{"id":26677,"date":"2015-02-11T14:01:14","date_gmt":"2015-02-11T22:01:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.geocaching.com\/blog\/?p=26677"},"modified":"2015-12-14T14:10:49","modified_gmt":"2015-12-14T22:10:49","slug":"your-path-to-platinum-earthcaching","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.geocaching.com\/blog\/2015\/02\/your-path-to-platinum-earthcaching\/","title":{"rendered":"Your Path to Platinum EarthCaching"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-26666 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.geocaching.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/earthcache-platinum.jpg\" alt=\"earthcache platinum\" width=\"300\" height=\"106\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Written by: <strong>Gary Lewis,\u00a0<\/strong>Senior Director of Education and Outreach, The Geological Society of America<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/earthcache.org\/\">EarthCaching<\/a> is different &#8211; while part of your geocaching experience, it involves a lot more than finding, logging and replacing a physical geocache.\u00a0 A visit to an EarthCache involves a lesson, a opportunity to think, discuss and ponder and a chance to be rewarded with achievements beyond your number of finds.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_26681\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-26681\" style=\"width: 461px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-26681 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.geocaching.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/gardenofthegods-jamieric-02.jpg\" alt=\"gardenofthegods-jamieric-02\" width=\"461\" height=\"615\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-26681\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Garden of the Gods Earthcache GCND0E<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>EarthCaching started in January 2004 when I placed the first EarthCache with my daughter on a <a href=\"http:\/\/coord.info\/GCHFT2\">headland in southern Australia<\/a>.\u00a0 My goal was to teach geocachers more about the wonderful geology of our planet.\u00a0 So Earthcaches involve you visiting a site and undertaking a logging task that teaches you some aspect of geology related to what you see. \u00a0 There are now over 18,000 active EarthCaches around the globe &#8211; and at least one on every continent!<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_26680\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-26680\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-26680\" src=\"https:\/\/www.geocaching.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/whiterock-chillibusher-01.jpg\" alt=\"Can you name this EarthCache? Do so in comments below! \" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-26680\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Can you name this EarthCache? Do so in comments below!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I realized early on that the effort required to place an EarthCache needed to be rewarded.\u00a0 On top of the normal geocache needs, an\u00a0 EarthCaches require some research and planning to<a href=\"http:\/\/community.geosociety.org\/EarthCache\/guidelines\"> meet the guidelines<\/a>. Out of that realization was born the <a href=\"http:\/\/community.geosociety.org\/EarthCache\/newitem2\/earthcachemasters\">EarthCache Masters Program<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; which rewards caters for visiting and placing EarthCaches.<\/p>\n<p>The genius of the EarthCache Masters Program is that it&#8217;s quite simple.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The first level, <strong>Bronze<\/strong>, requires you to visit and log three EarthCaches. \u00a0The trick is, those three EarthCaches \u00a0cannot be in the same state\/province\/country. We want you to travel to experience the geology away from your home location.<\/li>\n<li>The next level, <strong>Silver<\/strong>, requires you to visit and log six EarthCaches and develop and have published one EarthCache.\u00a0So after you have visited a handful of EarthCaches you get rewarded for the effort you put into having your very own EarthCache published by the Geoaware team.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure id=\"attachment_26682\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-26682\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-26682\" src=\"https:\/\/www.geocaching.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/dorsetseries-berrowwayfarer-01.jpg\" alt=\"Can you name this EarthCache? Do so in comment below!\" width=\"600\" height=\"802\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-26682\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Can you name this EarthCache? Do so in comment below!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Beyond this the levels are <strong>Gold<\/strong> (visit 12, create 2)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Platinum<\/strong> (visit 20, create 3).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>You record your efforts via the <a href=\"http:\/\/community.geosociety.org\/EarthCache\/newitem2\/earthcachemasters\/ec-masters-privacy\">EarthCache website<\/a> here\u00a0and are rewarded by an icon you can place on the profile page.\u00a0 You can even buy <a href=\"http:\/\/rock.geosociety.org\/Store\/SearchResults.aspx?searchterm=earthcache&amp;searchoption=ALL\">Masters coins<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Being an EarthCache Master shows the community that you are not only committed to learning about our Earth, but committed to having even more fun geocaching!<\/p>\n<div>Here&#8217;s my challenge. Lets see if we can&#8217;t double the number of people who are at each of the EarthCache Masters levels by International EarthCache Day (<span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_1530066616\"><span class=\"aQJ\">Sunday 11 October<\/span><\/span>) \u00a0this year. You have more than 18,000 EarthCaches to choose from to start!<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Current Number of EarthCache Masters by Level<\/h2>\n<h3>Bronze \u00a0 \u00a0 = 14122<\/h3>\n<h3>Silver \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0= 3731<\/h3>\n<h3>Gold \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0= 2086<\/h3>\n<h3>Platinum \u00a0= 1678<\/h3>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>TOTAL = 21617<\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_26686\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-26686\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-26686\" src=\"https:\/\/www.geocaching.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/bowfiddlerock-copterdoctor-02.jpg\" alt=\"Can you guess this EarthCache location? Do so in comments below. \" width=\"600\" height=\"449\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-26686\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Can you guess this EarthCache location? 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