Pointless Prize: 2022 Photo Scavenger Hunt

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    rumipumi
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    Rules:

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

    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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  • #1117263
    Boomer Cycles
    Participant

    1/20/22 – Mead
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    #1117267
    rumipumi
    Participant
    Photo Scavengers, it is finally gonna happen…
    INFRASTRUCTURE WEEK!!
    Sat Jan 22 through Friday Jan 28
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    Original artwork by Millie Tansil


    • Sat Jan 22: airport
    • Sun Jan 23: waterway
    • Mon Jan 24: bridge
    • Tues Jan 25: roadway
    • Weds Jan 26: railway
    • Thurs Jan 27: subway
    • Fri Jan 28: bikeway

    And remember to

    1. BOOKMARK THIS CALENDAR for scoring of the daily winners and listing of past and upcoming scav hunt objects: http://tinyurl.com/2022scavhunt
    2. Watch this leaderboard for your participation prize progress! https://freezingsaddles.org/pointless/hashtag/scavhunt
    3. Full rules: http://bikearlingtonforum.com/showthread.php?18934-Pointless-Prize-2022-Photo-Scavenger-Hunt
    #1117272
    HokieBeth
    Participant

    1/20 Mead!

    Rode my broken bike [emoji22] to buy mead at the total wine store, since the local Planet Wine doesn’t carry it. Went with the Irish label made with honey and blackberries. Delicious!

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    #1117274
    rumipumi
    Participant

    The scoring calendar for the picture(s) of the day has been updated!

    http://www.tinyurl.com/2022scavhunt

    Please bookmark to check for daily winners and see upcoming hunt targets!

    #1117288
    rumipumi
    Participant

    @Serdar 214222 wrote:

    1/20/2022 – Mead
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    I rode to Maryland Meadworks from West Alexandria, and I do not regret it because Maryland Meadworks is two in one – #scavhunt and #publicartfinder. I guess Rumi’s talented daughter is the author of this beautiful art.

    Yaaay! Yes thats my daughters mural. @ootmel on Instagram!

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    #1117292
    Judd
    Participant

    1/20/2022 Mead

    My sadly empty mead bottle from Maryland Meadworks which sits next to the kitchen bike.

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    #1117294
    bikingjenn
    Participant

    @rumipumi 214258 wrote:

    Yaaay! Yes thats my daughters mural. @ootmel on Instagram!

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    Impressive!!! Love that meadery; when Rumi took us there a few years ago, I was a mead virgin.

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    #1117295
    bikingjenn
    Participant

    1/20/22 Mead- Baltimore. Apple Cinnamon Charm City. 1ad89a1e076584c05d9809beef769d52.jpg

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    #1117296
    bikingjenn
    Participant

    @camiller 214239 wrote:

    1/20/2022 Mead

    I researched around to try to find a business with Mead in its name that was within a rideable distance but was unsuccessful so went with my backup idea – envelopes.

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    Clever

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    #1117303
    cvcalhoun
    Participant

    1/20/2022 Mead

    Have you no shame? You have now taken me from unhealthy eating to solitary drinking! :D

    On the plus side, the bottle (from Maple Beer & Wine, 8125 Wisconsin Ave, Bethesda, MD 20814) was well chilled and ready for drinking by the time I got back from my ride.

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    #1117305
    AlanA
    Participant

    I give up! If my donut picture didn’t win picture of the day, I will never win. I’ll just stick to posting on Strava and not bother with this part of the game.

    #1117306
    bigredboiler
    Participant

    1-20 Mead

    Found Mead & Meade (Ln) today. Maryland Meadworks was a little too far to ride from CO, so I opted for my local watering hole, who was pouring mead.

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    no idea why photo only shows when you click hyperlink. it showed once/twice, and now is back to link only.

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    #1117308
    Catedrew
    Participant

    @Kbikeva 214237 wrote:

    Wow! I saw Chaucer’s Mead in the store along with some Irish bottles labeled “meade” … but the “Made in Texas” mead won out. It turns out to be way too sweet for my taste but I’m glad I tried it.

    Chaucer’s Mead is also rather sweet, but I like sweet mead, so, I think I might like the “Made in Texas” ones – I’ll have to try it.

    #1117320
    bikedavid
    Participant

    1/21 – Coffee

    Today is a good day for some piping hot coffee!

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    #1117322
    tomacsh
    Participant

    1/21/22 Coffee…ICED coffee after my commute!
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    (Need an insulated Thermos I guess)

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