FF2017: Warp Pipe — Geocache of the Week

Mystery
GC7CW9Y
by Fundy Fog
Difficulty:
1.5
Terrain:
2
Location:
New Brunswick, Canada
N 45° 50.015 W 066° 29.523

The best geocachers know the best ways to level up their GC game: collect all golden coins per level, risk it all running after 1-Up mushrooms, and harness the fireball power of Fire Flowers.

Wait, what? This is advice for a different game? Two games collide for a SUPER-crossover that will have you saying ‘Mamma mia, that’s-a one cool container’ for this Geocache of the Week!

Rough-sketched blueprints and the pixelated Mario and the relevant sections cut out as patterns for the different layers.

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It takes THREE — Geocache of the Week

Traditional
GC7WE07
by Bouncebounce
Difficulty:
3
Terrain:
1.5
Location:
Washington, United States
N 47° 31.965′ W 122° 02.179′

Friends are great for laughing, building confidence, and helping to find geocaches. These are the foundations of any true friendship. While we all need a friend to lean on from time to time for a smiley, there are a few caches that require you to bring friends along.

For this geocache, it takes two.

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Eyes Up — Geocache of the Week

Mystery Cache
GC2J0F7
by soratte & nemrodek
Difficulty:
3
Terrain:
1
Location:
Vatican City State
N 41° 54.148′ E 012° 27.197′

Vatican City is the smallest country in the world. With only 100 acres of land, this tiny monarchy’s influence has been hugethe Pope and the Catholic Church once ruled Europe.

This influence is reflected today in the over 900 ornate churches which remain. If you visit Rome, we recommend visiting these churches to help you solve the architectural mystery of this Geocache of the Week: Eyes Up.

The view from St. Peter’s. Image by Ernschdla.

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Hunter’s Deceit — Geocache of the Week

Traditional Cache
GC4B6GZ
by jewilk1
Difficulty:
3.5
Terrain:
2.5
Location:
Oregon, United States
N 45° 27.610′ W 122° 50.036′

One of the more enjoyable parts of geocaching can be the use of deliberate misdirection,” says cache owner jewilk1.

Some could argue that hides of this type are considered evil, tormenting, and scream-inducing. Others enjoy the masochistic search for a cache that is hidden in plain sight. Jewilk1 takes a new-age approach to a classic deceptive hide: a 3D printed fake log. 

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Þingvellir – The Mid-Atlantic Ridge — Geocache of the Week

EarthCache
GC1Z45X
by MaMiFKa
Difficulty:
2
Terrain:
2
Location:
Iceland
N 64° 15.325′ W 021° 07.718′

I feel the earth move under my feet                                                                                           I feel the sky tumbling down

Though the sky tumbling down almost certainly spells impending doom, if you feel the earth move under your feet while geocaching, it might simply be a sign that you’re at ground zero for Þingvellir – The Mid-Atlantic Ridge, an EarthCache in Iceland, and our Geocache of the Week.

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