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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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Geocaching – A Beginner’s Guide

billnpegz — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 23:00:42 +0000

Author: Heather Bayer – posted by BillNPegz

Geocaching crazy – join the hunt!

I’m a self-confessed technophobe. I have never sent a text message or taken a photo with a cell phone; played a video game or watched a movie on a personal DVD player. In fact, I never quite mastered working the video machine [...]

Winter Geocaching… What Can You Do?

billnpegz — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 08:00:31 +0000

Image by Klearchos Kapoutsis via Flickr

When I think of winter I don’t necessarily think of geocaching. In our climate here in the Pacific Northwest, there is just something about the thought of trudging through inches, if not feet of snow looking for a hidden container that is not real appealing to me.

I am actually envious of those that are in warmer climates. They don’t have this added challenge that we have in [...]

Cache Talk – Rating Systems

billnpegz — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 01:23:37 +0000

I found this interesting article on an article exchange and thought I would introduce The Geocacher to the concept of guest authors while at the same time sharing some information related to the rating systems for caches and terrain. We can explore this a bit more with your comments and future articles. If you would like to publish an article on The Geocacher please contact the admin via the Contact link at the top of [...]

The Bomb Squad and Geocaching???

billnpegz — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 06:56:39 +0000

Today (12/23/08) in Waynesboro, PA another geocache was interpreted by the local authorities to be a device of unknown origin and potentially dangerous. You can read the article here… They ultimately ended up blowing it up and are now searching for the person that placed it.

In this day and age where you just can’t be too careful I can fully understand individuals (ie. muggles) being overly cautious when they see a stranger hide something [...]

Geocaching 101 – The Beginners Video

admin — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 18:11:11 +0000

Found this good tutorial type video on YouTube… Thought I would share it with you. You can add your thoughts or comments.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nqCvcwTK37w