Kjwx

Author's details

Name: Kylie Walker
Date registered: December 19, 2010
URL: http://www.notaboutthenumbers.com/

Latest posts

  1. An Alternative History Of Geocaching? — May 17, 2012
  2. Explosion Of Bad Publicity For Geocaching — May 14, 2012
  3. Move Over Catwoman, Here’s Die Mietzecacher … — May 13, 2012
  4. Well And Truly Hooked On Geocaching — May 12, 2012
  5. Win A GeoPardners Travel Tag – Take Two — May 11, 2012

Most commented posts

  1. Get In The Ring — 32 comments
  2. Watering Down Groundspeak’s Guidelines? — 13 comments
  3. Our TB Cannonball Run — 11 comments
  4. Shhh, I’ve been caching naked … — 11 comments
  5. OX Opens Up: Part One — 11 comments

Author's posts listings

An Alternative History Of Geocaching?

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GeoMedia, Geomovies, Humour, moko_marana, United States

May 17, 2012

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It’s geocaching, Jim, but not as we know it … Or at least not as Groundspeak’s new A Brief History of Geocaching video clip portrays it. This “nostalgic”, black and white version was created by Fox & Bee – aka Vancouver Island artists Shawn Pigott and Kim Bannerman – during Week 23 of their 52 …

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Tags: 52 Weeks project, Bucket Of Blood, Fox & Bee, Geocaching, Geocaching.com, Groundspeak, Kim Bannerman, moko_marana, Shawn Pigott, United States, Week 23

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Explosion Of Bad Publicity For Geocaching

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Bomb Scares, Canada, Geocaching News

May 14, 2012

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Not one, but two suspected pipe bombs dogged Canadian geocachers (and law enforcement agencies) this week. VICTORIA A quiet Saturday afternoon at work became a pipe dream for Royal Canadian Mounted Police on Vancouver Island when they responded to the country’s second geo-bomb scare in three days. Emergency crews evacuated an area near Juan de …

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Tags: cachefortwo, Canada, GC3A61Q, GC3H5Y0, Geo-bomb scare, Geocaching, geocaching news, Geocaching.com, Gingers Walk #7, thetimmorland, Toronto, Urban Island

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Move Over Catwoman, Here’s Die Mietzecacher …

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Germany, Humour, Melanie Lipka, Mietzecacher Comic

May 13, 2012

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Nobody could ever say that the cat has got Melanie Lipka’s tongue. When the 22-year-old Bavarian doesn’t have her GPSr in hand, she’s creating popular geo-cartoon Die Mietzecacher, based on her caching experiences with her partner (and occasionally their furry feline). It’s been nearly a year since Lipka (GC handle: Mietzecacher, which means ’puss cacher’) published her first installment in German last July …

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Tags: Bavaria, Cartoon, Die Mietzecacher, Geocaching, Geocaching comic strip, Geocaching.com, Germany, It's Not About The Numbers, Melanie Lipka, Mietzecacher, Mietzecacherin

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Well And Truly Hooked On Geocaching

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Geo-afghans, Re2dog, United States

May 12, 2012

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You can tell Dawn Van Curan is hooked on geocaching just by looking at the afghan blankets she crochets. Since making her first geo-afghan three years ago, the Texan has gained official Groundspeak approval for the design, which she now sells on international webstore Etsy. Van Curan (GC handle: Re2dog) says the inspiration for that original blanket was a birthday …

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Tags: crochet, Dawn van Curan, Dawn's Afghans, Etsy, Geo-afghans, Geocaching, geocaching blanket, Geocaching.com, Groundspeak, Recreation

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Win A GeoPardners Travel Tag – Take Two

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Competitions, Eric Kirkland, GeoPardners, Travel Bugs

May 11, 2012

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Tag, you’re it … Or you could be if you enter It’s Not About The Numbers‘ giveaway for one of two GeoPardners travel tags. After we profiled this inexpensive, new TB range by USA Geocoins, owner Eric Kirkland kindly donated two of his Bushwhacker Bob designs as prizes. All you have to do is tell us …

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Tags: Bushwhacker Bob, competition, Eric Kirkland, Geocaching, GeoPardners, giveaway, It's Not About The Numbers, trackable, travel tag, USA Geocoins

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Two Thumbs-Up For Oz Mega

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Australia, Kevs_Team, NZ MEGA 2012, Oz Mega

May 8, 2012

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Signal and Kevin Swain rate the Oz Mega.

Geocachers NZ and My GeoGear store owner Catherine Swain (GC handle: Kevs_Team) reports back on her recent trip with husband Kevin to the Oz Mega in Albury, Wodonga. “If you’re still considering whether to go to GC35TTR NZ Mega this October, I would highly recommend it! We recently attended the Easter Oz Mega (GC2Q4JF) and loved it.  It was …

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Tags: Albury, Australia, GC2Q4JF, GC35TTR, Geocachers NZ, Geocaching, Geocaching.com, Kevin and Catherine Swain, Kevs_Team, My GeoGear, NZ Mega, Oz Mega, Wodonga

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Latest Geo-Bomb Scare Avoidable, Says Official

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Bomb Scares, Geocaching News, United States

May 1, 2012

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Yesterday’s geo-bomb scare in Texas could have been avoided if the player involved had just explained their actions, an official says. According to TV channel NBC 5, the Dallas Fire Rescue department responded to a report of a suspicious device in the city’s far north on Sunday morning, but the mystery object turned out to …

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Tags: Cache, Dallas, Geo-bomb scare, Geocaching, geocaching bomb scare, Texas, United States

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Multi-Millionaire Plans Cache Of Titanic Proportions

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Caches, Geocaching News, Richard Garriott

April 29, 2012

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The owner of the International Space Station cache tells It’s Not About His Numbers about his next hide … Wealthy American geocacher Richard Garriott de Cayeux is ready to go back to the Titanic – this time to plant his latest hide. The Texas multi-millionaire (GC handle: Lord British) expects to place his next geocache …

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Tags: Britannia Manor, Caches, Geocache, Geocaching.com, ISS cache, It's Not About The Numbers, multi-millionaire geocacher, Necropolis of Britannia Manor III, Rainbow Hydrothermal Vents, Richard Garriott, Richard Garriott de Cayeaux, Titanic, Ultima, video-game developer

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Win A GeoPardners Travel Tag

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Competitions, Eric Kirkland, GeoPardners, Travel Bugs

April 28, 2012

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Tag, you’re it … Or you could be if you enter It’s Not About The Numbers‘ giveaway for one of two GeoPardners travel tags. After we profiled this inexpensive, new TB range by USA Geocoins, owner Eric Kirkland kindly donated two of his Bushwhacker Bob designs as prizes. All you have to do is tell us …

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Tags: Bushwhacker Bob, competition, Eric Kirkland, Geocaching, GeoPardners, giveaway, It's Not About The Numbers, trackable, travel tag, USA Geocoins

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Reviewing Our Bad Geo-Habits

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Caches, Geocaching.com, GeoTheory, IowaAdmin

April 26, 2012

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Groundspeak reviewer IowaAdmin explains our three biggest hiccups when submitting new cache listings. “It’s Not About the Numbers was kind enough to ask me to write a guest blog on the topic of ‘the biggest/most common mistakes you see as a reviewer when players submit a new cache listing’. But since geocachers are Groundspeak’s customers, …

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Tags: biggest cache placement problems, Caches, Geocaching.com, Groundspeak, IowaAdmin, It's Not About The Numbers, new cache listings, volunteer reviewer

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