRace this past weekend and it turned out to be a lot of fun. http://coord.info/GC2MNKM http://sites.google.com/site/circlecitysocial/ We had a great response and plan on doing this again next year. Looking for ideas for challenges for next year. Any input would be helpful. Thanks, EttaKrewe Quote Link to comment
+Walts Hunting Posted March 26, 2011 Share Posted March 26, 2011 (edited) i can imagine being in a 4 wheel drift around a corner only to smack into the cacher in front of me.. but it'd be GREAT!!! That's more like a regular event after everyone gets the files and heads out. Hi Ca_Ghost. I used to love coming out to Manteca from the Bay Area to the lake and water sports area. That's the only place I have ever seen the pulley operated water skiing hookup. It was cool. Edited March 26, 2011 by Walts Hunting Quote Link to comment
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