It’s Not About The Numbers is proud to report that New Zealand’s own (you can’t claim him yet Australia!) Wayne Champion (aka Moneydork, Camocrab et al) has been awarded Geocacher of the Month by Groundspeak.
Category Archive: Geocaching.com
Geocaching: Challenges No More, Cumbyrocks To Blame
Any GC.com geocacher who has checked their email today will be aware that Geocaching.com have decided to retire the Challenge part of the site. In case you haven’t read it their email reads… In our effort to inspire outdoor play through Geocaching, we are often faced with decisions about what to focus on next, and …
Sewer Cache Lands Owner In The Crapper
Placing a cache deep inside a stormwater drain has landed an Illinois player in hot water – more than two years later. Officials in the Cook County village of Northbrook, 47km from Chicago, complained to Geocaching.com last week about the dangerous hide, located 800 metres into a sewer system. Cache owner thegoonies21 has subsequently had the small lock’n’lock box …
Backlash As Groundspeak Closes Loophole
A few days ago, Groundspeak altered the way that users with a Basic membership could access its Geocaching Live service – now people who were previously given access to three full caches every 20 minutes or so are limited to a maximum of three full listings per day. The company’s advertised limits are indeed only …
Dunedin Geocachers Croakin’ It
Spied in the Otago Daily Times newspaper today … this exciting report on New Zealand’s first Mega, which also announces that a fantastic frog is coming to town this October! Pity about the funny-looking dude standing next to him, though. For those interested, I’ll be talking more about geocaching and GC3TTR NZ Mega 2012 on Radio NZ at 2:10pm (NZ …
Geocaching Family Rescued From Cave
Three inexperienced American geocachers unexpectedly found themselves on the ropes when they needed rescuing from GZ on Tuesday. Two dozen Rochester, New York firefighters had to winch the family members to safety using ropes and pulleys after they became trapped in a cave 23 metres above the Genesee River. Media outlet 13 Wham reported that the 24-year-old …
A Prickly Problem With Attributes
The CacheSense Beta Team, who were hard at work making CacheSense even better, recently noted the mystery appearance of a ‘cactus’ attribute. This little fella (see left) caused some confusion throughout the team as no one could find his prickly presence anywhere throughout the GC.com world. The sudden appearance of this attribute was also noted …
Google Maps Officially Returning To Geocaching.com
Some months ago Google changed its charging structure for third-party use of Google Maps, which meant heavy users, such as Geocaching.com, had to ditch the service or face significant costs. But now Google Maps are coming back … After Geocaching.com’s planned site update of Tuesday, May 22nd, premium members will once again have access to Google Maps through the Beta Maps …
Reviewing Our Bad Geo-Habits
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, …
Congratulations, It’s A Geocache!
Please help me welcome four additions to the kjwx family – GC10DWH Palmer Head Fortress, GC10H8Z Rockford, GC10J6P Ben’s Challenge and GC10YD6 In Plane Sight. These aren’t cute, new hides but weathered caches with flaws and behavioral issues. Each is five years old and, with the exception of the flat-terrain Rockford (pictured below), sited in remote …
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