Author Archives: Guest Blogger
GeoWoodstock IX 2011 – A Lackey Report from Pennsylvania
Editor’s note: Groundspeak Lackeys are traveling thousands of miles from H.Q. this year to share smiles, shake hands and make geocaching memories at more than a dozen Mega-Events worldwide. Dani Isbell, a.k.a. Dani, attended the Mega-Event GeoWoodstock IX in Warren, Pennsylvania, USA. Dani has been a Lackey since 2009. This is her account of GeoWoodstock IX. By Dani I had the privilege of attending GeoWoodstock IX with MissJenn in Warren, Pennsylvania. This was my second Geowoodstock in as many years and I am so happy that I got to be in attendance again! Our adventure started with a four hour [...]
Guest Blogger on August 19, 2011, 1:10 pm
90 Year Old Inspires Geocachers
By: Kelly Ranck Have you ever felt that you are not athletic, outdoorsy, or tech-savvy enough to go geocaching? Perhaps you think that you are too old to hit the trail? We kindly request that you go ahead and let those excuses go. Here’s why. According to the geocacher Ons Oma, “Geocaching is a sport for people of all ages. Young and old.” If anyone deserves the right to make this claim, it is Ons Oma (Dutch for “Our Grandmother”). Recently, a group of Ons Oma’s closest family and friends came together to surprise her for her 90th birthday. This [...]
Guest Blogger on June 29, 2011, 8:44 am
A Journey of 1001 Days of Geocaching
Extreme Geocaching | Milestones | Movie References
Editor’s Note: Kiet and Jill Callies (kietc) along with their daughter visited Groundspeak HQ on June 18th, 2010. It was their 1001st straight day of geocaching. The journey began on September 22, 2007 and ended that day at HQ. Kiet authored this guest blog. This is his story. These are his words. Here’s what you can learn from a team that completed a geocaching streak of 1001 days. When we started our streak on September 22, 2007, it was a reboot of a previous 41-day streak, broken by work commitments, which just whetted our whistles for the big one. No [...]
Guest Blogger on June 28, 2010, 1:45 pm
Cache In Trash Out, Surf’s Up
Posted By: Lackey Nate the Great Groundspeak’s Lost and Found tour is in full swing, with Groundspeak Lackeys attending geocaching events spread throughout the world. Earlier this month Lackey Powpea and I had the opportunity to visit the Second City for the first annual Chicagoland Cache-apalooza. The local geocaching organization, GONIL, hosted a fantastic event including 74 new geocaches placed and published over the weekend. Before the festivities began, however, we attended a CITO event at the Lucas Berg Nature Preserve in Worth, IL. Here is a little speck of green space in the heart of a metro area whose [...]
Guest Blogger on May 31, 2010, 11:41 am
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