I am geocacher, hear me roar … Okay, so maybe I’m taking the Year of the Dragon a little too literally and heard Carol King too often on the car radio lately (it’s stuck on some lame, classics station) - especially as my (slightly belated) 2012 geo-goals will be nowhere near as extensive as my previous 15 pledges. …
Now the Year of the Rabbit has hopped off into the sunset, it’s time to fess up … Keeping New Year’s resolutions has NEVER been my thing. But 12 months ago, I wasn’t about to be outdone by my darling brother when he set his agenda for 2011. All fired up, I started my so-called Year of The Geo-Goal with a bang, …
One foot had a blister big enough to hide a small cache in and my hands were a mass of thistles but you couldn’t wipe the smile off my face last week. On Wednesday, I flew 500 kilometres to Auckland, New Zealand’s biggest city, for 10 hours just to complete 101 Dalmations (GC2P7BK), our equivalent …
It’s Not About The Numbers talks to two women entering an interesting cycle of their lives. British duo Sally Newham and Sally Lemsford want to steer art – and geocaching – in a completely new direction. Dressed in bright red costumes and towing a trailer dubbed the ‘Fantasy Museum’, the pair have been clocking up to 50 …
Six-year-old Sophie Quay-Clark (GC handle: Sophie World) will soon have more finds than kjwx and Cumbyrocks put together. Here, her mother Hannah Quay writes of her eldest child’s geocaching journey. “I’m not walking five miles for seven caches,” declared my six-year-old. “But you’ve walked five miles before – in fact, you’ve walked further,” I replied. “There were …
Somebody give Groundspeak an award … The geocaching listing service provider has just unveiled a new Geocacher of The Month scheme to honour the game’s most exceptional players – for which it already has nominations from the United States, Canada, Britain, Germany, Latvia “… and a host of others”. On its Latitude 47 blog, the …
Happiness is an exclusive, new geocoin depicting lovable cartoon canine Snoopy, especially for its creator Chris Pritchard. Since the owner of Australian webstore Jockaroo launched his design a month ago, he’s shipped more than 50 of the coins – despite sales being limited to Australia and New Zealand. “Reaction around the world has been fantastic. …
In a very belated tribute for Canada Day, It’s Not About The Numbers profiles a new cache making a big impact in British Columbia. You’ll never see a DNF on GC2Y8Q8 Made in Canada, Eh! For starters, this cache is nearly a metre high by 1.2-metres long by almost half a metre wide, and can …
Bet you didn’t know that Happy Feet, the penguin now world-famous in New Zealand, is a geocacher. Neither did It’s Not About The Numbers, till a little bird pointed out his attendee log for Wellington’s recent GC2W8AW “Winter Solstice Event”. Orsum event, well worth the 7000km swim Great to meet the NZ capital crowd, and …
Personally, the TV show Doctor Who creeps me out – I blame the Daleks and Tom Baker’s scarf – but for American teacher and cartoonist Bruce Nelson (GC handle: Cecil-EGCM), it’s an addiction as strong as geocaching. He tells It’s Not About The Numbers about combining three of his loves for his 14-cache Doctor Who …
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