Credits
This adventure was made possible by the convergence, encouragement (likely against their better judgment) and labors-of-love of many. Longtime puzzle-hunt-organizer Dave, consulted on a Monday night (mostly hypothetically), made it seem not completely crazy to organize a hunt by the weekend and agreed to advise. Various friends agreed to help with puzzles; but only when Mira (whose longtime Mathcamp experience gave her a trove of puzzle knowledge, and puzzles) stepped up to become the puzzle czar did the impossible become possible. (Not-so-famous early words: “It shouldn’t be too much work.”) All-nighters are apparently still possible at our age!
Accomplices
See Metapro-puzzles for specific puzzle credits.
Helpers during the puzzling day:
- Madeleine (the first “MP” of the day), Richard and family, for breakfast, first puzzle reveal (and assist!) and transport
- Jessica, for Berkeley clue-stashing and dog-walking puzzle delivery
- Sand & Rae, who gave us our lunchtime lifts (“Just happened to be passing by—need a lift somewhere?“); Sand also dug deep into childhood to make Puzzle 3
- Adam, who beamed in with lemon, chameleon and our next location
- Harriet & Chen Chen, who delivered Puzzle 5 (along with Jax’s bonus challenge puzzle); plus courtesy rush pick-up/delivery of a certain down-to-the-wire photobook project
- Family Alvidrez, who delivered (and created) Puzzle 6, and later brought dinner for everyone at the end of our long day
- Suma, our Laguna Beach connection and cafe clue-giver
- Trevor, our designer boutique connoisseur and director to the SkyPad
- Paul & Ambika, who provided a much-needed boost of energy (and hilarity) with their unforgettable 3-part “Boss“ challenge
And a call-out to Richard (for early puzzle consultation), Omer (for unwittingly planting the idea of a symmetric and puzzle-hunt proposal), Craig (the original giver of a “token of a token”), Mary (for reviving hope of devising a collaborative surprise) and our SkyPad host-in-absentia Gautam, who unwittingly set the timeline (and deadline) in motion. Oh, and everyone with whom NC has played a game, solved a puzzle, thrown a party or otherwise pulled something slightly crazy off slightly too late and with not nearly enough sleep.
