/ Eric Schudiske /

Geocaching.com Caption Contest 21 – Win a Barely Coveted Prize

WINNING CAPTION: “I got this by making a fair trade – equal or greater value – I left the cat.” – ljhuston 

Try your caption writing skills in the twenty-first installment of our Geocaching.com Caption Contest.   You could become the proud winner of a barely coveted prize! What caption would you write? “Dogs’ best-friend is a geocaching frog?” You can do better!

Barely Coveted Prize

Submit your caption by clicking on “Comments” below. Please include your geocaching username in all entries. Then, explore the captions that other geocachers have crafted.

You can influence the voting.  “Like” the caption that you think should win.  If you think your caption should win, convince your fellow geocachers to “like” your caption.  Lackeys decide between the top captions to crown the winner of this Geocaching.com Caption Contest.  The winner receives a barely coveted prize from Groundspeak Headquarters — this Cache In Trash Out pin. The annual international Cache In Trash Out Weekend is approaching on April 30 & May 1, 2011.

Click on the image to see the winner of this Geocaching.com Caption Contest

14 Lackeys voted to award the winner of the twentieth Geocaching.com Caption Contest a barely coveted prize. Click on the image at right to discover the winning caption from the previous Geocaching.com Caption Contest.

Explore the wit and wisdom of geocachers by checking out all the Geocaching.com Caption Contests.

 

/ Eric Schudiske

Groundspeak Weekly Newsletter – February 2, 2011

Announcing International Cache In Trash Out Weekend 2011

Cache In Trash Out (CITO) is the geocaching community’s initiative to clean up parks and other cache-friendly places around the world. While out hunting for a geocache, geocachers collect litter along the trails and properly dispose of it. The community also supports the initiative by organizing larger cleanup efforts known as CITO Events. These events may occur at any time of year, but many are held during the annual international Cache In Trash Out Weekend each spring. This year, Cache In Trash Out weekend is scheduled for April 30 & May 1, 2011.

Over the course of 2010, the community held nearly 400 CITO Events. Many of those were during Cache In Trash Out Weekend. Let’s beat that record! Start planning your CITO events now!

Benefits of Adding Home Coordinates

Please enter your home coordinates so we can provide information on new geocaches and geocaching events near you.

/ Eric Schudiske /

“Europe’s First” GC43 GEOCACHE OF THE WEEK – January 31, 2011

Near the "Europe's First" geocache

In June of 2000 geocaching reached Europe in the form of a plastic container hidden along the Irish coastline. It was only one month after the first geocache in the world was placed in the U.S.

“Europe’s First” (GC43) is rated as a difficulty 1, terrain 3. It’s located south of Dublin and geocachers from around the world make this cache part of their holiday plans. One of the more than 500 logs from “Europe’s First” reads, “Our trip to Ireland would have not have been complete without a small diversion to pick up this very important landmark cache. Even the sun came out to give us a lovely stroll along the cliff path before a short scramble to the cache. I’m very pleased to have ticked this one off.”

Geocachers who log this cache, also cross one of the Top Ten Oldest Active Caches off their list.

A look at the geocache "Europe's First"

This traditional cache has 71 Favorite Points so far. Geocaching Favorites is a new feature on Geocaching.com.

Continue your exploration with some of the most engaging geocaches from around the world. Explore all the Geocaches of the Week on our blog or view the Bookmark List on Geocaching.com.

/ Eric Schudiske /

Snowshoe Geocaching – A Geocaching.com Video

White fields of deep, powdery snow can’t stop geocachers from embarking on a high-tech treasure hunt. They simply adapt. Watch this Geocaching.com video to follow along as geocacher Greg McCaddon, Totemlake, leads a group of eight on a snowshoe geocaching adventure in the postcard-perfect mountains of Washington State.

Snowshoe geocaching

Geocachers say snowshoe caching is like preparing for any winter sport. It’s recommended you dress in layers, bring water, food, survival gear and (of course) your GPS receiver loaded with nearby caches.

Totemlake hosts a Hike of the Month for local geocachers. Watch the video to see the unique token that each participant receives and what goes into the cache on each Hike of the Month.

Explore more than 30 Geocaching.com videos in our gallery.  Share a video on “Basics of Hiding a Geocache,” watch a Travel Bug® move from cache to cache around the world and visit the highest and lowest geocaches in existence.

/ Eric Schudiske /

Groundspeak Weekly Newsletter – January 26, 2011

The Groundspeak Block Party – Just Over 200 Days Away!

All over the world, neighborhoods occasionally close off city blocks to vehicle traffic and hold a party in the street. It’s called a “block party,” and it’s a great way for neighbors to get to know one another. In the close-knit geocaching community, it often feels like all geocachers are your neighbors, whether they live 5 or 5000 miles, or kilometers, away.

The Groundspeak Block Party is a Mega Event where you can meet your friendly geocaching “neighbors” from around the world. While there, you can also log Groundspeak Headquarters, meet the Groundspeak Lackeys and participate in several fun activities for all ages. Activities at last year’s event included a scavenger hunt with special prizes and a dunk tank where geocachers could take a shot at dunking Lackeys and Geocaching.com Volunteer Reviewers.

The Groundspeak Block Party will be on August 20, 2011 in Seattle, WA. Although August may feel like the distant future, it will be here before you know it. If you are planning to visit from out of town, we suggest you buy your plane ticket and arrange for accommodations as soon as possible. Tickets to Seattle in the summer can be expensive and prices will likely rise as the date approaches. We are looking forward to seeing all of you there!