Tuesday, January 28, 2014

Chinese GPS Manufacturer BHCnav


BHCNav handheld GPS units

OpenCaching North America is an alternative Geocaching website, so this Geocaching product certainly fits the bill for a blog post. Above you see the four handheld GPS units suitable for Geocaching use manufactured by BHC Navigation Co., Ltd., of Zhongguancun, China (suburban Beijing), which is considered the Chinese Silicon Valley. There are rumors among GPS bloggers that BHC is interested in the North American market, and the popularity of Geocaching is the most likely reason for that. After all, they have an English language web site. Which has surprisingly few translation and grammar errors, although it is authored in HTML, uncommon in this day and age. By all accounts, this English website appeared in the later half of 2013. As of press time, we have not heard back from BHCnav as far as interviewing anyone from the company, or even (probably unrealistic) hopes of getting our hands on one of the units, but decided to do a post about them anyways, as we're confident very very few Geocachers knew of their existence. Who knows, if we hear back, there may be another post in the future.

Monday, January 27, 2014

The HikerJamz Geocaching Talk Show: January 25th, 2014

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Hikerjamz Geocaching Talk Show has a new episode every Saturday at 3:00 pm. Eastern (New York) time here on Blog Talk Radio. We will discuss news, events, different types of caching tips and tricks and from time to time we will have a special guest visit our show. Hikerjamz Geocaching Talk Show is sponsored by CacheFace.com which is a dedicated social network for geocachers to connect and share in their caching passion globally and in real time. All Geocachers are welcome to join for free. To learn more about Geocaching, go to geocaching.com/guide and find the Q&A's on what geocaching is all about. Thank you in advance for listening to our show. Host: Hikerjamz from Ohio and Co-Host: KandB from Arizona USA. Don't forget to like us on our show page !

Sunday, January 26, 2014

Wednesday, January 22, 2014

Sporadically featured OpenCaching Network cache: Der Laputische Gruß

The observant reader might note we've had a few Sporadically featured OCNA caches on the blog, but the title of this post references the OpenCaching Network. That is because this strange cache, although it's posted coordinates are in the USA, is actually listed on sister site www.opencaching.de. We have mentioned in the past that Opencaching.de is by far the world's second largest Geocaching listing site, and actually has listings in over 40 Countries, mainly placed by German cachers traveling abroad. There are currently 7 caches listed in the United States, including a virtual at Disneyland.

Gulliver and Laputa
19th Century depiction of Gulliver and Laputa
The cache name is in German, of course, and translates to "The Laputian Salute". Laputa is a floating Island, approximately 4.5 miles in diameter, from the 1726 novel Gulliver's Travels by Johnathan Swift. (The book is in the public domain, and the link takes you to a free downloads page). The residents of Laputa were gifted in Math, The Sciences and Music. They were a rather strange bunch, but you can read about that yourself, this is a Geocaching Blog, after all! This cache is actually a Locationless Cache, and one with a very strange logging requirement, where you have to figure out what a Laputian Salute is, and render the Salute to the last finder of the cache. You do this by projecting a Waypoint 2 miles and 500 Metres from your home coordinates in the direction of the last finder, going to that location, and rendering the salute, with photo proof, of course. Alternatively, (for privacy reasons, I imagine) you can project the waypoint from the nearest bakery to your home, of all places. Just when you thought this cache and the circumstances behind people finding it couldn't get any stranger, it does.....

Sunday, January 19, 2014

The HikerJamz Geocaching Talk Show: January 18th, 2014

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Hikerjamz Geocaching Talk Show has a new episode every Saturday at 3:00 pm. Eastern (New York) time here on Blog Talk Radio. We will discuss news, events, different types of caching tips and tricks and from time to time we will have a special guest visit our show. Hikerjamz Geocaching Talk Show is sponsored by CacheFace.com which is a dedicated social network for geocachers to connect and share in their caching passion globally and in real time. All Geocachers are welcome to join for free. To learn more about Geocaching, go to geocaching.com/guide and find the Q&A's on what geocaching is all about. Thank you in advance for listening to our show. Host: Hikerjamz from Ohio and Co-Host: KandB from Arizona USA. Don't forget to like us on our show page !

Saturday, January 18, 2014

Wednesday, January 15, 2014

An interview with Benignsource of the Oh Beep! Geocaching Podcast

Oh Beep Geocaching Podcast Logo

In late December 2013, we promised an interview with the Oh Beep! Geocaching Podcast, and here it is! This Podcast, originating from The UK, made it's debut on November 9th, 2013. The latest episode on their website as of the date of this post is episode 12. And Ohbeep.com is a very well done website, there you will find links to follow the show on several social media outlets, as well as links for the many options to subscribe to the podcast. On with the interview!

Sunday, January 12, 2014

The HikerJamz Geocaching Talk Show: January 11th, 2014

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OCNA Blog note: Sorry, we thought we posted this, but discovered it was only a "draft". We're back dating it by a couple of days. :-).

The Hikerjamz Geocaching Talk Show has a new episode every Saturday at 3:00 pm. Eastern (New York) time here on Blog Talk Radio. We will discuss news, events, different types of caching tips and tricks and from time to time we will have a special guest visit our show. Hikerjamz Geocaching Talk Show is sponsored by CacheFace.com which is a dedicated social network for geocachers to connect and share in their caching passion globally and in real time. All Geocachers are welcome to join for free. To learn more about Geocaching, go to geocaching.com/guide and find the Q&A's on what geocaching is all about. Thank you in advance for listening to our show. Host: Hikerjamz from Ohio and Co-Host: KandB from Arizona USA. Don't forget to like us on our show page !


Saturday, January 11, 2014

(The GCDoc Video) Homemade GEOCACHING Reach Tool


Published on Jan 8, 2014
The Doc makes a HOMEMADE GEOCACHING REACH POLE! Follow his instructions and you can too!

Parts:
---Reach Pole---
(1x) 5' piece of 1 1/4" PVC pipe
(1x) 5" piece of 1" PVC pipe
(1x) 5" piece of 1/2" PVC pipe
(2x) 1 1/4" slip endcaps
1/2" threaded end caps (for various adapters)
1/2" threaded male coupler
(2x) clevis pins w/ (2x) cotter pins
---Accessories Container---
5" piece of 3" PVC pipe
(1x) 3" threaded coupler
(1x) 3" threaded endcap
(1x) 3" slip coupler
(1x) 3" to 1 1/2" slip bushing
(1x) 1 1/2" to 1 1/4" slip bushing

VIDEO LINKS FOR MOBILE VIEWERS
1000 Subscriber Contest! ---- http://youtu.be/tUw4Bs4u-xI
Contest Results! ---- http://youtu.be/r1-YYRAZtL0

OTHER VIDEOS BY THE DOC! ---- http://www.youtube.com/thegcdoc

CONNECT WITH THE DOC!
http://plus.google.com/+TheGCDoc
http://facebook.com/thegcdoc
http://twitter.com/thegcdoc
http://instagram.com/thegcdoc
http://pinterest.com/drjbroke

THE GEOCACHING NETWORK ---- http://www.youtube.com/geocachingnetwork

Music By
D. R. Hyde (https://soundcloud.com/davidhydemusic)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Wednesday, January 8, 2014

(The GCDoc Video) GEOCACHING CONTEST RESULTS!


Published on Jan 5, 2014
The WINNERS of The Doc's EPIC GEOCACHING CONTEST!

Winners: Private Message me or email your address to drjbroke@gmail.com

VIDEO LINKS FOR MOBILE VIEWERS
1000 Subscriber Contest! ---- http://youtu.be/tUw4Bs4u-xI
Best Geocaching Videos of 2013 ---- http://youtu.be/z_nweooWZDc

OTHER VIDEOS BY THE DOC! ---- http://www.youtube.com/thegcdoc

CONNECT WITH THE DOC!
http://facebook.com/thegcdoc
http://twitter.com/thegcdoc
http://instagram.com/thegcdoc
http://pinterest.com/drjbroke

THE GEOCACHING NETWORK ---- http://www.youtube.com/geocachingnetwork

Music By
D. R. Hyde (https://soundcloud.com/davidhydemusic/indie-rock-arctic-monkeys-1)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Sunday, January 5, 2014

The HikerJamz Geocaching Talk Show: January 4th, 2013

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OCNA Blog Note: This weeks show, which is episode No. 42 of the HikerJamz Geocaching Talk show, features an email interview with Mark Holden, a Geocacher from The UK who fabricates interesting cache containers.


The Hikerjamz Geocaching Talk Show has a new episode every Saturday at 3:00 pm. Eastern (New York) time here on Blog Talk Radio. We will discuss news, events, different types of caching tips and tricks and from time to time we will have a special guest visit our show. Hikerjamz Geocaching Talk Show is sponsored by CacheFace.com which is a dedicated social network for geocachers to connect and share in their caching passion globally and in real time. All Geocachers are welcome to join for free. To learn more about Geocaching, go to geocaching.com/guide and find the Q&A's on what geocaching is all about. Thank you in advance for listening to our show. Host: Hikerjamz from Ohio and Co-Host: KandB from Arizona USA. Don't forget to like us on our show page !

Thursday, January 2, 2014

(The GCDoc Video) Doc's BEST GEOCACHING VIDEOS of 2013


Published on Jan 1, 2014
Watch The Doc's TOP 5 FAVORITE GEOCACHING VIDEOS of 2013!

VIDEO LINKS FOR MOBILE VIEWERS
#1 - MY GEOCACHING ADDICTION - http://youtu.be/sjlw1cSjreo - MY GEOCACHING BLOOPERS - http://youtu.be/WFbstIW1Poc
#2 - GEOCACHING PRANK - http://youtu.be/z9fXP-RvLgQ
#3 - 31-in-31 Days of GEOCACHING: Completed! - http://youtu.be/gH4TaRUzkQk
#4 - Antique GEOCACHE - http://youtu.be/OM4Iou-Gj7U
#5 - WWFM X - May The 4th Flash Mob - http://youtu.be/uyGQugW4m6U

1000 Subscriber Contest! ---- http://youtu.be/tUw4Bs4u-xI

OTHER VIDEOS BY THE DOC! ---- http://www.youtube.com/thegcdoc

CONNECT WITH THE DOC!
http://facebook.com/thegcdoc
http://twitter.com/thegcdoc
http://instagram.com/thegcdoc
http://pinterest.com/drjbroke

The Geocaching Vlogger ---- http://www.youtube.com/mngeocaching

THE GEOCACHING NETWORK ---- http://www.youtube.com/geocachingnetwork