Tag: T5

/ Dana Baughman

Geocache of the Week Flashback Edition: STRUBKLAMM

Traditional
GC14D8W
by baumrinde & sternfänger
Difficulty:
5
Terrain:
5
Location:
Salzburg, Austria
N 47° 46.520′ E 013° 12.190′

Deep in the Strubklamm (gorge) outside of Salzburg, Austria, lies a geocache that is sure to provide a thrill. A quick glance at the cache page for GC14D8W reveals that this difficulty 5, terrain 5 cache is far from a park and grab. Attributes “May require swimming,” “Climbing gear required,” “Dangerous area,” and “Cliffs/falling rocks nearby” hint at what you can expect from a journey to this Geocache of the Week.

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The Cave — Geocache of the Week
/ Janelle

The Cave — Geocache of the Week

Traditional
GC1EFM0
by global trekkers
Difficulty:
2
Terrain:
5
Faro,
Portugal
N 37° 05.219 W 008° 25.466
If you make the trek, make sure to sign the logbook
If you make the trek, make sure to sign the logbook

Close your eyes. Take in a deep breath. Let it out. Transport yourself to the most exquisite beach you can imagine. It’s sunny, warm, and there’s even a remote cave. Now imagine there’s a geocache there, too. This is no dream. This is “The Cave” in Faro, Portugal, our Geocache of the Week.

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Geocaching on the water
/ Chris

Paddle your way to a T5 geocache

After attending the MOGA 2014 Mega-Event in Ohio, my wife and I were driving through Kentucky on our way home. I opened the Geocaching® app to search for caches along our route when I caught sight of a ton of T5 caches. I mean a boatload of them (pun intended because they were the kind that required a boat to find). They were on creeks, rivers, and lakes. So many of them! I’d never seen anything like it. Alas, I had no boat. No kayak. No canoe. No watercraft of any kind.

I pondered the boat idea upon returning home. Impulsive as I may be when it comes to geocaching, I know enough not to immediately drop hundreds or thousands of dollars on a watercraft. So, I dipped my toe into water caching by tagging along on a lake outing with a friend who owns an extra hardshell kayak. I loved it. Still, I wasn’t quite ready to make a huge investment. Instead, I purchased an inflatable kayak for around $75.

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Indiana Jones and the Mysterious Waterfall — Geocache of the Week, GC3BH3J
/ Janelle

Indiana Jones and the Mysterious Waterfall — Geocache of the Week

Traditional
GC3BH3J
by Valente Cruz
Difficulty:
2
Terrain:
5
Location:
Aveiro, Portugal
N 40° 52.163 W 008° 11.409
Indiana Jones and the Mysterious Waterfall — Geocache of the Week, GC3BH3J
Indiana Jones and the Mysterious Waterfall — Geocache of the Week, GC3BH3J

Deep within the wild greenery surrounding Rio de Frades canyon in Portugal, this T5 cache may put you in Indy’s shoes—or, maybe his wetsuit.

Many geocachers feel an affinity for Indiana Jones and imagine they’re on amazing adventures in exotic locations, retrieving ancient artifacts worth millions of dollars. In all reality, many geo-adventures are closer to grabbing a lamp post cache from a parking lot on the outskirts of town, but the thrill is still there! 

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Phenomenal geocaching community
/ Janelle

Phenomenal geocaching community stories from 2017

Phenomenal geocaching community
Phenomenal geocaching community

A golden ammo box full of juicy geocaching secrets travels around France! A beloved German geocaching rock band retires after 10 years! A wheelchair-bound geocacher simultaneously nabs his first T5 and his 1,000th cache!

Geocachers have always done great things and this past year was no exception. Here are some of the most phenomenal geocaching community stories from 2017.

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