Encourage people to vote by sending
them to http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/7BCSS3H
to vote for their favorite RACECAR caches by putting this link at
the top of your cache listings. Voting will continue until late
July or Early August.
Please log this cache as "Will Attend" if you are planning on
coming to the Windup Party so we can get an idea of numbers
Upcoming Deadlines
Important
Dates
| April 17 |
CACHE FINDING STARTS AT
00:01! |
| April 20 |
Since it is not fair to expect the organziers to buy all the
prizes for the event, we ask that every geocaching name bring a
prize that they would like to win. Please drop off your prize
(attach a note with your geocaching name on it) by this date to one
of the Additional Waypoints. People from out of town may write a
note in their Will Attend and bring their prize with them to the
windup. The more prizes that we get, the
better the awards ceremony. People who do not bring a
prize will not be eligible to win a prize, but are still very
welcome to come, have fun, and log an "Attended". |
| April 24 |
CACHE FINDING ENDS at
18:00
- Submit your log of all the caches you found, either with the
Excel
Spreadsheet (emailed to
Geldhart),
- Or you can print off and fill in the PDF on paper.
- Paper entries can be dropped off at any of the "Additional
Waypoints".
- Make sure your entries are emailed or dropped off by 21:00 to
be eligible for prizes based on the caches you found.
- VOTE for your favorite caches online. The link will be released
after all the caches are published.
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| April 25 |
At 17:30 we all converge at the Trillium's house for a massive
wind up party, complete with food, prizes, coins, and fun. Bring a
side dish or dessert, along with the beverages (adult or otherwise)
that you wish to drink. Bring lawn chairs and your trackables. In
your Will Attend log, please give us an idea of how many are coming
to the party. |
Find
Caches
You can start searching for
caches April 17 at 00:01 (aka 12:01 AM)
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Log all your finds both on geocaching.com and on the RACECAR log
sheet. You may either fill out the Excel version and
email it
to the Event Planner or print off a copy (or two or three)
of the PDF
and drop it off at one of the Additional Waypoints.
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The RACECAR logs require that you fill in the time you found the
cache. Use the 24hr clock (eg 19:42 for 7:42PM), and use the time
on your GPSr. Also, make sure you also log all your DNFs, as there
are prizes for caches that generate DNFs, along with a prize for
the best DNF log.
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To make Project RACECAR as family friendly, and worker friendly
as possible we are planning for a weeks worth of caching. With over
50,000 square kilometers of Saskatchewan prairie to search, we will
need it.
The official end to RACECAR
cache finding is April 24th at 18:00.
If you wish to be considered for prizes at the
Windup, please turn in your log sheet no later than April 24th at
21:00, either by email or dropping off your paper at one of the
waypoints below.
When you are not caching, browse through the logs and consider
which cachers and caches will deserve your votes. The ballots will
be available later.
Logs after this date won't be used for RACECAR
purposes
Hide
Caches
The first step in any Cache and Release event
is to release new, permanent caches, into the area for everyone to
find. Even after the event is over and forgotten, it's legacy will
be in the new and creative caches left behind.
The deadline for submitting RACECAR2010 caches has now passed.
The caches will be published on April 16th, and finding will begin
on April 17th.
As a reminder the following types of hides are not permitted as
RACECAR2010 caches
- RACECAR does not allow caches in Lamp Post Skirts
- Other than the CITO event, no other events can be official
RACECAR caches.
- Evergreen trees with Micros and Nanos cannot be used for
RACECAR. Small, Regular and Large caches may use evergreen trees.
If you use a bison tube to hold the logbook,
and that bison tube is attached to, or inside of, a larger
container, base your size judgement on the larger
container.
- All other rules for placing caches apply, including getting permission from land owners when
necessary.
Scoring Points
- Cache owners will score their own caches on the honour system
and submit their entries to the event hosts no later than April
13th. See Important dates for the entry forms.
- Be unique, if only a single cache uses one of the elements on
the list, that is worth a prize right there.
- Telling how your cache scored its points in your cache listing
is completely optional. We understand that the element of surprise
can make for great caches.
Point
Scoring Grid
A printable copy of
this list can be found here.
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CACHE TYPES
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CACHE CONTAINERS
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LOG BOOKS
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Earthcache
(3)
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Letterbox
(1)
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Wherigo
(5)
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Container is either a re-used,
re-covered, or re-cycled container (1)
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Container is homemade
(3)
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Container made of plumbing
parts (1)
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Container is made of all
natural materials - no metal, no plastic (except for fasteners like
nails or screws). (1)
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Container is completely "soft"
but still a good container (2)
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Ammo Can
(1)
- Container is 1 cubic meter (36
cubic feet) in volume or larger (4)
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Nontraditional logbook (logbook
is not just a book or sheet of paper). (1)
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Accessing the logbook requires
more than just finding the cache (1). This would HAVE to be a
Puzzle cache. A simple example is the use of a combination lock
where the combination is not clearly written out in the cache
description.
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Supplied writing tool is
homemade (2)
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THE HIDE
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THE CAMMO
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CACHE DESCRIPTION
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Cache is more than 10km away
from its closest neighbour (at the time of publishing)
(1)
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Ammo can or bigger within 5
meters of a paved road (2)
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Cache is Difficulty 5 OR
Terrain 5 (1)
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Cache is a 5/5
(3)
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Cache can be found, retrieved,
and the log signed by someone in a wheelchair, and also has a
Difficulty of 3 or higher (2)
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The tallest item within 10
meters of the cache is shorter than 20 cm
(1)
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The cache is more than 5 meters
above the ground (2)
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Night cache
(3)
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Nano cache in the woods, but
has a difficulty of 2 or less (1)
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Large sized cache in an urban
area (2)
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Cache requires special tools or
equipment (1)
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Cache uses a permanent cammo
material other than tape or the container itself
(1)
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Cache container, if you know
what you are looking for, can be seen from a distance of 20 meters
(aka hiding in plain sight) (3)
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Cache container is ammo can
sized or bigger, is brightly coloured, and hidden in an urban area
(Anti-cammo) (3)
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Cache description is a poem
(1)
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Puzzle cache with no words
other than the title and the "Do Not Search until April 17" message
(You may include an E-vince link or other
solution checker and/or a permission statement as long as they
don't contain any clues to help solve the puzzle.)
(2)
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Written in a real language
other than English (1)
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Including the title, short
description, long description, and hint the cache owner uses
EXACTLY 100 words. (1)
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Cache owner includes clear
permission and contact information from the landowner in the cache
description. (3)
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CACHE THEMES
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CACHE ATTRIBUTES
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OTHER CACHE ELEMENTS
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Racing Themed
Cache(1)
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Cars Themed Cache
(1)
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Explosion Themed Cache
(1)
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Cache takes you on a guided
tour of an area (2)
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Cache teaches you how to use a
feature on your GPSr other than projection
(2)
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Cache contains a history,
language, literature, music, or art lesson
(1)
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A non-Earth Cache contains a
Mathematics, Physics, Biology, Geology, or Meteorology lesson
(1)
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Cache commemorates an event in
your own (or a family member's or a friend's) life.
(1)
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Cache is a tribute to a person,
living or dead, famous or not famous. (1)
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Cache relates to your job
(1)
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Cache relates to a
non-geocaching hobby (1)
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Kid-Friendly
(1)
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Swimming or Wading
(1)
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Public Transportation
(1)
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Significant hike or Climb
(1)
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Winter Friendly (1) or Cache is
EASIER in the Winter (3)
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Scenic View
(3)
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Cacher hides
their very first geocache! (10)
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Cache requires a projection
(1)
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Cache uses a coordinate system
other than dd mm.mmm (1)
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Cache is entirely created and
hidden by someone 19 years old or younger (3) (An adult can help
with the publishing part and transportation to the hide
site)
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Cache is part of a new or
existing series by the same cache owner
(1)
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New Challenge Cache that can be
completed in a week, even starting from scratch. Not a sequel of an
current Saskatchewan Challenge Cache (1)
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Party On!
The RACECAR windup party will be held at Trilliums house. The
Trilliums will be supplying the hotdogs, buns, condiments, cutlery,
and cups. Bring a side dish or dessert, along with your lawn chairs
and beverages. Of course, bringing your geocoins and trackables is
expected.
Get Prizes
Since it is not fair to expect the event organizers to purchase
all the prizes for the windup, we are asking everyone to bring a
prize for the windup (1 per geocaching name).
-
Your prize should be the kind of item that you would like to
win
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Drop off your prize (with your geocaching name attached) at one
of the waypoints below by April 20.
-
If you are coming from out of town, you may leave a note in your
Will Attend log, and bring your prize with you to the windup.
-
If you cannot, or do not, bring a prize you are still very
welcome to come to the event (and log it as "Attended") but will
not be eligible to win a prize.
-
The more prizes we have, the better the awards ceremony
Initial Prize
List
This is not a full list, but consider it a tasty treat of what
is to come. Some prizes will be secret, and not announced until the
Windup. Prizes in Red will have an award
for the Overall winner, and another prize for the top Rookie (5 or
fewer hides, or 30 or fewer finds).
| Awarded to Cache Hiders |
Awarded to Caches |
Awarded to Cache Finders |
- Highest Point Total for a Cache
Hider
- Higest Pointers per Cache (3 Hide
Minimum)
- Most Hides
- Best Photograph in a cache listing
- All Rookie Cachers with at least one hide
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- Highest Point Total for a Single
Cache
- Best Cache (as voted)
- Most Creative Container (as
voted)
- Best Swag
- Loneliest Cache (By distance to other RACECAR hides)
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- First FTF
- Last FTF
- First DNF
- Pary attendee furthest from home
- Last Find
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Don't forget to log a "Will Attend" with the number of people in
your party to allow us to plan the party.
You may log an "Attended"
after the Wind-Up party if you hide a RACECAR cache, find a RACECAR
cache, or come to the party.
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| Thanks to Nezgar and Vana for the design of the
official logo, and Kosdav for the RACECAR illustration |