Die D-/T-Sterne sind nicht die Einzigen, die Du beim Geocachen sehen wirst.
Es gibt Millionen Menschen, die sich mit Stolz Geocacher nennen. Einige wenige davon sind Weltstars. Es sind nicht nur berühmte Geocacher wie der bekannte “Moun10bike” (der Erfinder der Geocoins und Trackables), es sind auch Filmstars, Sportler und andere darunter:
Hugh Jackman – Wolverine in Person!
Jens Voigt – Weltberühmter deutscher Radfahrer
Ken Jennings – 74-facher Gewinner der Fernsehquiz-Show “Jeopardy!”
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It’s not often that a cache hidden in plain sight manages to surprise and delight its finders, but this one does. Tourists visiting Gdańsk, Poland who visit this cache find themselves standing in front of a secret that most locals don’t even know about. To the muggle (non-geocacher), the red metal cube next to the bicycle is merely functioning as a kickstand to a nice piece of “upcycled” art. The geocacher knows otherwise. It’s a lesson that not every geocache has to involve clever gadgets to blend in to its surroundings—this one just needed some red paint and the right setting.
What geocachers have to say:
“What an interesting cache-container in this beautiful old town. I think, we should come back to Gdansk for a longer time, because, today we had not so much time during our Cruising Stop. Thank you for the Cache and greetings from Germany.” –Cache-Kühe
“So good! And so cheeky! Had some polish friends to cover me with some people and a pram… and so opened the container and signed the logbook. Seems impossible to do it alone…for the nice idea I leave a FAVpoint and a big THANK YOU, Wolffsteam from Germany.” –Wolffsteam
“Roadtrip through Europe: 18 days and 4924 kilometres. We visited 10 countries and our only goal was to find at least 1 geocache in each of them – which we also succeeded! Altogether we found about 25 geocaches. Very nice TB hotel! Worth a FP from us. Also we liked the souvenirs in the shop and bought a bagful of them 🙂 We took the French TB to travel to Finland with us. Thanks for the cache and greetings from Finland!” –Team Korppi
How did you come up with the idea to hide the cache in plain sight?
“The cache has a history. First of all when I hid this cache back in 2010 geocaching.com wasn’t very popular in Poland and there was no safe and easy accessible place in Gdansk to swap trackables. When it was published it was placed in the shop and it was very well received by geocachers what you can read in logs but after about 2.5 years it was reported as violating the Guidelines and I had to think about future of the cache. I had to move it outside the shop or archive. The second option wasn’t a solution to anything because I could already see a demand for a cache of this type. I worked with landowners on the solution and they accepted my idea of another “gadget” in front of their shop and we came out with present form of the cache. It’s obvious for geocachers and nicely invisible for other tourists. As I’ve heard recently, it’s Muggle-proof and apparently the change we made was for good as the cache is now available 24/7.”
Do you think non-geocachers ever wonder what the red box is for?
“From the logs I know that in most cases tourists pay no attention to the cache thinking about it as part of shop decoration and moreover they do not even pay attention to geocachers at the cache. Although I’ve heard that tourists sometimes make a jokes about geocachers trying to steal the bicycle next to the cache.”
What’s been your reaction to all of the nice logs and Favorite Points?
“I love this type of caches myself and I’m trying to find them in the cities I’m visiting. I reward them with FP’s because it’s not easy to hide something bigger than micro in city environment. I’m sincerely surprised by popularity and nice comments which are clear proof that it’s worth to make an effort. Every single positive log and each FP make me smile and give me inspiration to make every next cache better than previous one. I treat FP’s as a blue fuel for me as a cache maker.”
Is there anything you’d like to say to the geocaching community?
“Example of Gdansk TB Hotel cache shows that if your initial idea of the cache does not meet guidelines and your Reviewer is asking you to make changes, you may feel disappointment (I was there!) but it’s worth to think about it as an opportunity for even better solution because results may very positively surprise you.”
Photos:
Kids are fantastic camouflage!daim77 with the cache
The logbook doubles as a good souvenir idea.
Team Fuchsgewitz nonchalantly standing near the cache.
This geocache was featured on Geocaching’s Instagram page.
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On October 11, you can earn a new souvenir for celebrating the geocaching game board. What’s that, you ask? The whole entire Earth!* All you have to do is go out and find an EarthCache on International EarthCache Day.
EarthCaches don’t have physical containers, but instead bring you to a unique location and teach you an earth science lesson. To make the find, you’ll have to check the EarthCache’s description and answer questions based on where you are.
If you’re using the free Geocaching Intro App, finding and logging an EarthCache is easy. You can just send your answers to the cache owner via Message Center. Visit the search page to find an EarthCache near you.
Der internationale EarthCache-Tag ist am 11. Oktober
Am 11. Oktober kannst Du ein Souvenir für das Feiern des Geocaching-Spielfeldes bekommen. Du fragst Dich, was das ist? Es ist die ganze Erde!* Alles, was Du zu tun hast, ist rauszugehen und am internationalen EarthCache-Tag einen EarthCache zu finden.
EarthCaches haben keinen gegenständlichen Behälter. Statt dessen bringen sie Dich an einen einzigartigen Ort und geben Dir eine Lektion in Geowissenschaften. Um einen Fund zu loggen, musst Du die Beschreibung lesen und vor Ort Fragen beantworten.
Mit der kostenlosen Geocaching Intro-App geht das Finden und Loggen eines EarthCaches ganz leicht. Du kannst Deine Antworten ganz einfach über das Nachrichten-Center an den Geocache-Besitzer senden. Benutze die Suche-Seite, um einen EarthCache in Deiner Nähe zu finden.
Danke, dass Du beim Geocaching-Road-Trip ’15 mitgemacht hast.
In den letzten Monaten sind Geocacher aus aller Welt zum Geocaching-Road-Trip ‘15 aufgebrochen. Wir wollen uns einen Moment Zeit nehmen, um uns für Deine Begleitung auf dieser großartigen Reise zu bedanken und Dir ein paar Höhepunkte zeigen:
51,335 Geocacher haben alle sechs Souvenirs erhalten und wurden Helden des Road-Trips
Aus den bei Instagram mit dem Hashtag #geocaching15 markierten Fotos wurden die Fotos von 15 Geocachern in die Endausscheidung aufgenommen – Schau Dir die Fotos an
Ein Geocaching-HQer bestieg einen Berg für einen Erstfund. Sieh Dir das Video an
Fünf Geocaching-HQer machten eine großen, 24-stündigen Trip um alle fünf Geocache-Arten zu finden, für die man ein Souvenir erhält – sieh Dir das Video an
Nochmals vielen Dank für Deine Teilnahme am Geocaching-Road-Trip ’15! Viel Spaß beim Geocaching!
Geocachers help take care of the spots on the trail by caching in and trashing out! GC3RBQV
Why Manatee County is a great place to visit:
Manatee County’s beaches, including Anna Maria Island and Holmes Beach, are award-winning sites and are considered some of the best beaches in the world. After a long day of geocaching, relax on the shores of the beautiful Gulf of Mexico – there are even caches nearby!
Best time of year to visit:
Year-round! From the beaches to the interior pine forests, Manatee County is beautiful throughout the entire year. Fall tends to be a favorite time for many northerners visiting. The Florida summer is hot, but many of the caches in this series are easy to access and do not require a great deal of time outside in the heat.
Duette Preserve is the County’s largest preserve at over 20,000 acres of land. Explore this beautiful area, and you may even catch a glimpse of the rare Western Scrub-Jay, white-tailed deer, or a burrowing owl. This geocache will take you into the heart of Duette where the Scrub-Jays can be found.
Prizes:
Individuals who complete the tour will receive a Taking Flight GeoTour trackable tag. This prize is available to those who find 12 of the 15 caches. Make sure to download the PDF passport for the GeoTour before you go.
What Geocachers are saying about Taking Flight GeoTour:
Geocaches are located in birding hot spots and each one includes a fun educational activity. GC3RBMY
“And the mission has been completed! So many thanks to Manatee County NRD for this series and reward for completing the mission. We had a great two days doing this, and found many spots that we will be coming back for in the future. Keep up the good work with the preserves and we hope to find more open in the future.” – Moseycat
“TFTH. very cool of Manatee County to put this GeoTour together. Had great time adventuring about all the different preserves. I’ll be back to camp or hike some of these”. – SunWarrior
“Thank you for taking the time to do this GeoTour the right way. I’ll be recommending it to all my caching friends who visit the area.” – bitbrain
Additional Information:
This GeoTour was the first in the state of Florida and has served as a model for the State Park Service’s tour as well as tours all over the world. In addition to finding geocaches, each site has a fun activity associated with the cache. Activities include discovering your wingspan, watching for nesting shorebirds, or observing sea level changes. The geocaches on this tour are all different types, so you have the opportunity to find Multi-Caches, Letterboxes, and Mystery as well as Traditionals.
Note: All the above information was provided by the GeoTour host. Copy has been edited by Geocaching HQ.
