Souvenirs such as the Bayern, Germany souvenir pictured on the left, are virtual pieces of art that you can discover and display on your profile page, as well as on the Geocaching iPhone, Android and Windows Phone 7 apps.
Souvenirs are most often awarded for finding a geocache in a specific geographical location. Geocaching artists have produced more than 100 souvenirs: including one for every German and U.S. state along with each Canadian province.
Below is a list of all of the released souvenirs. Images of each souvenir can be found at the end of the post. The souvenirs are a powerful way to remember your geocaching adventure, like postcards that never get lost. Geocaching has released all the souvenirs we’ve created. At this time no additional souvenirs are being designed.
Trackables are “game pieces” that add another level of fun to geocaching. Trackable owners generally assign them goals such as to “cross the Atlantic” or “visit 5/5 geocaches.” The geocaching community helps Trackables reach their goals by moving them from cache to cache.
How do you know when you have found a Trackable?
Although Trackables come in many shapes and sizes, each one has a tracking code—a unique series of letters and numbers—stamped on it. This code allows geocachers to follow the items’ real-world travels online. A Trackable will also contain text indicating that it can be tracked on Geocaching.com or Groundspeak.com. The most common Trackables are Geocoins and Travel Bugs®.
If you find a Trackable in a geocache, you are not required to trade anything for it, but please take it only if you are willing to follow some general Trackable etiquette:
Trackable
• Log that you have retrieved the Trackable from the geocache as soon as you can. This way the Trackable owner, cache owner, and anyone who may be searching for the Trackable knows that it is moving.
• Check the Trackable’s goal by inputting its tracking code here before placing it in another cache. The idea is to place it in a cache that will move it closer to its goal.
• Drop the Trackable in the next geocache and log that you have done so. If you need to keep the Trackable for more than two weeks, please email the Trackable owner to inform them.
Remember that Trackables are owned by other members of the community who are eager to see where their Trackable moves next. Before you take an item from a geocache, please check to see whether it is a Trackable and, if it is, only take it if you are willing to help it on its journey in a timely manner.
Trackables sind “Spielsteine‘” welche einen zusätzlichen Spaßfaktor zum Geocaching hinzufügen. Die Besitzer von Trackables legen im Allgemeinen Ziele wie “Überquere den Atlantik” oder “Besuche nur 5/5 Geocaches” fest. Die Geocaching–Community hilft dabei diese Ziele zu erreichen, in dem Sie Trackables von Cache zu Cache transportiert.
Woher weißt Du, daß Du einen Trackable gefunden hast?
Obwohl Trackables in vielen Formen und Größen vorkommen, hat jeder einen Tracking–Code — eine eindeutige Folge von Buchstaben und Zahlen — eingestanzt. Dieser Code ermöglicht Geocachern, die Reisen dieser Gegenstände online zu verfolgen. Auf dem Trackable befindet sich auch ein kleiner Hinweistext, dass er auf Geocaching.com oder Groundspeak.com verfolgt werden kann. Die häufigsten Trackables sind Geocoins und Travel Bugs®.
Wenn Du einen Trackable in einem Geocache findest, ist es nicht notwendig, wenn Du Ihn herausnimmst etwas als Ersatz hineinzulegen. Du solltest jedoch folgende Trackable–Etikette beachten:
• Wenn Du einen Trackable aus einem Geocache entnimmst, so logge dies bitte so schnell wie möglich. Dadurch weiß der Trackable–Owner, der Cache–Owner und jeder der nach diesem Trackable sucht, dass dieser sich bewegt hat.
• Überprüfe das Ziel des Trackables wenn du seinen Code hier eingibst, bevor du Ihn in einen anderen Cache ablegst. Die Grundidee ist, dass Du den Trackable in einen Cache legst, welcher Ihn näher an sein Ziel bringt.
• Lege den Trackable in den nächsten Geocache und logge dies online. Wenn es nötig ist, dass Du einen Trackable länger als zwei Wochen behältst, melde dies bitte dem Trackable–Owner.
Geocoin
Denke daran, Trackables sind Eigentum von anderen Mitgliedern der Geocaching–Gemeinschaft, welche gerne sehen wie sich Ihr Trackable weiter bewegt. Bevor Du einen Trackable aus einem Geocache entnimmst, überprüfe daher bitte, ob Du ihm beim Erfüllen seines Zieles helfen kannst.
Erfahre wie man einen Geocoin oder Travel Bug® loggt oder kaufe Deinen eigenen Trackable im Geocaching–Shop.
ADDITIONAL TRACKABLE STORIES:
Zusätzliche Trackable Geschichten:
Share your Trackable stories for a chance to win this rare and coveted Moun10bike Trackable.
Share your Trackable stories for a chance to win Trackables.
WINNING CAPTION: “That spider must have eaten some Chernobyl Travel Bugs.” -Berdings
Try your caption writing skills in the seventeenth installment of our Geocaching.com Caption Contest. You could become the proud winner of a barely coveted prize! What caption would you write? “They always said the light at the end of the tunnel was a train… but…” You can do better!
Barely Coveted Prize
Submit your caption by clicking on “Comments” below and explore the captions that other geocachers entered. Please include your geocaching username in all entries.
You can sway the vote. “Like” the caption that you think should win. If you think your caption should win, convince friends and strangers to “like” your caption. Lackeys will then decide between the top captions to crown the winner of this Geocaching Caption Contest.
Click this image to see the winner of the 16th Geocaching.com Caption Contest
The winner typically receives a barely coveted prize from Groundspeak Headquarters. But this contest you could actually win a coveted prize: the Compass Zipper Pull.
Click on the image to the right to discover the winning caption from the previous Geocaching Caption Contest.
14 Lackeys voted to award the winner of the sixteenth Geocaching.com Caption Contest a barely coveted prize.
Geocaching doesn’t have to stop when the sun sets. For some geocachers, the thrill of the treasure hunt just begins when darkness falls. Watch this video to follow geocachers as they navigate through the night to find a multi-cache in California. Find out how the clues for this cache stay invisible during the day and even to most muggles at night.
Look for geocaches with this “recommended at night” icon to find a night cache near you. Premium Members are able to run a Pocket Query to search for geocaches with specific attributes, such as “recommended at night.”
You can explore more videos that capture the adventure of geocaching. Check out the Geocaching.com Lost & Found video gallery. Explore 4×4 geocaching, watch a Travel Bug® go around the world and visit the highest and lowest geocaches in existence.
View from the route to "Echo Canyon Summit" geocache
“Echo Canyon Summit” (GC18C9B) takes geocachers to a vista over looking Scottsdale, Phoenix, and a kaleidoscope of desert colors in Arizona, U.S.A.
The micro cache is rated a difficulty 3 and a terrain 3.5. Hands-On Cachers hid the geocache in January of 2008. The first line of the cache notes reinforces the high terrain rating. It reads, “Strenuous hike up Camelback Mountain.”
You’re also warned to watch out for muggles. This hiking path is a high traffic area. The cache owner says it’s the muggles in the area that increase the difficulty rating for “Echo Canyon Summit.”
Still, more than 100 geocachers have found the bison tube cache. The hike is even suitable for athletic children. The cache owner does warn about the desert heat if you attempt this cache in the summer.
View from near "Echo Canyon Summit" geocache
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.
