Category: Interview

/ Megan Twamley

Geology and Geocaching: An Interview with the Geological Society of America

Sixteen years ago, Geocaching HQ and the Geological Society of America teamed up to create an entirely unique cache type. Since the first EarthCache was published in Australia back in 2004, nearly 650,000 geocachers have experienced an EarthCache and there are well over 7 million find logs for the EarthCache type on Geocaching.com. Those are some astronomical numbers!

We had the chance to chat with Matt Dawson, the Education Programs Manager at The Geological Society of America and learn about his connection with geocaching and how geology  adds a beautiful new layer to our game. As someone who oversees education and outreach programs, he had a lot to share.

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/ Genevieve

It’s all in the details — Interview with cache owner mo pirate

Mo pirate started geocaching in 2007 after being introduced to it by his wife, Sho me da cache, and has been hooked ever since. He has an impressive number of finds, but as he told Geocaching HQ, making and placing caches is what keeps him engaged with the game. Over the years he has created and hidden 390 geocaches that have collectively gathered over 3300 Favorite points.

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/ Andrew Baldwin

A Recap: Interviews with cache owners in 2019

In 2019, we interviewed several creative cache owners to learn their secrets, seek their advice, and take a peek at their most beloved caches. We saw spy-like briefcases, intricate electrical wiring, 3D printed puzzle caches, a new take on CITO, and some of the most Favorited caches in the world. We’ve compiled them all with links to the original interviews for your viewing pleasure.

Who knows, there might be one near you!

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/ Megan Twamley

Caching Near and Far: An Interview with Neil Torrens

Neil Torrens (AMAZO) found his first cache in June 2010 on the southern coast of Scotland. He stumbled across the Geocaching® mobile app while browsing on his new smartphone and downloaded it on a whim. The next day he and his friend and now wife searched tirelessly up and down dunes, with the sea crashing into the rocks below them. Just when they were about to give up, their geo-senses led them to a suspicious boulder. What they found behind it would turn their lives into an unending adventure, and inspire Neil to travel halfway around the world.

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/ Yara Scholtis

Die jungen Wilden – Interview mit dem cachenden Blogger-Paar freeda_reist

Das 20. Jubiläum von Geocaching nähert sich mit großen Schritten und seit am 3. Mai 2000 in Oregon (USA) der erste Cache versteckt wurde, begeistert die GPS-Schatzsuche Millionen von Hobby-Abenteurern weltweit. Das Fantastische an der cachenden Community ist nicht nur, dass sie mittlerweile den ganzen Globus umspannt, sondern auch, dass sämtliche Generationen vertreten sind. Das Hochgefühl, das man bekommt, wenn man an einen unbekannten Ort geführt wird und dann den Geocache (unter deutschsprachigen Cachern auch als „die Dose“ bekannt) plötzlich ausfindig macht, kennt einfach keine Altersgrenze.

Heute wollen wir ein junges Cacher-Paar vorstellen, das dieses Outdoor-Hobby für sich entdeckt hat und das Erlebte unter dem Namen freeda reist in einem Blog, auf Instagram und anderen Online-Kanälen mit seinen Followern teilt. freeda reist verbinden Microcamping und Geocaching, um anderen jungen Menschen zu zeigen, wie viel es da draußen zu entdecken und zu erleben gibt.

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