{"id":113497,"date":"2023-03-14T10:03:30","date_gmt":"2023-03-14T17:03:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.geocaching.com\/blog\/?p=113497"},"modified":"2023-03-14T10:07:22","modified_gmt":"2023-03-14T17:07:22","slug":"pi-day-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.geocaching.com\/blog\/2023\/03\/pi-day-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Pi Day 2023!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Happy Pi Day, geocachers!<\/p>\n<p>We could go around in circles explaining why this special date brings joy to so many people.<\/p>\n<p>Rather than celebrate the first three digits of the numeral pi or the baked dessert by the same name, we decided to graph our excitement this year with pie charts!<\/p>\n<p>Check out the following geocaching pie charts to see \u201cscientific data\u201d on this special hobby, and scroll to the bottom to <a href=\"#piecharttemplate\">find a template to create your own<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><strong><strong>We know that geocachers spend a lot of time on the game, but not all of it is spent searching for a geocache. Check out this breakdown for how time is actually spent while out geocaching:<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-113503\" src=\"https:\/\/www.geocaching.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/2-300x251.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"419\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d3mo08i005h0zn.cloudfront.net\/blog\/uploads\/2023\/03\/2-300x251.png 300w, https:\/\/d3mo08i005h0zn.cloudfront.net\/blog\/uploads\/2023\/03\/2-656x550.png 656w, https:\/\/d3mo08i005h0zn.cloudfront.net\/blog\/uploads\/2023\/03\/2.png 940w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><strong><strong>Geocachers often have a lengthy to-do list before and after their cache outings. We were surprised to find out what most of these lists look like:<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-113506\" src=\"https:\/\/www.geocaching.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/3-300x251.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"419\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d3mo08i005h0zn.cloudfront.net\/blog\/uploads\/2023\/03\/3-300x251.png 300w, https:\/\/d3mo08i005h0zn.cloudfront.net\/blog\/uploads\/2023\/03\/3-656x550.png 656w, https:\/\/d3mo08i005h0zn.cloudfront.net\/blog\/uploads\/2023\/03\/3.png 940w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><strong><strong>When signing a logbook, geocachers have their utensil of choice. We weren&#8217;t surprised by most of these answers, but we discovered some unconventional means of signing. It looks like geocachers will make do in a pinch:<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-113509\" src=\"https:\/\/www.geocaching.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/4-300x251.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"419\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d3mo08i005h0zn.cloudfront.net\/blog\/uploads\/2023\/03\/4-300x251.png 300w, https:\/\/d3mo08i005h0zn.cloudfront.net\/blog\/uploads\/2023\/03\/4-656x550.png 656w, https:\/\/d3mo08i005h0zn.cloudfront.net\/blog\/uploads\/2023\/03\/4.png 940w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><strong><strong>Here are some of geocachers\u2019 favorite (and less favorite) types of hides:<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-113512\" src=\"https:\/\/www.geocaching.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/5-300x251.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"419\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d3mo08i005h0zn.cloudfront.net\/blog\/uploads\/2023\/03\/5-300x251.png 300w, https:\/\/d3mo08i005h0zn.cloudfront.net\/blog\/uploads\/2023\/03\/5-656x550.png 656w, https:\/\/d3mo08i005h0zn.cloudfront.net\/blog\/uploads\/2023\/03\/5.png 940w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><strong>Finally, we took a poll for why geocaches choose to geocache, but we ended up scrapping the whole thing and made our own instead:<\/strong><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-113515\" src=\"https:\/\/www.geocaching.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/6-300x251.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"419\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d3mo08i005h0zn.cloudfront.net\/blog\/uploads\/2023\/03\/6-300x251.png 300w, https:\/\/d3mo08i005h0zn.cloudfront.net\/blog\/uploads\/2023\/03\/6-656x550.png 656w, https:\/\/d3mo08i005h0zn.cloudfront.net\/blog\/uploads\/2023\/03\/6.png 940w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-113518\" src=\"https:\/\/www.geocaching.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/7-300x251.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"419\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d3mo08i005h0zn.cloudfront.net\/blog\/uploads\/2023\/03\/7-300x251.png 300w, https:\/\/d3mo08i005h0zn.cloudfront.net\/blog\/uploads\/2023\/03\/7-656x550.png 656w, https:\/\/d3mo08i005h0zn.cloudfront.net\/blog\/uploads\/2023\/03\/7.png 940w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Thank you, geocachers, for being a part of this wonderful game. We ran the numbers and the results are in: we are 100% grateful for all of you.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Want to join in on the Pi Day fun? Use the pie chart template below to create your own geocaching pie chart (no scientific data necessary)!<\/p>\n<h4 id=\"piecharttemplate\">Create your own pie chart:<\/h4>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-113521\" src=\"https:\/\/www.geocaching.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/8-300x251.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"419\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d3mo08i005h0zn.cloudfront.net\/blog\/uploads\/2023\/03\/8-300x251.png 300w, https:\/\/d3mo08i005h0zn.cloudfront.net\/blog\/uploads\/2023\/03\/8-656x550.png 656w, https:\/\/d3mo08i005h0zn.cloudfront.net\/blog\/uploads\/2023\/03\/8.png 940w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Happy Pi Day, geocachers! We could go around in circles explaining why this special date brings joy to so many people. 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