The GeoQuest – A New
Twist on a New Game
Instructions - The Guide to The Quest
Starting Coordinates / Keys to the Quest: Riddles and Formulas
Let the Quest begin! One of the brand new events for this year’s Bartown
Festival is sure to be a hit with those who enjoy Geocaching. The
“Bartown-Canadian Tire GeoQuest” will take place from July 19-25.
Geocaching is an outdoor treasure-hunting game in which the participants
use a Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver to hide and seek
containers (called "geocaches" or "caches").
In Geocaching there are many variations of cache types. Our
uniquely-styled event will be organized as a Multi-Cache while
incorporating aspects of Offset (one cache leads to the next),
Puzzle and Virtual Caches. The event, themed as “Hunting For
history”, will take place over the course of the Bartown Festival.
Participants will be required to register prior to the event and also to
provide their own equipment i.e. GPS receiver and digital camera.
The location of the caches and the offsets and puzzles will reflect
the history of the town and this year’s festival theme. It is
important to note that Virtual caches do not actually have physical
cache objects. They are simply an interesting location. In our case the
locations will all have an interesting historical aspect. Verification
will be in the form of a digital picture taken of the participant at the
location.
Participants will be given starting coordinates and Puzzle clues
to locate the various caches. Clues in GeoCache hunts are often
encrypted with a cipher. GeoQuest participants will use the GeoCache
standard ROT13 cipher, a simple substitution cipher.
Everybody who completes The Quest will have a chance at winning
prizes. Participants will be required to find all of the “caches” in
order to qualify for a ballot for a prize draw to be held immediately
after the festival on Wednesday, July 28. First prize is a brand new
Magellan GPS receiver . Second
prize is a set of Cobra GMRS radios and the third place prizes is
a Bushline fishing vest (VOMP).
All prizes have been provided by
Canadian Tire North Sydney.
An entrance fee of $10 will be charged. Pre-Registration
will be required and will be held on
until Friday, July 16
at the Bartown offices. The event is open to
individuals and teams. One event T-shirt will be given per registration
fee. Additional shirts will be available on request for a small fee.
For more information
Contact the Bartown office at 299 Commercial St. or call 794-8589.
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