You’ve wanted to see them for a week and here they are…photos from the 2011 Treasure Hunt! Head on over to our Facebook page or our 2011 photos page right here on the website for images from jackasses, Bad Donkey and more.
Thanks and congratulations to our winners!
Thanks to all of the Hunters who enjoyed the 61st Annual Treasure Hunt on Saturday! This Hunt is in the history books and it was another great evening of fun in the desert. Congratulations to the first place suckers winners, The Heads of Alfredo! Five of their members have previous committee experience, so they know what they’ve gotten themselves into for the next three years.
Also, a huge thanks from the committee to all of the volunteers and businesses who helped us put the Hunt together this year. We couldn’t do this without you. Finally, we want to say how much we all appreciate our friends and family members who provided support, encouragement and put up with all of the craziness which planning a Treasure Hunt involves!
Check out these photos of the first, second and third place teams receiving their shirts, then head on over to the Archives page to download copies of the cluebook, statistics and results sheets.
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- The Six Napoleons receive their green shirts
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- Rigor Tortoise receives their blue shirts
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- The Heads of Alfredo receive their red shirts and a three-year tour of duty on the committee
The 5th of November is near
We’re just a few short days away from the 61st Annual Arizona Treasure Hunt! The committee is hard at work putting the final touches on what promises to be a great evening of frantic fun in the desert. While we’re wrapping up our preparations, we want to remind all Hunters of a couple important items.
First, the Check Out area will open to all Hunters at 5:00 p.m. on Saturday evening. At that time, teams are welcome to begin studying our wizardly displays, searching for any detail which may prove to be useful in the course of the Hunt. As usual, Check Out will begin at exactly 6:15 p.m.
Secondly, all Hunters should know their team name and car number! These are critical items which will prove to be useful Hunt Night. If you’re unsure about either of these, take a look at our Registered Teams page for all the info you need.
We’ll see you on Saturday! Happy Hunting!
Wanna see this year’s t-shirt?!
We don’t have a picture of an actual t-shirt on an actual hunter, but we do have a mock-up of what the shirt will look like! Huge thanks to Joan Varitek for creating the art for the shirt and poster and to Brand X Custom T-Shirts for printing the shirts.
Hintswise? Otherwise? We have both!
Now is the time when the Hunt excitement starts building! Your 2011 Hintswise and Otherwise is now available for download from our website. Let the researching begin!
Don’t forget the waiver form
The Hunt is still a month away, but we want to remind teams that they need to give the Treasure Hunt committee a completed liability waiver form when they arrive at the Check Out area on Hunt night. The form is available in PDF format on our website, so grab it and get it filled out early!
Thanks to the effort of hunter Nick Spade (Car 44 – Team Rocket), the waiver form is now a fillable PDF file. That means you can now type most of the information before printing it! We’d appreciate that very much, as it saves us from having to decipher your writing. We may be wizardly, but some Hunters have handwriting that even magic can’t decode.
We hope you enjoy this year’s HWOW. We’ll see you one month from today!
Almost full!
Well, it only took 12 hours to reach 78 registered teams! It’s great to see the dedicated number of Hunters who are excited about this year’s Hunt.
Back in the old days of the Hunt (meaning more than two years ago), we would have been full and anyone who hadn’t signed up yet would feel like a jackass. But we’ve expanded the field to 83 teams again this year! We still have five spots open for teams who want to get in on the fun, excitement and general craziness of the Treasure Hunt.
Once the Hunt fills up, we will start taking standby registrations from teams hoping to compete. If any registered teams fail to pay or notify the committee that they are unable to hunt, we’ll give their spot to the top team on the standby list.
If you’ve been thinking about joining the Treasure Hunt, register now and get one of our five remaining spots! Being on the standby list isn’t bad, but wouldn’t you rather know that you have a guaranteed position?
You can find the registration form here, and you can see the list of all registered teams here.
Screenshot tour of the registration process
Not only have we updated our website, we’ve updated our registration process! We’re using an online storefront model, so now you’ll be placing an “order” for your team registration, shirts, extra maps and extra cluebooks. You’ll still need to mail us a check after submitting your registration though, so don’t get out the plastic.
We know many of you will be in a hurry to register at exactly 11:05 p.m. on September 6th, so we wanted to give you a sneak peek at the process so you can familiarize yourself with it beforehand. Take a look below for screenshots of the main selection page and the submission page! Click on the images to get a better view. If they’re still tricky to read, your browser may be trying to fit the images onto the screen. Click on them again to zoom in.
Selection Page
Submission Page
Reminder: registration is nearly here!
We’re less than a week away from the third most anticipated day on a Hunter’s calendar: registration day! Hopefully you’ve figured out that the day the HWOW is released and Hunt Day itself are met with more anticipation. In case you’ve forgotten, registration will open at precisely 11:05 p.m. on Tuesday, September 6th.
We’ve updated the registration form, but the overall process will remain the same. One, and only one, person needs to register your team via the form which will be here on our website. After registering, you will receive an email with your total fee and the mailing address. DO NOT delete this email! Your team will be required to mail a check to the Hunt committee for your full registration fee.
YOUR CHECK MUST BE IN OUR MAILBOX NO LATER THAN TEN (10) CALENDAR DAYS AFTER REGISTERING! Really, seriously, ten days. If we don’t have your check in hand ten days after you register, we reserve the right to remove your team from the Hunt.
Because we want you to be well-informed hunters, here’s the price list to help you figure out what your total bill will be:
| Team registration | $258 (includes brown bag, 3 maps and 3 cluebooks) |
| Extra maps | $3 each (given after completion of the Hunt) |
| Extra cluebooks | $3 each (given after completion of the Hunt) |
| T-shirts | $16 each for S to XL, $18 each for XXL |
We will have a limited number of t-shirts for sale on Hunt night. Prices will be $18 for S to XL and $20 for XXL.
For the past few Hunts, team starting position has been determined by registration order and we will be continuing that practice this year. If you want to be one of the first teams out of the parking lot on Hunt night, be sure to register at 11:05 p.m. on Tuesday!
New Poster
We’ve updated our poster to include our new website address, so if you want to display it on your own site or post a hard copy somewhere, feel free to grab the small JPG version or the larger PDF version.
Happy registering on Tuesday!
2011 theme and poster announcement!
A couple weeks ago we announced the registration date for this year’s Hunt (September 6th at 11:05pm, if you’ve forgotten). But we didn’t announce something else nearly as important: the theme!
Have we whet your appetite enough now? You’re undoubtedly looking forward to getting your team registered and you’d like to come up with the perfect theme-related team name. If you’re really dedicated, you probably want to start working on outfits to wear. Yes, we remember the crazy costumes of 2008′s One Groovy Hunt and no, you cannot combine tie-dye with this year’s theme.
OK, Hunters are a special breed; maybe some of you can pull that off.
Crazy costumes aside and without further ado, we’re happy to announce the theme for the 61st Annual Arizona Treasure Hunt will be:
Elementary, My Dear Donkey: The Hunt in 3D
Why 3D? The answer should be elementary, my dear hunter!
Of course, we have a poster to accompany the theme. This year’s poster was created by Hunt Wizard Matt Varitek’s sister Joan Varitek. She’s an accomplished illustrator and cartoonist whose donation of time and talent to create our poster is greatly appreciated.
If you want to display the poster on your site, blog, Facebook page or print it out to show your friends, family and coworkers, you can download a copy of the small version or the large version. Correction: updated versions of the poster with the correct website address can be found via the following links: small version or large version.
So break out your favorite pipe, put on your hunting cap with the ear flaps and don’t forget your magnifying glass! Registration is in less than three weeks and the Hunt is only two and a half months away. Soon, the game will be afoot!
