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A Hike Told In Log Form

I dug out an old article that showcases how logs themselves can actually tell a story. Chatelaine has been known to write great logs but in digging through old articles, I found this one and thought...

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The Anti Cacher

As many of you know, despite being from New Brunswick I go to university in New Zealand and I’ve enjoyed some great geocaching in that part of the world. Recently, someone near Christchurch has taken a...

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Thrill of the Newbie

I had to stop myself earlier this week from saying something critical to a new hider in my area. As I was typing out my find log and thinking about my two other DNF logs for these two new hiders it...

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The Walking Dead(Cache)

 As cachers we are all familiar with the term CITO. Four little letters that can mean so much. Cache In, Trash Out. But what about when an archived/missing cache becomes trash? While walking in a...

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Finding A Puzzle Cache Without Solving It

According to my geocaching profile, I have found 354 puzzle caches. Those are puzzle caches where I have gone out and signed the log and claimed as a find. After all, that is the only requirement to...

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Strange geocaching profile.

Has anyone seen this before, I got a blank log on one of my caches so I checked out the cacher profile and this is what I saw.  Never validated or logged in and all logs are blank, weird can you...

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Cache Owner’s Intent

Every geocache that gets placed, has an intent. May it be to take you to a beautiful camera spot with a view, a puzzle to challenge your mind, or add numbers to your stats. Some caches are put out so...

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Very public hides. Do you, don’t you?

I am sure we have all been in this situation. You drive/walk up to a cache location and it is hidden in a very public place with muggles all around, all the time. What do you do? The cache owner is...

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Reviewer Tips for Listing a Cache

Although many of us have already listed a cache or two or hundred it is always good to remember some tricks and tips that will make the hiding and listing of your cache easier and quicker with less...

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Calling cards vs signing the log

This has always been a beef of mine, opening a cache to find a dozen old and moldy calling cards. I understand why some people do it, they think it is cool and others like to read the cards or they...

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The Ultimate Throwdown – 5,800 KM Away From Home

A couple of weeks ago I had the pleasure of travelling to the Galapagos Islands in South America. I had decided to travel down there for a vacation and knew that since I had never been there, I would...

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TB and Geocoin Hotels Etiquette

As much as I enjoy finding a geocache, I also enjoy finding trackables in caches and seeing where they have been AND moving them along to complete their missions. I only have a few Travel Bugs out...

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Geocaching: There Are No Rules

As a participant in a hobby such as geocaching, I have found myself looking around at the various people who play this “game” and have noticed such a wide span of varying opinion when it comes to what...

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Duplicate logs or errors.

I am not sure about the rest of you but I like to look at the logs on caches sometimes not just my own but others as well. If I see a listing that looks cool or one I plan on finding later I like to...

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Distracted Driving Law in NB – It’s Effect On Geocachers

As most of us know, last year New Brunswick became another province to ban the use of electronic devices while operating a motor vehicle. This new distracted driving legislation was aimed at curbing...

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Cache Up NB’s Future As A News & Community Portal

Now that the dust has settled and folks are getting used to the new look around here, I thought it was a good time to bring up something that has also changed but really hasn’t been addressed. I’m...

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Got a new GPS, now what?

We all go through growing pains when we get a new GPS. I just got a new one yesterday and I went out with it twice today and realized that the learning curve can be pretty steep. Sometimes the...

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Cache Maintenance: Do Your Part

It’s that time of year again where accessing remote caches can be a bit more challenging to say the least.  Typically I will note in a found log throughout the fall what the general condition of the...

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Does geotrash have the potential to become a Tim Horton’s cups plague?

You know, I’ve been bitching on here a bit, or perhaps a bit more than a bit; Not lately, but more in CacheupNB early days, when I had more time on my hands. Some may think that I was only bitching,...

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From Cacher to Verb: Chatelaine

Cableguy1 sent in a brief little note about Chatelaine and her logs. It’s awesome to see the opposite of the short log issue now being seen amongst the locals. Read CG’s blurb below: I know we had a...

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