Unlock Your 2015 Geocaching Mission on May 2 and 3
This May 2nd and 3rd, celebrate the history of geocaching by unlocking your mission for 2015. May 2nd and 3rd signal the beginning of geocaching, some 15 years ago. On May 2, 2000, GPS signals were descrambled, increasing the accuracy of GPS devices worldwide by ten times. The following day, what would become known as the first geocache was hidden.
Celebrate 15 Years of Geocaching on May 2nd and 3rd by finding any geocache or attending any geocaching event. You’ll earn a new digital souvenir for your geocaching profile.
Unlock details of your 2015 geocaching mission by reading the souvenir’s description. Join the conversation with your fellow geocachers on social media by tagging #Geocaching15 in your posts.
On March 14, 2015, aka 3/14/15, geocachers around the world celebrated Pi Day by finding a Mystery Cache or attending a Pi Day event and earning two souvenirs. In case you missed it, there was another puzzle hidden within the souvenirs.
Take a look at the two Pi Day souvenirs. Notice the numbers and letters around the rim? Combine those to find the page for GC31415, which contains a very special message from one of the co-founders of Geocaching.com and a few delicious pi(e) recipes.
Schalte Deine Geocaching-Mission 2015 für den 2. und 3. Mai frei.
Feiere den Anfang von Geocaching am 2. und 3. Mai, indem Du Deine Mission für 2015 freischaltest. Der 2. und 3. Mai stehen für den Beginn von Geocaching vor 15 Jahren. Am 2. Mai 2000 wurde die künstliche Abweichung bei GPS-Signalen aufgehoben, womit GPS-Geräte auf der ganzen Welt 10 Mal genauer wurden. Am nächsten Tag wurde der erste Geocache versteckt.
Feiere am 2. und 3. Mai 15 Jahre Geocaching, indem Du einen Geocache findest oder an einem Geochaching-Event teilnimmst. Damit wirst Du ein neues digitales Souvenir für Dein Geocaching-Profil bekommen.
Nachdem Du den Souvenir verdient hast, lies die Souvenir-Beschreibung, um die Details für Deine Geocaching-Mission 2015 freizuschalten. Steige auf den Sozialen Netzwerken in die Unterhaltung mit anderen Geocachern ein, indem Du Deine Postings mit dem Hashtag “#Geocaching15” versiehst.
Danke für einen weiteren erfolgreichen und leckeren Pi-Day!
Am 14. März 2015, in der amerikanischen Schreibweise “3/14/15”, haben Geocacher auf der ganzen Welt den Pi-Day gefeiert, indem sie einen Mystery-Geocache fanden bzw. an einem Pi-Day-Event teilnahmen und zwei Souvenirs verdienten. Für den Fall, dass es Dir entgangen ist: In den Souvenirs ist ein weiteres Rätsel vesteckt.
Sieh Dir die zwei Pi-Day-Souvenirs an. Siehst Du die Zahlen und Buchstaben rund um den Rand? Kombiniere sie, um die Seite für GC31415 zu finden, auf der Du eine besondere Nachricht von einem der Mitbegründer von Geocaching.com und ein paar leckere Pi(e)-Rezepte findest.
“A camera is a ‘save button’ for one’s mind.” Rogu Kingston.
Geocaching is more than a hunt. Geocaching is that “first to find” smile… the secret beach you stumble upon… the mountain you never thought you’d climb… the unexpected sighting of a rare bird… a forgotten piece of history… a new friend you pick up along the way. All of these geocaching “moments” can be captured through a camera lens (and beautifully, with a nice filter).
Everyday, geocachers on Instagram share their visual geocaching experiences with the world through the hashtag #geocaching. The official geocaching Instagram is our way of joining that conversation, sharing beautiful and inspiring geocaching images. Launching only 2.5 years ago, we’re thrilled to announce that the Geocaching Instagram has reached 30,000 friends and is still growing! Our eyeballs have never been happier.
Here are some of the most stand-out Instagram images from the last couple years.
8-13-13 Found it! #TFTC #geocaching #31in318-21-2013 Sometimes #geocaching takes you to forgotten places and shadows of the past. #31in31 #ilovegeocaching11-27-13 Even in this concrete jungle we continue to be inspired while #geocaching. What’s your favorite #UrbanCache?10-23-2013 Fog and rain can’t deter us from #geocaching! What’s the most extreme weather you’ve gone #geocaching in?5-14-2014 #geocaching takes us to some of the most incredible places. GC3C2JW is located in Lisboa, Portugal – and what a beautiful stop along the way! What’s the coolest thing you’ve discovered while #geocaching?4-29-2014 View from GC1CWV4 in Iceland. This #EarthCache is of a glacial river lagoon – and incredible wonder of nature. What amazing natural spectacles has #geocaching shown you?7-24-14 GC13N11: An epic #geocaching hike to Lake Serene in the foothills of the Cascades. How long have you hiked for a geocache?10-7-14 Geocachers, who’s up for an extraordinary #hike? The coordinates for EarthCache GCZ5YD in Utah will lead you to the start of the Zion Narrows trail. The rest is up to you.11-11-14 Here lies an official geocache… do not disturb :-).1-6-15 On top of the world! Geocacher “jcnbee” soaks it all in at GCGGHB in Rogaland, Norway. #geocaching #adventure #explore1-13-15 GC3Q9VP: Tomb Raider! Snag this geocache at sunrise to avoid muggles at the world famous Angkor Wat in Cambodia. #geocaching #adventure #travel1-17-15 How many compartments can one geocache have? #geocaching #explore #makers2-04-15 Camo’d Ammo. #geocaching #getlost #adventure1-31-15 GC1D7NJ: Would you cross this bridge for a geocache?3-4-15 GC2TJKV is a must see if you are visiting the lovely city of #Amsterdam. What looks like an ordinary latched door, is actually a geocache. #geocaching #urban #travel
You too can join in the Insta-fun and share your #geocaching endeavors with the world! Oh, and follow us too www.instagram.com/geocaching.
Multi-Caches are a great challenge for any geocacher looking for a little something more than a traditional. Some multis require you to gather information at the coordinates and plug it into a formula to get the coordinates for the next stage. This multi does away with secondary coordinates altogether. Once you arrive at the first stage, you’ll have to use your keen eyesight to see where the final container lies.
What geocachers are saying:
“What a great idea for a cache. Well worth another favorite point.” – Be-con
“Awesome cache. Visiting Red Deer for centerfest and saw all the fav points. Kids are really glad we found this one. Thanks very much.” – calgaryeggheads
“I’m giving this one a favourite simply because of the novelty of it. Bravo! And a hearty well done to the cachers who’ve already been here and who haven’t been heavy handed on the first stage! Thanks for the cache.” – van der Decken
“The TazFour family were brainstorming about placing a new cache after a fun day of geocaching. We wanted to place a unique cache and unlike any other we had found before. The TazFour boys love Nerf guns and they just happened to be playing with them that evening. They were lining up the sights on their Nerf guns on different targets and the idea popped into mind. How about a geocache where you must spot the location of the cache container through a line of sight. And that’s how it started.
Construction of the cache was very simple. All we did was construct a “sight tube” using a camo painted PVC tube and added two crosshairs on either end of the tube by threading 2 pieces of wire through holes drilled in the tube. The cache container is just a small, water tight cylindrical container wrapped in camo tape. Finding a location was slightly more difficult as we needed 2 locations in close proximity. The location of the “sight tube” needed to have a clear unobstructed view to the cache container location; as well some type of cover in the trees. We also wanted the container to be some distance from the “sight tube”. We knew of a nice quiet location with a nice green space and fortunately found a perfect spot. It didn’t take long to set the sight tube and cache container.
What has been your reaction to all of the positive logs & favorite points? – We were really surprized by all the positive logs and favorite points! All the great feedback has been fabulous and inspiring! It’s really a simple cache, but it’s something different and fun. I guess geocacher’s responded so positively because the cache is a bit unexpected for a multicache and a new adventure. Now we need to come up with a new unique idea.
Is there anything you’d like to say to the geocaching community? – Thank you to all fellow geocach creators for all the great adventure’s your cache’s have taken us on. There are many places we would have never discovered without your time and commitment to placing and caring for your cache’s. The world looks a little bit different when you are a geocacher and it’s a whole lot more fun to go outside! TFTF”
Photos:
Line it up! (No living trees were harmed during the placement of this geocache.)Your geo-scope. (No living trees were harmed during the placement of this geocache.)You can see the final from here. (No living trees were harmed during the placement of this geocache.)
What’s the coolest Multi-Cache you’ve ever found? Tell us in the comments.
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The Cache Page Reads, “You don’t really need to visit this cache. The place is not of any interest, the container is awful…”
The geocache page for Krneki #1 reads, “You don’t really need to visit this cache. The place is not of any interest, the container is awful…” If you’ve read this far, you’ve just read the sub-sub-genre of geocaching satire. Krneki #1 geocache owner icabrian recently visited Geocaching HQ in Seattle. He popped in after traveling thousands of miles from his home country of Slovenia. The emerging geocaching country is home to more than 3,600 hidden caches, and it’s also home to a fiery debate. Each geocaching community wrestles with this very question at some point:
What defines a quality geocache?
icabrian uses Krneki #1 to raise the issue in Slovenia. He writes on the geocache page, ” Everything is wrong with this cache, because it was placed to spark a public debate about where this game is going, what we want from it and especially what we don’t want from it.” He also claimed, when I spoke with Igor (his real name) that the logbook for the geocache was always wet. That’s mighty bold bragging about an awful geocaching experience.
The world’s most forgettable geocache?
Perhaps not surprisingly the community embraced the conversation. People like to talk about quality geocaching, and they know it when they see it, and they know when they don’t. Krneki #1 has more than a dozen favorite points. Igor’s answer to what defines a quality geocache? He tells me, “(Geocaching) is not just about hiding a box. The box becomes a geocaches with something on top.” He talked about placing the geocache at an inspiring location, crafting a rich story or a clever puzzle, something beyond the box which transforms the container into a geocache.
How would you define a quality geocache?
Put your answer in comments below and through the magic of the internet, we’ll create a word cloud soon and see what gems pop out.
DIY: Quality Geocache Video
Check out this quick video for a few tips to create a Favorite Point worthy geocache
Click to learn about placing a Favorite Point Worthy Geocache
