It's time that you know the origin of this quest. It began in the little college town of Northfield, MN in 2001. The national Trica website puts it well:
"The Tricadecathlonomania was created in the year of our lord, 2001 by Alex Robins and Tad Johnson of Northfield Minnesota. In that year, this 24 hour long scavenger hunt first occurred. The concept of a scavenger hunt is a simple one, teams go out to collect objects and return them by grace of god to the judges for points, and the team with the most points wins. Well, with the advent of Polaroid cameras and handheld video recorders, a new breed of scavenger hunt came forth. This allowed items to become larger, less tangible, heavier, grosser, and pretty much more righteous."
The prize for winning this epic quest is nothing short of eternal glory. The winning team ascends to judgehood and becomes responsible for writing the list for and judging Tricadecathlonomania 2010.
If you want to find out yet more about Trica history and the format of the hunt you can check out the wikipedia page for the national Trica.
The trailer for the 2007 Trica is available here.
You may be wondering why we're not taking part in the national Trica here at CU. This is because a local Trica allows us to write a list relevant to CU and Boulder instead of the watered-down, generic Trica list that needs to apply to Tricathletes in both Northfield and Richmond, Virginia.
Heart,
Trica Gnome
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