Geocaching is delightful because of the people who play it — adventure-seekers, makers, parents, astronauts and (sometimes) celebrities. Read their stories.
Enjoy watching the first video in the Lost & Found series. We’re discovering the lost stories of geocaching. It’s our way to celebrate ten amazing years of family-friendly geocaching adventures.
“The Founders” video showcases the three innovators who launched Geocaching.com. Learn a little bit about Jeremy Irish, Bryan Roth and Elias Alvord. Hear how the company started and where they hope the geocaching treasure hunt takes us all in the decades ahead.
Winning Entry, “Fly me to the moon…..Let me cache among the stars! Let me have a FTF …..on Jupiter and Mars!” – jenbut
This is the third installment of our Geocaching Caption Contest. What foreign world does this cache exist? “I never knew that this Utah cache was on the moon.” You can do better. The winner receives these barely coveted 10 Years! temporary tattoos.
You could win these barely coveted 10 Year! tattoos
Please include your geocaching username in all entries. Winner will be chosen by an ad hoc committee of Lackeys.
13 Lackeys voted last week to crown the winner of the second Geocaching Caption Contest.
All these means of transportation have been exploited to take geocaching to a new level – or out of the atmosphere. But how about caching by train? It’s how the savvy wild west pioneers would have geocached. Now one of the finest examples of powering caching by train takes place, not in the wild west, but in Merry Old England.
Geocacher “Steve-e-b” brought his interests and talents to bare on the task. He launched a website detailing geocaches around 94 stations around Birmingham, England. You can use a drop down menu to access nearby caches for each of the stations. Train + Geocaching = Adventure on a time table. How about that for using simple math to plan your next geocaching adventure?
Steve-e-b and I exchanged a couple of emails. He says he never set out to merge train travel and geocaching, it’s just something that happened. “… so many of our first caches were found during shopping trips (or, as my wife would say, during “craftily planned trips designed to avoid shopping”). We always traveled into the city by train or bus, and so geocaching by train evolved from there.”
He says he hopes the map inspires those visiting or living in the West Midlands to plan a geocaching journey.
But what have I missed? What other forms of travel combine so well with geocaching and possibly the shopping experience?
Bruce Alexander began geocaching three years ago, when he was 85. See how geocaching unites three generations of his family and keeps Bruce active in his retirement.
Share the video with family and friends and aging adults searching for a fun way to explore, engage and stay active!
You can view all the Lost & Found videos, from a geocache in space to geocachers cleaning up the environment, here.
Lost & Found celebrates ten amazing years of geocaching and it stars YOU!
We’ve spent months uncovering the heartwarming, jaw-dropping and wondrous stories that define the worldwide phenomenon. Here’s a trailer of what’s in store in our Lost & Found series. You’ll see new videos released each week starting this May. Coming soon you’re invited to explore a new Geocaching.com destination dedicated to “discovering the lost stories of geocaching.” You’ll also be able to add your own favorite Lost & Found stories. Let us know what you think!
