New leaderboard challenge: Making Memories

Signal the Frog® is feeling creative! To celebrate International Geocaching Day and 25 years of geocaching, he’s making a giant scrapbook filled with memories from cache finds and Events. But he needs your help—there are 25 million pages to fill! From July 21 through August 17, help Signal fill his scrapbook by finding caches, attending Events, and collecting Treasure. You can even earn new souvenirs along the way. Continue reading →

Siegfrieds Schwert — Geocache of the Week

Traditional
GC70YWG
by die Helden
Difficulty:
2.5
Terrain:
1.5
Location:
Hessen, Germany
N 49° 38.956′ E 008° 30.668′

The journey to Siegfried’s Schwert (sword) may be easy, but it’s the challenge of the puzzle that needs to be slain to claim this Geocache of the Week.

There are said to be dragons in these woods, but according to legend, Siegfreid took down the region’s dragon, Fafnir—the only problem is, he lost his sword shortly after, and it’s been lost for centuries. It’s up to you and your crew to find Siegfried’s sword Balmung, as it may hold the key to claiming the find on this highly valuable cache.

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