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When is a “Find” a “Find”?

billnpegz — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 00:26:53 +0000

I was out doing some caching the last weekend and a thought crossed my mind. The account that I have on geocaching.com is technically for both my wife an I. Now normally we go caching together so it has never presented a problem before but since only 1/2 of the team was there is it really appropriate for me to log a find to that account? For the record I did log the finds. [...]

Winter Geocaches – Looking for Ideas

billnpegz — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:18:05 +0000

I love creating geocache’s. Everything from building the container to finding that ideal spot to hide it (or vice versa… sometimes you find the spot and then create the container after). In the area we live, we get A LOT of snow. Typical cache hiding places become much more difficult. Difficult because people have to get to them, and difficult because they may be buried in inches to feet of snow.

I’d like to place [...]

Geocaching as a SAR Training Tool

billnpegz — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:26:47 +0000

Guest Author: Rick Sylvia

“Base, this is team Bravo. We have arrived at our task location, have a ‘ find’ and are awaiting further instructions”.

“Bravo, this is Base. Roger the find, stand by for new coordinates”

Admittedly, the radio conversation above isn’t between Geocachers. Not exactly, anyway. But it could be between members of a Wilderness Search and Rescue team on a navigation and clue awareness training exercise. Beyond that difference, though, the SAR training exercise [...]

Reconnect with Nature….

billnpegz — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 17:38:33 +0000

There is a great campaign going on now that tries to help families reconnect with nature and to experience it first-hand. In our busy worlds this is not always an easy thing to do.

Here’s an interesting statistic from the Ad Council… In the last 20 years the time children spend outside has declined by 50%. Personally I believe a large portion of this decline can be attributed to things like computers, television, video game [...]

I’m Back…

billnpegz — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 22:44:49 +0000

Interesting how life gets in the way of some of the fun things that we enjoy. Fun things like geocaching, or blogging.

For those of you that frequent thegeocaher.com or used to frequent the blog when it was being updated, I am renewing my commitment to periodic postings which means I am going to also be renewing my commitment to my geocaching adventures so that I will have something at least remotely interesting to write [...]

Bomb Squads and Geocaches – Some Tips

billnpegz — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 02:22:54 +0000

If you watch the RSS feed on the home page you will notice that there seems to be an ever increasing number of geocaches being exploded by the bomb squad. One of the more recent being an ammo box located in a industrial/office park that was near an airport.

I can’t help but wonder if these types of things continue to happen what the ultimate result will be to the sport, or worse yet what the [...]

Yellowstone Park – Old Faithful Geyser

admin — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 17:00:11 +0000

Yellowstone Geyser - via Flickr: tiarescott

So what in the world does this page have to do with geocaching? Hmmm… well let me think… There is an Earthcache at Old Faithful Geyser. You can find it here… Other than that probably not much. I just think it is incredibly cool that you can watch one of the natural wonders of the world on a streaming web broadcast and I thought I would share it with [...]

Geo-Caching….a bonus!

Pegz1213 — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 17:00:00 +0000

For some, Geocaching is all about the search, all about finding that hidden cache. The journey there and what you see often falls into second place or worse. For me the journey is the best part. Especially for those hunts that take us into the mountains of North Eastern Washington.

I enjoy the Jeep ride, the fresh air and the gorgeous scenery. Green meadows, dark fern covered valleys and trees that reach the sky. All [...]

Snowy Winter Geocaching…A few tips…

billnpegz — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 20:53:53 +0000

As winter sets in for those of us up here in the northern hemisphere the treasure hunt that is geocaching becomes more difficult. You will notice I did not say impossible, just more difficult. Many roads and trails become impassible and since many geocaches are somewhere on the ground you can run into challenges with snow covering the cache.

I would still encourage you all to get out and try to locate a few caches. Here [...]

Build Your Own GPS – Caching for Nerds

billnpegz — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 03:11:31 +0000

Techno Geeks – Bre Pettis and Joe Garland have posted a fun video/article on just how easy it is to build your own GPS using a few simple components. Now I somehow think there was a bit more done than what we see in the brief video, but it is fun to watch and if you have the winter geocaching blues it might be a good project. As they indicate schematics and code are [...]