Showing posts with label The Conqueror. Show all posts
Showing posts with label The Conqueror. Show all posts

Saturday, April 1, 2023

The Conqueror Virtual Challenge Easter Island


 If you ever wanted to walk the shores of Rapa Nui but the idea of destroying the environment is too big of a no for you there it the The Conqueror Virtual Challenge Easter Island. You can walk the same distance, get a nice souvenir, and then have five trees planted in the name of your effort. 

This is much better than going to Easter Island, because we people screwed it up and the carbon footprint to hauling your tail across the world isn't helping things. 

This Easter, why not do something for the world and get one of these. If we all got one the world would be a better place. 

Thursday, February 2, 2023

The Conqueror Amalfi Coast Virtual Challenge


 The Conqueror Amalfi Coast Virtual Challenge is an award you pay for, work for, and then get. It comes with a good amount of postcards telling you about the area it is based on and all about the lemons and lemon alcohol that is made there. 

The postcards you get by email are Vietri Sul Mare, Cetara, Minori, Amalfi, Conca dei Marini, Positano, and Sorrento. Each will come individualized and dated. They are in truth a good way to see more of the world. 

The 'bling' itself folds open to reveal a map and pamphlet. Part of this is paper and that's a down side for me. However, buying this meant that I planted five trees to make the world better. I'm proud that I have this, and it looks good on the shelf.



Sunday, January 1, 2023

Marathon to Athens Virtual Challenge

If you're New Year's resolution was to complete a marathon then The Conqueror has you covered. Marathon to Athens Virtual Challenge starts at the famous site of the battle of Marathon, passes Soros, 'The Runner' sculpture at Pallini, and ends at the Athens track. You get four virtual postcards by email along this rout teaching you about the event and it's history. 

The best part is that you are only competing with yourself and can finish the marathon with every step you take over days or even weeks. It shouldn't take you that long.  

Now the 'bling' itself has a magnetic compartment under the center shield. Behind that shield is a collectors coin. A good number of Conqueror challenges have some kind of things about them that makes them stand out. This one is a fun little thing you can show your kids. It's also one more thing to get lost. 

Anyway, I got this because it meant five trees were planted and that's what's important to me. 
 

Monday, October 24, 2022

The Conqueror Virtual Challenges Mount Kilimanjaro

 Mount Kilimanjaro is one of the simpler awards from The Conqueror Virtual Challenges likely one of their early ones as well. It features a sixty mile trek with five virtual postcard of the park Mti Mkubwa Camp, New Pofu Camp, Mawenzi Tarn Camp, Barranco Camp, and Uhuru Peak.

This is a great way to see the park without harming the environment. Frankly, I love the idea of going places and staying where I can't be eaten by a lion. However, I mostly do these things because they plant trees. 

If you're the kind of fellow who wants to do this and then put your charm on the wall or in a box then this is the thing for you. However, if these things are like toys to you then this one doesn't do anything cool. Well, unless you count planting trees and making the world better, that is kind of cool to me.



Thursday, September 29, 2022

The Conqueror Virtual Challenge Conquer 2022


If you are going to get any Conqueror Virtual Challenges getting Conquer 2022 is the one because it will no longer be available at the end of the year. It is still you telling yourself I'm going to walk this far, paying someone to keep after that, planting five trees, and then sending you something to tell you it got done. 

Some challenges skip the middle man and just send you the thing that says you got it done. Conqueror doesn't do that. 

Now this is a nice prize with a cool fold out feature and earth and stars artwork. 

To be honest, I buy these to plant trees. I guess I could do that without them, but this is how I plant trees. If you want to plant trees consider this, and if not you're a bad person, and I don't like you. 

Saturday, May 28, 2022

The Conqueror Virtual Challenge Berlin Wall

The Conqueror Virtual Challenge Berlin Wall is an award for walking the distance of the wall that you pay for. I elect to plant five trees with every one of these I get, but The Conqueror gives you the option to stop plastic from going into the ocean. Me, I just like trees.

In any case, this comes with a magnetic part that comes out and looks cool but has no other real function. 

I buy these mostly to plant trees and save the world, so I'm on the fence with how I feel about this sort of thing. I mean, it would look good on the wall, but once you get it on the wall how will the magnetic part be noticed?
 

Sunday, March 6, 2022

The Conqueror Angkor Wat Virtual Challenge


 You too can go to majestic Angkor Wat and get bitten by bugs or eaten by tigers. Then again, you could just get The Conqueror Angkor Wat Virtual Challenge and plant some trees as you walk in the safety of places you know are safe. 

Look, tourists destroy things but virtual challenge takers plant trees and save thing so unless you have a really good reason to see this monument then stay home and get this thing, plant five trees like I did, and save the world just a little each day.

Monday, December 27, 2021

The Conqueror Grand Canyon Virtual Challenge


 In the world of 'The Conqueror' the 'Grand Canyon Virtual Challenge' is one of the more simple ideas that come across. It is a solid glazed medallion with no moving parts. It also means that I planted five trees and walked something like two hundred miles. That means having one makes me a good person.