/ Guest Writer

La Fête des Bénévoles a lieu le 22 mai !

Que vous soyez géocacheur depuis 20 minutes ou 20 ans, vous avez bénéficié des efforts des bénévoles dévoués du géocaching. Environ 400 bénévoles de la communauté ainsi que des milliers de propriétaires de caches et organisateurs d’Events donnent généreusement de leur temps pour aider les géocacheurs du monde entier à profiter de leur jeu préféré.

Les bénévoles de la communauté incluent les reviewers, les reviewers de EarthCaches, les modétateurs de forums, et les traducteurs.
Ils jouent leurs rôles uniquement par amour du jeu et aussi parce qu’ils aiment rendre service aux autres. Les bénévoles sont aussi ceux qui créent des caches de haute qualité pour inspirer les autres, rassembler leur communauté locale pour des events sociaux, et participer aux comités de planification pour les Events de type Mega ou Giga. Ils beta-testent les nouvelles fonctionnalités du Geocaching HQ, sont actifs au sein de leurs associations géocaching locales, ils organisent des Events Cache In Trash Out® (CITO) pour donner en retour à cet environnement qui est notre terrain de jeu.

Le 22 mai (et chaque jour d’ailleurs), prenez un peu de temps pour remercier et célébrer les bénévoles qui donnent de leur temps chaque jour pour faire tourner le monde du géocaching. Ils y mettent beaucoup du leur pour vous !

Voici quelques façons de manifester du soutien et de la reconnaissance à ces bénévoles du géocaching aujourd’hui et tout au long de l’année :

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/ Guest Writer

Thank a Volunteer Day is May 22!

Whether you’ve been geocaching for 20 minutes or 20 years, you’ve benefited from the efforts of dedicated geocaching volunteers. Nearly 400 community volunteers and thousands of cache owners and Event hosts give their time generously to help geocachers all over the world enjoy their favorite game.

Community volunteers include reviewers, EarthCache reviewers, forum moderators, and translators. They perform their roles solely for the love of the game and because they enjoy helping others. Volunteers are also those who create high quality geocaches to inspire others, bring their local community together for social events, and serve on the planning committees for Mega and Giga-Events. They beta-test new features from Geocaching HQ, are active within their local geocaching organizations, and host Cache In Trash Out® (CITO) Events to give back to the environment where we play our game.

On May 22 (and every day), take some time to thank and celebrate the volunteers that give of themselves every day to make the geocaching world turn. They put in a lot of effort for you!

These are a few ways to show support and appreciation for geocaching volunteers today and throughout the year:

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/ Emily Woerly

Geocache of the Week Flashback Edition: Rano Kau – Rapa Nui (GC22ZGB)

EarthCache
GC22ZGB
by Dutzig
Difficulty:
2.5
Terrain:
3.5
Location:
Chile
S 27° 10.797 W 109° 26.200

As we look back on twenty years of geocaching history, we decided to revisit some of our favorite Geocaches of the Week from years past.

This week we’re looking back to March 2013, when we featured Rano Kau – Rapa Nui (GC22ZGB). This EarthCache is located on Rapa Nui, commonly known as Easter Island, one of the most remote inhabited places in the world. Rapa Nui is about 1200 mi (1931 km) from the closest islands and about 2200 mi (3540 km) from South America, the closest continent.

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/ Guest Writer

The making of a Lackey Tag

Lackey Tags have been around since 2011, when they were given to Lackeys* to commemorate their Lackeyversaries (the anniversary of the date they joined the company). These coveted tags are traded at events, dropped into caches, or sent off into the world as owned trackables. Since the only way to acquire one of these tags is for someone to interact directly with a Lackey, they can become quite popular among SWAG collectors. (Or would it be SFLO—Stuff From Lackeys Only)? You may be wondering how these special tags get created. Here, graphic designer Roxxy gives us the scoop on the history, design, and production of Lackey tags. 

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