¡El Día Internacional del Geocaching es el 20 de agosto!
Es hora de comenzar a planificar una de las mejores fiestas del año. ¡El sábado 20 de Agosto es el Día Internacional del Geocaching!. Es el dia perfecto para salir fuera, encontrar unos cuantos (docenas de) geocachés y pasar el tiempo con tus compañeros de juego.
Novedad este año: Los rastreables que compiten en la HQ Duck Dash corren a eventos que se celebran el día internacional de Geocaching. Puedes participar en la carrera organizando tu propio evento el 20 de Agosto — y disfrutar viendo algún Deadly Ducks bambolearse en la linea de meta.
You’ve joined the HQ Duck Dash and you’re in it to win it — “it” being global recognition and eternal bragging rights of course.
Like competitive sports everywhere, trackable racing has its insider secrets. So what is the “carb-loading” (marathon running) or “jaw-xercising” (competitive eating) equivalent of trackable racing?
It all comes down to collaboration and communication! While not immediately obvious, the HQ Duck Dash is a team sport — you’re just playing with people you’ve most likely never met. Your job, as trackable team captain, is to get all your faraway teammates on the same page.
Here are 3 tips to get you started:
TB Tip #1: Establish a clear goal for your trackable. With five very different categories, it’s unlikely that you’ll sweep them all. Pick and choose your strengths!
TB Tip #2: Communicate your goal clearly on the trackable page so that other geocachers can help your trackable along. The trackable mission statement at the end of this blog post can be used as a sample for your own trackable racer. Make sure you tailor it to the HQ Duck Dash categories you’d like to compete in — and don’t forget to include the part about ending at an International Geocaching Day event on August 20!
TB Tip #3: Send encouraging messages to your fellow geocachers using the Message Center — encouraging being the key word here. Trackable racing is a polite sport!
Sample Mission Statement
Every trackable entered into HQ Duck Dash will receive a special digital icon, helping to identify it as part of the race.
This trackable is competing in the HQ Duck Dash!
This trackable <TB name> is racing in the HQ Duck Dash 2016. To be eligible for global recognition and eternal bragging rights, it needs to make it to a geocaching event on International Geocaching Day (August 20, 2016). You can find a list of events here: https://www.geocaching.com/calendar/
<TB name> is competing in the following race categories:
Most Geocaches Involved
Most Story-Worthy Moment (Best Log)
Please move this trackable to its next geocache and leave a nice log about your experience to help it meet its goal! Thank you!
Love lock bridges and gates aren’t all that uncommon. You’ll find them in Belgium, France, Germany, Argentina, Finland, Canada, Italy… it seems the practice of choosing a lock to symbolize a special relationship, then fastening that lock to a public structure has really caught on. It’s made its way to South Korea, too.
Seven love lock trees at the N Seoul Tower
At the N Seoul Tower on Namsan Mountain in central Seoul, a less traditional type of love-locking is happening. Seven “trees” at the base of the tower are being festooned with thousands of colorful locks.
One of them is not like the others. The relationship it represents is that between cache owner and cache finder.
The very small, very sneaky cache.
Fair warning: this cache is not a quickie. Unless you’re very lucky or have insider information, it’s going to take some time to figure out which of these locks contains the cache. Needle-in-a-haystack caches aren’t for everyone, but if you enjoy that sort of challenge this cache should be on your bucket list.
Geocacher rayjoli and kids.
Words with the Cache Owner
tejerosaurio fount it!
Geocaching HQ: What inspired to you to hide a sneaky lock cache in this spot?
bluesky61: Six years ago I attended “10 Years! Event” for my first event geocache. I remember that there was a disabled cache in the nearby area. I thought that there should be placed a very nice geocache, because the N tower is one of the most renowned landmark in the city of Seoul. Later I found the disabled cache had gone. I wanted to make a very pleasant-to-find geocache and gave it a thought over and over. And finally, I was able to make this love lock cache. It was very good to hide among the great many locks and the lock trees.
Geocaching HQ: What advice do you have for people looking for this cache?
bluesky61: There are so many love locks, and also so many muggles around. However, you don’t need to fear. Nobody would think you are a geocacher looking for a cache. They would think you like one of them examining various kinds of different love locks and the names on them. Just blend in with them. Yes, that will do!
Geocaching HQ: Is there anything you’d like to share with the geocaching community in general?
bluesky61: I think geocaching is a game of consideration of others. All the activities including placing a good cache, exchanging trade items, finding and replacing the caches are based on the thoughts how we can please our visitors to find the cache and have them enjoy the processes to a find. I think that’s why geocaching [is] growing and attracts muggles to become philosophers.
Love lock trees at night around the holidays
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Jedes Jahr können ein paar glückliche Mitarbeiter des Geocaching-Hauptquartiers an einem Mega- oder Giga-Event teilnehmen. Bri Suffety und Cindy Potter waren kürzlich in Essen und haben das Giga-Event “Project Glück Auf 2016” (GC55555) besucht. Bri (Sassy Bandit) ist Frontend-Entwickler und Cindy (Frau Potter) ist Community-Direktor. Les weiter, was Bri über den Besuch schreibt.
