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    Exclamation Countdown to the Geolympix! 10am Sunday July 22nd 2012


    Exactly a year from the posting of this topic - 10am Sunday July 22nd 2012 - the GEOLYMPIX event will open in Oxford Town Hall, Oxford, UK. As the hub event for a Summer Festival of Caching in the area, it's being promoted as an International Celebration of Geocaching. Features include:

    • Convenient central location
    • Historic venue and surroundings
    • Full programme of supporting events including CITO and Camping
    • Caching challenges, competitions and awards
    • GeoKid and GeoDog friendly
    • Sales stands and organisations
    • Geocoins, games, talks, debates and more
    • All profits to charity

    Challenges will include:

    • 26-mile, 5-ring caching route (being set by Lord of the Cachers, no less!)
    • Unique traffic-free cycle series
    • Boating and other Geolympix caches
    • 11 Icons in 11 Hours challenge
    • Complete your D/T Grid locally
    • Win the Cache of Dreams

    The official launch party is being held on July 29th this year - a couple of days before the Welsh Mega, just 1.1 miles down the coast. The Geolympix team will be at both events to explain what we have in store for visitors. It'd be great to see you there and at the GEOLYMPIX itself!

    Much more information at Geolympix.com
    Follow Geolympix on Twitter: @Geolympix



    Geolympix : Be Outstanding in the Field!
    Last edited by Simply Paul; 22nd July 2011 at 03:46 PM.

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    August update: To help us reach a wider international audience - a key intention - we want to add pages of basic information to the Geolympix web site in Welsh, Gaelic, French, German, Dutch, Spanish, Portuguese, Polish, Greek, Turkish, Russian, Hungarian, Czech, Catalan, Swedish, Danish, Finnish, Italian, Arabic, Chinese (Putonghua/Guoyu/Huayu/Mandarin and Cantonese), Japanese, etc. If anyone can help please email me through my profile or contact the team via the site. We've German, Dutch and Russian covered so far. Still looking for help with the others though. Anyone know any Welsh-speaking forum users who'd be able to help?

    The event has now been offered up for review (we've taken well over 200 pre-registrations already and it's less than a year away) and The Geolympix website is being updated with photos from Mega Wales, links to local caches set in every month since January 2001 - for Caching Calendar fillers - a bit about Mega Piratemania and other news...

    Our main news is there will be an 'international road-show' series of events counting down to the Geolympix. The first is GC30Y6J - Countdown to the Geolympix #11 - Oxford. This is being held in the venue where we first proposed the Geolympix concept to Jeremy Irish. September's event is being planned for Southampton, October will be in Berlin and November's set for New York. The Geolympix is intended to be an international event so needs to be promoted internationally. The good news is the trips aren't being paid for from Geolympix funds; they're being arranged around other travel plans. We intend to cover the length and breadth of the UK so anyone who didn't make it to our launch event or Mega Wales in Swansea last week can still get a freebie and some more information about the programme of events being put together.

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    Simply Paul Guest

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    Bump!

    We're always keen to hear feedback on our plans. The addition of the 'fill your Cache Year/Month Set grid' Geolympix Challenege came from a comment we received. So if you have any suggestions, please let us know.

    A reminder about tonight's event in Oxford too: Countdown to the Geolympix #11 - Oxford, where we'll be talking about some of the new Geolympix features and unveiling details of the first Geolympix side event: GC32000 (not yet reviewed).

    The Geolympix: Be Outstanding in the Field!

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    Simply Paul Guest

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    Latest Update:

    The next Countdown to the Geolympix event will be in Berlin on September the 29th - location TBC. This replaces the Southampton meet due to transport issues for metal bijou. Don't worry, we'll get back to the south coast some other time between October and July next year.

    The Geolympix website has been updated with, amongst other things, news of Geolympix T-shirts, baseball caps, mugs and bags - but most importantly - the lanyards which are due shortly.


    Click for a larger image.

    Ideal for hanging your GPS, PDA, mobile phone or compact camera from your neck to keep it safe but accessible, they'll also help turn the Geolympix Geocoins into unique wearable trackables!

    Width: 20mm. Length: 450mm. Safety break: On the side to avoid 'neck-chaffing'. Connection: 'Mobile-phone' style loop. Construction: Durable Nylon with metal split-ring.

    Prices:
    £1
    each, or
    £10 for 11 (10 to sell on at £1 each plus one for your trouble), or
    £100 for 111 (10 packs of 11 to sell on at £10 each, plus one for your trouble)

    Another exciting development is an early draft of our Geolympix Geocoin design, which was unveiled on the site last night.




    Click for a larger image.

    The final design hasn't been confirmed - for example, the bronze finish may be too dark to use translucent enamel on it - but these should give an idea of the direction we've gone in. The Geolympix Geocoins will be available in a choice of Gold, Silver and Bronze finishes, all with a Geolympix icon and trackable on Geocaching.com. Features include a pre-drilled hole as a part of the design, meaning they can be worn as a 'wearable trackable' (perfect for use with a Geolympix Lanyard) and large, clear tracking number. A high-quality, hefty 6cm diameter coin - with a unique feature around the edge to be announced! Click on an image, above, to see a larger version of it.

    The Geolympix: Be Outstanding in the Field!

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    Anyone know a local cheap hotel?

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    Simply Paul Guest

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    Book ahead with Travelodge for a room around £10-£19. Almost cheaper than you can camp in high season. There's also a Holiday Inn Express and a Premier Inn. We'll be adding links to the site shortly.

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