I write this today, Oct. 8, the day before this year’s International EarthCache day. A year ago, I wrote about it and how I find EarthCaches a bit intimidating. Besides tomorrow being International EarthCache Day, Geocaching HQ has put an extra emphasis on EarthCaches for this month’s Reach the Peak challenge, with 750 points given …
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Mountaineering
Geocaching HQ started a new souvenir promotion this month called Reach the Peak. It will last several months, with a new peak each month. This month’s peak is Puncak Jaya, the highest peak in Oceania. Geocachers are awarded points for each cach found, and the goal is to get 4,884 points. A Multicache is worth …
Beverly — Illinois’ oldest cache
In May, geocachers around the world celebrated 21 years of geocaching. The first caches were placed in May 2000, beginning with Dave Ulmer’s GPS Stash in Oregon. The oldest active cache, of course, is GC30 Mingo, hidden on May 11, 2000. I have yet to find Mingo. In fact, until this year I had just …
New souvenir challenge
Geocaching HQ announced a new souvenir challenge — The Science of Discovery — on Tuesday. Beginning April 12 and running through July 11, we can earn up to four new souvenirs. This one emphasizes Adventure Labs, though all geocaches count. The goal is to get 300 points. Each Adventure Lab find gets 10 points, so …
Born explorers?
On one of its subchannels, my local public television station runs a promo between shows that claims we are all born explorers. I like that idea. Maybe that’s why I like geocaching so much. It gives me a chance to explore. Back before geocaching was invented, I participated in something called volksmarching. I was first …
International EarthCache Day
I got an email from Geocaching HQ on Tuesday announcing this year’s International EarthCache Day is Oct. 10 and 11. Here’s what they wrote: “How do you best prepare for an EarthCache outing? You planet!“Learn more about Earth and how it formed through history on Saturday, October 10 and Sunday, October 11, 2020 in celebration …
More Adventure Labs and a new promo
Since my last blog post, I’ve completed two more five-stage Adventure Labs. The first was at Blackhand Gorge State Nature Preserve in Licking County, Ohio. The second was in Syracuse, Indiana. The Adventure Lab in the nature preserve had stops on either side of the Licking River. Three stops were on one side where a …
Happy New Year
Today as I write, it’s 2 January 2020. I am setting a goal for the new year to write and post a blog entry at least twice a week. I haven’t posted anything since October, and that’s way too long to go. Before I dive into 2020, I want to look back on 2019. I …
Geocaching with Capt. TailWagger 