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/ Yara Scholtis

Siegfrieds Schwert — Geocache of the Week

Traditional
GC70YWG
by die Helden und werner 54
Difficulty:
2.5
Terrain:
1.5
Location:
Hesse, Germany
N 49° 38.956 E 008° 30.668

A lost treasure, a dangerous dragon, and a fabled sword? This week’s Geocache of the Week, Siegfrieds Schwert (GC70YWG), brings a medieval epic back to life and lets you be the legend of this quest.

Image by BlackTempler.

The famous “Nibelungenlied” tells the tale of Siegfried, who slew the dragon Fafnir with his trusty sword “Balmung,” and bathed in the beast’s blood which rendered him invincible –  except for a single spot on his back where a leaf from a linden tree had fallen on him. Tragically, Siegfried dies in the course of the story and his sword “Balmung” is lost. Centuries later, in 2017 to be exact, a group of knightly cache owners created a geocache that challenges other cachers to find the fabled sword in a lush forest in southern Hesse, Germany.

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/ Megan Twamley

New country souvenir, India, with Geocache of the Week: Rocks of Hyderabad – Golconda

EarthCache
GC6CX04
by Tomazzo69
Difficulty:
2.5
Terrain:
2.5
Location:
India
N 17° 22.989 E 078° 23.965

Today, we release a new country/regional souvenir for India. If you have found a geocache in India, you automatically receive the souvenir on your profile.


India is a subcontinent and country in Southern Asia. The regions of India are vast and diverse ranging from plateaus and dusty deserts to snow capped mountains and lush plains. It is also the second most populous country in the world and home to this week’s Geocache of the Week.

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/ Megan Twamley

Geocache of the Week: Operation: Geocacher – Gadget Series (GC7WWCY)

Traditional
GC7WWCY
by Team Noltex
Difficulty:
3
Terrain:
1
Location:
Washington, United States
N 47° 11.417 W 122° 29.829

This week’s geocache of the week, Operation: Geocacher, is highlighting a caching twist of the beloved classic board game that bears the same name. Hidden with permission at a plant nursery in the Evergreen State of Washington, GCWWCY offers a refreshing environment with gorgeous colors and floral scents. This week is #geogeekweek, so we had to nerd out over this and give some recognition to an extraordinary gadget cache!

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/ Yara Scholtis

Mount Fuji 【富士山】 — Geocache of the Week

Traditional
GCMYYZ
by H Suga @ Signal Expedition Party
Difficulty:
3.5
Terrain:
5
Location:
Shizuoka, Japan
N 35° 21.637 E 138° 43.640

Faith may move mountains, but the chance for an epic find can move a geocacher to the peak of an active volcano. This is definitely true for this week’s Geocache of the Week hidden in Japan—Mount Fuji 【富士山】, GC3PTTR. 

Image by kinglee.
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/ Sarah

The world’s most socially distant geocaches

Many of us across the globe are still being asked to stay safe by staying home. Luckily, cooped up cachers can actually take inspiration from geocaches themselves! 

While the minimum distance between geocaches is fixed at 0.1 miles (528 feet or 161 meters), some geocaches are a good deal farther apart. We’re counting down the five most socially distant caches—caches whose physical stages are the farthest apart from other caches!

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