GIFF call for submissions
/ Alex

Calling all filmmakers! Submit your film to GIFF 2017.

GIFF gnomesThe Geocaching International Film Festival is returning for another year of epic geocaching moments captured on camera.

If you’re a filmmaker, a geocacher, or something in between, GIFF 2017 is your chance to have your geocaching film viewed by thousands of people on movie screens all over the world. Submissions are now open!

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS

How the festival works

Films are submitted to Geocaching HQ by August 1, 2017. Throughout August, the films will go through various rounds of viewing by a panel of judges from Geocaching HQ. In September the finalist films will be announced. The filmmakers will be notified, and the film titles made public. Geocachers who are hosting GIFF events will receive a single film reel compilation of all the finalists. From November 2-6, 2017, the GIFF film reel will be shown at GIFF events hosted by geocachers all over the world. In 2016, there were 526 events hosted in 44 countries, and 15,543 geocachers attended.

How to submit a film
  1. Read the rules. Seriously, read them!
  2. Read the tips for filming.
  3. Upload your geocaching film to Vimeo.
  4. Fill out the submission form and submit by August 1, 2017.
this year’s theme: the art of geocaching

There’s no arguing that geocaching is an art, as much as it is a game. In designing a creative container, writing a memorable log, or going to great lengths to reach a cache, we express ourselves every time we play. This year, your challenge as a filmmaker is to show us how you turn geocaching into a form of art. And remember, your film can be fiction or documentary style.

Learn more about submitting to GIFF 2017

Submissions due August 1, 2017

/ Brigitte /

3 razones para empezar a escribir buenos registros

Estás haciendo geocaching en racha, consiguiendo sonrisas a diestro y siniestro. Con tantos encontrados acumulándose, es tentador escribir un GPEC y dejarlo así…

Antes de que lo hagas, permítenos la oportunidad de convencerte de lo contrario.

3 razones por las que escribir un buen registro merece la pena:

1: Puedes alegrar el día al propietario del caché.
Si, los propietarios de los cachés leen tus registros. Asegúrate de agradecérselo sinceramente.

2: Los registros meditados ayudan a los futuros buscadores.
¿Han cambiado las condiciones de la zona? ¿Crees que la dificultad del caché fue superior a lo que indica la ficha?. Los geocachers agradecerán la información (Pero ten cuidado con dejar spoilers).

3: Graba un momento digno de ser contado.
Los registros son como un diario de geocaching, ayudándote a recordar los grandes momentos — y los desternillantes.

Acaban de hacer su entrada: Borradores.

La app de Geocaching® ahora dispone de borradores. Los borradores te permiten empezar a escribir un registro sobre la marcha en la app de Geocaching® y terminarlo más tarde en la app o en Geocaching.com. Esta función se conocía anteriormente como Notas de Campo.

Ahí lo tienes: tres buenas razones para escribir buenos registros y una nueva función que te facilita la labor. ¿A qué esperas?. ¡Ponte a registrar!

¿Hay algún registro que te encante?. Cuéntalo en los comentarios de más abajo.

/ Chris /

And the winner is…

The geocaching community has spoken. The Mission 9: Tunnel of Light APE cache will be returned to its original location and restored to active APE cache status. Once reactivated, the cache will be loggable throughout the year.

We will reactivate the APE cache on August 19, 2017, the date of the Going Ape 2017 Mega-Event at Washington’s Iron Horse State Park.

More than 10,000 geocachers helped make this decision. (Read the February 20th blog for more about the ballot choices.) Here are the results:

61% — Return and Reactivate

17% — Activate Once A Year

13% — Display at Geocaching HQ

9% — Traveling Artifact

Geocaching HQ’s Bryan Roth and Jon Stanley examine the recovered APE cache container at HQ in October 2016.

Many of you argued passionately on all sides of this issue. In the end, the consensus from the community was clear.

We understand people around the world are eager for more details. In the coming weeks, Geocaching HQ will work closely with the Washington State Geocaching Association (organizer of the Going Ape Mega-Event) and we will keep you updated as plans are made.

Thanks to everyone who took part in the process. From the Seattle-area cachers who rediscovered the long lost APE cache to the thousands who helped write its next chapter!

(Anyone wishing to visit Geocaching HQ around the time of the Going Ape event should see our Schedule A Visit page. It’s always a busy time, so there is a ticketing system in place during August 14 to September 8.)

Jon Stanley (aka Moun10Bike) at the hiding of the Mission 9: Tunnel of Light cache in 2001.
Several members of team who discovered the long-lost APE cache. At Geocaching HQ in October 2016.
Here it is! van "Kluis tot Kookhuis"
/ Janelle /

van “Kluis tot Kookhuis” — Geocache of the Week

Traditional
GC2JV5X
by Rebel & the Bandits
Difficulty:
3
Terrain:
1
Location:
Limburg, Netherlands
N 50° 51.091 E 005° 41.410
An idyllic town square in Maastricht
An idyllic town square in Maastricht

The town of Maastricht in the Netherlands has an impressive number of 1677 national heritage sites, which is the second highest number of a Dutch town, after Amsterdam. It’s become known as the birthplace of the European Union, European citizenship, and the single European currency, the euro.

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