THE
SERIES:
This is the seventh
cache in an ongoing series that will spark a friendly competition
amongst cachers across the entire GOWT region. The basic idea is
patterned on the First To Find Championship series of caches,
which has enjoyed a successful three-year run in the Houston
area, and which is now up to the 52nd cache in the
series.
The premise is pretty
straightforward: the first finder of this cache can take this
custom-engraved FTF All Star travel bug trophy with them to enjoy
for awhile — snapping pictures and gloating a bit along the way, I
would imagine.
There are no requirements to hunt or log this cache. If
you WANT to participate in the continuation of this series, you MAY
do the following:
- Within 30 days, the
FTF cacher can, if they are so inclined, hide a new cache, title it
"FTF All Star #8," and place the trophy inside for the next lucky
FTF cacher to enjoy. If not, you can place the TB anywhere in the
GOWT area for others to find.
- The series is
centered within a 100 mile radius of Jackson, Tennessee, which
seems like a reasonable distance that will cover most of the area
catered to by the Geocachers of West Tennessee organization.
- The hider can mention
the series in the cache description. Feel free to cut-and-paste the
text from this description, if you'd like. If you need help with
inserting hyperlinks and photos into your cache description,
contact me and I'll be glad to help.
- Follow the normal
travel bug rules by retrieving the FTF All Star trophy from this
cache and dropping it into the inventory of your new cache hide
(the travel bug tracking number is affixed to the bottom of the
trophy). And while it's permissible to carry the trophy to events,
and to otherwise show it off before moving it along to your new
cache hide, nobody but the actual FTF finders should log the travel
bug. The travel bug page will thus
serve as a handy record of everyone who has nabbed FTF on one or
more of the caches in the series.
- Have fun and be
creative on your new hide IF you choose to join the
series!
Whoever grabs the
trophy next time around will do likewise, and so on ad infinitum.
The trophy is six inches tall, so it should fit in most
regular-size cache containers, including small ammo cans and medium
or larger Lock-n-Locks.
The same person can
grab the trophy more than once, of course, but hopefully the series
will encourage some of the newer cachers to join the excitement of
the FTF hunt. And while there are no restrictions on the type or
difficulty of each new hide, if the Houston-area series is any
indication there will likely be a good percentage of challenging
puzzles and multicaches in the mix, with each new hider trying to
come up with some off-the-wall twist to stump their fellow
cachers.
THE
CACHE:
You are looking for a
Lock&Lock containing a log book, some trade items and, of
course, the trophy TB for FTF.
