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The Global Scavenger Hunt
''The Global Scavenger Hunt'' is an annual international travel adventure competition in which teams of two people travel around the world in competition with other teams to win ''The World’s Greatest Travelers'' title and trophy.
== History ==
The first event was scheduled for 2001 but postponed due to the events of 9/11.〔O'Brien, Pat. "9/11 delayed first Escape" ''The Riverside Press-Enterprise'', July 14, 2002〕〔("Travelers' Checks" ), ''San Francisco Chronicle'', September 30, 2001〕〔Shattuck,Harry. ("Travel Almanac" ), ''Houston Chronicle'', October 4, 2001〕〔Smyth, Mitchell. ( "The Hunt is on for 50 Would-be Indiana Jonses" ), '' Toronto Star'', 11 August 2001〕〔"Scavenger Hunt" ''Sacramento Bee'', February 10, 2002〕 The inaugural event took place in the spring of 2002.〔("Travelers' Checks" ), ''San Francisco Chronicle'', September 30, 2001〕〔"Teams scour city for travel race clues" Bangkok Post, April 22, 2002〕〔Lees, Nick. "Daring Duo off on global scavenger Hunt" ''Edmonton Journal'', April 7, 2002〕〔"Ethical Mystery Tour" ''South China Morning Post'', April 29, 2002〕〔Bass, Shermakaye. "Contest Winner Journeyed around the world in 23 days for charity" ''Austin American-Statesman'', May 16, 2002〕 A spring 2003 event was cancelled due to the SARS epidemic and the onset of the Iraq war. The event has been held annually since 2008.〔Heslin, Rebecca.("For 25 Teams, the worldwide hunt is on" ), ''USA Today'', November 30, 2007〕〔Sachs, Andrea.("A Truly Amazing Race" ), ''The Washington Post'', October 27, 2008〕〔Wright, Kendall. ("Couple Go on Scavenger Hunt Around World" ), ''The Arizona Republic'', April 16, 2009〕〔Tunney, Donna. ("Scavenger Hunt" ), ''Travel Weekly'' (USA), November 16, 2009〕〔Greenberg, Peter. ("Travel Adventures: Global Scavenger Hunt" ), PeterGreenberg.com, December 2, 2009〕〔Monforton, Lisa. ("Travel Talk" ), ''The Calgary Herald'', January 26, 2011〕〔("The World's Greatest Travelers" ), ''Matamata Chronicle'', May 23, 2012〕〔("Father/son crowned greatest travelers" ), ''Vernon Morning Star'', May 12, 2013〕〔Johnson, Petrina J. ("THS student goes on around-the-world scavenger hunt" ), ''The Houston News'', May 19, 2014.〕 This real life annual 23-day event, as opposed to the reality-TV game show The Amazing Race, is considered the travel world championship.〔Chalmers, William. ("The Travel World Championship" ), ''The Huffington Post'', 19 March 2014〕
''The Global Scavenger Hunt'', originally called ''GreatEscape'', was created in 1999 and launched in 2000〔("A Trip of a lifetime..." ), ''The Contra Costa Times'', 1 Oct 2000〕 by world traveler and author William D. Chalmers.〔Karkaria, Bachi. ("On the Road" ), ''The Times of India'', 24 May 2004〕〔Pathak, Nilima. "Globe-trotter", Fridays magazine, (UAE) October 29, 2004〕〔Griffin, Kevin. "World's Greatest Traveller keeps special spot secret" The Vancouver Sun, November 29, 2003〕〔Greenwood-Davis, Heather. "Scavenger hunt makes for a great escape" ''The Toronto Star'', January 31, 2004〕〔Sinha, Kounteya. "World's Greatest Traveller plugs Agra" Asian Age, May 1, 2004〕 Inspired by his 1989 participation in an around-the-world race sponsored by Visa traveler's cheques, Michelob Dry beer and Holiday Inns International, called the ''HumanRace''.〔("Travel Advisory" ), ''New York Times'', 30 April 1989〕 Chalmers, and his travel companion, Andy J. Valvur,〔Vasilyuk, Saha. "3-Minute Interview: Andy Valvur" ''San Francisco Examiner'', April 8, 2008〕 won the one-time event collecting the $20,000 first place prize money in 17-days.〔Deutsch, Linda. ("Around the world in a Daze" ), ''Los Angeles Times'', 21 Jan 1990.〕 Chalmers later wrote a book chronicling their exploits entitled ''A Blind Date with the World'' in 2000 and was later dubbed the "world's greatest traveler" in National Geographic Traveler magazine.〔Elliott, Christopher. ("Smart Traveler" ), ''National Geographic Traveler'' (p 23), April 2002〕
The annual event is owned and operated by ''Great Escape Adventures, Inc.'', a special event and consulting firm operating out of California, United States since 2000. (California Seller of Travel #2071053-40) William Chalmers remains the Event Director.
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