Lone R's Geocaching Blog

Treasure Hunting Outdoor Game Databases

2012-02-09T08:09:00.000-08:00

Geocaching databases:
The outdoor sport or game of searching for hidden objects by using Global Positioning System (GPS) coordinates posted on the Internet.

http://geocaching.com
http://opencaching.us
http://opencaching.org.uk
http://opencaching.de/cz/no/se/pl/lv/jp
http://geocaching.com.au
http://navicache.com
http://geocaching.gpsgames.org
http://freecaching.nl
http://geopeitus.ee
http://geocaching.hu
http://geocaching.ru
http://www.brillig.com/geocaching/

Letterboxing databases:
A treasure hunt in which a box is hidden in a remote rural location and clues are provided as to its whereabouts. A stamp image is collected from the box.

http://www.atlasquest.com/
http://www.letterboxing.org/
http://letterboxing-scotland.co.uk/clues/
http://www.letterboxing-germany.de/
http://www.psychokiwi.org/letterboxing/nzboxing.htm
http://www.letterboxingondartmoor.co.uk/index.html
http://www.spacehijackers.org/letterboxing/
http://www.vitalcommunities.org/valleyquest/questdir.cfm

Other treasure hunting databases:
http://www.munzee.com/
http://www.waymarking.com/

How to fight geocaching bureacracy

2012-01-26T09:34:00.000-08:00

by Clan Riffster

IkeHurley13, on 26 January 2012 - 05:39 AM, said:

Michaelcycle, on 25 January 2012 - 05:35 PM, said:
In bill H3794 signed by the governor of South Carolina on June 2, 2009, the South Carolina General Assembly prohibited geocaching on all state wildlife management areas, heritage preserves, and all other lands owned OR operated by the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources.
I added the bold. This is what happens when one cache hider (or finder) chooses to not follow the rules laid out.

Actually, this is what happens when your Government forgets who they work for. This has "Big Fish - Little Pond" written all over it. SCDNR allows a whole host of activities on their properties other than geocaching. I simply cannot fathom that they would outlaw any of these other activities over one single rules violation. The fact that they were so quick on the trigger with geocaching tells me they have some anti-caching mook whispering in their collective ears. I would guess this mook works somewhere fairly high in the DNR food chain.

I don't know what your current tactics are, but as someone who has worked in Government all my adult life, I speak Bureaucrat like a native, and I know how I would combat foolishness like this. My first step would be to gather enforcement data from DNR properties over the past 5 years. Every single arrest, every single citation, every single warning. Sort these by activity. (camping/mountain biking/ATV use/hunting/etc) It's all a matter of public record. Then I would watch for town hall type meetings set up for politicians to mingle with the little people. Either I or someone else who was on my side and spoke the language would attend every single one of these meetings, bringing the collected data, and raising my hand.

When called upon, I would ask the following question:

"Sir/Ma'am, as you know, House Bill 3794 outlawed geocaching on all SCDNR lands, because of a single, isolated rules violation by a single person. According to public records, which I have here for your perusal, in the past 5 years there have been X rules violations by campers, X rules violations by hunters, X rules violations by fishermen, Etc. And yet, there has been no call to ban these activities. Can you tell me why our elected officials are treating geocaching so unfairly?"

The closer you get to an election, the more impact such a question would have.

Tips for new geocachers

2012-01-25T13:10:00.000-08:00

These tips come courtesy of 6NoisyHikers:

1. MARK YOUR CAR - get the co-ordinates of your car or the trailhead where you started so you can find your way back home.

2. ALWAYS CARRY EXTRA BATTERIES - for your flashlight and your GPS.

3. CLEAN UP A CACHE - don't be afraid to take out swag that is damaged or inappropriate (wet stickers, tattoos, burst batteries or any unmentionables). Dry out a container if it needs it.

4. MINIMUM 25 FINDS - before you even think about hiding your own cache. When you do hide one, make sure the location means something to you and that you will be able to take care of the container.

5. WRITE A GOOD LOG - be friendly, share your experience and also let the cache owner know the status of the container: in good shape or needs some TLC.

Caching on the boardwalk

2012-01-22T12:18:00.000-08:00


Enjoyed a winter afternoon of geocaching on this winding boardwalk in the woods. January 21 iPhone4 app: Snapseed

Applying Markwell's Selective Criteria

2012-01-08T14:16:00.000-08:00

This post got me thinking about my own Selective Criteria:

Markwell
Posted 05 December 2011

What the premium membership WILL do is allow you to be more selective on the caches you choose to hunt.

From my December 1 pocket queries, there are 3,467 caches within 20 miles of my house.
Of those 3,467 caches, 435 are temporarily disabled leaving 3,032 caches
Of those 3,032 caches, 309 are not traditional leaving 2,723 caches
Of those 2,723 caches, 1,479 are micro leaving 1,244 caches
Of those 1,244 caches, 124 are not chosen in their size leaving 1,120 caches
Of those 1,120 caches, 79 are terrain=1.0 leaving 1,041 caches
Of those 1,041 caches, 107 are difficulty=1.0 leaving 934 caches
Of those 934 caches, 39 are are ones I've found or placed leaving 895 caches
Of those 895 caches, 144 are placed in a parking lot (based on my scouting reports) leaving 751 caches
Of those 751 caches, 13 are terrain>=4.0 leaving 738 caches
Of those 738 caches, 26 are have a size of "other" chosen leaving 712 caches
Of those 712 caches, 509 are excluded based on other criteria I use in GSAK (polygon filter, number of recent DNFs, etc.) leaving 203 caches.

That criteria gets me down to about 5.86% of the caches.

My Selective Criteria results:

There are 689 caches within 20 kms of my house.
Of those 689 I haven't found 313
Of those 313, 303 are enabled (10 are disabled)
Of the 303 when I exclude micro, unknown and other (because these almost never are swag size) I get 136
Of the 136, I exclude the following cache types: earthcache, whereigo, virtual, gps maze, event, project ape, unknown, and webcam (not my cup of tea but if I can solve an unknown cache I'll hunt for it as long as it's swag size). That leaves 13 caches
Finally exclude any cache with a D/T rating of more then 3.5, that leaves 8 geocaches.

8 geocaches within 20km that meet my criteria. I think I may be a little pickier then Markwell.
That criteria gets me down to about 1.16% of the caches.

Clan Riffster's Explosive Ordnance Disposal/Geocache Flowchart

2012-01-02T11:30:00.000-08:00

Another microcache in a parking lot was blown up in the United States.
Clan Riffster's flowchart explains what the process involves:

Hilarious cache maintenance photos

2011-12-27T21:04:00.000-08:00

BearClaws maintenance procedure is Da Bomb. Check out the photos:

Dec 26 2011 Strawberry Buttresses

Jeremy Irish on Tedx

2011-12-15T08:19:00.000-08:00

My fav part...."some people call it not an activity, a sport but a RASH, which is a Recreation-Activity-Sport-Hobby". I hadn't heard that term before. I did a google search and surprisingly the term goes back to 2002. It definitely fits.

Biggest GC logo?

2011-11-04T07:26:00.000-07:00


A big GC snow logo

What do I look for in a geocache?

2011-10-20T13:07:00.000-07:00

(Adapted from Xira's GC profile)

What do I look for in a geocache?

I hope that every cache will have all of the following:

Pleasant setting
Good coordinates
The cache and its contents are in good condition, clean and dry
Prompt owner maintenance, when required
Appropriate attributes
Appropriate terrain rating. After breaking my leg (while geocaching) then needing to do low terrain caches for a few months, I realized how important it is to mark the terrain rating properly.
A good hint.

I appreciate the following but do not expect all caches to have all of them.

A pen or pencil in the cache
A decent logbook and not a logsheet (unless it's a micro or nano)

How to earn my favourite points:

The more of the second group under the previous heading that a cache has, the more likely it is that I will award it a favourite point. I also consider the following:

A scenic or historic location, a nice walk, a maintained cache with an active owner who quickly responds to issues, a swag size cache (logbook-only caches need to impress me with their clever hide or container to get a favourite vote), a logbook and not a logsheet, a pencil or pen, a rugged watertight container (not a dollar store container, not disposable containers).
Clever cache container
Clever hide
A cache that makes me laugh out loud.
An artistic/crafty cache in a pleasant location.
A multi that has a pleasant setting, where the owner lets you know how many stages and how much walking or driving is involved, with relatively easy to find stages that, ideally, don't break the multi if they go missing.
A letterbox with a hand carved stamp in a pleasant location.
A decent hint that helps find the cache. Not a "You don't need a hint" or "Email me for a hint" hint.
Occasionally, I will award a favourite point to an otherwise unexceptional cache for the following reasons:
- As the representative of a series of caches, each of which is unexceptional in itself, but when taken a group make for an excellent caching experience.

What I will avoid in geocaches:

Micros and nanos unless the have favourite votes
I won’t do a cache that I believe is on property from which the general public is excluded unless the cache description clearly states that the owner has given permission
I will not do parking lot caches, with the exception of a letterbox hybrid with a hand carved stamp
I will not do caches that are in unpleasant settings. If it's not clear from the cache page and logs that the place is unpleasant and I get to the location to find it's dangerous or unsanitary or very unpleasant I may log a find in order to post my concerns and warn others.
I expect cache owners to maintain their caches in good condition. If I find a cache which is in terrible condition, I will say so in the log and post a “needs maintenance” log. If the owner has not responded to older “needs maintenance” logs, I will post a ‘needs archived’ log. It is a cache owner’s responsibility to maintain their cache, not to rely on the geocaching community to do it for them. If a finder wants to perform maintenance, it is certainly their prerogative to do so, but, with the exception of adding pages to full logs, I don’t believe that doing so serves the geocaching community. My exception has been for caches where I know the CO is a conscientious owner - I have placed duct tape on a crack or have added a small bit of paper to tide the cache over for a little while until the CO can get to it.

A very creative teacher geocache

2011-08-01T12:41:00.000-07:00

Last week I found this very creative cache placed by a Kindergarten teacher. It's the most creative geoswag idea I've seen.

The cache was called "Kindergarten Dragonflies". Inside the container, the trading items were laminated dragonfly kitchen magnets. The teacher printed off colour-book dragonflies. The children coloured-in the dragonflies so each dragonfly was unique. Then the dragonflies were laminated, cut out and a magnet was stapled on.

I've got one on my refrigerator door. Aren't they charming?

Treasure Tractors - PBS Geocaching Documentary

2011-07-31T15:58:00.000-07:00

Here's a trailer for a PBS program on geocaching:

Treasure Tractors

What do you think? Does it capture the essence of what geocaching is?

Lame Letterbox Hybrids

2011-07-31T08:22:00.000-07:00

I had the week to myself so I filled everyday with letterboxing and geocaching. Found 13 letterboxes and everyone was fantastic. Oh wait….not everyone. How can that be? Because I found 2 letterbox hybrids.
Begin pet peeve rant…….

Why?! Why do cachers not understand the importance of the stamp? It’s the only thing that sets it apart from any other cache type. I’m so irked that I don’t pussyfoot around in my logs anymore.

The letterbox hybrid “Change a Letter“ - the CO asks that people play the game Change-a-Letter e.g. SNOW becomes SLOW becomes SLOP etc in their logs. The box is off a service road by an expressway, near a hydro tower, in the thick bushes and vines, under a few pieces of discarded lumber. Inside is a “Hello Kitty” plastic dollar store stamp. This was placed by a 30-something-year-old guy, not a child.

Here’s my comment:

Tuesday, 26 July 2011
A letterbox is all about the stamp. It’s the only thing that sets it apart from a traditional or a multi or a puzzle cache. The little child’s kitty stamp has no tie-in with the location or the cache’s word game theme.
For more information about letterboxing have a look at atlasquest.com. Ideally a letterbox should have a unique one-of-a-kind stamp in the box – a custom made stamp or a hand carved stamp. Something that defines the box and when collected shows that the finder found that particular box because the imprint is unique.

The stamp:

The Hello Kitty stamp - 2nd row, 3rd/4th from the left

The second box was a little better.
It at least had a commercial stamp that matched the theme of the box - a dice stamp for a box entitle "The Die is Cast" next to a Civic Center that the CO equated with a Roman Coliseum.

The box was in a weedy, garbage strewn area between the parking lot and a railroad track.

This is more like what a letterbox stamp should look like:


Handcarved by Springchick


A custom made stamp

A collection of letterbox stamp images

A custom made stamp and letterbox for Ridgefield's 300th Anniversary

Munzee - geocaching with QR codes

2011-07-16T11:08:00.000-07:00

I was reading CacheFreak's blog and found out about yet another geocaching database. This one uses the power of QR codes to record finds.

Munzee.com - 21st century Scavenger Hunt

Munzees come in any size or shape but all must contain a QR-code style barcode. The barcode combined with your GPS coordinates are the essential gameplay elements of munzee. Munzees can be hidden in containers, camoflauged or even in plain view.

Problems with Munzee:

I'm not keen on the competitive aspect: Points are obtained by capturing other people's munzees or when your deployed munzees are captured by someone else. It's all about finding munzees for points and moving up levels.
It's not available for Blackberry phones.
It's very phone centric. You need the munzee app and a gps app on your smartphone to play.
When you log your find you can't leave an online comment. Not particularly rewarding if you own a munzee "cache".
No munzees near me, I'd have to cross the border and drive another 100 miles.

Check out CacheFreak's review of Munzee

Letterbox Hybrids - It's All About the Stamp

2011-07-15T20:20:00.000-07:00

This is what a letterbox is about.
It's about the unique stamp
that identifies the letterbox.

My pet peeve is the stamp in most letterbox hybrids. It's usually any stamp the cache owner can find in the toybox. It usually has no connection to the box or location. It's almost always a commercial stamp - very rarely a piece of personal art i.e. a handcarved eraser or other carving medium (pzkut, safety-kut, speedy-cut, mars carve, etc.). Whenever I see the words "I threw a stamp in the box for the letterboxers" I know I'm going to be disappointed. In fact I'm a little insulted. I like to collect letterbox stamp images (I prefer them to trinkets) but not just any non-relevant, non-personalized image. When I look at the stamp image in my personal logbook I want to relate it to the box and the location and the planter. Even if it has to be a commercial stamp if the location is by a covered bridge I'd like to see a commercial stamp of a covered bridge, not Winnie the Pooh.

When I go to a letterbox in Fox Park whose title is "This Letterbox Will Out Fox You" I don't expect to find a cupcake stamp in it:

Instead I want to see a handcarved fox stamp:

Why bother planting a letterbox if you aren't going to get creative? Just hide a regular cache.

Groundspeak Weekly Newsletter July 13 2011 - Quality Geocaches

2011-07-13T17:50:00.000-07:00

This week's important public message from Groundspeak

July 13 2011

Quality Geocaches

In 11 years, geocaching has grown from a single container in the woods of Oregon to an international activity with over 5 million participants and more than 1.4 million geocaches. In the last week alone, Groundspeak Volunteer Reviewers approved nearly 6000 caches. Wow. Thanks, Reviewers!

This rapid growth means that almost anywhere in the world, you can walk out your door and find a geocache within an hour. But it also means that geocache saturation is increasing. In some areas, it is becoming difficult to find a location to place a cache.

As the number of geocachers and geocaches grows, we encourage you to make sure that each and every cache you place is of good quality. We know that everyone has a different opinion as to what makes a "quality hide," but there are some steps that you can take to make sure that others will enjoy your cache:

Find many caches before hiding one of your own. This will show you how vastly different geocaches can be. We suggest finding at least 20-25.
Think about your favorite geocaches and why you enjoyed them so much. Was it the location? The container? The story on the cache page? Try to replicate the elements that you enjoyed while adding some of your own creativity.
Make sure that the geocache container is waterproof and will survive the elements. It is better to use a sealed container rather than a plastic bag.
Maintain your geocache. This means replacing the logbook when it is full, checking on the cache every so often to see that it's still doing well and responding quickly to "needs maintenance" logs.

You can see which geocaches others recommend by looking at the number of Favorite Points that each cache has received. Favorite Points can be found on each cache page and in the search results list. Premium Members can award 1 Favorite Point for each 10 caches that they find and can sort the search results list by most-favorited caches.

Got a brand new GPSMAP 62s! Now I'm nervous.

2011-07-05T18:35:00.000-07:00

It arrived today. I am so excited about this new toy. BUT......I'm so nervous.

First, is everything going to be in the FedEx bag?

I left it sitting on the table for a half hour then finally opened it. Checked each of the items - correct GPS model...check, 4GB micro card...check, Garmin vehicle mount kit...check, Garmin City Navigator North America NT maps micro sd card (full coverage)....check. Phew. OK, that hurdle crossed.

Next, open up the Garmin box*. OK, all contents there and accounted for. It comes with a carabiner clip. This looks like something I'm going to always use. I'll be able to safely clip the unit to my backpack strap or my belt loop. I carried the old 60Cx in the water bottle pocket of my backpack when I wasn't walking with it in my hand and I was constantly reaching back to be sure it was still there.

Insert 2 AA batteries. Hmm, they sit funny. The + terminal ends are raised up at an angle from the - terminal ends. The cover won't fit back on. Consult the manual. Nothing about batteries sitting at an angle. So I'm guessing that they need to be pushed in further. Yep....they need to snap in. Battery cover goes back on properly. Phew.

Next, turn on gps. It works. Good. Basemap loading - as usual, they are quite useless, only very major roads. Nice colour screen. Lots of pages. Lots of options. Very easy to move between pages. Satellites acquired faster then my 60Cx.

Now to load the City Navigator maps. This is the part that scares me the most. I'm not good at figuring out why software doesn't work, so hopefully, fingers crossed this goes smoothly. Check the Quick Start Manual for guidance in installing the SD card. Nothing there. No other manual. There's a yellow card in the package - there's a short 3 point instruction blurb about getting the manual from the device.

Connected the usb to the gps and then to the laptop. Hmmm. Couldn't read the device. Unplug usb, put it back in. It connected properly this time. Little yellow card says to click on the Documents folder. Easy peasy. The manual comes up. I save it to a folder on my laptop.

Next take the micro SD card out of the adapter. Manage to do it without destroying the card or sending it flying across the room. Pull the tight batteries out of the compartment and flip the little metal SD bracket up. Examine the tiny card. Examine how it should fit into the gps. Match up the notches. Lower the bracket. It won't stay shut. Then I remember that I need to slide the bracket down until it snaps in. Turn gps on. Nice quick boot up. Nice new detailed maps. :) All's working so far. Set it to find a nearby city. Worked properly. Zoom works fine. So far pretty good.

Now to download a GPX file. Consult the manual. Hmmm. That's not covered in the manual. With my old 60Cx I opened the GPX file with Easy GPS then sent it to my Garmin. I'll try that... Opened up the GPS file with EasyGPS, set up EasyGPS for a 62s device, then sent the waypoints to the gps. It worked.

Turn on the unit. Find a nearby geocache. View the description, then the logs, then the hint. I'm absolutely loving the Geocache paperless display. Only thing missing is the Favorite votes, but that's geocaching.com issue.

OK, I think I'm done for now. All went reasonably well. Everything there. Everything working. Nothing broken. Nothing too confusing. I'm a happy cacher. :)

* found this youtube video by Rob2222de unboxing a 62s.

Photos of bad cache containers

2011-06-20T08:00:00.000-07:00

If you're wondering what not to use when planting your geocache have a look at these photos gathered from this geocaching forum post: Photos/Images of bad cache containers

Black and grey film canister

Complimentary airline pouch

Altoids tin

Magnetic hide-a-key

Tin bank

Collapsible juice cup

Gladware container

The tiny tin lunchbox. Not water resistant. Rusts up fast.

Gladware container

Soda can

Altoids tin

Cool Whip tub

Capped pipe - looks like a bomb

Coffee tin

Wooden box

Coffee tin

Clam shell eyeglass case

Dollar store bin

Yogurt container

Plastic shoe box

Cookie tin

Coffee can

Little baggie covered in duct tape

Dollar store plastic container

Plastic envelope

Cap off a chair leg with a wad of
electric tape as a cap

My sentiments exactly

2011-06-19T08:55:00.000-07:00

I totally agree with geocaching blogger Renzo Tobias:

I think geocaching is the greatest thing since pre-sliced bread. It’s an excuse to go hiking, take pictures, be creative, be crafty, blog, journal, do some creative writing, be alone or meet people, learn history, solve puzzles, get dirty, or just add a little more adventure to life. What’s it worth to you to feel just a bit like Santa when you trade up, or walk into the woods empty-handed and return with a bag of trash? I love finding caches that take me places and show me things I would have otherwise missed. I treasure the opportunity to hide a cache while doing the things I enjoy. Chances are, someone else will enjoy those things too. Sometimes a great log entry can be a gift just waiting in your inbox.

Caches I ignore

2011-06-18T10:20:00.000-07:00

Yesterday's geocaching forum post:
At what point do you start using the Ignore feature?

Geocaching.com has an ignore list feature which allows you to ignore caches so that they do not appear in your search results. I think I started ignoring caches around year 7 of caching. With the exponential growth of caching and so many caches to sort through it's easier to remove the caches that I don't want to do from my pocket query and from my map. So what kinds of caches do I put on my ignore list? The forum topic's responses got me nodding in agreement with just about everyone's reasons for ignoring a cache. Here are some of those reasons:

Puzzles that I don't understand
Micro container puzzle caches
Newly published micro caches where the write-up suggests they were planted just-for-the-numbers
Needle in the haystack caches.. i.e. a cache under 100000 rocks
Caches that I had no fun trying to find, gave up on them and don't want to go back to
Caches that have unfavourable comments
High Difficulty/Terrain caches especially the kind that require special equipment or risk life and limb e.g. tree climbing, cliff climbing
Lamp Post micro caches in parking lots
Challenge caches
Series caches where you need to pick up numbers from micro caches to get the final coordinates to the last box in the series.
Back of shopping centers
Kayak/canoe/boat caches
Power trail micro caches
Most unknown size caches, people who hide nanos usually choose "unknown" instead of micro

Have I missed anything? What types of caches are on your ignore list?

Forum Schedule - funny funny stuff

2011-06-05T13:36:00.000-07:00

This has got to be one of the top funniest geocaching forum post ever.

Click on this link for all the bantering: Forum Schedule (by Ambient Skater)
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Ambient_Skater

As Starbrand said in an earlier topic, the Groundspeak forums stick to a strict schedule to keep discussions consistent. Unfortunately, this schedule doesn't seem to be published anywhere, which seems to have confused some newer members. For the benefit of the entire geocaching community, I've worked out this schedule:

The schedule features a new topic each day of the week, which rotates every season to keep things fresh.

EDIT: updated schedule third time

More....

Letterboxing hybrid history

2011-03-14T06:25:00.000-07:00

Back in the early days of geocaching some people were already hiding boxes with a signature stamp in them, i.e. letterboxes and posting them on geocaching.com. I hid and posted our first letterbox in 2002. In my pursuit to learn more about the history of the letterbox hybrid on geocaching.com I stumbled upon an early (April 2003) forum post (Changing Letterbox/Hybrid to Stamp Hunting?) from the geocaching.com founder Jeremy Irish.

What I found most fascinating about his comments is he wanted to change the letterbox hybrid so that a unique stamp would be a requirement i.e. "originals". Too bad that idea never developed. 6 years later (September 2009) I would lament on the forums about the lack of original hand carved stamps in letterboxes in my area (custom made stamps are good too - a stamp made from a design made especially for the letterbox - popular in England's form of letterboxing). It's great to know that Jeremy felt similarly.

Posted 28 April 2003 - 03:15 AM
Last summer at one of our Geocaching picnics, one of the park rangers was approached by a child to have his passport book stamped with the park's stamps.

So I thought, hey, since we already had a Letterbox/Hybrid idea, why not start including the park stamps as well? This is a great opportunity to extend the hunt out to the National Parks and other areas where a geocache may not necessarily be allowed.

There are many links online to get started, but a large list of these locations would be great for folks with kids. What do you think?

I figured we could change Letterboxing Hybrid to Stamp Hunting - This would also address the issue of folks not understanding that you shouldn't take the stamp.

Suggested rules for Stamp Hunting:

All stamps should be originals (not store bought)

Designs should be family friendly

Logbooks are optional. Unlike Letterboxing you are not required to have your own stamp.

Stamps are non-commercial (similar rules to geocaching)

Permission will still need to be obtained before placing one, but existing stamp locations are fine. Also, if it is located in a park it is fine to have an address or directions as an alternative to using a GPS.

Ultimately the goal to geocaching is to locate places you have never been, so it seems appropriate as a variation.

Thoughts?

Wonderful multimedia video-photography geocaching story in the Waterloo Region Record

2011-03-12T19:59:00.000-08:00

Ted Spieker has found over 6,000 geocaches since taking up the hobby in 2003. He hopes to find 10,000.
Outstanding black and white photography.
Ted Spieker narrates his geocaching experience.

Geocaching with Lincoln video

2011-02-17T09:52:00.000-08:00

One of my favourite How To Geocache videos, starring Lincoln the cute kid:

Groundspeak's Snowshoeing video

2011-02-02T09:59:00.000-08:00

Beautiful vast forest and mountains landscape of Washington State. One of the best things about geocaching is treks like this one: