Team Aahz Letterboxing: Santa Clara County Day Of Letterbox Planting Contest

Mn8X came up with the idea of having a National Day Of Letterbox Planting and Ryan challenged us to try and crash the server by adding too many boxes to AQ in one day. Several people came up with a date to do the challenge: 5/24 (which is National Scavenger Hunt Day). The Wolf Family then decided to make it into a contest to get more boxes in their home state of North Carolina. I am now shamelessly jumping on this bandwagon to promote Santa Clara County (SCC) boxes. (SF and Oakland each have 89 boxes listed within 25 miles. San Jose has less than 30!) The record number of added traditional boxes on a single day is 142 (wouldn't it be cool to beat this). The record number of allegedly planted boxes on a given day is 95.

Thanks to all who contributed ideas to get this started (see the Atlas Quest board starting with the "Do you plant boxes" thread).

THERE WILL BE A PRIZE FOR THE MOST SCC BOXES ADDED TO AQ ON 5/24, A PRIZE FOR THE MOST SCC BOXES ACTUALLY PLANTED ON 5/24, AND AN EVENT STAMP (VIA MAIL) FOR ALL WHO PARTICIPATE.

Here is how it works:

1. Plant a traditional box in Santa Clara County (SCC) between now and 5/24 but don't post the clues until 5/24 on Atlas Quest.

2. Sign up for this event.

It's fun to see who you are competing against and I'll also need a way to keep track of the contestants to see who the winner is and who I need to send the event stamp to.

3. What are you waiting for? There isn't much time! Get carving and planting!

RULES:
1. Clues must be posted on 5/24/06.
On 5/25 I will look at the logbooks of all who are signed up for the event and determine the winner that way.

2. Plants must be in Santa Clara County.
You do not need to be from SCC-- just come here and plant a box.

What if you can't get here in time?
Well, if you can find someone to plant for you in time and load it to AQ on the 5/24 deadline you will at least get carving credit and I'll send you the event stamp for participating. The planter will get planting credit which qualifies you for the event stamp as well as a point toward winning the contest (I'll only be counting plant numbers in logs).

3. The boxes must not have been found yet (so if you have a bunch that are just on LbNA and are thinking of adding them to AQ on that day-- that's a great thing to do-- and I would encourage it for purposes of seeing if AQ will crash, but I won't count them as part of the contest results. They may count toward beating that 142 number, though!).

4. The plants must be traditional boxes.

PRIZE FOR MOST SCC BOXES ADDED TO AQ ON 5/24:
*** If you want to make a donation send me an e-mail-- any donations would be greatly appreciated.***

The prizes may consist of
carving materials, logbooks, lock-n-lock box, markers, and anything else I can think up or anyone donates.

NOW GET OUT THERE AND PLANT! :)

PS- I'm REALLY new to carving, so if one of our more experienced artists would like to volunteer to design and carve the event stamp, that would be MUCH appreciated!

-Aahz