Show 553.0: Geocaching and Fitness

On our geocaching podcast today, we have a discussion of fitness and geocaching and tracking your progress. We also share a question about geocoins and trackables, a helpful routing resource, a question about the Geocaching App and much more.

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Links mentioned in the show
Noisy cicadas prepare to emerge after 17 years
Cicadas Ruining Geocaching This Summer? - Forum thread from 2003
Eat Cicadas - YouTube video

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9 Responses to Show 553.0: Geocaching and Fitness

  1. Electric Water Boy - Tom Brotherman May 9, 2016 at 4:27 pm #

    You do realize that at the end of the show you gave the “old” number. I played for a short while trying to come up with some cool acronym or initialism for the new number but I just couldn’t do it. Thankfully the phone remembers for me.

    Unsolicited plug for Cachly. I bought the app this weekend. First app I’ve ever bought. I like it! I did find that if I left the map going the battery went down quickly, but if I switched to the compass it lasted a really long time. I don’t know that I’ll be a total convert to the phone, but for those times when I don’t have my GPSr at hand I will have my phone and Cachly. I found it very easy to use. It does everything I expected it would, but I assume there will be more features in the future that I haven’t thought of. For $5 that’s cheap!

    • PodCacher May 9, 2016 at 4:39 pm #

      Thanks for the reminder – we just haven’t had the chance to re-record the ending. Glad you’re enjoying Cachly!

  2. Andrew Collins May 11, 2016 at 8:56 am #

    Your replacement of sheet logs leads to a interesting question: What do you do with them? I tend to collect them in the geomobile and then throw them away when its time to clean up. Great picture of the log by the way, which inspired the question!

    • PodCacher May 11, 2016 at 12:20 pm #

      Yeah, we don’t usually keep them and we certainly don’t audit them to see if any online logs should be deleted. I wonder what other people do? Maybe we’ll throw out that question some time on the show or social media?

  3. Electric Water Boy May 12, 2016 at 6:02 am #

    I had a long response but the security bit me here again. Moral of the story – I’d like to see the question asked.

  4. Nik Cap May 13, 2016 at 6:29 am #

    For Brood X, a local cache hide a 4 stage multi in Princeton NJ where each stage was a cicada type containers. http://coord.info/GCJJ11

    https://img.geocaching.com/cache/log/027243d2-9e76-4b94-9d02-66d6f41aa47f.jpg

    Princeton, NJ and the Cicada’s are some what historic. Bob Dylan wrote “Day Of The Locusts” after receiving an honorary music degree. The ceremony was well attended by the Brood X Cicadas.

    • PodCacher May 16, 2016 at 8:49 pm #

      Thanks for sharing this feedback!

  5. Shaishoo May 16, 2016 at 7:57 am #

    Its nice hearing you saying it is getting warmer in the northern atmosphere while cycling to work in Montreal feeling the snow flakes on my face. Yes we had 23 degrees Celsius on Sat. and than on Sunday the temp drooped and in the middle of May we got snow…

    • PodCacher May 16, 2016 at 8:50 pm #

      Oh I’m so sorry to hear about the snow in May!! Hope you warm up soon! -Sandy

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