Author: Eric

Eric is a Community Manager at Geocaching HQ. Among other things, he's passionate about animals, the outdoors, and reading.
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Géocaching, tennis et développement de la communauté—Entretien avec Arnokovic

Parfois, nous commençons des voyages extraordinaires sans nous en rendre compte et nous ne réalisons qu’après coup. C’est exactement ce qui est arrivé à Arnokovic, traducteur bénévole et géocacheur originaire du nord de la France, lorsqu’il a trouvé sa première cache avec une collègue de travail en 2009.

Depuis lors, il a trouvé plus de 50 000 caches et en a caché 168 lui-même, dont GC5552H (Eiffel Power, la géocache la plus Favorisée à ce jour en France). Nous nous sommes entretenus avec Arnokovic en personne pour discuter de ses expériences en matière de géocaching, de ce que cela représente donner un coup de main en tant que traducteur bénévole et des différentes façons dont le géocaching a influencé sa vie.
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Ko Tapu – James Bond Island — Geocache of the Week

EarthCache
GC2179V
by MountainNinja
Difficulty:
1
Terrain:
5
Location:
Thailand
N 08° 16.522′ E 098° 30.033′

You may have heard your geocaching pals crack jokes about how a particular cache made them feel like Indiana Jones, James Bond, or some other heroic adventurer—but this Geocache of the Week in Thailand gives that concept a whole new meaning.

GC2179V Ko Tapu – James Bond Island isn’t trying to fool you with its name. The scene of this EarthCache, Ko Tapu, is a dramatic, rocky islet that sits in Phang-Nga Bay, Thailand, and was one of the backdrops featured in 1974’s The Man with the Golden Gun. The Bond film is such a tourist attraction that the island across from Ko Tapu has been unofficially renamed—as the sign shows below, Khao Phing Kan is now ‘James Bond Island.’

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Geocaching, tennis, and community building—Interview with Arnokovic

Sometimes we start amazing journeys without realizing it until after the fact. That’s exactly what happened to Arnokovic, a community volunteer translator and prolific geocache hider hailing from the north of France, when he found his first cache with a coworker back in 2009.

Since then, he has found over 50,000 caches and has hidden 168 of his own, including GC5552H (Eiffel Power, France’s most-Favorited geocache of all time). We sat down with Arnokovic himself to discuss his experiences geocaching, what it’s like to serve as a volunteer translator, and the various ways in which geocaching has come to impact his life.

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Britain’s highest Geocache — Geocache of the Week

Traditional
GCG6XD
by Jurassic Parkinsons
Difficulty:
4.5
Terrain:
5
Location:
Northern Scotland
N 56° 47.797′ W 005° 00.107′

“The mountains are calling & I must go.” – John Muir 


Although there are now over three million active geocaches, only a select few stand above the rest and can claim they’re hidden at the highest possible point in a given country. In May of 2003, such a cache was placed in the northern reaches of the United Kingdom and has since been logged by over 2,400 brave adventurers. So pack your climbing gear and join us as we travel to the summit of Ben Nevis in Scotland for GCG6XD – Britain’s highest Geocache!

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New country souvenir, San Marino, with Geocache of the Week: [BAU] La ferrovia Fantasma – The ghost railway

Multi-Cache
GC350VD
by the_bau_team
Difficulty:
2
Terrain:
1.5
Location:
San Marino
N 43° 58.079′ E 012° 28.816′

Today, we released a new country/regional souvenir for San Marino. If you have found a geocache in San Marino, you automatically receive the souvenir on your profile. 

Just northeast of the Apennine Mountains, which stretch the length of the Italian Peninsula, one can discover the “Most Serene Republic of San Marino!” San Marino is a European microstate enclaved by Italy. Being completely surrounded by Italy plays a tremendous role in the nation’s rich cultural and historical development.

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