{"id":44160,"date":"2017-07-11T12:00:42","date_gmt":"2017-07-11T19:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.geocaching.com\/blog\/?p=44160"},"modified":"2017-07-24T08:21:42","modified_gmt":"2017-07-24T15:21:42","slug":"pirates-on-the-lookout-introducing-the-friend-league","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.geocaching.com\/blog\/2017\/07\/pirates-on-the-lookout-introducing-the-friend-league\/","title":{"rendered":"Pirates on the lookout: Introducing the Friend League"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hey ho! In a few days, carousers from every continent will get together to share geocaching tales at pirate geocaching events. Remember to log your will attend for one of these events on July 15 or 16<\/strong>!<\/p>\n

Round up all your seaworthy raiders and get familiar with Geocaching.com\u2019s newest feature: the Friend League<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

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The Friend League is a leaderboard that shows you and your friends\u2019 geocaching activity. If you log a cache, or attend an event you collect points in the form of gold coins.<\/p>\n

To earn the souvenir with the first map piece you have to collect a combined\u00a0total of\u00a030 gold coins<\/strong> from July 17 to July 23<\/strong> together with your crew.* You must individually contribute\u00a0at least 5 coins to your crew’s total. So, the more friends you have on Geocaching.com, the easier it will be to keep sailing on\u2026<\/p>\n

Start yer quest!<\/a><\/p>\n

Learn more in the FAQ’s:
\n<\/strong>Still scratching your skull? Head on over to the frequently asked questions<\/a><\/strong> to learn more.<\/p>\n

*You can still earn the souvenirs on your own if you reach the total required number of gold coins each week.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Get on board:<\/p>\n

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  1. Add friends<\/a> to your Friend League<\/a>.<\/li>\n
  2. Go geocaching to earn gold coins:
    \n    \"\"<\/a><\/li>\n
  3. Collect a combined total of 30 gold coins together with your crew. You MUST\u00a0individually contribute at least 5 coins to your crew’s total.<\/li>\n
  4. All logs must be submitted by Wednesday, July 26, 5 am PDT (Pacific Daylight Time<\/a>), noon UTC (Coordinated Universal Time<\/a>) to qualify for the first souvenir.<\/li>\n
  5. Later that day (Wednesday, July 26) you will be notified by email if you earned the first souvenir. (Make sure to sign up for the Weekly Newsletter and Educational and Promotional\u00a0in your email preferences<\/a>.)<\/li>\n
  6. To learn how to earn the next souvenir, follow Geocaching on Facebook<\/a> or Twitter<\/a>, or sign up for the Weekly Newsletter<\/a>.<\/li>\n
  7. If you earn all four souvenirs and complete the treasure map, you\u2019ll earn the meta treasure chest souvenir!<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Hey ho! In a few days, carousers from every continent will get together to share geocaching tales at pirate geocaching events. Remember to log your will attend for one of these events on July 15 or 16! Round up all your seaworthy raiders and get familiar with Geocaching.com\u2019s newest feature: the Friend League.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":44190,"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":[137],"tags":[351,158],"series":[],"class_list":["post-44160","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-mary-hyde","tag-weekly-newsletter"],"episode_featured_image":"https:\/\/d3mo08i005h0zn.cloudfront.net\/blog\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Promo-image-friendleague2.png","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":"

    Pirates on the lookout: Introducing the Friend League<\/a><\/blockquote>