Introducing a brand new kind of souvenir challenge. Starting December 11, get ready for a three week challenge of geocaching two times per week to earn one special souvenir! It’s the final countdown to 2020 so finish the year strong! The sooner you start, the more likely you’ll be to succeed. Are you ready?
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Hints on geocache hints
Geocaching hints are meant to offer a little extra nudge when searching for the cache. Perhaps the container is hidden somewhere with a lot of muggle traffic so you need to be quick, or maybe it’s the classic nano in the woods. Regardless of the reason, hints should help your search not leave you shrugging your shoulders!
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Five unwritten rules of geocaching you shouldn’t break
The basics of geocaching are inspiring in their simplicity. A geocacher hides a geocache and challenges others to find it. But as with most things, there’s more to geocaching than meets the eye! Many of the rules of geocaching are outlined in the geocaching guidelines but others come from the experience of getting out there and geocaching. Below we share five rules of geocaching you may not know.
Lackey Trip Report: Going Caching 2019
Geocaching HQ staff will attend dozens of Mega and Giga-Events around the world, shaking hands, sharing stories of adventure, and of course, geocaching! bootron is the Director of Engineering at Geocaching HQ. He recently traveled to Georgia to attend the Going Caching 2019 Mega-Event (GC82VHK). Here is his trip recap.
“Since you said you plan to come early to Going Caching so as not to miss anything; Jim and I have a question. This year we’re having cachers register onto ships like they are the crew of that ship. We have seven different ships, all captains by pirates whose names start with “C”, hence the Seven “C”s. We would love it if you would entertain the idea of being one of the Captains! You would get to lead your ship crew in the Pirate Parade Thursday night annnd you would get to be in the Friday night show!”
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The ghost of caches past
Nothing is spookier than coming across an unloved geocache. Its soggy logbook gives you goosebumps, the broken container allows a look at its rotting insides. Terrifying!
If you’re a cache owner and don’t want to be haunted by the ghost of your caches past, here are some tips for you. Here’s how to decide when a geocache is ready for the cache cemetery and how to deal with the cache remains.
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