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Travel Bug Dog Tag Keep on Walkin' (Race TB from Berlin)

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Owner:
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Released:
Tuesday, December 15, 2009
Origin:
Berlin, Germany
Recently Spotted:
In the hands of Marcoliver77.

This is not collectible.

Use TB21E21 to reference this item.

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Current Goal

Walk fast!!

Race is over - new goal: return home to Berlin/Germany!


About me:

I was a contestant in the 2nd Annual Great TB Race which took place from January 1st until December 31st, 2010. After a slow start, I was speeding up around race half-time and moved up to a very good 8th position by November. Unfortunately I was then stuck in a cache for two months until the race was over, so in the end I was overtaken and pushed out of the top 10 and finished 11th, missing just 8 points for 10th place. Still a very good result though, particularly given that I was hanging around places 80-90 for the first few months of the race...!

Thanks everybody who helped me along the way during (and after) the race!!

About This Item

Ampelmaennchen - walking


About Ampelmännchen:

Ampelmännchen ("traffic light man") is the symbolic person shown on traffic lights at pedestrian crossings in the former German Democratic Republic (GDR / East Germany) prior to the German reunification in 1990.

The Ampelmännchen is a beloved symbol in Eastern Germany, enjoying the privileged status of being one of the few features of communist East Germany to have survived the end of the Iron Curtain with his popularity unscathed. After the fall of the Berlin Wall, the Ampelmännchen acquired cult status and became a popular tourist souvenir.


About the race:

The race included some fixed goals and changing monthly goals to collect points. Points were awarded for distance, state/country lines crossed, pictures taken, specific caches visited, events attended and many other things.

The current race can be found on the Great TB Race website.

Final standings 2010 race

Rank TB Name Ref. # Score
1 Basshole TB32NVN 736
2 Eek! A Spider! TB2RZJD 698
3 Herkamur TB32NBD 492
4 My Travel Log, by X TB14VX7 458
5 sbc’s traveler TB2HP94 449
6 Fingerboarding Racer TB2KA02 444
7 Cape Cod Travel Bug TB32NWE 437
8 Patriotic Find! TB2AYQ8 413
9 Sparkly Tube TB2HVK9 411
10 Blue the Wonderdog! TB34VKT 410
11 Keep on Walkin’ TB21E21 402
12 Great TB Racer 2010 – “Found It!” TB2AX21 398
13 CrafterOfWood TB1 TB1F7TD 388
14 The Little Taxi that Could! TB33DAX 369
15 Captaintandem TB2K8NJ 355
...     ...
95 CrafterOfWood TB2 TB1F7W2 21

Complete 2010 results.

 


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Tracking History (50276.6mi) View Map

Visited 4/26/2011 ecrane took it to Martin Luther Kingfish Missouri - .73 miles  Visit Log
Visited 4/25/2011 ecrane took it to slamalamadingdong Missouri - 1,697.12 miles  Visit Log
Visited 4/24/2011 ecrane took it to ...and no evidence remained California - 7.13 miles  Visit Log
Visited 4/24/2011 ecrane took it to Frank moves to the country California - 6.49 miles  Visit Log
  • Keep on Walkin', down lonely California roads ...
Visited 4/23/2011 ecrane took it to Alkali Grasslands Preserve California - 32.88 miles  Visit Log
Visited 4/22/2011 ecrane took it to Su DoKu TB Hideout California - 36.71 miles  Visit Log
Visited 4/21/2011 ecrane took it to Guido's US POLE CO Cache California - 40.32 miles  Visit Log
Visited 4/21/2011 ecrane took it to Maj. Fitness - Group B California - 40.65 miles  Visit Log
Retrieve It from a Cache 4/20/2011 ecrane retrieved it from Meet&Greet YC#36 Thirteen hare impact one duke ape California   Visit Log

What an interesting bug and story! Too bad the race is over, but I have some travel coming up--I'll get it miles and closer to home. I may even add a tag to it that explains its new goal![b][green]
~ecrane
Davis, CA USA

Dropped Off 4/20/2011 HazMatter placed it in Meet&Greet YC#36 Thirteen hare impact one duke ape California - 42.18 miles  Visit Log
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