CARW2017
Score Cards are available here; http://www.twilc.ca/carw/download.htm last updated March 1, 2017.
Online voting is open! Click here; https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/D73BK86 Website is CASE sensitive.
What is CARW2017?
CARW= Cache And Release Winter. It is a winter gathering of geocachers from all over Edmonton, the province of Alberta, some geocachers travel from other parts of Canada and the world to attend our local Geocaching weekend long cache finding spree. This year the weather went from +10'C on Friday March 3, to -18'C overnight on Sunday March 5, 2017. CARW began in 2007, making this year the 10th Anniversary year!
What do you do on this CARW weekend?
Before the weekend; On Thursday March 2nd in the evening about 6pm, the volunteer reviewers will publish the CARW2017 geocaches. You create a pocket query from the bookmark list of geocaches that the volunteer event organizers make, or download from our website. http://www.twilc.ca/carw/index.htm
There’s a Camrose and Area CARW publishing event Thursday March 2, (GC6T5HQ).
There's also a CARW2017 Tourist Trap Solving (Whitecourt Edition) event Thursday March 2, (GC70K7Y).
A Camrose and Area puzzle solving lunchtime event, Friday March 3, (GC6VWK3).
There's also a CARW2017 - Boardgame and Release Winter event, Friday March 3, (GC70F9Z).
Attend the CARW kickoff, a chilli cook off supper event Friday March 3, 2017 (GC6XFXR).
Then from 9am Saturday March 4 to 230pm Sunday March 5, 2016 you find as many CARW2017 caches as you can! Everyone is searching for these brand new CARW2017 geocaches. These new geocaches make up the topic of conversation at the events that occur as the weekend progresses. If you havn't done.... you should! XXXX cache was amazing! You have to go find that one!
There's a Saturday evening cache, mash, dash (coffee) event (GC70DAY),
A Sunday Wakey Wakey Eggs and Bacie Breakfast event (GC6XNZJ),
The final event is thee Sunday afternoon wrap up event (this event). Read more to see what the wrap up is all about!
CARW2017 had 188 caches, 8 of these were event caches. There were 7 different cache types including; letter box, multi, event, traditional, and puzzle caches. CARW is an amazing event where you get to act like big kids, find the caches, have fun, meet other cachers and share in the joy of geocaching! Join us at this event on Sunday afternoon as this is where the prizes are handed out for the geocache finders and the cache owners who hid them.
Can anyone find a cache?
Yes, just download the caches and find away!
Can anyone hide a cache?
Yes but quality finds take precedence, see our rules by visiting http://www.twilc.ca/carw/index.htm People who hide geocaches and want their geocache to be included in the wrap up event voting and prizes, need to send their geocache information to CanadaRSMY before 2359 hours on February 20th 2017, she can be reached through the Geocaching message center.
Can anyone host an event?
Yes, please contact the event organizers (click their name at the very top). We are not allowed to “stack” events (geocaching rules), so events being held in conjunction with CARW need to be in consultation with wrap up event organizers.
New Rules this year;
- Early Bird Deadline! Anyone who has their cache(s) reviewed (with no issues) and goes into the “Q” before February 3, 2017 will have their name entered into an early bird prize draw. Each cache that is ready for the Q will be a separate ballot for the drawing. The early bird draw will be the first person to select a prize. For example; if Sigshark has 5 caches he wants to hide for CARW2017, but only has 3 of them ready and in the Q before the early bird deadline, then his name will be entered 3 times for the early bird draw. The volunteer reviewers will tally the names and number of caches per name, and forward this to the wrap up host. All you have to do is have your cache in the Q before the early bird deadline! Please note that proximity issues do happen. Your cache must be cleared of any proximity or other issues before being put into the Q. You must be present at the wrap up to claim your prize.
- If you do not submit your hide to the volunteer reviewers by 2359 hrs (1159pm) mountain standard time on Monday February 20th, then your cache will not be considered a CARW cache. You can still submit your cache. You can choose to get the reviewer to publish it, however all late caches submitted after the midnight deadline, will be asked to remove the CARW from the title and from the cache description. We’re taking a zero/no tolerance for late caches policy this year. Why? For CARW2015 there was less than half (about 50) submitted by the deadline. After the deadline had passed over half the CARW caches (about 70 more) were submitted. Did you know that each cache takes time for the reviewer to analyze content, verify coordinates, and put into the “Q” for publishing. Now multiply that by 100 caches for this weekend caching spree, and that’s a lot of volunteer time. As a sign of respect, late caches will go to the end of the list to be reviewed, and will not be considered for CARW. Make like a Scout and Be Prepared! Don’t miss the deadline!
- A complete list of rules for hiding caches is available from http://www.twilc.ca/carw/index.htm
- Theme this year is Canada Tourism, Parkland County Tourism. Please note that tourism is not solely limited to businesses. Groundspeak does not endorse any geocache that is promoting a business. Any geocache that is promoting a business will be asked to change, to comply with groundspeak rules.
This Sunday event is for....
- New cachers to meet some experienced cachers
- New cachers to hopefully absorb some knowledge from the experienced cachers
- Experienced cachers to share with new cachers, maybe scare them with horror stories too!
- Work on CARW puzzles that you haven’t solved or found yet, and compare answers, hopefully right answers
- Drop off, pick up, and discover Travel Bugs
- Sign log book (or not), count it as a find!
- Geocaching families who want to meet up with other geocaching families
- Maybe you've never attended a geocaching event but want to see what one is all about
- Hang out, eat, drink (cold drinks, and hot drinks), share stories and have fun! Before we all collapse from the lack of sleep and serious caching that we did.
- Meet at co-ords between 230pm to 430pm. Please remove your outdoor footwear when you arrive. Feel free to wear clean indoor shoes or slippers. Everyone looks after their own tab. Prizes will be drawn throughout the event, you must be present to claim your prize. There will be a score sheet, more details to come.
- The wrap-up venue is not pet friendly, please leave your dog at home.
Parkland County Girl Guide Concession
http://www.twilc.ca/carw/menu.htm All purchases are by cash only
More information about the weekend long CARW
- FAMILY FRIENDLY WEEKEND, this is our #1 goal
- ALL Cachers are welcome, also #1 goal
- EVENT FOCUS “Quality caching”, our #2 goal.
- EVENT MOTTO “Fun for the whole family” So if a geocache is not find-able by your Grandma, or by a 5 year old, then maybe it can not be a CARW cache. This is also our #1 goal.
- EVENT THEME; Canada Tourism, and Parkland County Tourism.
- NO PREMIUM Caches, please convert caches no earlier than 2 weeks after the event. Caches can go Premium starting March 20th.
- Winter friendly caches (yes, winters vary). If it’s buried under snow, then it’s not winter friendly. Winter friendly = winter findable.
- Events and caches will be bookmarked for you, we make the query for you and post to our website.
- Caches to be placed and validated by volunteer reviewer “CacheEffect” or "Cache Chameleon" our volunteer reviewers by 2359 hrs (1159pm) mountain standard time Monday February 20th, 2017.
- Caching with your smart-phone, is however encouraged, but please use a GPS for placing caches. Need a GPS for accurate coordinates? Say so in your log below, or on the Geocaching Edmonton Facebook page. Experienced cachers are happy to help!
- Cache finding start time: 0900 hrs (9am) March 4, 2017, any caches found before this time do not count for CARW FTF’s (first to finds).
- Cache finding end time: 1430 hrs (230pm) March 5, 2017 (voting score cards can be completed right up until 3pm) Online voting is strongly encouraged, link will be provided.
- CARW Event LOGBOOK will be at the wrap-up venue (this event), you can’t find this cache before March 5th at 230pm. All early logs will be deleted. You must attend the physical wrap up event on Sunday afternoon to log “attended” for this event. I know who most you are, and if I don’t I will ask you who you are, all false logs from people who did not attend the physical event will be deleted.
- Volunteers needed, suggestions and donations taken.
- And most importantly, THANK-YOU sponsors! Without sponsors we couldn’t make this event as awesome as it is!
- The cache placement radius limit this year will accommodate the quality focus. Graphic displayed has a radius smaller than last year’s radius, and off centered, the center is planned to be changed each year. Where Hwy 16 and Hwy 16A meet, this is the centre of the 2017 radius. Caches can be hidden anywhere within 50km of this point.
Winners from CARW2017 will be provided with a graphic to post on their cache page, and the Winners are....
GC6XVMX CARW2017 The Tin Man Returns by Mad Mother and GC70TEJ CARW2017 – Recycled tape by Team SigShark and Janski have tied for Most winter friendly/Best overall cache category
GC6YPTT CARW2017 Canadian Inventions by TamarackGurl has won for Best Park and Grab category
GC70TDH CARW2017 – Recycled fires by SigShark and Janski has won Best use of the theme category
GC6XVMX CARW2017 The Tin Man Returns by Mad Mother has won The Parkland winter spirit category
GC6Y6EY CARW2017 Eyestone Saga hits 1000 by Eyestone Saga has won Best cache in a Parkland country Recreational area category
GC70TE2 CARW2017 – Recycled stump by SigShark has won Best use of natural camo category
GC70QCY CARW2017 The Wet One by Cailloupot has won Best use of Manmade camo category
GC6ZPQ6 CARW2017 - Environmental Monitoring 2 by Geo-Schmidts has won Most likely not to be muggled/Most difficult to find category
GC6YPV4 Elliot Moose is on the Loose! by TamarackGurl has won Most Family Friendly Cache category
GC6XFXR CARW2017 KICK OFF! by TawnyMyst has won Best Satellite Event category
