{"id":12229,"date":"2012-08-22T14:42:15","date_gmt":"2012-08-22T21:42:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.geocaching.com\/blog\/?p=12229"},"modified":"2012-08-23T11:04:25","modified_gmt":"2012-08-23T18:04:25","slug":"why-you-should-log-your-dnfs-geocaching-com-weekly-mailer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.geocaching.com\/blog\/2012\/08\/why-you-should-log-your-dnfs-geocaching-com-weekly-mailer\/","title":{"rendered":"Why You Should Log Your DNF’s – Geocaching.com Weekly Mailer"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>To DNF or Not To DNF?<\/h2>\n

Geocaching is full of codes and clues to decipher. You can offer other geocachers a clue about a cache before they even begin their search. When you log a DNF (Did Not Find), you’re telling geocachers that the cache may be more difficult to find than anticipated or may even be missing. You’re also letting the cache owner know that they may need to check if their cache container is still at the posted coordinates.<\/p>\n

If you’re a geocacher who logged any of the 8,530,163 DNF’s posted to Geocaching.com so far, thanks from the geocaching community. It’s a small way to help ensure the quality of geocaching. So maybe DNF means more than “Did Not Find” \u2014 maybe it also means “Doing (the) Next (cacher a) Favor.”<\/p>\n

Go to the official Geocaching.com Facebook<\/a> page to discuss your thoughts on logging DNF’s.<\/p>\n

International Geocaching Day Success<\/h2>\n

You did it! You made International Geocaching Day the biggest day in Geocaching.com history. More than 94,000 geocachers from around the world charged into the wilderness or perhaps walked casually down the sidewalk to find a geocache on August 18. A souvenir for the day could be earned by logging a “Found it” for a physical geocache or an “Attended” on an Event Cache. Thank you to all those cachers who organized the more than 250 events, including 3 Mega-Events, on International Geocaching Day this year.<\/p>\n

International Geocaching Day is the third Saturday of August each year. Next year it will be commemorated on August 17, 2013<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

To DNF or Not To DNF? Geocaching is full of codes and clues to decipher. You can offer other geocachers a clue about a cache before they even begin their search. When you log a DNF (Did Not Find), you’re telling geocachers that the cache may be more difficult to find than anticipated or may…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"episode_type":"","audio_file":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","filesize_raw":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[76],"tags":[],"series":[],"class_list":["post-12229","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-groundspeaks-weekly-newsletter"],"episode_featured_image":false,"episode_player_image":"https:\/\/www.geocaching.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/seriously-simple-podcasting\/assets\/images\/no-album-art.png","download_link":"","player_link":"","audio_player":false,"episode_data":{"playerMode":"dark","subscribeUrls":{"apple_podcasts":{"key":"apple_podcasts","url":"","label":"Apple Podcasts","class":"apple_podcasts","icon":"apple-podcasts.png"},"google_podcasts":{"key":"google_podcasts","url":"","label":"Google Podcasts","class":"google_podcasts","icon":"google-podcasts.png"},"spotify":{"key":"spotify","url":"","label":"Spotify","class":"spotify","icon":"spotify.png"},"stitcher":{"key":"stitcher","url":"","label":"Stitcher","class":"stitcher","icon":"stitcher.png"}},"rssFeedUrl":"https:\/\/www.geocaching.com\/blog\/feed\/podcast\/inside-geocaching-hq-podcast","embedCode":"

Why You Should Log Your DNF’s – Geocaching.com Weekly Mailer<\/a><\/blockquote>