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People's Choice Awards

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The Iowa Geocachers Organization hosts a People's Choice Awards Banquet each spring to recognize all of our great geocachers.

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Our 2023 event will be held in Clear Lake on April 30, 2023. This will give everyone an opportunity to revisit the location of the 2022 Hike-N-Seek and chase any caches you didn't have a chance to last fall!

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You can visit the event page to log your Will Attend by clicking HERE. The location of the event will be:

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Lakeview Community Center

10 N Lake View Dr

Clear Lake, IA 50428

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If you want to make it a whole weekend, check out these additional events:

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If you are interested in chasing the nominated caches, you can find a public bookmark list HERE. You can also scan this QR Code to access/download the list.

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The 2023 categories are:

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1.  Most Creative Traditional Cache - any traditional geocache that went above and beyond in location, description, container, etc.

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2. Most Creative Multi-Cache - any multi-cache that went above and beyond in location, description, container, etc.

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3. Most Creative Mystery/Puzzle Cache - any mystery/puzzle geocache that went above and beyond in location, description, puzzle, container, etc.

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4. Most Extreme Cache - a geocache with a difficulty or terrain rating of at least 3.0 that truly pushed your limits either in finding or reaching it.

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5. Best Handicapped Accessible Cache - any geocaches with either the handicapped-accessible attribute or terrain rating of 1.0.

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6. Best Online Photo - photos submitted by anyone with logs in 2022 on any Iowa geocache (cache does not need to be published in 2022)

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7. Best Online Log - logs submitted by anyone in 2022 on any Iowa geocache (cache does not need to be published in 2022)

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8. Outstanding GeoArt - any collection of geocaches of any type that create a picture on the cache map (collection of caches that form a picture will only be considered for this category and cannot be nominated for outstanding series).

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9. Outstanding Series - any collection of geocaches hidden by one or more coordinated CO's that revolve around a theme (collection of caches for this category do not form a picture on the map and cannot be nominated for outstanding geoart).

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10. Event of the Year - any event type is eligible; if it is an invidual's annual event and has won this award before, it is not eligible. The annual Hike-N-Seek event is not eligible for this award.

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11. Best Gadget Cache - a unique container that you had to solve in order to get to the log sheet

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Guidelines

  • All nominations need to be for geocaches hidden in the state of Iowa during 2022, unless indicated otherwise. All nominations will be reviewed to ensure eligibility within the nominated category.

  • A collection of caches can only be nominated for either GeoArt OR Series, not both.

  • You need to be an active member of IGO to be eligible to vote. If you are unsure if you are an active member, you can email iowageocacherspresident@gmail.com to check your status.

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And the winners are...

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2023 Winners (for caches placed in 2022):

  • Most Creative Traditional Cache

    • GC9TH4Y - Blinded by the Light by The5thK

  • Most Creative Multi-Cache​

    • GCA1Q6N - West Side Trail Chud by ironheadr5

  • Most Creative Mystery/Puzzle Cache​

    • GC9PVQH - Tell Me a Story, Grandma, AL Bonus by looking4gems

    • GC9TK0D - This'll be the day...you cache Clear Lake! by ClearLakeIowa

  • Most Extreme Cache​

    • GC9P541 - Rainbow Room by birgenfamily

  • Best Handicapped Accessible Cache​

    • GC9P8FW - Little Brown Church - Virtual Reward 3.0 by remy8

  • Best Online Photo​

    • markayla

  • Best Online Log​

    • CrimeFighter89

  • Outstanding GeoArt​

    • HnS Guitar - GC9TX9D by The5thK

  • Outstanding Series

    • ​Old MacDonald Had a Farm Series - GC9WQW7 by The5thK​

  • Event of the Year

    • GC9W3VR - Flash to the Crash by Parentsof4Ks

  • Best Gadget Cache

    • GC9N932 - Is Aceey NUTS? by I.M. Nuts (a.k.a. Aceey)

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