Welcome to the Iowa Geocaching Orginization 2018 Cannonball Run Race!!!
The travelbug you have picked up is in a race against several other trackables from Supporting Members of the Iowa Geocaching Organization.
These Cannonball racers will be competing against eacher other from Jan 1, 2018 to Sept 1st 2018. During those timeframes the racers are trying to get as many miles, states, countries, and photo's they can.
There are several rules that these racers need to follow, which have been placed below in the description. Please follow those to the best of your abilty so that you can help the racer you have picked up.
Since this TB is in a race, it is very much appreciated to log and move these trackables along as quickly as possible.
If you are interested in learning more about the Iowa Geocaching Orginization, please feel free to visit our website at www.iowageocachers.org or visit our Facebook pages iowageocachers.org and geocachers of Iowa.
Thanks for helping picking up this trackable and helping it on its race journey!!
Race Rules:
1) The purpose of the IGO Cannon Ball Travel Bug Race of 2018 is to have fun. No grumbling or complaining allowed.
2) You must have you TB racer delivered to The Weasel by Dec 20th 2017, no exceptions.
3) The Race officially starts January 2018 and ends on September 1st 2018
4) After the race ends, at a Race Awards Event, 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place awards will be awarded to the top three finishers in each the following four categories: Greatest Distance Traveled, Most USA States Visited, Most Countries Visited, and Most Race Bug Photographs Uploaded.
5) For Race purposes, the Distance used will be that given on the Race Bugs’ geocaching.com trackable page.
6) For the Race purposes, a USA State Visited will be counted for each new State, Federal District, and Territory of the United States of America that the Race Bug visits. A list of the US States, Federal District, and Territories can be found listed at: (visit link)
7) For the Race purposes, a Country Visited will be counted for each new country (sovereign nation state) and their territories that the Race Bug visits. A list of the countries (sovereign nation state) and their territories can be found listed at: (visit link)
8) For Race purposes, we will only count one Race Bug photograph per each geocacher who moves your Race Bug and uploads photographs of it. Example: A geocacher picks up and moves your travel bug and uploads 3 photographs of it while it is in his possession. Only one of his photographs will count. If by some chance he picks it up again after someone else has moved it, he doesn’t get to be counted again. This number is in effect, the number of "Distinct Retrievers" who have uploaded photos of your Race Bug.
9) Additionally, in order to be counted, the photograph must have been uploaded to, and appear on, the Travel Bug's geocaching page. Pictures which only appaer on the cache logs do not count.
10) A geocacher may enter only the TB tag provided by the IGO, no proxies.
11) All Race Bugs must be registered by the owner, have 0 distance logged, and contain no drop off log entries prior to dropping it off in its starting geocache.
12) Please take a good close up photo of your Race Bug and upload it to its geocaching.com page and make it the default image for your Travel Bug.
13) A note about your Race Bugs participation in this race and your racing goals must be placed on your Travel Bug’s geocaching.com page.
14) Race Bugs reported missing, muggled, etc are the responsibility of their owner. The owner will assume responsibility for any potential theft or mishandling during the race.
15) If a Race Bug goes missing, owners may NOT release a new traveler with a copy travel bug tag. (Only the original traveler is in this race)
16) Race Bug Owners are NOT permitted to move their own Race Bugs. If they do, then all of the Race Bugs they have entered in the race will be disqualified from the event.
17) Race Bug Owners are NOT permitted to touch or move any of the other competitors’ Race Bugs. If they do, then all of their Race Bug they have entered in the race will be disqualified from the event.
18) All cache type visits and drops count toward a Race Bug’s mileage. Non-Racing Geocachers who pick up Race Bugs competing in this event may drop them off in other actual physical caches. They may also dip them (visiting) in and out of any and all official types of geocaches that they find between picking the Race Bug up and dropping it off. (Dipping/Visiting might increase a Race Bugs mileage).
19) Owners may contact the geocacher who is currently in possession of their Race Bug in an attempt to influence or promote their Race Bug’s movement and race goals (distance, states, countries, photos) for this race.
Owners MAY NOT contact persons (geocachers and non-geocachers) who do not currently have possession of their Race Bug in an attempt to influence or promote their Race Bug’s movement.
20) If a bug gets stuck in a cache for over 30 days, on the 31st day the owner may contact the cache owner where the bug is stuck and ask him to check to see if his Race Bug is still there or has gone missing.
21) Race Bugs may not travel by mail at any stage of the race or be mailed directly back to the United States. They must travel with/on real persons.
22) Race Bug owners who want up-to-the-minute emails whenever their competitors’ Race Bug moves are encouraged to place their competitors’ TBs on their “watch list.”
23) Race Bugs and their owners may be disqualified if foul play is suspected.
24) The owner of a Race Bug entered into this race will be assumed to have read, understood and accepted all of the race rules.
25) Should an issue arise not covered by these Racing Rules, the IGO Board will vote on a decision. Decisions and judgements are final and no correspondence will be entered into.
26) By registering a Travel Bug in this race you are acknowledging that you have read and agree to abide by these race rules and by any Race decisions made by IGO Board, and that you have given permission to have your photo and your Race Bug's photo taken and posted on geocaching.com and on the IGO website.