Geocaching Has A Dark Side: Anti-Caching

Geocaching Has A Dark Side: Anti-Caching

By Kryptic on May 13, 2010

Geocaching and Letterboxing in Washington State Parks fall prey to Anti-Caching. How this is counterproductive and ways to better protect sensitive areas discussed.

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Wicked Wednesday: Unseen Things - Liar's Cache Clue

Wicked Wednesday: Unseen Things – Liar’s Cache Clue

By Kryptic on March 31, 2010

I did all of the usual things…. I looked for clues in the name. I followed the links to the cache owners profile page. I followed the link to the “Related Web Page”. I looked at the web page source code for hidden non-displaying information. I analyzed everything and every angle I could think of [...]

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Lakewood Treasure Hunt Loot! - Tupperware Tuesday

Lakewood Treasure Hunt Loot! – Tupperware Tuesday

By Kryptic on June 22, 2010

Yeah! We found the medallion! Very, very early on Friday morning, PJ and I finally found the Lakewood Treasure Hunt’s Treasure chest! You geocachers out there probably guess it… It was a clear plastic Gladware container. It seems that even local municipalities have gone clear! Considering the final location of the medallion, it was a [...]

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Geocaching and Treasure Hunting on Tupperware Tuesday

Geocaching and Treasure Hunting on Tupperware Tuesday

By Kryptic on June 15, 2010

We have been using a very short break in the regular Washington weather pattern (yes it is raining right now) to go Geocaching and Treasure Hunting. The last two days here were beautiful, full of sunshine, crisp clean air and lots of spring green popping up everywhere. It was heaven. Did you catch the “was”?! [...]

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GO Day 2010!

GO Day 2010!

By Kryptic on June 10, 2010

The U.S. Forest Service and the American Recreation Coalition have partnered with other federal, state and local agencies, recreation businesses and outdoor enthusiast organizations, including, Groundspeak Inc., Leave No Trace, Tread Lightly!, Cabella’s, REI, and more, to host, National Get Outdoors Day or “GO Day”. GO Day is a relatively new effort to encourage Americans [...]

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Video: Geocaching For Buried Treasure!

Video: Geocaching For Buried Treasure!

By Kryptic on May 30, 2010

Watch as two newbie geocachers hunt their first geocache. They do a great job explaining the basic aspects of geocaching and the looks on their faces when they discover it is going to be a puzzle cache are priceless! Found this YouTube Video on “Jon’s Adventure Vlog: Geocaching For Buried Treasure!”

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Google Android "My Tacks" Source Code Released

Google Android “My Tacks” Source Code Released

By Kryptic on May 24, 2010

Google has released their source code for the “My Tracks” program which let’s users record a track log of where they have been, upload it to Google Docs, and then post their trip maps online. Now that the source code has been released, I’m sure the Groundspeak Lackey’s are going to be very busy figuring [...]

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