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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[Kbikeva]

@AlanA 213841 wrote:

1/16/2022 Beer

I had planned on a picture of a brewery. But….after getting two flats on my ride today, I rode back down to that brewery for a much needed beer.

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I hate flats. I hadn’t had any for a couple of years and then when I was here in El Paso in September I had 11 flats in 3 weeks and that was with tire liners and brand new gatorskins. I converted to slime tubes and so far, so good. But you definitely earned that cerveza!

[AlanA]

@Kbikeva 213850 wrote:

I hate flats. I hadn’t had any for a couple of years and then when I was here in El Paso in September I had 11 flats in 3 weeks and that was with tire liners and brand new gatorskins. I converted to slime tubes and so far, so good. But you definitely earned that cerveza!

FYI. These flats were in Las Cruces, NM. I made the mistake of riding the bike offroad for a photo op. So many thorns in both tires. Both went flat within two miles of that photo. It took forever to get all the thorns out. You have to stick to the main roads out here.

[Kbikeva]

@AlanA 213852 wrote:

FYI. These flats were in Las Cruces, NM. I made the mistake of riding the bike offroad for a photo op. So many thorns in both tires. Both went flat within two miles of that photo. It took forever to get all the thorns out. You have to stick to the main roads out here.

Ah — since you’re in LC, just down the road from me, I very highly recommend the slime tubes. Even on road, if the wind blows, the goat heads return. How long are you down here? I *might* be able to meet you!

[Laurie E.]

Cold!!!!

[AlanA]

@Kbikeva 213855 wrote:

Ah — since you’re in LC, just down the road from me, I very highly recommend the slime tubes. Even on road, if the wind blows, the goat heads return. How long are you down here? I *might* be able to meet you!

I’m moving on to the PHX area on Tuesday. Just one more day here. I’m going to try my Organ Mt. ride again tomorrow (and pick up some more tubes on the way out at a bike shop). And yes, I have had a few flats on just riding on roads in the past. But nothing like I had today. I checked when I got back to my hotel, and I had nothing. This was strictly offroad.
I will remember to check my tires a bit more often on rides. I sort of forgot about that problem.
Maybe I’ll catch you on the way back (if I come back this way). I never really know where I’m going on these trips. I wing it a lot.

[Kbikeva]

@AlanA 213857 wrote:

I’m moving on to the PHX area on Tuesday. Just one more day here. I’m going to try my Organ Mt. ride again tomorrow (and pick up some more tubes on the way out at a bike shop). And yes, I have had a few flats on just riding on roads in the past. But nothing like I had today. I checked when I got back to my hotel, and I had nothing. This was strictly offroad.
I will remember to check my tires a bit more often on rides. I sort of forgot about that problem.
Maybe I’ll catch you on the way back (if I come back this way). I never really know where I’m going on these trips. I wing it a lot.

Alan, if you do, let me know. You can get me at westenhoff at gmail dot com or text me 571 215 5353. Have a safe trip!

[Kbikeva]

@Laurie E. 213856 wrote:

Cold!!!!

Laurie, for someone who doesn’t drink alcohol, I think you NAILED this! Well done, my friend!

[Catedrew]

1/16/2022 – Beer

Man, missed the window by 15 minutes. But had to post anyway.

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[Nadine]

New district brewing company [BEER] with Kathy & Sharon

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[rumipumi]

1/17 Dumplings

Pepperoni balls = Pittsburgh dumplings [emoji3042]!!

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Know how they say don’t bring a knife to a gun fight? I brought a foldie on a ski trip and pushed it in the snowy parking lot for 2 miles. Because: freezing saddles. All for you Team 3: Sled Zeppelin!

[CBGanimal]

1/17/2022 Dumpling. In Madrid there is a place that makes your dumplings right in front of you while you wait. I bought 3 dozen dumplings and had dinner for the whole family

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[Boomer Cycles]

1/17/22: Dumpling

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[Judd]

1/17/2022 Dumplings

I left District Dumplings a few minutes before Boomer arrived.

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[CaseyKane50]

1/17/2022

Bold Dumpling
Annandale, Virginia

Got there too early, no dumplings for me.

[Brownws]

1/17/22: Dumpling

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