/ Brigitte

Fünf Tests, um Dein Geocaching-Wissen zu prüfen.

Von der Geschichte vom Geocaching bis hin zu Trackables – kannst Du diese Geocaching-Tests meistern?

Geocaching hat sich über die Jahre entwickelt, und wir haben Tests erstellt, um Dein Geocaching-Wissen über alte und neue Gepflogenheiten zu testen. Jetzt haben wir sie hier alle zusammengetragen, um das ultimative Geocaching-Quiz zu erstellen! Fang damit an festzustellen, welche Art von Geocacher Du bist, bevor Du versuchst, die höchste Punktzahl bei Fragen über die Geocachingetikette, Trackables, Geschichte und mehr zu erreichen!

Welche Art von Geocacher bist Du?
Bist Du ein Vorzeige-Geocacher?
Wie gut kennst Du die Geschichte des Geocaching?
Bist Du ein Trackable-Experte?
Wieviel weißt Du eigentlich über das Verstecken eines Geocaches?

Glückwunsch! Du hast alle fünf Tests bewältigt! Wie gut hast Du abgeschnitten? Hast Du was Neues gelernt? Jetzt da Du Deine Fähigkeiten verbessert hast, ist es Zeit rauszugehen und Dein neues Wissen mit Deinen Freunden zu teilen!

/ Audrey Kettler /

The Classic app is retiring

Last September, we shared our plans to retire the Geocaching Classic app. In this announcement, we wrote:

We originally planned to shut off the Geocaching Classic app in September 2016. If it’s not clear already, you’ve convinced us otherwise… [The] Geocaching® app is missing some of the most requested features: offline and trail maps, log types, draft logs and favorite points. We are working to complete these features by March 2017.

Since then, we’ve been busy adding the most requested features into the Geocaching® app:

As both the app’s developers and geocachers ourselves, we’re excited about these upgrades and we think you will be too. Here at Geocaching HQ, we remain committed to building the best tools and services for geocachers to create, share, and play this game. We will continue to make updates and enhancements to the Geocaching® app as we move forward.

It’s time to retire the Geocaching Classic app

With the addition of the features listed above, it is now time to fully retire the Geocaching Classic app. On March 23, 2017, the app will no longer function. You will be unable to run searches, get updated information about geocaches, or submit any logs using the app.

The Geocaching Classic app was developed in 2008. Over the past nine years, mobile phone and app technologies have changed significantly. The Classic app was built on code that no longer can support the dynamic functionality geocachers want and need. Therefore, our sole focus moving forward will be on improving the Geocaching® app.

The sustainable code that makes up the Geocaching® app allows for much more flexibility and growth for both the app and geocaching as a whole. We want to keep making awesome tools to help geocachers create and play this game, and the new Geocaching® app gives us the ability to do just that.

We don’t want anyone to be surprised or unable to geocache on that day so if you are an active user of the Classic app, we encourage you to download the Geocaching® app to start experiencing new features like Message Center, driving directions, and more.

What’s next for the Geocaching® app

Like we mentioned earlier, we’re not done with this app—far from it. We’ll continue to add new features (and update existing ones) based on feedback and suggestions from the geocaching community.

If there’s a feature you’d like to see, make sure your voice is heard. We take your suggestions seriously.

The Geocaching® app (and other tools including the website and support of third party apps) are made possible through the ongoing support of Premium members. In appreciation of this, some mobile features are reserved as a perk of Premium membership. Premium members have access to all geocache listings, advanced filtering options, offline navigation, favorite points, and more.

We strive to provide a great geocaching experience for as many players as we can and we will continue to take your feedback earnestly.

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Thank you for taking the time to read this update. We encourage you to check out the Geocaching® app, try out the new features, and let us know what you think.

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/ Annika /

L’appli “Geocaching Classic” va être désactivée.

En septembre dernier, nous vous avons fait part de notre plan de désactiver l’appli “Geocaching Classic”.  Dans cette avis, nous avons écrit :

Nous avions initialement prévu de mettre hors service l’appli “Geocaching Classic” en septembre 2016.  Si cela n’était pas déjà assez clair, vous nous avez convaincu du contraire… Il manque quelques fonctionnalités parmi les plus demandées à l’appli Geocaching® : cartes de sentiers et accès aux cartes hors connexion, certain types de logs, brouillons de logs et points favoris.  Nous travaillons afin de mettre ces fonctionnalités au point d’ici mars 2017.  

Depuis lors, nous avons été très occupés à ajouter les fonctionnalités les plus demandées à l’appli Geocaching® :

En tant, à la fois que développeurs de l’appli et géocacheurs, nous sommes très enthousiasmés par ces mises à jour et nous espérons que vous le serez également.  Au QG de Géocaching, nous sommes plus que jamais engagés à développer les meilleurs outils et services pour que les géocacheurs puissent créer, jouer et partager leur jeu. Nous allons continuer à apporter des mises à jour et des améliorations à l’appli Geocaching®.

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/ Annika /

Die App “Geocaching Classic” wird eingestellt.

Letztes Jahr im September teilten wir unsere Pläne mit, die App “Geocaching Classic” einzustellen.  In dieser Ankündigung schrieben wir:

Wir hatten ursprünglich geplant, die App “Geocaching Classic” im September 2016 einzustellen.  Aber trotz des geplanten Vorhabens habt ihr uns überzeugt, dies nicht zu tun… Es fehlten noch einige der am häufigsten verwendeten Funktionen in der neuen Geocaching® App: Offline- und Wanderkarten, Wartungslogeinträge und Log-Entwürfe sowie Favoritenpunkte.  Wir arbeiten daran, diese Funktionen bis März 2017 zu vervollständigen.  

Seit damals haben wir die am häufigsten nachgefragten Funktionen in die Geocaching® App integriert:

Als Entwickler der App ebenso wie als Geocacher freuen wir uns auf diese Upgrades, und wir denken, dass sie Euch ebenfalls gefallen werden. Hier im Geocaching-Hauptquartier wollen wir weiterhin die besten Tools und Services anbieten, damit Geocacher ihrem Hobby nachgehen und Material dafür erstellen und teilen können. Wir werden in Zukunft auch weiterhin Updates und Verbesserungen an der Geocaching® App vornehmen.  

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/ Andrew Baldwin

Piz Palü 3901 m.ü.M. — Geocache of the Week

Traditional
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by the Schnuppels
Difficulty:
3
Terrain:
5
Location:
In Graubuenden (GR), Switzerland
N 46° 22.715′ E 009° 58.152′

“Thousands of tired, nerve shaken, over-civilized people are beginning to find out going to the mountains is going home.” –John Muir

If you love extreme, you’ll love this GOTW. In Switzerland, a mountain cache sits at 3,901 m (12,800 ft). Home to 30,239 active geocaches, and more than 250 summits above 3,600 m, Switzerland is a haven for mountain caching. According to the cache owner, Piz Palü is one of the great treasures of the Alps. “You will experience here breathtaking views that you will never forget, because you have to earn it with endurance and skill. The entrance over the Pers glacier is only possible with crampons, pick axes, and ropes.” –the Schnuppels

The journey can be split up into 3 days per Cosley & Houston’s Alpine Guide.

Day 1

Start by riding the Diavolezza lift to almost 3,000 m. From here you descend to the Pers Glacier, cross this and ascend the Fortezza to the Bellavista Terraces. These are followed to the Marco e Rosa hut, 3,597 m, where you spend the night.

Day 2

From the hut you climb up first glacier, then steeper snow, and finally rock to gain the east ridge of the Spedela, a 4020 meter sub-peak of the Bernina. From here a narrow ridge crest sometimes rock, sometimes snow, leads to the airy summit. Follow the same route back to the hut to spend a second night.

 

Day 3

On our last day, traverse back across the Bellavista Terraces to the pass at the west end of the three summits of Piz Palü. The first summit is mostly rock. the second and third are snow, with some steep and narrow snow ridges to add spice to the adventure. After descending the large Vedret Pers glacier, climb back to the Diavolezza lift and take it back to the valley.

The descent is steep and can be dangerous. Temperatures in the region can hit -22 degrees celsius at night (uh brrr?) and the cache page says the initial ascent of the mountain is 5-6 hours — the descent about 4 hours. Geocachers are drawn to parts of the Earth like this to fight nerves and be in an environment where they feel at home. Spending three days to earn a geocache through blistering freezing temperatures, putting your faith into your pickaxe on the side of a cliff hundreds of meters in the air, and getting swept in all directions by the Apline wind is home to some. Call it crazy, call it geocaching, call it what you will, it’s all in the spirit of adventure and finding your happy place in the world.

 

“At 4:40 we started from the Diavolezza. Apart from the ascent on the previous day, the first day on the route was exhausting, even without the acclimation. But in the end, we had a good time on the saddle and could fill up the summit with a short break. We were able to get here without a rope, so it was no problem to quickly go to the memorial plaque. I was surprised at how wide the saddle is.

Thanks so much for the cache at this special place! This was, of course, the icing on the cake! Now I’m curious when I’ll find an even higher cache. For a while, this cache will probably remain on place 1 of my high altitude list.” –SteinbamOne 6th log entry.

The Schnuppels was the pioneer who placed this extreme cache, and only 8 others have braved the journey since 2014.