Aufruf an alle Filmemacher! Reiche Deinen Film für das GIFF 2018 ein

Das internationale Geocaching Film Festival kommt wieder für ein weiteres Jahr unglaublicher, mit der Kamera festgehaltener, Geocaching Momente.

Wenn du ein Filmemacher, ein Geocacher oder etwas dazwischen bist, ist das GIFF 2018 Deine Chance, dass Dein Geocaching Film von tausenden Menschen weltweit auf Kinoleinwänden gesehen wird. Die Einsendung ist ab sofort möglich!

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Geocaching on the water

Paddle your way to a T5 geocache

After attending the MOGA 2014 Mega-Event in Ohio, my wife and I were driving through Kentucky on our way home. I opened the Geocaching® app to search for caches along our route when I caught sight of a ton of T5 caches. I mean a boatload of them (pun intended because they were the kind that required a boat to find). They were on creeks, rivers, and lakes. So many of them! I’d never seen anything like it. Alas, I had no boat. No kayak. No canoe. No watercraft of any kind.

I pondered the boat idea upon returning home. Impulsive as I may be when it comes to geocaching, I know enough not to immediately drop hundreds or thousands of dollars on a watercraft. So, I dipped my toe into water caching by tagging along on a lake outing with a friend who owns an extra hardshell kayak. I loved it. Still, I wasn’t quite ready to make a huge investment. Instead, I purchased an inflatable kayak for around $75.

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