Welcome to
the third Greater Edmonton CAR Event:
Cache and Release
Winter 2008
Ammo Can
Edition
(CARW for
short). This is a winter second
edition of the successful first annual CAR2006 event organized by
Shearzone, and first annual CARW2007
event organized by KappaAlpha
Team This event
involves hiding caches during the time leading up to the CARW
event, finding the CARW caches over the designated 24 hour period
and then meeting-up to swap CARW stories.
The
Hides: Hide one or more caches
between now and Monday March
3rd. We want to hide them early to give the reviewer
enough time to approve the listings. All CARW caches should include
a note to the reviewer stating that this is a cache for the
CARW2008 event. Please include CARW2008 at the end of the
title (e.g. My Cool Cache - CARW2008) to facilitate searches by
keyword. Once approved, these CARW caches should not be sought out
until 5:30
pm,
Friday March 7th. The hides must be within (no further than)
a 50 km radius of the posted coordinates, which are N53 31.277 W113
30.735.
Note on cache type and
size: There’s a different twist
for this event. All caches must be an AMMO CAN and must be winter
friendly. They do not necessarily have to be in spruce trees.
I have 105
mint condition ammo cans to give out. I have 75 of the smaller
ones, 20 of the med sized ones and 10 of the larger ones.
Please send me a personal
message to reserve some ammo cans as they’ll be gone
quick. I'll be
attending both the Edmonton
and
St.
Albert January
meetings to hand out cans for the event. If you’re unable to make
the meetings and would like some ammo cans please let me know and
we can arrange something.
The
Finds:As of
5:30
pmFriday
March 7th, all CARW caches
become fair game to find. At that time, geocachers are free to hunt down as many CARW
caches as they can until we meet at the event (24 hours
later).
During the 24
hours of the CARW event, we ask that all geocachers also write the exact time in the
logbooks for their log entries. This makes it a lot more
interesting to know how close or far you are to other
cachers.
The
Event:At
5:30
pmSaturday
March 8th,
we will
meet at the posted coordinates which is
Plato's Pizza Steak & Spaghetti House,
8514 109 Street NW,
Edmonton.
Please post a ‘will attend’ if you intend on appearing at the
restaurant and how many will be accompanying you so we can make
reservations. The place is kid-friendly, so be sure to bring your
side-kicks too!
Parking:
Parking is
available in the front and in the back of the
restaurant.
Prizes
/
Recognition: Prizes / Recognition will be
given at the event for the following:
Best Hide
Most Finds
Most FTFs
Best Story
Worst Mishap
Most Difficult
Best Swag
Most Geographically
Dispersed
Furthest from posted
Co-Ords
Most Hides
(We are
looking for prize donations – please contact me if you have any
suggestions)
Post
Event:
All CARW caches
should be made permanent for all to find at their leisure following
the event. Everyone is welcome to participate in this event in any
way. For example, you don't have to hide a cache to find caches, or
you can hide a cache even if you will be away that weekend. Or, you
can just show up at the restaurant to say hi and have a bite. If
you cannot participate but would to hide some caches for the event
feel free to do so. We need enough hides to make this event a
success.
If you have
any questions, comments or ideas to add to this event, feel free to
post them or send them our way. Thanks again to Shearzone and KappaAlpha Team for bringing this idea to
the Edmonton
area with
the successful first annual CAR2006 and the first ever CARW
2007 event last year.