🏅🏅 The 2017 Geocaching Laff-A-Lympics 🏅🏅 Event Cache

Live from Lions Park in beautiful Golden Colorado,
the Laff-A-Lympics Committee is proud to present:

Come and enjoy geocaching across grassy (or muddy) hills, streams, and fields
in a way you never dreamed possible!

Bring along your sense of humor and spirit of adventure
as we compete in a series of geocaching-style olympic challenges!

Anyone can compete; No particular athletic abilities are needed!
Participate in as many or as few events as you'd like!
(subject to the capacity of each individual challenges)

The winner from each event will be awarded a highly-coveted (and trackable)
gold "geo-medal" to be displayed and discovered proudly!

LOCATION AND SCHEDULE:

Competitors, spectators, friends, and family will gather from 10:00 AM - 2:30PM underneath the official
"northern shelter" at Lions Park in Golden, Colorado. Please Note: We've posted a number of parking free waypoints for the event. 9th Street is closed to permit parking only. Please refer to the waypoints section for more information on where to park!

The official event schedule is as follows:

Even if you don't plan to compete, there'll be plenty of things to eat, geocachers to chat with, and things nearby to see and do in Golden before, during, and after the Laff-A-Lympics, so plan on coming and staying a while! Please visit the official Geocaching Laff A Lympics page for more information about things to see / do and places to cache (and catch little virtual creatures) around beautiful Golden.

GEOCACHING CHALLENGES:

Competitors may participate in as few or many challenges as they'd like (as long as we have open slots!) Please note: Priority placement in events will be given first to those who competed in previous challenges.

The following geocaching challenges have been announced for this year's Geocaching Laff-A-Lympics:

• Swag Put - Use your geocaching swagtastic powers to determine the number of trinkets and toys were "put" inside a transparent container without removing the lid or the contents. This is open to all ages with seperate prizes for the best adult and child guess!
  
  
• Cache Lifting - Use your finely-honed geo-senses to determine the weight of a special geocache container. The best estimation of the container's actual weight (without going over our official measurement) wins! This is open to all ages with seperate prizes for the best adult and child guess!
  
  
• Mystery Hurdles - Be the first to solve a short series of mind-warping puzzles and turn in the correct answer that are shared before the event. There will be multiple (mysterious) opportunities to participate in this challenge. Keep your eyes open on social media and this page! The winner will be announced during the awards ceremony on Saturday.
  
  
• Ammo Can Golf - Everyone's favorite is back for 2017! Using multiple "strokes", toss (and land) your ammo as close to the target as possible! We'll take the shortest distance from all of your throws (don't worry, it's not a sum!) and the competitor with the closest toss will win!
  
  
• Micro Bocce - Toss weighted micros (pill bottles) and try and get as close to a duck cache as possible for points! Play will begin in teams until all but one has been eliminated from play. The remaining team will then split and play against each other until only one competitor remains!
  
  
• Tri-Cachelon - It's three geocaching challenges, all rolled into one: A 1200-Meter Multi-Cache, followed by a test of "GPS" Accuracy, plus a "Tool Of The Trade" challenge using makeshift tools!
  
  
• 25 Trackable Dash - A scavenger hunt like no other -- be the first to track down the most codes for a unique list of trackables.
  
  
• CITO Ball - Race back and forth across an Olympic-sized field as you "clean up" special trash items. The first to cross the finish line with their items will be declared the winner!
  
  

Please Note: Many of these competitions will require walking around in great Colorado outdoors. Please dress appropriately and be sure to bring your sunscreen, hats, water bottles, and other essentials to keep yourself hydrated and happy!

LIMITED EDITION AWESOMESAUCE:

Hang ten with you very own 2" commemorative Laff-A-Lympic geocoin in shiny black nickel!

Is it a surfboard? Is it an elongated guitar pick? Is it a space ship? Buy one at one of the Laff-A-Lympic weekend events and enjoy countless hours of  intellectual debate on the subject between you and your friends!

​Want to save some...er... coin? All geocachers who participate in at least one green and one red Laff-A-Lympic competition will receive $2 off of the coin's purchase price! Please refer to the 'Lympic Competitions web page for more information!

OLYMPIC-SIZED POT-LUCK:

Under the pavilion there will be a pot-luck area where athletes can carbo-load between events! The event hosts will be providing paper products, plates, and UTENSILS (by popular demand, because we don't have any prizes for eating cake with a cookie!) There are also grills you can borrow for your cooking pleasure. Please help by signing up for the potluck by your caching name:

A-L Lunch / Snack Food
M-S Dessert or Drinks
T-Z Your choice!

AND EVEN MORE:

While you're having fun at the Laff-A-Lympics don't forget to:

• Enter the free drawing for some donated geocoins, including a number of our very own limited-edition Laff-A-Lympics coins!
  
  
• Check out the paid drawing for an amazing assortment of prizes and goodies!
  
  
• Check out the trackables for discovery or swap!
  
  
• Cache and explore around Golden or grab some virtual critters nearby!
  
  
• More of a helper than an ammo can thrower? Volunteer to help keep the laughs coming!
  
  

The 2017 Geocaching Laff-A-Lympics are shaping up to be the event that will be talked about for years to come by competitors and spectators alike. Don't miss your opportunity to join in on the food, folks, and especially the fun on June 10th!

Please check out our web site for all the lastest happenings and more at http://geolaff.org

We'll see you at the games!

The Geocaching Laff-A-Lympics Commitee
would like to thank the following organizations
for donating to the event:


Geocaching Colorado