Archive for the ‘ scavenger hunt ’ Category

NY State of Mind

Ahhh, Billy Joel is wonderful and he could have put that feeling any better. I’m feelin’ great because High Trek Adventure made NY Daily News. In case you didn’t know, it’s America’s 5th largest paper. Read about our NYC urban adventure race.
Daily News article: High Trek Adventure NYC
Next urban adventure race is Seattle on July [...]

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Guess who’s going to Vegas (Bos results)

Just a reminder for all of those who’ve forgetten…the TOP 25 from EACH race are eligible to go to our Championship Race in Las Vegas! Top 3 (in each city) get in for free!
* Qualifies for Championship Race in Las Vegas
#-Denotes Family Division (18 & under)
@-Denotes Senior Division (55+)
~-Denotes an incorrect answer
*1 Justin Drechsler & [...]

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One if by Land, Two if by AIR‽

I belong to 11, count ‘em, 11 different airline frequent flier programs! No kidding. It seems like I fly as much as I take public transit! Anyway, I digress. I was checking my email yesterday when I came upon one of the coolest scavenger hunts I’d ever seen (it definitely rivals High Trek Adventure)! It’s [...]

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Amazing Racers to Race HTA Austin

Hey Austin, you think you got what it takes to beat Amazing Racers!?! Now here’s your chance when High Trek Adventure bring its unique urban adventure race to Austin. That right Jodi Wincheski, Kelly Crabb and Christy Cook will all be in attendance on Saturday, April 11 in the live music capital of the world.

To [...]

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Online Scavenger Hunt: The Rules

Welcome to High Twit Adventure. High Trek Adventure’s beta version of an online scavenger hunt via Twitter. If you are not Tweeting (micro-blogging) you’re missing out an a HUGE social networking tool. It’s fun and easy, too!
Now to the goods…
Clue #1: How many US state capitals have 2 words? Now find a photo of a [...]

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Houston! We Got A Deal For You!

This weekly segment will compress highlights or our urban races (people say they’re great!), cool and exciting High Trek Adventure tid bits, The Amazing Race, links and other interesting and helpful things we find throughout the week.
With the economy in the tank we’d like to help out when we can. So listen up Houston. I’m [...]

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Secrets to Urban Adventure Race Revealed

A lot of people ask me, “how did come up with that clue?” Racers are especially interested in how we find and write clues in cities in which we don’t live. So here are just a few tid-bits as to how we create and write clues…
First we look at the lay of the land and [...]

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Collegiate Hunts

North of the Charles River in Cambridge, lies one of the world’s most renowned universities - Massachusetts Institute of Technology. MIT is most than electrical engineering geeks and Good Will Hunting. It’s also home to the hunt that launched a thousand hunts: MIT Mystery Hunt. The hunt always begins at noon the Friday before Martin [...]

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