Pointless Prize: 2022 Photo Scavenger Hunt

[rumipumi]

Rules:

This year we have two competitions: a main competition and participation prizes! You can compete in both simultaneously or just one.

• To compete for a participation prize you must (1) upload one or more photos of the item to your Strava ride for that day. (2) title your Strava ride with the hashtag #scavhunt. Please only hashtag ONE ride per day with #scavhunt. This hashtag will ensure you automatically show up and get ranked onto our scavhunt leaderboard (https://freezingsaddles.org/pointless/hashtag/scavhunt).
• To compete in the main competition (with one or more points awarded daily based on photo creativity, beauty and/or the capricious whims of Millie and Rumi) your entries must be posted HERE on the Forum in this thread (http://bikearlingtonforum.com/showthread.php?18934-Pointless-Prize-2022-Photo-Scavenger-Hunt)

Detailed rules are below:

1. Obvs, you should be a participant in Freezing Saddles ’22
2. It has to be on a bike ride on the day it was requested
3. For the main competition, it has to be posted in the Forum on the day for which it was requested, i.e., 12:01 AM EST to 11:59 PM EST for the day it was requested. Sorry, we won’t count ones that aren’t posted for the day it was requested. That’s part of the challenge
4. The reason we say “for the day it is requested” is because we will release a weekly list of scavenger hunt items ahead of time, with one item for each day — but don’t take and/or post the pic until that day comes.
5. The Scavenger Hunt calendar will be updated weekly here: (https://tinyurl.com/2022scavhunt) Each (Saturday-Friday) week of items will have a common theme. We will always update it in advance of the week ahead so you have time to make plans!
6. Your Forum post must be titled with the date and the found object/theme. Example: IF the item for January 1st was “borscht”, you would title your Forum post: 1/1/2022 borscht
7. Description, short backstory or location are optional (but nice). That said, if your pic is abstract or not obviously relatable to my request, please explain (e.g., I ask for “happiness”, and you post a pic of a tennis ball you found on a ride, please explain how that tennis ball = happiness)
8. It has to be a picture you took. You don’t need to be in the photo, but if you are in it, it either has to be a selfie or done with a self-timer
9. Only one pic/day should be posted in the Forum. Please don’t pad by adding more than one pic/day. (You can include as many photos as you want on your strava ride.)
10. It has to be a picture, not a video
11. Let’s stick to things you find out there during your ride, and not things that you bring or make yourself (unless otherwise specified). Example 1: if I say find “2022”, don’t scratch it into dirt. Example 2: if I say find a flower, don’t bring a flower with you on your ride and take a pic of that. This kinda takes the fun out of looking for things, which is the whole point.
12. Unless specified otherwise, your bike does not have to be in the photo.
13. Found item needs to be clear and discernible (or legible if text) in the picture. If you are using Tapatalk and are having trouble posting pics that are large enough, let us know and I/we can try to help you with it.
14. Filters are OK, but no obvious/blatant photoshopping… not that we would know anything about such things

Scoring

Scoring will be different for FS22 and there are two different prizes you are competing for simultaneously:

• Main Competition: To compete in this prize you must post in this Forum ( http://bikearlingtonforum.com/showthread.php?18934-Pointless-Prize-2022-Photo-Scavenger-Hunt ) complying with the rules above. Scoring will be arbitrary and capricious, and only one person per day is guaranteed to get a point each day. Hopefully this will cut down on some of the back-end work. How will you be the lucky point-winner for the day? Impress us with your creativity. Since we are publishing an entire week at a time, it should give you some time to come up with a creative idea. The rider with the most Main Competition points at the end of the competition is the… winner of the Main Competition.
• Participation Winners: There will also be participation awards for the top tier of daily participants. Tag one ride each day with #scavhunt, add your photo(s) of the item, and watch this leaderboard https://freezingsaddles.org/pointless/hashtag/scavhunt . This will be scored automatically by the leaderboard itself (one point per daily #scavhunt ride), is honor-based. Please do not tag more than one ride per day with the hashtag. Anyone in the top 10% of the leaderboard (based on number of rides, not mileage!!) at the end of Freezing Saddles will get a special prize!

Good Luck! Millie and Rumi

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[Serdar]

2/24/2022 – Psychology
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So, before my rainy and cloudy decasleaze today, I looked up ideas about psychology and found out about American psychologist Henry Cloud. His writings focused on newer neurobiology and brain research findings that affect leadership and performance.

[CBGanimal]

2/24/2022 psychology I am sure this hospital in Lisbon has a psych ward!

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[DCAKen]

2/24/2022 Psychology

Group psychology explains how groups form, conform, then warp our decision-making, productivity and creativity. That explains why I’m cycling around in the freezing rain taking pictures to earn points.

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[rumipumi]

2/24 psychology

The psychological consequences of psilocybin use include hallucinations and an inability to discern fantasy from reality. Panic reactions and psychosis also may occur, particularly if a user ingests a large dose.

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[karenbikes2@gmail.com]

2/24/2022 psychology

Yours truly has a BS in Psychology [emoji16]

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@Serdar 217127 wrote:

2/24/2022 – Psychology
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So, before my rainy and cloudy decasleaze today, I looked up ideas about psychology and found out about American psychologist Henry Cloud. His writings focused on newer neurobiology and brain research findings that affect leadership and performance.

Love this photo, and a great creative submission!

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@Boomer2U 217090 wrote:

2/23/22: Engineering

This bike/pedestrian tunnel under the CSX/MetroRail lines (and Telegraph Road/495 interchange) that connects Mill Road & Eisenhower Ave is a hack amongst oodles of railway & roadway engineering when some planner said “hey, what about non-motorized transportation?”

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Fantastic photo, love it!

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@Indiana 217075 wrote:

2/23/2022 Engineering

My daughter and I were enjoying determining what we passed was engineering versus what was biology or chemistry on our ride to the National Mall. She pointed out a sign that shows that humans are not the only engineers:
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Very cool submission!

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[camiller]

2/24/2022 Psychology

Operated by the Fairfax-Falls Church Community Services Board, Crisis Care offers short-term crisis stabilization services for men and women with severe and persistent mental illness and for individuals with substance use disorders.

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[CaseyKane50]

@Boomer2U 217090 wrote:

2/23/22: Engineering

This bike/pedestrian tunnel under the CSX/MetroRail lines (and Telegraph Road/495 interchange) that connects Mill Road & Eisenhower Ave is a hack amongst oodles of railway & roadway engineering when some planner said “hey, what about non-motorized transportation?”

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It actually connects Mill Road to Duke Street. If you are interested, here is a study on this tunnel, as well as the one further west on the Holmes Run Trail underneath I-395.

There is currently some discussion to possibly improve this tunnel and the connections at Mill and Duke Street.

[Indiana]

2/24/2022 Psychology

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An expert in psychology might possibly tell you if you are “normal”…or just next to it.

[Nadine]

2/24/22 – psychology

The Falls Church Wellness Center is in this building. It’s a place where people can go for therapy — which is known to help with people’s uhm mental health/ psychology. I mean it’s supposed to, if it’s done right. Some of them are scheisters I’m sure, but that’s true in any profession…. (Idk why I can’t keep a straight face about this. Don’t tell my daughter.)

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[rumipumi]

2022 Photo Scavenger Hunt
Week of Sat Feb 26 through Friday Mar 4

Theme is COLORS!

https://photos.app.goo.gl/EFLro1CfMphuZEUS6

Sat Feb 26: Red
Sun Feb 27: Orange
Mon Feb 28: Yellow
Tue Mar 1: Green
Wed Mar 2: Blue
Thu Mar 3: Violet
Fri Mar 4: Periwinkle

Watch this calendar for scoring of the daily winners and future scav hunt objects and themes: http://tinyurl.com/2022scavhunt
Watch this leaderboard for your participation prize progress! https://freezingsaddles.org/pointless/hashtag/scavhunt
Full rules: http://bikearlingtonforum.com/showthread.php?18934-Pointless-Prize-2022-Photo-Scavenger-Hunt

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[Sophie CW]

2/24/2022 – Psychology
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Wellness is a good way to manage your mind and mental health.

[Catedrew]

2-24-22 – Psychology

It’s amazing what you can find in LFLs. Well, psychology is all about the mind, and has a lot to do with the brain.

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