Nyc 5 Boroughs Amazing Race

[avroair]

I was thinking of planning a brunch event at a diner and then have a team treasure hunt race throught the 5 boroughs.

 

With a couple of rules:

1. only one mode of transportation can be used between boroughs. (manhatten to brooklyn on a subway, you would then have to use different transporation such as a ferry or car to get out of Brooklyn).

 

2. Everyone would start from the same spot.

 

Or it could be done in amazing race style with people using different methods of transport and the last group disqualified.

 

Any thoughts?

[+dhenninger]

Sounds cool! I would do it.

 

maybe public transportation only.

Do you take your car to the first cache and then hope you can get back there?

 

Dave

[magellan315]

Perhaps you could do it so the race ends and begins in the same general locale. Start at Central Park at one location and have the finish line someplace else within Central Park.

[avroair]

The central park to central park is a good idea. I would probably give each team coordinates to all 5 caches and have them go in whatever direction they wanted first. There would be some guidelines like:

* team has to stay together at all times, no spliting up.

* I could even have verification at each stage

[+Squealy]

Staten Island is a nightmare - you are going to need to think long and hard about when - considering traffic, etc.

 

But I guess I'm game.

[+splicingdan]

Staten Island is a nightmare

 

Yes it is.

Please stay away.

[+splicingdan]

Sounds like Geocaching is turning into Adventure Racing (which isn't a bad thing).

 

Here's a link to a race, who's course went through the 5 boros last year:

The Wild Onion

 

And my club - NYARA

 

Maybe you can get some ideas from them.