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Wild Canyon Games 2012 – Extreme Geocaching

Four geocachers finally stood atop the rock covered peak of a desert vista. The geocachers could see the horizon stretch out before them for miles. Geocaching.com Lackeys Colin Williams (Colin) and Jenn Seva (MissJenn), accompanied by two other geocachers, climbed high enough to look down on the flight path of an observation helicopter. There were no homes to be seen. They squinted to even find a road. But hidden on the largest geocaching course in the world – 55 square miles – 450 geocaches waited in crevasses and cracks, bushes and trees, to be discovered. Colin and Jenn were part [...]

GeoWoodstock X – A Lackey’s Journal

Editor’s note: Groundspeak Lackeys are traveling thousands of miles from H.Q. throughout the year to share smiles, shake hands, and make geocaching memories at nearly 20 Mega-Events worldwide. Cathy Hornback aka, Prying Pandora, attended the Mega-Event GeoWoodstock X (GC2X6ZV). It took place in Indiana, USA. Cathy has been a Lackey since 2009 and works in Customer Relations. Here’s Cathy’s account of her trip. Written By: Cathy Hornback On Memorial Day weekend 2012, I had the honor of representing Groundspeak with our CEO and co-founder Jeremy Irish at GeoWoodstock X in the small town of Sellersburg, IN. Sellersburg is about 10 [...]

Night Caching in Portugal – A Lackey’s Mega-Event Experience

Editor’s note: Groundspeak Lackeys are traveling thousands of miles from H.Q. throughout the year to share smiles, shake hands, and make geocaching memories at nearly twenty Mega-Events worldwide. Arne Moen, aka, RandolphAgarn, attended the Lisbon, Portugal Mega-Event 12 years Geocaching – Portugal (GC35GH8). Arne has been a Lackey since 2009 and is a Software Developer. Here’s Arne’s account of his trip. Written By: Arne Moen I was in Lisbon, Portugal to celebrate  12 Years Geocaching Portugal with local geocachers. I was delighted to meet all these geocachers from Portugal. Of course, I knew that there are geocachers all over the [...]

Geocaching Mega-Event MOGA – Sock Hop and Caching Competition

Editor’s note: Groundspeak Lackeys are traveling thousands of miles from H.Q. throughout the year to share smiles, shake hands, and make geocaching memories at nearly twenty Mega-Events worldwide. Nicole Bliss, aka Louie Bliss, attended the Iowa, USA Mega-Event MOGA 2012 (GCQM9C). Nicole has been a Lackey since 2010 and works in Customer Relations. This is Nicole’s account of her trip. Written By: Nicole (Louie Bliss) Location: Rathbun Lake outside Moravia, Iowa, 60 miles south of nearest large city of Des Moine. Time: 1pm, April 28, 2012 Who: 200 cachers competing (more than 1000 in attendance), including kids, elderly and one [...]

Geocaching.com Caption Contest 33 – Win a Barely Coveted Prize

Enter your best caption for this picture to win a ‘barely coveted prize’ in the 33rd installment of our Geocaching.com Caption Contest. This picture was originally posted on the official Geocaching.com Facebook page. Special thanks to geocacher Alison Duhamel for use of the picture. What caption would you write for the picture at the top of this post? “The geocache probably should have seen this one coming.” Submit your caption by clicking on “Comments” below. Please include your Geocaching.com username in all entries. Then, explore the captions other geocachers have posted. You’re encouraged to try to ‘influence’ the voting process (*nudge*nudge*). [...]


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