The above coords will change after each hunt is completed...see
directions below for more info on how this is done.
How the Mountain Edition of the North Carolina SCAVENGER HUNT
works:
This cache-hunt begins by the creation of a quest for a
Scavenger Hunt item or place located in the state of North
Carolina--preferably in the mountains/foothills but the piedmont is
also fair game.
To log this cache, a finder first locates the Quest
item/location, marks the coordinates of the item, takes a photo of
their GPS w/coords displayed with the quest item nearby. You then
simply post the above info with your log.
Once you log the find, the FIRST finder then gets to decide and
post in their log what the next quest item and challenge
requirements will be. After the Quest is completed by the FIRST
finder it is still fair game for other Geocachers with the only
difference being that you loose the chance to post your own new
Quest to take it's place.
The coordinates of the find will be posted as the new starting
point for the cache and then the hunt will continue for the quest
item.
Guidelines:
Quest items should be ONLY in the mountains, foothills and
piedmont of North Carolina and can be ANYTHING interesting--it is
your choice since you worked to find "your" quest item and found
it. But be sensible here...nothing impossible to do/find (example:
Charlie Taylor's boxer shorts run up the flag pole of the Biltmore
House and please, nothing tasteless or vulgar....see above for
example)
Quest items/hunts can be anything that do not put the potential
finder in excessive danger or that are illegal. Use good judgement
and give the next hunter an interesting and creative challenge that
they will have the ability to complete.
Quests can be a person, place or thing or action or any
combination of the above. You can create a cache-quest that
requires the hunter to be photographed with someone, at a certian
place, with something or while performing a specific action. It is
OK if they have to get wet, tired or dirty but if you can get
someone to have their picture made drinking a beer and eating
Oysters with Michael Jordan at Howard's Pub on Okracoke island--I
will send you a trophy engraved with "Master Scavenger Cache Hunter
of the World" and several other cool "trophy" items.
The quest finder must then post in the log: the coordinates,
city and a photo of their GPS with the quest item. The cache can be
logged from anywhere in/under or above the
mountains/foothills/piedmont of North Carolina.
If a quest hunt goes unfound for one month from the time of the
initial posting, the last finder will be asked to provide a new
quest item.
The cache owner (CrotalusRex) reserves the right to remove or
alter any newly posted quest item or to provide a new quest item at
any time.
If a quest item is found by several geocachers at the same time,
the first finder wins and has the right to choose the next quest
item/hunt. Any quest hunter may log this cache multiple times, but
not for their own quest item and quests cannot be duplicated.
REMEMBER! This cache may pass thru WILD areas with all of their
wild components: live wild creatures(that may hurt you--oh my!),
mud, dirt, scat(fresh and sunbleached...the fresh will be
accompanied by a rather unpleasent odor so WATCH OUT! Often, if you
poke a stick at scat, fresh works best, just the right way you will
be able to determine what type of creature left it there and just
what that creature had eaten for its last meal!! WOW-ain't nature
grand!), uneven ground, rough surfaces(that may abrade your skin),
heat, cold, wet water(that becomes hard and cold in the colder
times and OH MY--this often will fall unpredictably from the sky
and if you are not prepared it will make you and your coverings
WET!! See: Weather below), dryness(may also chap exposed skin),
rocks(watch out for these things--you may trip on them and fall
down!), plants (some you can eat and some will make you itch and
bleed), sand (that makes you itch if you get it in your
nether-regions), pollen(a by-product of the above plants that may
make some of you sneeze, itch and cough), wind(that may chap
exposed skin and disturb carefully placed hair), air(this could be
anywhere from hot to warm or cool to cold), weather(a combination
of many of the factors present here. This is entirely unpredictable
unless you believe what the NWS tells you), light and dark (and all
the shades in between), unpredictable sounds created from unknown
sources (some of these may be pleasent...but sometimes not...and
they will hurt your ears!), sometimes you will see a very bright
disk overhead (but don't look directly at it as it will damage your
eyes. It may also cause red burns on your exposed skin so bring
your protective devices and chemicals), often there is a lack of
light accompanied by a glowing disk in the sky that is pleasent to
look at...and much more! Just remember: there will be plenty of
random unplanned events that you will encounter on this hunt and on
any venture you take into the natural world--so be ready for them
as they are the things that make life worth living!
Feel free to email us with any questions! Special thanks to TVN
for the idea for this Geocache hunt and for allowing CrotalusRex to
use it as a "North Carolina" cache.
Visit TVN's original: "Scavenger
Hunt Geocache"
Because North Carolina is so large I have created the NC
Scavenger Hunt: "OBX
Edition"