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

Topic

[Kbikeva]

@Boomer2U 215323 wrote:

No, they did not appear to Buddhist monks of the Tibetan or SE Asian sects that I am familiar with, but rather maybe Shakta (Hindu) monks as they all wore the mark of the tilaka and had head/ facial hair… though I did not ask and am not sure. How can you tell the difference?

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I just wondered due to the colors — didn’t zoom in to examine anything. Growing up in Japan and then visiting Thailand a couple of times, I became pretty complacent as to seeing monks there – but still find it unusual in the US. My younger brother was fascinated by the Thai monks’ “begging bowls” – he thought he might try to start that tradition in our neighborhood for himself. My mom quashed his zeal explaining religious tradition vs. greed. lol

[AlanA]

@CBGanimal 215320 wrote:

2/1/2022 Lunar New Year which this year is represented by the Tiger

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Did you stop in for a smoke?

[AlanA]

@CaseyKane50 215331 wrote:

2/1/2022 Lunar New Year

Year of the Tiger

Exxon-Mobil Gas Station
Little River Turnpike
Fairfax, Virginia

That was my plan for today, but they don’t have Exxon’s out this way. It’s all Circle K.

[AlanA]

@consularrider 215358 wrote:

2/1/2022 – Lunar New Year

I tried real hard to find a Tiger in Columbia, Marietta, Maytown, and N York, PA without luck. went by a Chinese restaurant in Columbia, but their exterior decorations were for Valentines day. No Exxon stations, but some Turkey Hills. I’m submitting my plate of drunken noodles at the District Thai Restaurant on N George St in N York s my Lunar New Year celebration.

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You could have had a Blue Moon to go with your meal! Or a Moon Pie for dessert!

[Catedrew]

2/1/2022 – Lunar New Year – Year of the Tiger!

Found in today’s LFL

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[SFrank]

2/1/22
Lunar New Year
Happy “Year of the Tiger”!

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[BianchiBoy]

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It’s the lunar new year, and I can’t sleep.

[BianchiBoy]

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A couple of moons and a cookie for the lunar new year.

[Steve O]

2/1/22
Lunar New Year

Being completely clueless about any potential differences among the various new years, I submit this photo of the Chinese lanterns at the REACH, hoping that it qualifies.

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[BianchiBoy]

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A couple of moons & a cookie.

[Sophie CW]

2/1/2022 – Lunar New Year
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Chinese newspapers picked up today for my dad had ads to celebrate the new year as well as a dragon/lion icon on the dateline.

[Boomer Cycles]

2/01/22: Lunar New Year

Like @Serdar, @HokieBeth and I rode over to the Kennedy Center to see the #ReachWinterLanterns display for the Lunar New Year [emoji3454]

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[bikingjenn]

2/1/22 Lunar New Year -this morning at 6am, it was so dark I think I saw “the monster, called Nian (Chinese for “year”)” Nian was a flesh-eating beast who comes out and feasts on humans. According to google, Nian was afraid of bright lights, loud noises and the color red. On my evening commute I saw red lights in a tree to ward off Nian.

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[sszibler]

1/2/2022 Lunar New Year

I believe this says Tiger Fork, but I need to verify. Blagden Alley in DC.

[Nadine]

2/1/22 lunar new year: tiger

On my ride today I stopped for a little free library pic, absconded with this great Winnie the Pooh book (stuck it up my jacket) and then before I packed up my bike to go home I scrolled through my teammates’ rides and got this great idea from Catie. I thought I had no hope of finding a lunar new year pic – but there was Tigger come to the rescue!

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