Arcade claw machines, mirrored illusions, and mazes: Interview with cache owner mrradach

Everything from arcade claw machines, mirrored illusions, and mazes have been used by creative cache owner mrradach. To break up the monotony of his day job as a tram driver, he was looking for something with action, adventure, and a creative change-up to ease his ambitions. In his own words, “I’ve been looking for such a pastime for a while and found it in geocaching. I especially like the creative aspect of it, as a geocacher and cache owner.” 

Geocaching was the perfect outlet for this, and mrradach’s 31 geocache hides with 90+ Favorite points (2 hides have over 400 FP’s!) speak for themselves in terms of their quality. Though if it weren’t for his dad and two brothers coming home late to Christmas dinner seven years ago, angering the whole family, he wouldn’t have known about geocaching. At the time mrradach didn’t understand why or how they could have forgotten the time but now he says he totally understands.

These cool, fun, and interactive caches inspire cachers at all experience levels. Their appeal sparked some interest at HQ so we reached out to mrradach to get to know what goes on when he is daydreaming of future cache hides, what excites him about the game, and where his inspiration comes from.

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Chuchichäschtli Deluxe! — Geocache of the Week

Traditional
GC6MZEJ
by mrradach
Difficulty:
3.5
Terrain:
2.5
Basel Stadt,
Switzerland
N 47° 34.159′ E 007° 39.480′

Welcome to Chuchichäschtli Deluxe! Did you pronounce that correctly? If not, don’t worry you’re not alone — trying to pronounce the name of this geocache is almost as puzzling as the cache itself. Swiss-German (Schweizerdeutsch) speakers can say this expression with ease, but we won’t keep the door shut on the translation. It is the typical Swiss-German term for kitchen cupboard, although this isn’t your typical cupboard (unless you like to store things in the woods). Opening the first door presents a big challenge, a labyrinth that is more deceptive than meets the eye. 

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GeoTour Azores (GT6F)

There isn’t a more explosive GeoTour on our planet than GeoTour Azores. Located roughly 850 miles west of mainland Europe, the Azores consists of 9 volcanic islands with a whopping 150 geocaches scattered across the lush, mountainous islands. The exotic nature of this group of islands has a global appeal and is part of a larger group of Atlantic Ocean islands called Macaronesia, or “fortunate islands,” because those who visit or live there are considered to be fortunate to see the beauty of the Azores.

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¿Alguna vez has querido visitar Geocaching HQ?

Ya sea porque estás de viaje de geocaching por todo el país o porque vives en la misma calle, a los geocachers les encanta hacer una parada en la sede de Geocaching para firmar el famoso libro de registro, celebrar un hito, compartir historias con otros geocachers y ver por sí mismos el lugar dónde surge la magia del geocaching.

Pero hoy no tienes porque viajar a Seattle; el HQ te lleva en un viaje virtual.

N’avez-vous jamais eu envie de visiter le Geocaching HQ ?

Que ce soit lors d’un road trip geocaching à travers les Etats-Unis ou qu’ils habitent en bas de la rue, les géocacheurs adorent s’arrêter au Geocaching HQ pour signer le célèbre logbook, fêter un nouveau jalon, partager des histoires avec des géoamis, et voir par eux-mêmes où se crée toute la magie du géocaching.

Mais aujourd’hui, vous n’avez pas besoin de voyager vers Seattle parce que le HQ vient jusqu’à vous grâce à une visite virtuelle.