Linfield University Adventure Hunt

#1: This challenge requires all teams to come together so get your entire group to the “Great Dune” within the Cape Kiwanda Natural Area. Once there, climb to the summit of the dune together and take an epic group picture overlooking the coast. Then take some fun video of team members running back down the steep slope afterwards. This may be a great way to end your team building experience so coordinate as a group when and how to meet back up for this challenge. For a helpful guide on where to park and other details about climbing the dune click HERE.

#2: Throughout your time at Linfield you will likely use Scotch Tape for just about everything. Well, except this. To honor this incredibly versatile American-made product take a fun team picture after everyone uses Scotch tape to stretch and distort their faces. For some inspiration click HERE.

#3: Anywhere around the area take a team picture with any public digital clock (not a cell phone or personal watch) when the digits add up to 12. For example, 11:46am would be acceptable because 1+1+4+6=12. Similarly, 5:07pm would also be acceptable, or any other time where the sum of the individual digits equals 12.

#4: Take a video of at least half the members on your team completing the "Bite The Bag" challenge. Stand on one leg, bend down and grab a brown paper bag with your teeth and lift it up as you stand back up on one foot. Must remain on one foot the entire time and can not use your arms, hold onto anything, or bump into anything else. To watch a video of someone successfully completing this challenge click HERE.

#5: Take a video of your team successfully completing the Whipped Cream Catapult Challenge. There are two options for completing this depending on your Covid comfort level with the other members of your team. Option #1 is to divide your team into pairs. Have someone squirt a dollop (small lump) of whipped cream onto the back of their hand. Have the other person stand a few feet away from them ready to catch the whipped cream in their mouth. The person with the whipped cream on their hand will swing their arm back, palm down. When that hand gets back in front of them at about waist height, they’ll strike their wrist with their other free hand, causing the whipped cream to go flying. The second person should successfully catch the whipped cream in their mouth, or at least catch some of it in their mouth and the rest on their face. For this option, at least half your team should make a successful catch in the video. For Option #2 each team member will put the whipped cream on the back of their own hand and fling it up to themselves, at least 3 feet above their head. For this option everyone on the team would need to make a successful catch in the video. To understand the challenge better and to watch a video of a team successfully completing it click HERE.

#6: Find the establishment around Pacific City that features the logo seen HERE. Once there, take a memorable team picture outside the establishment with that secret logo in the background while one teammate is acting like a huge fish being reeled in and the other teammates are on an imaginary boat reenacting a chaotic scene trying not to lose the catch of a lifetime.

#7: Take a video of at least half of your team members all consuming separate spoonfuls of any brand of hot sauce. So if your team has 5 members at least 3 of them will need to each consume a spoonful of hot sauce. Make sure to show the bottle or packet of hot sauce in the video so it can be confirmed that it's actually hot sauce you're consuming.

#8: Take a video of your team all attempting the Knee Drink Challenge. Each member of your team should have their own full and opened bottle of water (standard 16 ounce bottle is best). Sit down on the ground with feet flat and knees bent upwards and place the bottle of water in between your knees. Then lean back so that your elbows and forearms are on the ground on either side of you. Carefully tip your knees and the bottle of water towards your chest so that the top of it rotates down towards you and you can attempt to put your mouth over the opening. Then drink from the bottle as best you can for 5 consecutive seconds. To view an example picture and video of people performing this challenge click HERE. Remaining dry is certainly not a requirement to completing this challenge successfully.

#9: On a mobile device have any one team member successfully use the stopwatch function to get the timer to stop at exactly 5 seconds. Once they’ve got it, have someone take their picture as they proudly display their device with 5.00 seconds clearly visible. This should be done using the stopwatch function and not the countdown/timer clock. Everyone can be attempting the challenge but only one member needs to complete it successfully.

#10: Take a video of your team and any stranger that has a tattoo while they explain what that tattoo means to them. The tattoo must be visible at some point during the video.

#11: Anywhere along the way, find or purchase a new condom and take a video of any one team member completing the Condom Head Challenge. Basically they’ll be stretching the condom over a portion of their head (not their mouth) and using their nose to inflate the condom into an awkward balloon. To watch someone successfully complete this challenge click HERE. All team members can be attempting the challenge but only one needs to successfully inflate their condom. In addition to the video you may also want to capture a hilarious team picture with the inflated condom(s).

#12: Today is National Can Opener Day (it’s true, look it up). To honor this, find any real-life can opener around the area and take a video of your team all doing 5 full rotations of the “Can Opener” break dance move, while the actual can opener is visible at some point in the video. To watch someone demonstrating how to do the Can Opener dance move click HERE. Each team member can do the move at whatever speed is most comfortable for them, as long as each teammate does 5 full leg rotations at some point.

#13: The NFL season is just a few weeks away from kicking off! To see whether you have the grit to make it as an NFL kicker and knock it through the uprights, create a regulation paper football using one sheet of paper. To learn how to make one you can click HERE. Once created, take a video of someone placing the football on a hard surface roughly waist high (a table works well). Then have them “flick” it up into the air and another person who is standing at least 6 feet away catches the flicked football in a standard drinking glass or plastic cup. To watch a video of two people successfully completing this challenge click HERE.

#14: Anywhere around the area find an active military person or veteran. Then take a video of them watching your entire team doing 10 push-ups or sit-ups at their feet to honor their strength. An alternative for finding an actual person is to find any American flag that is being flown around the area and contact an active military person or veteran via Facetime or video chat. Then have them watch you over your device as you complete the sit-ups or push-ups and the flag is in the background. After you’ve finished recording, spend a few minutes learning more about their time in the service before you depart or disconnect, as a small gesture of appreciation.

#15: Get to any public sidewalk that has a decent amount of foot traffic throughout the day. Using sidewalk chalk, write the open ended phrase “Advice For College Students…” and then create a numbered list below it with at least 5 numbered spaces. Find at least one stranger to contribute to your list and then take a team picture with them and their advice in the background. Then leave the chalk on the sidewalk next to your thought provoking artwork so that other passersby can reflect on your question and answer it themselves. Check back in later in the day to see what others have added.

#16: Find a postcard that features this area in some way or a greeting card designed by a local artist and purchase it. Then click HERE to go to the Postcard Happiness Project website and scroll down to the profile for John Craig, an adult with Downs Syndrome from Oregon that loves to receive mail. On your postcard include a fun or uplifting message and sign it with your names or your group name. The mailing address for John can be found in his profile description. Stamp your card and take a picture with it to show you've completed your Act Of Kindness.