Get Lost with Geocaching and Wild Basin

There’s a pristine, untamed place in the Rocky Mountains called Wild Basin, where tall trees stand sentinel over winding paths and bubbling waterfalls. It’s a place people visit to escape, get away from wifi, work, and social media. It’s a place people ago to Get Lost. Wild Basin Hard Seltzer is named for this mountain wonderland, with hand-crafted flavors inspired by nature.

Grab a can of Wild Basin, ditch your responsibilities, and take a hike because getting outside can improve your life. Studies show that just five minutes of exercising outside can increase your mood and self-esteem. That’s why we’re partnering with Geocaching to send adventurous souls like you out into the wild to seek prizes totaling $15,000. 

Sign in to your Geocaching account and fill out a form here to apply for a Wild Basin trackable, then share your Wild Basin + Geocaching experience on social media with the hashtags #WildBasinGetLost and #Sweepstakes for the chance to win a Wild Basin hammock. Go ahead, Get Lost at geocaching.com/WildBasin.

ABBREVIATED RULES

NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. A PURCHASE WILL NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING. ALCOHOL IS NOT PART OF THE PRIZE. Void in NY and FL and where prohibited. Open to legal residents of U.S. and D.C., 21 or older at time of entry. Sweepstakes begins 12:01 am ET on 8/3/21 and ends 11:59 pm ET on 10/31/21. Subject to full Official Rules; for full rules, including odds, prize descriptions and entry info visit www.geocaching.com/wildbasin. Sponsored by CANarchy Craft Brewery Collective LLC d/b/a Oskar Blues Brewery, Longmont, CO. This Sweepstakes is in no way sponsored, endorsed, administered by, or associated with, Facebook, Instagram or Twitter. This Sweepstakes is in no way sponsored or administered by Groundspeak, Inc. DBA Geocaching.

Adventures in geocaching and writing—interview with Marcellus Cadd of Geocaching While Black

Marcellus Cadd (atreides_78723) writes the blog Geocaching While Black. What started with finding a local cache turned into a passion for finding hidden treasures and writing about the experience of it all. We spoke to Marcellus about his geocaching adventures, what geocaching means to him, and what he hopes readers take away from his blog.

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Siegfrieds Schwert — Geocache of the Week

Traditional
GC70YWG
by die Helden und werner 54
Difficulty:
2.5
Terrain:
1.5
Location:
Hesse, Germany
N 49° 38.956 E 008° 30.668

A lost treasure, a dangerous dragon, and a fabled sword? This week’s Geocache of the Week, Siegfrieds Schwert (GC70YWG), brings a medieval epic back to life and lets you be the legend of this quest.

Image by BlackTempler.

The famous “Nibelungenlied” tells the tale of Siegfried, who slew the dragon Fafnir with his trusty sword “Balmung,” and bathed in the beast’s blood which rendered him invincible –  except for a single spot on his back where a leaf from a linden tree had fallen on him. Tragically, Siegfried dies in the course of the story and his sword “Balmung” is lost. Centuries later, in 2017 to be exact, a group of knightly cache owners created a geocache that challenges other cachers to find the fabled sword in a lush forest in southern Hesse, Germany.

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New country souvenir, India, with Geocache of the Week: Rocks of Hyderabad – Golconda

EarthCache
GC6CX04
by Tomazzo69
Difficulty:
2.5
Terrain:
2.5
Location:
India
N 17° 22.989 E 078° 23.965

Today, we release a new country/regional souvenir for India. If you have found a geocache in India, you automatically receive the souvenir on your profile.


India is a subcontinent and country in Southern Asia. The regions of India are vast and diverse ranging from plateaus and dusty deserts to snow capped mountains and lush plains. It is also the second most populous country in the world and home to this week’s Geocache of the Week.

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