{"id":6514,"date":"2011-10-07T11:48:12","date_gmt":"2011-10-07T18:48:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.geocaching.com\/blog\/?p=6514"},"modified":"2015-12-11T15:33:02","modified_gmt":"2015-12-11T23:33:02","slug":"geocaching-vlogs-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.geocaching.com\/blog\/2011\/10\/geocaching-vlogs-part-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Geocaching Vlogs and Online Videos \u2013 The New Horizon of Caching Media Part II"},"content":{"rendered":"

[Editor’s Note: Make sure to obtain cache owner permission when featuring a specific cache and spoilers<\/em>. Include a spoiler warning if a spoiler is absolutely necessary.]<\/em><\/p>\n

Geocaching video blogs (vlogs), as well as YouTube-based video series, have become hugely popular in the geocaching community. The Geocaching.com YouTube<\/a> channel receives thousands of viewers each day and the Geocaching.com videos have been viewed nearly three million times so far. Vlogs and other videos created by the community showcase the diversity, creativity and intelligence found in the geocaching world.<\/p>\n

Vlogging has become an exciting way to share geocaching experiences. We now invite you to enjoy Part II of the “Geocaching Vlogs and Online Videos” blog post. This post introduces you to three popular English-language geocaching vlogs and their vloggers. Part I, which featured geocaching vlogs from around the world, can be found here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Vlogger Joshua Johnson<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Mayberryman<\/a>, or Joshua Johnson, is an American geocaching vlogger<\/a> out of Minnesota, USA. With more than 40,000 views on his site, Joshua is capturing the attention of geocachers and non-geocachers around the world. According to the vlogger, \u201cthe beauty of online video is that it is global, so I think it is fun for people to see geocaching in different places of the world.\u201d<\/p>\n

Joshua spends much of his free time recording his caching adventures and posting them on his vlog for all to see. He says his vlog has enabled him to \u201cconnect with cachers all over the world through this medium. \u00a0An example of this is a video collaboration video where a cacher named Captain Hardy from Norway shot a video of him sending the Travel Bug my way.\u201d<\/p>\n

Joshua says one of the goals of his is videos, “is to make the viewer feel like they are caching along with us.\u201d\u00a0Joshua also hopes to use his vlog to \u201cshare with the world the incredible hobby\/sport that is geocaching\u2026 to introduce others to the hobby through the videos.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Vlogger Headhardhat<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Headhardhat<\/a>, or Andrew Smith, another popular English language vlogger. Andrew has posted videos on YouTube for years. He has more than 60 videos online and has had more than 370,000 hits to his YouTube<\/a> site. He sees his vlog as a \u201cteaching tool to educate geocachers from all levels of expertise.\u201d Andrew has found that creating a vlog has been beneficial to his personal geocaching experiences as well as the community’s.<\/p>\n

He says, \u201cI have heard everything from thanks for planting the seed to go out geocaching, to making things smoother for others as they ventured out, to saving several marriages and bringing families together.\u201d Andrew\u2019s vlog has connected him to people all over the world. According to the vlogger, these connections make geocaching \u201cthat much more fun because I get to share my experiences with others.\u201d<\/p>\n

Joshua and Andrew all showcase geocaching in the English language. They are among a more and more geocachers flipping on the video camera and sharing their adventures, tips and geocaching tricks online.<\/p>\n

You can start sharing your experiences right now. Share your videos, pics and geocaching expertise (or geocaching questions) on the Geocaching.com Facebook<\/a> page.<\/p>\n

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Geocaching Vlogs and Online Videos \u2013 The New Horizon of Caching Media Part II<\/a><\/blockquote>