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November Geocacher of the Month Nominees – Add Your Comment

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The earned, never for sale, Geocacher of the Month geocoin (sun flare optional)

From the cold winter nights in the frigid north to the warm beaches of tropical paradise, the nominees for Geocacher of the Month share (at least) one thing in common: dedication.

Each nominee is being honored for their contributions to the geocaching community. Each will receive worldwide recognition and a prize package from Geocaching HQ in Seattle, but which will be named Geocacher of the Month?

This is your opportunity to  help decide who will take home the earned, never for sale, Geocacher of the Month geocoin (at left). Each featured Geocacher of the Month will receive the exclusive special edition Geocoin, a hat and a profile icon. They’ll also receive a certificate acknowledging their contributions, signed by two of the founders of Geocaching.com.

Mic68 - October Geocacher of the Month
Mic68 – October Geocacher of the Month

In October, Mic68 was named Geocacher of the Month.

One geocacher who commented wrote, “After visiting (Mic68’s)“Dragonheart” I kept referring to this cache as the best I’ve ever done. By now they have published another one which we have just finished a couple of weeks ago and I have to say that this cache definitely is a milestone in geocaching! Wow! In Germany people are willing to travel quite a bit if the cache is worth it and I see people flocking in. The mixture of storytelling, suspense, technical know-how and fun is hard to beat.  Also, this team is immensely nice and helpful! All in all they are very worthy candidates and I would be happy for them to win!”

Now it’s your turn to help us select the next Geocacher of the Month. Write a supportive comment at the bottom of this blog for the nominated geocacher that you feel should be awarded the title. A panel of folks from Geocaching HQ will then use your comments to help guide the decision of which geocacher is awarded the Geocacher of the Month honor.

Here are your nominees for the November Geocacher of the Month. Some testimonials have been edited for length.

 

Janizy

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Janizy – Geocacher of the Month Nominee

Milton Munoz writes, “Janizy has been one of most outstanding geocachers in the history of the hobby in Puerto Rico. She started 4 and half years ago, since then she is being a leader, creating events and inviting geocachers to the most beautiful places of the island. Her caches combine a wide variety of clever ideas and diabolic camouflages, which have become the most wanted (and frightful too) in the local arena. She has created one the most successful Multi-Cache in the south part of the island, inviting geocachers to do CITO in a beautiful coastal valley area.

Janizy has involved her entire family into the hobby: husband, 2 daughters, brother, sister, brother in law, niece and nephews. Janizy and her family are known as one the most successful FTF (First to Find) hunters of the island. Janizy has a great passion for the photography too and always is taking pictures and recording video of every geocaching adventure and produces excellent videos that she uploads in her YouTube and Vimeo channels. Janizy combines pretty well her profession as Special Education Teacher and her passion for the geocaching, recently she created the first Earth Cache published by a local geocacher on the island. For all the energy and interest that Janizy puts in to geocaching, she deserves to be honored as the geocacher of the month!”

 

BIGBROTHERBEAR

BIGBROTHERBEAR - Nominee for Geocacher of the Month
BIGBROTHERBEAR – Nominee for Geocacher of the Month

Gary Goodyear writes, “I would like to submit BIGBROTHERBEAR as the Geocacher of the Month.  BBB (bigbrotherbear) and his series Quest For The Holy Grail (GC3WKNB) was an inspiration for us. Jim (bigbrotherbear) spent months planning and researching the series.  BBB has taken time out of his life for so many people to accompany them on this journey. If someone needs some help while out on the trail he is more than willing to do this for them, not just a nudge or hint, he will bring them water, food or whatever they need. BBB is involved with the Iowa Geocaching  Organization. He has hidden many caches to help make the events successful for them.

BigBrotherBear is more than the average cacher. He contributes countless hours to the community as well. His series Quest For The Hoiy Grail won the IGO peoples choice for outstanding series of 2013.

If you look at the entire series you will see that it has been awarded more than 650 favorite points in total. BBB has hiked this series with several of the teams. 8-12 miles of rough terrain, hills, river crossings and wild life. BBB is planning a new series that involves over 161 well placed caches. It has been placed submitted and is awaiting review.

BBB will take the time to get the permission to place the caches and he also maintains them. I found one of his bike trail geocaches that was in need of repair. I called BBB and told him about this. The next day he was at the site and had repaired it.”

 

 

NorthWes

NorthWes - Nominee for Geocacher of the Month
NorthWes – Nominee for Geocacher of the Month

Darlene Fortin writes, “I would like to nominate NorthWes of Anchorage, Alaska for geocacher of the month. NorthWes is the president of Geocache Alaska. NorthWes is a man of knowledge on his state and on Geocaching. Northwes took time out of busy life to help me organize Events and Geocaching tours for 72 geocachers who were cruising from Vancouver to Alaska. Northwes organized a Meet and Greet for the Cruisers and the locals to meet each other and supplied some awesome prizes for the Event. Northwes is a very respected cacher in his area and has many caches throughout Anchorage and works hard to keep his and other caches in the area maintained. He also guided many of us on private geocaching tours through many of the parks in Anchorage. His knowledge of Alaska was amazing to help us with the many earthcaches through out Alaska.

NorthWes also helped me with all the paperwork to make Bermuda Island Geocachers a non-profit organization. His organization is well established and has members all over the world.

He is for sure one of the best ambassador for Geocaching and is well respected by his local cachers and now all the cachers that were cruising from all over the states and Bermuda. This man surely deserves to be recognized for all his hard work he has put into geocaching for Alaska!”

 

 

 

Comment below to tell us who you think should be the November Geocacher of the Month. We will be accepting comments through December 30.

If your nominee wasn’t recognized here, please submit your nominations again next month. We’re always looking for the next Geocacher of the Month. To nominate a geocacher, send an email to geocacherofthemonth@geocaching.com and include the following information:

  • Your name, the name of your nominee, their username
  • A picture of the nominee
  • Description (200 or more words) explaining why he or she deserves to be the Geocacher of the Month

Please inform your nominee that you have submitted them for the award. Nominations for the next Geocacher of the Month should be received by January 3. Once Geocaching HQ has received the nominations, we will choose the top candidates and post them on the blog. You will then get a chance to champion your favorite. Our goal is to involve the entire geocaching community in this process so that we might learn from each other.

Eric Schudiske

  10. Mi voto es para Janizy. Ella siempre esta dispuesta a ayudar a los geocachers. Es dedicada con el juego y crea eventos y trips súper buenos. Aunque lleves poco tiempo conociendola, te hace sentir parte de su familia.

  13. Mi voto es para mi amiga Janizy! Ella me ha llevado a lugares impresionantes de mi isla. He visto todas las fotos y videos que documenta de las expediciones que hace con los geocachers y sé que es líder en la comunidad aquí en P.R. Ella se esfuerza y dedica en todo lo que hace y sé que con el geocaching es igual. Ella merece el honor de ser la geocacher del mes de Noviembre!

  14. Sin duda, mi voto es para Janizy. Ella es una excelente mujer y geocacher. Siempre bien servicial y dispuesta a ayudar a cualquiera que la llame. Incluso ha salido de su casa a ayudar a algunos geocachers que han necesitado de ella. He salido en expediciones con ella y siempre se pasa bien, solo tienen que mirar sus fotos en la página de geocaching. Pone el corazón en todo lo que hace y el geocaching no es la excepción. Es una FTF hunter como ninguna, sin importar hora o distancia se lanza tras el cache. Es bien sociable y trata de integrar a todos para que la familia de geocachers en la isla continúe creciendo. Sus caches, al igual que sus eventos de competición, son retantes, tienes que pensar. Ella es una geocacher completa, ejemplo a seguir y merece ganar.

    Aqui les dejo una foto de nosotras haciendo geocaching en San Sebastian, PR (GC1F4CX)

  19. There are few geocachers more worthy of recognition than NorthWes. His enthusiasm and support for geocaching is tireless. NorthWes was an integral part of organizing Alaskan geocachers into an enduring, informative and educational group known as GeocacheAlaska. I had the honor of serving on the board of GeocacheAlaska with NorthWes for two years and you couldn’t have had a more well-liked and respected member. And if that wasn’t enough, NorthWes is a heck of a lot of fun to geocache with. He is also active in Earthcaching and has quite a bit of knowledge regarding the geology of Alaska. I’m so glad NorthWes has been nominated. He deserves each and every accolade.

  21. Mi voto es para mi amiga Janizy. Ella merece ser la geocacher del mes de Noviembre pues es una líder. Ha creado muchos eventos, actividades y caches que han unido a los geocacher de la isla y ha llevado excelentes experiencias a todos. Ha fomentado el juego en la isla y siempre esta dispuesta a dar el máximo para llevar el geocaching a otro nivel en P.R.

  25. I vote for BIGBROTHERBEAR . The Quest for the Holy grail is the most chalienging and fun series I have completed in my 2 year geocaching “career”. It plays like a multi, so if all caches are not in place, you would not be able to complete. BBB makes sure caches are secured and well maintained. The only issue I have is he is in the wrong part of the state – move to Ames so I’m closer to your caches !

  28. NorthWes is my vote. He’s done a lot of amazing work here for geocaching in Alaska–and beyond! A hearty 2 thumbs up, Wes!

  29. My vote is 4 my baby sister Janizy! As part of the crew im vry proud of u,luv u n good luck..( to infinity n beyond)

  32. BigBrotherBear gets my vote. He has walked the trail with me several times while looking for geocaches that I haven’t found even when he has already found them all. And he has been also quick to offer help to anyone. He is a great assest to geocaching.

  33. I vote for Janizy. She has the ability to combine at perfection her role of mother, wife, teacher and geocacher lider. She make time for everything and she do it with love and dedication.

  37. My vote is for Big Brother Bear. His enthusiasm and love of the game is contagious. His complexity has taught me a lot about thinking outside the box and has helped me vastly sharpen my geosenses. He is one cacher I definitely love to hate. 🙂

  38. I vote for Janizy! her job is extraordinary, taking the best scenery in our beautiful island for the world. Showing the true beauty of our island.

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