[Introduction]
Hello, I am Professor Gustov. You may know me as being the official mascot of GHAGAFAP which is Canada's longest running annual event. Welcome to another one of my classes on geocache puzzle solving and more. Within my class you will learn some very valuable puzzle solving skills. As always I will present you with a puzzle that you may find to be part of an Unknown geocache type. I will work with you to help guide you in solving the puzzle so that at the end of this session you will have all the information needed to obtain the coordinates of the geocache.
[Fluff Stuff]
GHAGAFAP is one of the most popular events in Ontario. 2014 will be it's 13th year and it is also the longest running annual geocaching event in Canada and 5th longest in the world. GHAGAFAP has always focused on the fun and social aspect of geocaching. People walk away at the end of the day with a smile on their face in addition to having made new caching friends.
[Puzzle]
Today I will be quizzing you about GHAGAFAP events of the past. If you get a perfect score then you will have figured out the coordinates for this geocache. Lets get started:
A) The only GHAGAFAP that was not held in September.
B) This GHAGAFAP marked the 3rd year at Rockwood Conservation Area.
C) The set of the film Camp Rock 2 was prominently located here during this GHAGAFAP.
D) This GHAGAFAP's event tshirt featured an octopus.
E) This is the GHAGAFAP where the H was added to GAGAFAP, changing Guelph to Golden Horseshoe.
F) This is the first GHAGAFAP that had event tshirts available for attendees.
G) The first GHAGAFAP that was held at Valens Conservation Area.
H) The first GHAGAFAP that was held at beautiful Rockwood Conservation Area.
The cache can be found at N43° AB.CDE W79° F0.G0H
[Lesson in Solving]
The purpose of this lesson is to answer some questions about past GHAGAFAPs. Most of the answers you should be able to find on the History and Museum pages of the GHAGAFAP web site.
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[Gustov's Geocaching Tip]
When creating a multi stage cache, make it clear what the next stage is. Don't send people on a wild goose chase only to have them find nothing at the coordinates or be told that it is a decoy and they need to return to the previous stage. A common thing people do is write coordinates on a card, and when the cacher finds this, they obviously think it is the next stage. However in some cases there may also be hidden coordinates written on the same card, but in UV ink or some other hidden method. Even if the cacher discovers the hidden coordinates, they have no way of knowing which coordinates are right and have a 50/50 chance only of picking the right one. There are even some caches where the owner had made the hidden coordinates the incorrect ones and the displayed coordinates the correct ones knowing that people will look for the hidden coordinates based on attributes such as UV on the cache listing. Nothing wrong with getting cachers to think about the next location that they have to go to, but there should be something to indicate which set of coordinates that are given are correct. In the end you want your cache to be straight forward and have the cacher leave with a smile on their face and not leave in frustration because they were sent on a wild goose chase. |