All of the information below (and MORE) is on our dedicated
event web site: http://www.texaschallenge.info
The Texas Challenge is a weekend event with a lot of activities
planned. It's a chance to meet geocachers from all over the state
and trade stories, learn tips, and meet new friends. This year, the
event is being hosted by the Central Texas region.
The MAIN activities: Central Texas is excited to announce a
brand new format for the Texas Challenge! Now, everyone has TWO
ways to play depending on whether you’re a casual cacher or a
fierce competitor.
Would you like the chance to win an EXCLUSIVE
geocoin?
This coin is the same design as the general coin that you can
purchase from the event site
(online store), but it's in an antique bronze
instead of the polished gold.
The only way to receive this coin - which is trackable on
geocaching.com - is to WIN the competitive Challenge or the cache
container contest! If you'd like to enter the competitive
Challenge, you must
REGISTER prior to the event with your team
information.
The container contest doesn't require
pre-registration, but check the guidelines and start making your
container!
General coins are for sale on the event site, but these antique
bronze metal coins will not be available for sale.
| Game 1 - Competitive game: |
Game 2 - Casual Caching |
Who: 2-4 Person Teams
What: Gather points by visiting as many special cache
locations as possible in the allotted time (approx 2.5
hours).
When: March 14, 2009
Sign in: 8-9am at the Group
Pavilion
Briefing: 9:15-9:30
Waypoint Loading: 9:30 to completion,
Team Captains first
Starting gun: Immediately after
waypoint loading is complete, approx. 9:45am
Where: Enchanted Rock State Park, Group Pavilion
Why: First Place Teams will get limited edition geocoins and
all the glory that goes along with winning! Second and third place
teams will get unique event pins. ALL participants will have a
great morning of hiking at beautiful, rugged Enchanted Rock State
Park.
Everything else you want to know can be found on the
rules page. |
For those not interested in the fast-paced
competition, there will also be the Casual Caching tour of
Fredericksburg and the surrounding area:
Geocaches will be hidden at various points of interest to offer
visitors their choice of interesting places to visit.
Some possibilities:
- Historic walking tour of downtown
- Winery tour
- Country Schoolhouses
- Enchanted Rock natural area
Some of these caches will be listed on
geocaching.com and you can log them as a "find". Others may not
meet the official geocaching.com guidelines and will be there for
the fun of the hunt.
For every casual geocache you find, you'll receive an entry into
our prize pool. We'll gather everyone from the casual and
competitive games and draw prizes until they're all gone!
There is no age restriction for participation in the casual caching
and we'll have a prize pool dedicated to just the younger
geocachers.
The goal of the Casual Caching tour is to give those who don't want
to compete a chance to socialize with other geocachers while
discovering the beautiful Fredericksburg area in the way only
geocachers can, with a chance to win a prize at the
end! |
Accommodations
The home base for the weekend's activities will be
Lady Bird Johnson Municipal Park. Please see
the event web site for more details on camping and
area hotels.
Other activities for the weekend:
Cache Container Contest - Build the most
creative or challenging container you can imagine and bring it with
you to pit your skills against the brightest geocachers from other
regions. Earn yourself an award and some recognition! Guidelines
are on the information site. Please note that entries in the
container contest will be given away during our prize drawings
Saturday evening and not returned to the builder.
Spirit of Texas Award - Since the
Competitive Challenge has moved to an individual team basis, this
is the way for regions to compete against each other for the
coveted "Golden Ammo" can and bragging rights as the most spirited
region in Texas!! Full details are posted on the event web site.
Regions will have an opportunity to earn points based on their
participation during the weekend. For example, number of teams
entering the competitive challenge, number of people entering the
cache container contest, bringing new geocachers to the event,
traveling the farthest distance to attend, etc. The idea of this
contest is that it's a FUN way to encourage attendance and
participation. The more folks you have participating, the better
chance your region stands to win, so help get the word out!!!
Related Events
Please add this event to your
watchlist to make sure you have the latest
information as we post notes.
And don't forget to visit the
event web
site for registration and full details of everything that's
happening
Our registration and online store are now open! If you plan to
attend the weekend (even if you're not active in the games), please
register, so that we have all of your
information and can print your spiffy name tag.
If you'd like to order a souvenir t-shirt or special event geocoin
(trackable at geocaching.com with its own icon!), check out the
online store.