Date: 19 September 2009 (Saturday)

Time: 10:00 a.m. - Noon

Place: Alysha Toombs Memorial Park, Kensington, PEI

Purpose: Social Fun & Caching Skills Event

August 2009 saw the Island play host to Canada's finest athletes during the Canada Summer Games. Before the snow flies and the 2010 Winter Olympics get underway, we present the "Island Geocache Olympics", paying tribute to the skills and attributes necessary to bring home the and grab those FTFs!

The "Island Geocache Olympics" are a celebration and test of the skills needed for caching.

Come on out and "Go for the Gold" in the "geo-pentathalon". Play to your strengths and compete in your 5 best categories from the following list of Events:

(1) Ammo Can Toss

Like discus or shot put, but without the distance. It's all about accuracy.

(2) Nano Log Roll

A speed event, roll up the nano log and get it in the nano container. Who will be dubbed, "the Island's fastest fingers"?

(3) GPSr Figure "Skating"

Each contestant has 5 minutes to create a figure on their track log. Judges determine the most creative.

(4) Multi-"Cache" Run

Kinda like a solo relay race. A 4-stage run where each contestant must correctly enter the next stage in their GPSr. Speed counts, but all coordinates must be correctly stored in GPSr in order to win.

(5) Skirt-Lifter Dash

An essential skill for alluding parking lot muggles at the old LPC ("lamp post cache"). Contestants will run to the skirt, lift it, find the micro, sign and date the log, return the micro and skirt, and run back.

(6) ROT13 Decryption

Decrypt a ROT13 encrypted hint (the www.geocaching.com HINT "decryption key") without the aid of the key. You know the one! A=N etc, where "gerr" equals "tree".

(7) Cache-Vault

Not for the vertically challenged, this "can you reach it?" Event combines speed and athleticism in bringing home the smilie!

Points will be awarded for each of the 5 events you participate in on the following basis:

3 points Gold (first place)
2 points Silver (second place)
1 point Bronze (third place)

Best cumulative point total for the 5 chosen events will determine who makes the podium.

There's also a large number of nearby caches to be grabbed while in the area, so come for the Olympics and stay for the cache!

STRONGER -- FASTER -- HIGHER or as it applies to Island caching, "strength" for bushwacking and fending off mosquitos, "speed" for beating El Nimrod, Nook&Crannie and peiguy to FTFs, and "reach" for grabbing "Muggle Hut" caches and escaperr's tree-climb hides!

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