Join in the Geocaching Adventure at the Wild Canyon Games!

 

Courtesy: Wild Canyon Games
Courtesy: Wild Canyon Games

Groundspeak is excited to field a team of seven Groundspeak Lackeys to geocache/bike/run/swim/climb/jump/swing/cliff jump/slide and zip-line their way through the Wild Canyon Games!

The Wild Canyon Games is a team-based adventure race competition. Seven-member teams spend the weekend of June 3-5th competing in events like an Olympic length relay triathlon, a 50 foot canyon swing, a zip-line, the “blob”, an elevated ropes course, and a 170 square mile geocaching adventure (on foot) featuring the largest geocaching grid in the world.

One Lackey says, “The games will be a challenging adventure that will test us physically, mentally and bring us all closer together… especially the geocaching portion. We’re excited!”

Courtesy: Wild Canyon Games

The weekend wraps up with a team relay race called Creek to Peak that features a 7 minute Cyclo-Cross bike ride, an obstacle course, a lake sprint swim, two mountain sprints, and much more.

Companies and individuals look at the Wild Canyon Games as a great opportunity to challenge themselves and build strong bonds among teammates. The extreme adventure allows teams the chance to achieve a common goal together through their wits, stamina and most of all their ability to have fun.  At the end of each day, you’ll hear the laughter and see beaming smiles.

Courtesy: Wild Canyon Games

You can join the event, meet Lackeys and be part of the fun too. There are only a few spots left, so assemble your team and sign up quickly if you are interested in being part of the adventure!

For more information, check out the Wild Canyon Games at www.wildcanyongames.org

Phnom Kulen National Park GC21N8D GEOCACHE OF THE WEEK – March 28, 2011

Carved riverbed of Kbal Spean

Ruins, lost to all but a few for centuries, hide deep in the jungles of Cambodia for geocachers chasing a smiley on the EarthCache “Phnom Kulen National Park” (GC21N8D). Geocachers must navigate their way toward the holiest mountain in Cambodia. GPS coordinates lead adventurers to an elegantly carved stream bed known as the Kbal Spean site. The site was rediscovered in 1969 after centuries of obscurity.

Near the EarthCache "Phnom Kulen National Park"
Near the EarthCache "Phnom Kulen National Park"

Aucoin.J created the EarthCache in 2009. The location is just 30 kilometers from Angkor Wat. One geocacher writes, “One of the most beautiful caches and locations I ever did. The jungle was really impressive. We were impressed by the carvings, the butterflies, the water and the whole scenery…”

Carved riverbed of "Phnom Kulen National Park"

Geocachers must answers question found only the cache page and email the owner of the cache in order to claim a smiley.

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“Solar Sailing” GC908D GEOCACHE OF THE WEEK – March 21, 2011

Since 2002 geocachers in Washington, D.C. have explored the solar system on foot. “Solar Sailing” (GC908D), a Multi-Cache, transforms geocachers into interstellar explorers. RobAGD writes on the cache page: “This cache will walk you from our Sun to the furthermost reaches of our solar system. The walk is scaled so that everything is within scale of the real solar system.”

The solar system is so reduced in size the walk is less than half a mile through the Washington, D.C. Mall.  Earning a smiley on this cache requires uncovering information from your scaled down journey through the solar system. You must email answers to the cache owner.

The Sun at one 10-billionth actual size

More than 1200 geocachers have logged a find on the Multi-Cache to date. “Solar Sailing” has earned 53 Favorite points, making it one of the top ten favorite caches in the U.S. capitol. Geocaching Favorites is a new feature on Geocaching.com.

Geocachers often use their log as a chance to thank the cache owner. One geocacher writes: “It’s nice to see that you can learn a bunch just walking the streets. Very nice walk, and it took us to a few other caches along the way which is always nice! TFTC.”

Continue your exploration of some of the most engaging geocaches from around the world. Explore all the Geocaches of the Week on our blog or view the Bookmark List on Geocaching.com.

“Zero Emission” GC234PG Geocache of the Week – March 14, 2011

Near the geocache "Zero Emission"

The icy, austere beauty of Antarctica is home to one of the most remote geocaches on the globe. “Zero Emission” (GC234PG) challenges adventurers to brave a journey to the bottom of the world to find the traditional cache. Leovinci81 placed the small geocache in January of 2010 outside a Belgian research station.

Leovinci81 explains the story on the cache page for Zero Emission: “I created this geocache for people to find in one of the greatest places I ever visited. During the first quarter of 2010 I visited the Belgian research station on Antarctica.

“After the first explorers Adrienne de Gerlache & A. Cook, 110 years later, Belgium returned to the South Pole with the team of Alain Hubert.   It’s the first zero emission research station on South Pole, running on solar and wind power.”

Belgium research station

The difficulty three, terrain five cache waits patiently in its extreme environment for the next geocacher. Could it be you?

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Geocaching.com Caption Contest 22 – Win a Barely Coveted Prize

WINNING CAPTION: "This is knot what I wood have expected.” - 1Delta10Tango.

Try your caption writing skills in the twenty-second installment of our Geocaching.com Caption Contest.   You could become the proud winner of a barely coveted prize! What caption would you write? “You’ve barked up the right tree.” You can do better!

Caption contest prize

Submit your caption by clicking on “Comments” below. Please include your geocaching username in all entries. Then, explore the captions that other geocachers have crafted.

You can influence the voting. “Like” the caption that you think should win.  If you think your caption should win, convince your fellow geocachers to “like” your caption. Lackeys decide between the top captions to crown the winner of this Geocaching.com Caption Contest.

The winner receives a barely coveted prize from Groundspeak Headquarters. This time it’s a much coveted prize, a Jeremy Irish Trackable Gnome.

Click on the image to discover the winning caption from this contest

19 Lackeys voted to award the winner of the twentieth Geocaching.com Caption Contest a barely coveted prize. Click on the image at right to discover the winning caption from the previous Geocaching.com Caption Contest.

Explore the wit and wisdom of geocachers by checking out all the Geocaching.com Caption Contests.