The Joy of Geocaching

Maureen McArdelle (gipsie), who’s featured in the Joy of Geocaching chapter on “Caching to the Limits,” placed a famous cache series in late 2008 that was created in cooperation with some of the craftiest puzzle cachers in the mid-Atlantic region. She called it Puzzle Masters Challenge (PMC). We looked at the original “PMC – [...]

WEDU, the PBS affiliate in Tampa/St. Petersburg, FL,  just ran a seven-minute feature on geocaching that featured Scott Veix (InfiniteMPG) and a group of fellow geo-enthusiasts. Scott contributed tons of stories and photos to The Joy of Geocaching.
“It’s not a perfect science,” Scott tells Jack Perkins, host of  “A Gulf Coast Journal. “Your GPS will [...]

Power cachers are always pushing the limits of the game, and as we were in the final stages of writing this book, we received word of a new record claim by a team that included two people we quote extensively elsewhere: Steve O’Gara (ventura_kids) and Elin Carlson (EMC of Northridge, CA). They joined with [...]

Paul’s daughter was visiting a friend in San Antonio this weekend, so Dana decided to come along and make a caching weekend of it.  We picked up 61 new caches and logged 14 DNFs in a little over two days, which wasn’t bad considering the sweltering summer heat.  We cached in the middle [...]

While taking a short break in the White Mountains of New Hampshire, we decided to try our hand at some rough terrain geocaching.  In these rocky mountains,that means climbing over boulders and scrambling up short by the very steep hills, clinging on to any branch or tree root one can find for support.  We logged [...]

If you’re ever in the White Mountain region of New Hampshire, sign up for the Canopy Tour at Bretton Woods ski area. We took a break from geocaching to zip through the treetops for a few hours and it was a memorable experience indeed. ‘We can’t recommend it highly enough. Here are some videos of the [...]

Does this look like fun to you? Then you should head on over to Extreme Caching, a new site by one of the game’s most die-hard 5/5 cachers: Dutch Sanders (Linuxxpert).
“Extreme caching is a form of caching that will push a person’s physical and mental limits. To find a cache, you may have to go [...]

Download or listen to Dana’s call with Alamogul (formerly known as Team Alamo).
Alamogul (formerly known as Team Alamo) is the geocacher with the most finds in the world by a large margin. He’s also one of the most approachable people you’ll ever meet. Dana talked to him for a few minutes in between caches on [...]

We pulled out the old Flip Cam at GeoWoodstock VII to collect interesting stories, tips and reflections about why people love geocaching. Here’s one.
Trekly & Psychly (Casey and Bethy) were already engaged but Psychly wanted to do something special to demonstrate her love before their July 11 wedding. Since the couple has some 900 finds [...]

We pulled out the old Flip Cam at GeoWoodstock VII to collect interesting stories, tips and reflections about why people love geocaching. Here’s one.
Mike Atwell of Cache Addict tells how he got into geocoins and demonstrates some of the amazing designs his family has invented. A geo-mood ring?
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