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Yeah! Was für eine Tour für einen Flachlandmenschen wie mich! Geschafft! Wer war schon hier? Nur 5 Kilometer Wegstecke, diese aber bei bis zu 47 % Steigung. 4 Stunden und 15 Minuten haben wir gebraucht.

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Sur place, partage des vivres, discussions vélo et autres, et initiation #geocaching évidemment 😇😎

On repart avec la poubelle, c'est @rodolphe qui se charge d'un #carryshitolympics digne de ce nom 😅

Le groupe se scinde en deux : retour en train pour les uns, à vélo pour les autres.
(Je vous laisse deviner pourquoi je suis attablée à la terrasse d'un macdo à moins de 3km de chez moi, au bout de ma vie, en train de faire ce compte-rendu 😂).

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After 12.5k steps today 👣, and it reaching about 26C in the afternoon (I don’t do well when the temps get over about 23C 🥵) I am glad to be home with my feet up on the sofa contemplating writing my #Geocaching logs. (Yes, I know the apps let you log in the field but I prefer to use GSAK on desktop, mostly so it auto-updates my find count and I can set a custom template really easily).

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There were plenty of other nice caches in the area for me to find afterwards as well. Including a lovely Ammo Can - you don’t see many of those these days, sadly they used to get stolen or vandalised. #Geocaching

Had been hiking + #geocaching, with my dad a month ago at a place south of #Lübeck, south of #Ratzeburg, in a forrest surrounded by a lake. We had excellent weather and it felt like just the right amount of remoteness, not many people, no rush, but not 100% away from civilization either, you'd see some other hikers occasionally, many barns and there was also a nice restaurant at the lake with excellent food, too. 1/x

#Geocaching announced another round of 4,000 virtual geocaches going to be released in February 2026.

Virtual geocaches highlight unique spaces, generally in areas where placing a physical #geocache would be illegal or impractical.

Technically they are a legacy geocache type, but every year for the last few years Geocaching has allowed a couple thousand cache owners to place a new one. These have been determined by lottery, favouring players who contribute significantly to the game.

I got selected to place a virtual geocache in 2022 and I "placed" it at the plaza in downtown St. Helens, Oregon, with a focus on the Halloweentown movies that were filmed there (and the festival that happens annually since). Over 150 geocachers have logged a find on it since then.

I am eligible for the lottery this time around. It would be cool to get a second one, but I'm just excited to see a few more neat places to visit.

geocaching.com/blog/2025/07/in

www.geocaching.comIntroducing Virtual Rewards 5.0 – Official Blog