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Posted 3 months ago
Truth! via treocaching: There is no such thing as a “too small island for a geocache” As further evidence, my own cache: GC2278H Zoom

Truth!

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There is no such thing as a “too small island for a geocache”

As further evidence, my own cache:

GC2278H

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Posted 4 months ago
Difficulty rating: UGH via treocaching: Big pile of gecaching fun Zoom

Difficulty rating: UGH

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Big pile of gecaching fun

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Posted 4 months ago

geocachers:

In this episode Sam Osterhout takes political pundit and blogger Meghan McCain geocaching in the East Village after they make some sweet buns at Jane’s Sweet Buns.

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Posted 9 months ago

How’s this for a new type of trackable item? Would you wear it everywhere? :)

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Posted 11 months ago
The Griffith Island Lighthouse - A Virtual Munzee. So I upgraded my Munzee account this week, and with it came the ability to deploy four “virtual” Munzees: waypoints that only require a player to be within 1000 feet of the posted coordinates in order to “capture” it with the smartphone app. These virtuals seem sort of pointless in urban areas, or where the location of the munzee is really only relevant to the nearby area (usually a single property or landmark) — where someone can capture it without really being anywhere near the point of interest. At all. So I considered some other options, one of them being this: The Griffith Island Lighthouse, located at N44°51.035’ W80°53.482’ Some history: It was first lit on December 27th 1858, and was the 5th of 6 lighthouses to be constructed from a planned set of 11 along the Bruce Peninsula coastline of Georgian Bay and Lake Huron. In 1855, a Scottish stone mason, George Brown, set out to construct these 11 lighthouses, but was unable to complete them before exhausting his own funds in the process. The planned lighthouses were to be located at: Point Clark Chantry Island Cove Island Nottawasaga Island Griffith Island Christian Island White Fish Island Mississagi Strait Isle St. Joseph Clapperton Island Badgley Island Built in 1857, the Griffith Island Lighthouse still stands today, a heritage landmark. It is on a PRIVATELY owned island, by the Griffith Island Club, and is property of the Canadian Coast Guard. Sight-seeing visitors can only pass by boat to see it up close (or by air, or by making nice with the property owner). Last year I was invited to sail with a friend from Wiarton, Ontario over to and around Griffith Island. Doing a bit of research before setting sail, I discovered this lighthouse, a landmark worth visiting. Here are a few more photos of the lighthouse from our little excursion. :) Sure, this munzee may rarely ever be captured, if ever, but I think it’s an interesting, adventurous use of the Munzee, and represents what the virtual capture (with an enormous 1000 foot radius) is all about! If you’re ever sailing in the Georgian Bay, be sure to visit the lighthouse and capture this Munzee ;D

The Griffith Island Lighthouse - A Virtual Munzee.

So I upgraded my Munzee account this week, and with it came the ability to deploy four “virtual” Munzees: waypoints that only require a player to be within 1000 feet of the posted coordinates in order to “capture” it with the smartphone app.

These virtuals seem sort of pointless in urban areas, or where the location of the munzee is really only relevant to the nearby area (usually a single property or landmark) — where someone can capture it without really being anywhere near the point of interest. At all.

So I considered some other options, one of them being this:

The Griffith Island Lighthouse, located at N44°51.035’ W80°53.482’

Some history:

It was first lit on December 27th 1858, and was the 5th of 6 lighthouses to be constructed from a planned set of 11 along the Bruce Peninsula coastline of Georgian Bay and Lake Huron.

In 1855, a Scottish stone mason, George Brown, set out to construct these 11 lighthouses, but was unable to complete them before exhausting his own funds in the process. The planned lighthouses were to be located at:

  1. Point Clark
  2. Chantry Island
  3. Cove Island
  4. Nottawasaga Island
  5. Griffith Island
  6. Christian Island
  7. White Fish Island
  8. Mississagi Strait
  9. Isle St. Joseph
  10. Clapperton Island
  11. Badgley Island

Built in 1857, the Griffith Island Lighthouse still stands today, a heritage landmark.

It is on a PRIVATELY owned island, by the Griffith Island Club, and is property of the Canadian Coast Guard. Sight-seeing visitors can only pass by boat to see it up close (or by air, or by making nice with the property owner).

Last year I was invited to sail with a friend from Wiarton, Ontario over to and around Griffith Island. Doing a bit of research before setting sail, I discovered this lighthouse, a landmark worth visiting. Here are a few more photos of the lighthouse from our little excursion. :)

Sure, this munzee may rarely ever be captured, if ever, but I think it’s an interesting, adventurous use of the Munzee, and represents what the virtual capture (with an enormous 1000 foot radius) is all about!

If you’re ever sailing in the Georgian Bay, be sure to visit the lighthouse and capture this Munzee ;D

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Posted 11 months ago

Hmm… wonder if this one breaks “Guideline” #3

Geocaches are never buried. If one has to dig or break ground to hide or to find the cache, then the cache is not permitted.

Perhaps it was already a hole though, just of the right size for the hide… Very nice and evil! :D

treocaching:

Off road, on road and now - in road

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Posted 12 months ago
geocachingfordummies: When a cacher in your crew finds the cache and points out its exact location

geocachingfordummies:

When a cacher in your crew finds the cache and points out its exact location

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Posted 1 year ago

Around the Turn: You Know You Love Geocaching When...

The first thing you think of is geocaching whenever you hear “muggle” while watching Harry Potter movies.

courtneefaythe:

  1. You always take a GPS, pen, batteries, trade items/trinkets everywhere you go
  2. You drive past an already discovered cache and say “Found that one!”
  3. You’re planning your vacation, you’re also creating your geocaching route
  4. You say “Ooo, that would be a great spot”
  5. You like finding out that someone you already know loves geocaching too
  6. You will climb any hill, tackle any obstacles, and walk infinite miles to reach a cache
  7. You have found every hidden cache in your town
  8. You know all geocaching terms
  9. You plan to or have found at least one cache in every state

    Reblog and add more to the list!

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Posted 1 year ago
If only more signs around here were built like this! bah :) treocaching: I saw the sign Zoom

If only more signs around here were built like this! bah :)

treocaching:

I saw the sign

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Posted 1 year ago

“The most evil geocache hide ever”? Don’t know about that. But evil? Most definitely! Check it out

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Posted 1 year ago
Oh the hilarious pain… How often does this happen to you? :)  (erm, being the one on the right, I mean) fallen-soul: all day today this has happened… haha

Oh the hilarious pain… How often does this happen to you? :)  (erm, being the one on the right, I mean)

fallen-soul:

all day today this has happened… haha

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Posted 1 year ago
tbnet: This. Looks. Awesome. April 28, Obscura Day: A global celebration of wonder and curiosity, an international celebration of unsual places Explore something wondrous. Take lots of pictures. Tweet your experiences using the #obscuraday hashtag. See if the places you visit are on foursquare. Facebook. Geotag. Instagram. Live blog. Send postcards. As an enthusiastic geocacher, this greatly interests me! I wonder if there’s a good location to hold a local Obscura event… hmm… check out some of the places already catalogued on their website! ObscuraDay.com AtlasObscura.com Check out last year’s event/location summary, Obscura Day 2011 April 28 - mark it on your calendars!

tbnet:

This. Looks. Awesome.

April 28, Obscura Day: A global celebration of wonder and curiosity, an international celebration of unsual places

Explore something wondrous. Take lots of pictures. Tweet your experiences using the #obscuraday hashtag. See if the places you visit are on foursquare. Facebook. Geotag. Instagram. Live blog. Send postcards.

As an enthusiastic geocacher, this greatly interests me! I wonder if there’s a good location to hold a local Obscura event… hmm… check out some of the places already catalogued on their website!

Check out last year’s event/location summary, Obscura Day 2011

April 28 - mark it on your calendars!

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