+The Blorenges Posted July 26, 2012 Posted July 26, 2012 OK, so we've got a nice Geolymix Souvenir as well However... The Geolympix Mega: Oxford 2012 held its first annual event at Oxford Town Hall in Oxford, UK. Annual?? Mark Thanks for pointing out the souvenir - I hadn't noticed it! "Annual", eh? MrsB Quote
+Dogfort Posted July 26, 2012 Posted July 26, 2012 Im sure I read on the website that the Geolympix will travel around like the real Olympics going country to country Quote
+Griff Grof Posted July 26, 2012 Posted July 26, 2012 Yes dogfort, I believe it will be held annually in a different country every year (or four years) depending on what Groundspeak think about the concept, having now seen one and how it operates. I would like to extend and my gratitude and thanks to Paul and the rest of the team for all their hard work - best event I've been to yet Quote
+Grizzly Pair Posted July 26, 2012 Posted July 26, 2012 We had a great time from the mad flashmob at 08:00 to the evening CITO where we cleaned up one of the cleanest parks in the country and accomplished the 11/11 challenge, with lots of caching as we criss-crossed Oxford in-between. Many thanks Paul and everyone who organised the day Quote
+Simply Paul Posted July 27, 2012 Author Posted July 27, 2012 OK, so we've got a nice Geolymix Souvenir as well However... The Geolympix Mega: Oxford 2012 held its first annual event at Oxford Town Hall in Oxford, UK. Annual?? Mark Groundspeak must know something we don't, lol! I've no current plans to run another, fun though it was, but as Griff Grof (lovely to meet you, young sir) says, we're hoping Groundspeak will take the concept, which we first profered in September 2012, forward. They'd said they wanted to see one in action and since Bryan attended, they've done that first-hand now. I'm working on a list of criteria for Groundspeak too, outlining in more depth what makes a 'Geolympix' (or whatever they may choose to call the events) and explaining why we believe the time is right for an International annual event, with its own icon, which addresses some of the US-centric perception of caching by roving the globe and giving people a reason to visit somewhere they might not otherwise go, in the true spirit of caching. Without getting evangelical, the first Mega was in 2005; seven years ago. The game is ten-time or more bigger now. While an Event might be regarded as a local thing, bringing cachers 40 miles on average, and a Mega might be a national event with a 400 mile draw, there should be another step up - an international event with a 4000+ mile appeal. That's the Geolympix Dream --- Regarding the event itself, the sun came out at the start of the programme and vanished at the end (clearly a sign!) and it seems everyone had a great time with our various challenges, events, games and assorted Geo-stuff. My heartfelt thanks to everyone who had faith in the organising team to pre-register, post a Will Attend, visit, take part in the 11-in-11 challenge and/or FTFrenzy, buy a Geocoin or two, invest in one of our funky T-shirts or hoodies, play a game or take part in the Raffle. Thanks too to everyone who helped on the day - a long list, who will be rewarded for all their amazing efforts! - and our exhibitors who made Oxford Town Hall a must-be spot. Also massive thanks to Graculus and Long Man for their Reviewer Q&A session, all others who gave talks, our supportive sponsors (see list on our website. All good eggs) and so on. I don't want to be cut off like Adele but thanks for the thanks folks and I- Quote
BOBBLES WORLD TOUR Posted July 27, 2012 Posted July 27, 2012 I rather fancy a trip to Rio in 2016. Slightly more exotic than Oxford. Quote
+Simply Paul Posted July 27, 2012 Author Posted July 27, 2012 How would you know? Your name's not on the Geolympix logbook; I checked I'm hearing on the Facebook Forum that Bryan and Groundspeak are looking at Giga events (2,500+ cachers) which wouldn't include ours, but he's also keen to revisit the Geolympix Global Roving Event idea, so we may have news before too long. If we're the first, the 11 in 11 challenge still worked Quote
+Delta68 Posted July 27, 2012 Posted July 27, 2012 Geolypix Rio 2016 eh? A.P.E. Country! Anyone for 12 icons? Mark Quote
+keehotee Posted July 27, 2012 Posted July 27, 2012 ...... we're hoping Groundspeak will take the concept, which we first profered in September 2012, forward. Simply Who, perchance??? Quote
+Griff Grof Posted July 27, 2012 Posted July 27, 2012 Geolypix Rio 2016 eh? A.P.E. Country! Anyone for 12 icons? Mark Yes! I was talking about this with walktall, one of the side events could be a group hike to the APE cache Better wait and see what Groundspeak say before getting any more ideas though Quote
+Delta68 Posted July 27, 2012 Posted July 27, 2012 I think the 'world' record is actually 15 in a day (That might have been with a bit of unlocking-a-locationless cheating though) Mark Quote
+Simply Paul Posted July 29, 2012 Author Posted July 29, 2012 ...... we're hoping Groundspeak will take the concept, which we first profered in September 2012, forward.Simply Who, perchance???Thanks for that Typo-Spot. I did mean 2010. It'd been a busy week Brazil's A.P.E cache being 'not far' from the 2016 Olympics might get some more cachers out there. Not sure where the closest webcam cache is though Quote
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