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Writing Contest for Geocachers!

New Frontier Books is sponsoring a writing contest JUST for geocachers! The book will be released at Geowoodstock XIII in May.

The book is titled: “Geocaching GPS: Great Personal Stories of Romance, Adventure, & Connection”

geocachinggps-03-3DHere are the details:

  • Submissions accepted 3/9 – 4/10
  • Open to any geocacher, Anywhere in the world
  • Submissions must be in English
  • No entry fee — Free to enter!
  • Winners get a copy of the book!
  • 1,000 words or less
  • Non-fiction OR 1 page of poetry

You can find  more details here.

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9 years ago • , • Tags: , ,

Some Geocaching Goals for 2011

In thinking about the start of 2011 and researching this article, I’ve come across a TON of posts by other geocachers talking about their geocaching goals for the year.

How cool is that!

In a world (economy?) where many people focus day-to-day and can barely contemplate the future, here are intrepid geocachers that have the guts to look at what they did in 2010 and set goals for 2011.

(In case you can’t tell, I’m really big on setting goals. I wish goal setting was a mandatory class in every school at every grade level. For some of MY goals for 2011, check out yesterday’s post on TheOutdoorPrincess.com)

Geocaching With Datruck’s Crew

One of our goals this year is to finish this series of caches and find the Crystal Dragon…

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13 years ago • • Tags: ,

Geocaching Supplies Checklist

Ealier, I posted about my geocaching tool kit; these are tools that I take with me to actually FIND and RETRIEVE the cache. I got so many comments on that post about what people have in their kits, I though I’d better do a follow-up article!

To Retrieve The Cache

  • Walking stick. This is a must for Arizona where all manner of creatures (usually that bite, sting, are poisonous or all three!) like to live around caches. So a walking stick is perfect for jamming into a likely crevasse or flipping over rocks.
  • Gloves. My garden gloves do double duty in my caching kit. This is nice when I’ve got my fingernails painted a la filming for The Outdoor Princess Productions. Or when locating the cache requires me to move plants with thorns.
  • Small mirror. I finally got tired of sticking my head under cattle guards looking for micros! Now, I just angle the mirror under so I can see BEFORE I stick my head into anything!
  • Needle nose pliers. For when you can SEE the cache, but you can’t get your fingers in there! Pliers are tough and portable!
  • Forceps. Yep, I carry BOTH. Sometimes the pliers are too big to extract the log sheet from a nano. And the forceps can be too delicate for leveraging a good-sized cache container out of the hiding spot.
  • Flashlight. Sometimes shining a light into a likely spot will show the cache reflecting back at you. And sometimes it shows the eyes of whatever critter is living in the hole!
  • Telescoping Magnet (or a magnet on a string). Sometimes, you can fish a cache out with that! Just make sure the magnet is tied on tight! (Thanks to GC Addicted)

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13 years ago • • Tags: ,

New Geocaching Tees!

I’ve been hard at work adding new clothing designs to the shop. While I love my “Princess” series, I understand that not every geocacher is a princess.

So, here’s a new design for you: Been There. Found That. It’s available in 4 colors of text and on a variety of tees, sweatshirts, mugs, bags, and hats.

Been There. Found That. Signed The Log.

Been There. Found That. Signed The Log.

You can find this design at http://www.cafepress.com/eatstayplay/7026611

AND you can see all the other designs at: http://www.cafepress.com/eatstayplay

14 years ago • • Tags:

Perfect Tee for Your Event

Since I wrote about Cache In Trash Out yesterday, I thought I’d share a new tee shirt design. I think this would be a PERFECT giveaway for any event and totally awesome for a CITO event. Introducing the new City/State Geocaching Tee!

Cite/State tee, shown here in Casa Grande, Arizona

Love geocaching in your home town? Here’s the design that features YOUR city & state! 100% custom — just email Kim the city and state & she’ll design the tee for you! Perfect for events or as a FTF mega prize! You can also leave a comment on this post and I’d be happy to put in the city and state that you want. Then, you can get the tee through CafePress.com.

The Casa Grande Arizona Geocacher design is available at:  http://www.CafePress.com/EatStayPlay/7027775 but I have a few other cities already made up. You can see the ENTIRE line at:

http://www.CafePress.com/EatStayPlay

14 years ago • • Tags: