Category: Learn

Whether you’re about to find your first geocache or your ten-thousandth, you’ve come to the right place to learn more about the game.

/ Mackenzie

New Souvenir: International EarthCache Day 2023!

EarthCaches are filled with pools of geological knowledge, just like Pamukkale in Turkey. These bright blue, eye-catching terrace pools are created by the carbonate mineral left by the thermal flow of spring water, pictured above.

Learn more about Earth and its incredibly unique formations on Saturday, October 7, and Sunday, October 8, in celebration of International EarthCache Day! Earn the official souvenir for visiting the physical location of the EarthCache and completing the logging requirements to receive your smiley.

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/ Chris

Where are the missing DNFs?

When you can’t find a geocache, do you log your DNF? To some cachers, it may sound like a trick question, because of course they do. Others cite any number of reasons for not logging a “Didn’t find it.” Maybe they think they didn’t spend enough time looking, or they only log a DNF if they feel certain the cache isn’t there. Some fear their DNF log will be the reason for a cache’s archival (it won’t). Whatever the reasons, most geocachers would agree that a lot of DNFs go unlogged. Continue reading →

/ Genevieve

Geocaching 201: What is an icon run?

With this month’s Iconic Cacher challenge for Wheel of Challenges, geocachers everywhere are focusing their next cache outings on different types of geocaches. Since each geocache type has a unique icon, stats-obsessed geocachers challenged themselves to complete what is referred to as an ‘icon run.’ In an icon run the goal is to find and log as many different types of geocaches as you can, ‘collecting’ their icons as you go! Read on to learn more about icon runs and how to prepare for one.

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