/ Sarah

The Argo — Geocache of the Week

Traditional
GC7ZP1R
by FrankDz
Difficulty:
1
Terrain:
1.5
Location:
Cyprus
N 34° 59.099′ E 034° 01.223′

‘Jason and the Argonauts’ is one of the most enduring tales out of the Greek Pantheon. Jason, an archetypal hero and favorite of the goddess Athena, commissioned a ship from the master shipbuilder, Argo. On this ship, Jason and his crew survived many grand adventures. 

One of the best known—and least tragic—is Jason’s search for the Golden Fleece, a magical relic once belonging to the god Hermes. Geocachers who travel to Cyprus have the chance to channel Jason’s epic quest while searching for The Argo, a cache hidden in a giant sculpture of Jason’s mythical ship, and our Geocache of the Week. 

Image by kipfo.
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/ Chris

Celebrate 20 years of geocaching at Community Celebration Events

Geocaching is what you’ve made it. Entering into the 20th year of geocaching, we want to celebrate what’s most important: this community-driven game!

Beginning today, eligible geocachers can apply to host Community Celebration Events in 2020. These events will enable cachers around the world to commemorate the 20th anniversary of geocaching with a new icon and souvenir.

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/ Annika

Crafty ideas to up-level your event logbook

Even if the weather outside isn’t frightful where you are (it’s always sunny somewhere in the world), it’s time to get together and be merry. If you are planning to host a geocaching event this time of the year*, why not get crafty and add some festive flair. Even though logbooks are optional at geocaching events, they are a great way to remember a special gathering with your geocaching friends.

*You may consider hosting an event on December 31 or January 1 for the Goodbye 2019, Hello 2020 celebrations.

Here are three creative ideas to make your event logbook shine.

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/ Genevieve Miner

Magna Plătĕa Bruocsellae (Fr-Nl-En) — Geocache of the Week

Traditional
GC4X3EZ
by Cazpt
Difficulty:
3
Terrain:
1
Location:
Brussels, Belgium
N 50° 50.780 E 004° 21.177

“The Town Hall of Brussels is a jewel; a dazzling fantasy dreamed up by a poet and realized by an architect. And the square around it is a miracle.” This is how famed French writer Victor Hugo described the scenery around the Grand-Place of Brussels.

Image by Lusitana Paixão.
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/ Sarah

Out with the old, in with these two new souvenirs!

Geocachers accomplished a lot in 2019! We celebrated cache creation with a worldwide Cache Carnival, we found lots of new Virtual Caches thanks to Virtual Rewards 2.0, we became master sleuths and collected clues to solve the Mystery at the Museum, and we Streaked for a whole Week at the end of August!

The year is not over yet, and we’ve got much more geocaching excitement in store for 2020! Get ready geocachers, because the 20th anniversary of geocaching is just the start.

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