Letterboxing on the Playa 2010

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Janet Planet
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Letterboxing on the Playa 2010

Post by Janet Planet » Mon Jul 05, 2010 12:04 pm

Hey Letterboxers! remember to list any boxes you hide on www.atlasquest.com a week or so before the start of Burning Man. I know there will be more letterboxes this year than last year. You can list them here as well.
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Countertyping Geocaching

Post by PugRay » Mon Jul 05, 2010 8:13 pm

Greetings Pollyanna,
PugRay here.
So this letterboxing resembles Geocaching to me.
Familiar?
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Post by gyre » Tue Jul 06, 2010 7:08 am

I got a tv with infinite control of letterboxing.

Very handy.
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Re: Countertyping Geocaching

Post by LostinReno » Tue Jul 06, 2010 12:16 pm

PugRay wrote:Greetings Pollyanna,
PugRay here.
So this letterboxing resembles Geocaching to me.
Familiar?
Basically the same thing, Letterboxing uses personal stamps and I dont' think you really need a GPS to do it. But....if you're into Geocaching, we are having an event out there on Thursday morning 8)
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Re: Countertyping Geocaching

Post by Janet Planet » Sat Aug 14, 2010 12:31 pm

[quote="PugRay"]Greetings Pollyanna,
PugRay here.
So this letterboxing resembles Geocaching to me.
Familiar?[/quote]

Sorta like geocaching, except that you use written clues instead of GPS, and no trinkets are exchanged. It's artsier-fartsier: rubber-stamp artwork, often quite detailed, is exchanged.
Check out the basics: www.atlasquest.com, or www.letterboxing.org
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Post by mars » Sat Aug 14, 2010 5:32 pm

There are 9 boxes, so far, that will be hidden in Black Rock City. (Way better than geocaching, imho)
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Post by SoggyTits » Tue Sep 07, 2010 10:59 pm

Garrrr! Bummer I missed out! I was hoping to letterbox out there.
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Re: Letterboxing on the Playa 2010

Post by mars » Sat Jul 16, 2011 8:05 am

That last entry appears to be spam.


For you letterboxers out there, there will be more boxes planted in BRC this year and we hope you will plant some too!
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Re: Letterboxing on the Playa 2010

Post by aireekah » Thu Jul 21, 2011 6:48 pm

Oooo..... I have never letterboxed before, but I think I'll start next month at BRC!
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