Arcade claw machines, mirrored illusions, and mazes: Interview with cache owner mrradach

Everything from arcade claw machines, mirrored illusions, and mazes have been used by creative cache owner mrradach. To break up the monotony of his day job as a tram driver, he was looking for something with action, adventure, and a creative change-up to ease his ambitions. In his own words, “I’ve been looking for such a pastime for a while and found it in geocaching. I especially like the creative aspect of it, as a geocacher and cache owner.” 

Geocaching was the perfect outlet for this, and mrradach’s 31 geocache hides with 90+ Favorite points (2 hides have over 400 FP’s!) speak for themselves in terms of their quality. Though if it weren’t for his dad and two brothers coming home late to Christmas dinner seven years ago, angering the whole family, he wouldn’t have known about geocaching. At the time mrradach didn’t understand why or how they could have forgotten the time but now he says he totally understands.

These cool, fun, and interactive caches inspire cachers at all experience levels. Their appeal sparked some interest at HQ so we reached out to mrradach to get to know what goes on when he is daydreaming of future cache hides, what excites him about the game, and where his inspiration comes from.

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Chuchichäschtli Deluxe! — Geocache of the Week

Traditional
GC6MZEJ
by mrradach
Difficulty:
3.5
Terrain:
2.5
Basel Stadt,
Switzerland
N 47° 34.159′ E 007° 39.480′

Welcome to Chuchichäschtli Deluxe! Did you pronounce that correctly? If not, don’t worry you’re not alone — trying to pronounce the name of this geocache is almost as puzzling as the cache itself. Swiss-German (Schweizerdeutsch) speakers can say this expression with ease, but we won’t keep the door shut on the translation. It is the typical Swiss-German term for kitchen cupboard, although this isn’t your typical cupboard (unless you like to store things in the woods). Opening the first door presents a big challenge, a labyrinth that is more deceptive than meets the eye. 

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Bienvenido al mundo de la brujería, la hechicería y el geocaching…

¡Bienvenido al mundo mágico de la brujería, la hechicería y el geocaching! Harry Potter ha conquistado los corazones y las mentes de millones de muggles y geocachers por igual desde su creación en 1997. Inspirándose en los libros y películas, quienes esconden geocachés han colocado cachés temáticos por todo el mundo que dan vida y magia al juego del geocaching. De hecho, hay casi 1000 geocachés en el mundo con “Harry Potter” en su título. Tanto si se identifican con Hufflepuff, Gryffindor, Ravenclaw, o con Slytherin, a todos les encantarán estas siete aventuras de geocaching inspiradas en Harry Potter.   

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Bienvenue dans l’univers de la sorcellerie, la magie et du géocaching…

Bienvenue dans l’univers fantastique de la sorcellerie, la magie et du géocaching ! Harry Potter a conquis les cœurs et les esprits de millions de moldus et même de géocacheurs depuis sa naissance en 1997. Puisant leur inspiration dans les livres et les films, les poseurs de géocaches ont placé des caches thématiques autour du monde qui ont donné vie à la magie dans le jeu du géocaching. En réalité, il y a près de 1000 géocaches placées dans le monde avec “Harry Potter” dans le titre de la cache. Que vous vous identifiez comme Poufsouffle, Gryffondor, Serdaigle ou Serpentard, vous allez tous aimer ces sept aventures géocaching sur le thème de Harry Potter.

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