THIS CACHE IS NOT AT THE POSTED COORDINATES. IT IS ALSO NOT IN THE ARCHERY RANGE. THIS IS AN ACTIVE RANGE AREA, AND THE CACHE IS NOT HIDDEN ON RANGE GROUNDS. PEOPLE ON THE RANGE WILL NOT GIVE YOU HINTS. IF YOU DO VISIT THE RANGE AREA, PLEASE USE CAUTION AND FOLLOW THE RANGE RULES/POSTED SIGNS.
Location discription:
This cache is located down the road from an archery range in Golden Gate Park. Archers here can shoot to practice for competition, or shoot for fun. Archery clubs also meet here to shoot. You will need your own equipment to shoot. The City College of San Francisco provides archery lessons at the range as well. Enjoy watching (or shooting)!
Archery Factoid Puzzle:
Each question contributes numbers that are used for making a set of coordinates for the actual cache location. Input numbers in this order: N A degrees B Minutes .C seconds W D degrees E minutes .F seconds. The format should be North AA BB.CCC' West DDD EE.FFF'.
- What is the standard Olympic archery range distance (from the target) in meters? Take the number and subtract 33.
- What year were women allowed to compete in the Olympic archery? Take the last two digits of the year, and add 41.
- Find the last three digits of the Easton Archery Center of Excellence's zip code, and add 71.
- In the battle of Hastings, someone shot Harold Godwinson in the eye (with an arrow). What year was this? Take the first 2 digits of the year and multiply by 12.2.
- In what year did King James II of Scotland ban golf because he thought people should have been practicing archery instead? Take the last two digits of the year, and subtract 27.
- What place did Geena Davis get in the 1999 Women’s Archery Championship? Please use the People Magazine's placement records. Take the place number and subtract negative 350.
Thanks to j2d2zhu for the FTS and FTF! :)