Year: 2016

/ Alex

Werde eine Geocaching Berühmtheit!

Die letzte Gelegenheit, um am GIFF teilzunehmen, ist da!

Es ist Zeit Deine Kamera herauszuholen und Deine Zoom-Fähigkeiten zu trainieren. Der Einsendeschluss für Original Geocaching Filme für das GIFF 2016 ist der 1. August 2016. Reiche Deinen Film Ein.

Zum vierten Mal in Folge werden 16 Filme von Geocachern für Geocacher in weltweiten Geocaching Filmnächten gezeigt. Das diesjährige Motto lautet “erzählenswerteste Story”. Halte Deine geschichtsträchtigsten Geocaching Momente auf der Kamera fest und Dein Film könnte von Tausenden Geocachern überall auf der Welt gesehen werden. Du kannst eine Geocaching Berühmtheit werden… die schönste Art des Ruhms!

Erfahre mehr über das GIFF 2016

/ Alex

Die Another Day — Geocache of the Week

Traditional
GC3MEKW
by Kvikmyndir.is
Difficulty:
1
Terrain:
1.5
Location:
Jökulsárlón, Iceland
N 64° 02.736 W 016° 11.134

On the southeastern coast of Iceland lies Jökulsárlón, which translates literally to ‘Glacial River Lagoon’. Situated at the head of the Breiðamerkurjökull glacier, Jökulsárlón lake is dotted with iridescent icebergs. A mountain range underlines the sky in every landward direction.

Photo by chaufma
Photo by chaufma

It’s no wonder this place is a popular setting for dramatic, pinnacle scenes in Hollywood movies. The traditional cache here is part of a series of geocaches hidden at filming locations in Iceland. It marks the spot where a scene from the James Bond epic film Die Another Day was filmed. The movies A View to a Kill and Lara Croft: Tomb Raider also had scenes shot here.

The cache container itself fits the James Bond theme... kind of. 
The cache container itself fits the James Bond theme… kind of.

The cache page notes, “Extra points if you upload a picture of yourself in front of the lake posing as James Bond.” And geocachers definitely have been doing that… though some of them appear to be reproducing scenes from the film’s outtakes!

Photo by KapistijnJessikoe
Photo by KapistijnJessikoe
Photo by lecon2011
Photo by lecon2011
Photo by ísbjörn
Photo by ísbjörn
Photo by devilonight
Photo by devilonight
Photo by Placebo & Vince
Photo by Placebo & Vince
Photo by JetteSumsk
Photo by JetteSumsk

The cache has earned 217 favorite points in four years, making it the 11th most-favorited geocache in Iceland. Should you be lucky enough to visit the area, the highly-favorited EarthCache JÖKULSÁRLÓN (ICELAND) can also be found nearby.

Continue to explore some of the most amazing geocaches around the world.
Check out all of the Geocaches of the Week on the Geocaching blog. If you would like to nominate a Geocache of the Week, fill out this form.

/ Audrey Kettler /

Your Mission GC, Should You Choose To Accept It

Good morning, geocacher.

Recently, intelligence agents at GCHQ 47 intercepted a series of encoded messages from a highly classified source. We believe these messages include detailed instructions for securing three new geocaching souvenirs. However, our analysts have been unable to decipher their meaning.

Your mission, should you choose to accept it, involves decoding these messages and securing these souvenirs for your Geocaching profile. Fair warning: This isn’t mission difficult. It’s Mission GC.

New intel suggests souvenirs will only be available for procurement on the following dates:

  • The window for securing Souvenir #1 is July 30-31, 2016.
  • The window for securing Souvenir #2 is August 13-14, 2016.
  • The window for securing Souvenir #3 is August 27-28, 2016.

Given the top secret nature of this mission, the encoded messages will be sent for analysis only to those with proper security clearance. Premium members will receive an email including the encoded message one week prior to each souvenir release. Decoding the message will unlock instructions for securing the next souvenir. The first encoded message will be sent to Premium members on July 22, 2016.

Instructions for unlocking the souvenirs will be made available to members of all security levels on the morning of each souvenir release. This information will be posted on all major GCHQ 47 channels (Geocaching.com, Geocaching® app, Facebook and Twitter).

As always, should you or any member of your team be caught by muggles, GCHQ 47 will disavow all knowledge of your actions. This message will self-destruct in 5 seconds.

Good luck. The fate of the geocaching universe is in your preferred TOTT.

Visit the GCHQ 47 Help Center for further information.

ATTN: For a limited time only, you can acquire Mission GC swag. Click here to see the latest from Shop Geocaching.

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/ Alex

¡Ultima llamada para participantes en HQ Duck Dash!

Para celebrar el 15 aniversario de los rastreables, Geocaching HQ celebra la primera carrera de rastreables mundial.

El 30 de agosto de 2001, el fundador de Geocaching.com Jeremy Irish activó el primer rastreable del mundo, junto con una serie de chapas basadas en los 7 pecados capitales. Estos Deadly Ducks salieron al mundo para viajar de geocaché en geocaché… ¡y lo volverán a hacer durante la HQ Duck Dash!

Aún no es demasiado tarde para hacer que tu rastreable participe en la carrera. Los Deadly Ducks de la tienda oficial de Geocaching entrarán automáticamente en la carrera al activarlos. Obtén mas información acerca de la HQ Duck Dash.

Consejo Profesional: No coloques tu rastreable en un geocaché hasta que comience la carrera. Los rastreables con histórico de movimientos anterior al 20 de Julio serán descalificados.

/ Alex /

Dernier appel pour les participants à la Course de Canards du HQ !

Pour célébrer le 15ème anniversaire des objets voyageurs, Geocaching HQ organise notre première course mondiale d’objets voyageurs.

Le 30 Août 2001, le fondateur de Geocaching.com, Jeremy Irish, a activé le tout premier objet voyageur au monde, avec une série d’autres objets basés sur les sept péchés capitaux. Ces Canards Mortels sont partis dans le monde pour voyager de cache en cache… et ils vont recommencer pendant la Course de Canards du HQ !

Il n’est pas trop tard pour participer à la course. Les Canard Mortels officiels de la Boutique Géocaching seront automatiquement ajoutés à la course lors de l’activation. Plus d’informations sur la Course de Canards du HQ.

Astuce de pro : Ne placez pas votre objet voyageur dans une géocache avant le début de la course. Les objets voyageurs avec un historique avant le 20 Juillet peuvent être disqualifiés.