We're from Northern AZ and have over 1000 benchmark recoveries. We have been GC members since 2003. We enjoy rockhounding and just being outdoors. We have a web site showing some of the great places we know about and have visited (coordinates included). http://myweb.cableone.net/rockhounders1/
Steve Pribulick (Big P) and his son Ryan (Little P) are half of 4Ps In-A-Pod. The Online Geocacher appreciates their entertaining contributions to the game and to this magazine.
Will Nienke is a contributing author to The Online Geocacher.
Beth Ritter-Guth ("BethRitterGuth" on Geocaching.com) is the Educational Communication and Technology at The Hotchkiss School in Lakeville, CT. Originally from Bethlehem, PA, she and her husband, Dave, live in the boarding community with their children, David (7) and Julian (6), and their many many pets.
A couple of empty-nesters who caught the caching bug not realizing it was incurable. So if we’re found in the woods waltzing with Garmins, lifting lampskirts while tying our shoe or looking for “gum” underneath benches, be sure to stay away... it’s contagious and the only temporary relief can be found in finding bison’s, ammo’s, nano’s, or passing coins and spreading travel bugs!
Publisher's Note: Catsnfish write the periodic column The Adventures of Catsnfish. Subscribe (free) to The Online Geocacher to get an email alert when a new article is published.
Clan Riffster is a contributing author to The Online Geocacher.
We are Jim and Mimi Brakefield (Clay Pigeons) from Clay, Alabama. We have developed an obsession for geocaching. We love the thrill of the hunt and the exhileration of the find! But, on the surface, we are two hard working individuals who love the weekends to roam and explore this great state we live in. Between us, we have five children, two grandchildren, two dogs, a corvette and a motorcycle. We love adventure!
Dale and Barb are contributing writers to The Online Geocacher.
A part time lunatic, and full time outdoor enthusiast.
DragonsWest is a contributing author to The Online Geocacher.
I am Durango633, Don, and was born and raised in Central Pennsylvania. I started Geocaching in the Spring of 2008 to add to my "Outdoor resume" which includes fly fishing, hunting, and just the love of the great outdoors. I enjoy geocaching with my family, the "DawgCachers", and friends.
Hopping down the Geotrail, hippity hoppity, bunnies on his way!
Jerry Carter, aka El Diablo, the renowned geocacher made famous as Publisher of Today's Cacher Magazine and creator of the game's most coveted hiking staffs, continues his contributions to our great game here at The Online Geocacher by serving as a contributing writer and adviser.
Eric Colley & Hallie Shepherd
killerpuzzles.com &
gpsthegame.com
We are a geocaching team from the Netherlands and we have an ERROR.
We love geocaching and specially that there is such a great variation
in cache types, so there is always a cache that fits our mood.
Once upon a time a Polish Princess wrote an email....
My geocaching name is greywolf1242. I have been a premium member since 1-16-06. At the moment I have 900 caches found, 237 caches hidden, 15 caches adopted out and 405 benchmarks found. I am retired and cutting back my active participation in geocaching due to the high cost of gas!
Gwyn Calvetti enjoys geocaching in the Driftless area of southwestern Wisconsin and beyond, most of the time with her husband Trekkin’. When she’s not geocaching, she might be birding, enjoying nature photography or paper arts projects when the weather is miserable. She funds her travels working as a special education teacher and is also a professional storyteller. She caches with a Garmin, but has been known to use a Magellan, too.
Hi,
I'm "il imperiestro". I'm 42 years old, divorced, with three children. Since my kids stay with me half of the school holidays, my colleague and friend "Hammer of Doom" introduced me exactly one year ago in the wonderful world of geocaching. One year later now, I've got about 550 founds on my counter and what started off as an innocent pastime for the kids has become an bit of a healthy addiction :-).
I am a substitute teacher at this time. I aspire to teach mathematics in the middle-school, or high school setting in the near future. I have been married to the same great lady for 15 years. We have three girls who are 13, 9, & 7. I found my first geocache on December 24th, 2008, and I have been hooked ever since. My geocaching goals are to reach 10,000 finds before my oldest girl finishes college,and search for geocaches in Latin America and Europe.
A native Nebraskan (grew up in Elkhorn), I live in Bellevue with my
Lovely Wife and Son. I've been a pilot and flight instructor
since 1988, but work in Information Systems to pay the bills.
I became obsessed with Geocaching in January of 2009, although I had
heard of the sport way back when I bought my first handheld
GPSr, a Garmin ETrex, when they first were introduced.
My favorite caches are the ones that take you somewhere off the beaten
track. The one's out in the woods, or in hidden parks,
and the one's that someone took a lot of thought into creating.
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---The sky is not a limit,
It is home.
-Terry Schmidt
Joe is a contributing author to The Online Geocacher
I have been geocaching since January 2008. I’m a student in high school in Minneapolis. I enjoy spending time with my parents, sister, and cat. I’m 16 and I have a part time job at a daycare, I want to go into the field of computers after high school and college. Geocacher for life.
I've grown up in the Canadian countryside my entire childhood. This may well be the main reason I enjoy the outdoor adventure of geocaching so much. Then again, I've never been accused of being 'normal'. I write an online webcomic (Planet Zebeth), make chainmail, have various unusual hobbies or collections, and geocache (obviously). Obviously this could go on, but let's keep this succinct... my geocaching logs as of late are averaging over 500 words as is. I like geocaching, I like storytelling, and so here I am.
In the world of Geocaching (and ham radio), I am known as kc5nvj, but to family and friends I am Angela Cunningham. I was born and raised in Louisiana but currently reside in Kentucky with my husband and daughter. When I'm not thinking of a new article to write for onlinegeocacher.com, my days are filled with a full-time job at a local high school as a teachers aide in the special education department, a full-time mom of a three year old (hyper) girl, a full-time student (enrolled in online classes for Psychology) as I hope to one day get my Psy.D Degree (Docterate of Psychology) and become a Clinical Psychologist, and finally a part-time Geocacher. I say part-time because I am still new to Geocaching and can't wait to get out and about and hunt some more. You are welcome to leave any feedback to articles I write as well as send any features you would like for me to touch base on. I look forward to this new adventure and hope many of you find Geocaching as much fun as I do. E-mail: kc5nvj@yahoo.com
Originally hailing from Long Island, New York, I moved to the Tampa Bay area of Florida with my family in 2005. In terms of my life as a geocacher, I was first half of M&M NY in July of 2003 on Long Island...and of course, once we moved to Florida, we became melted M&Ms, aka "M&M Melted." From the very beginning, it was all about the experience and the journey to us...and we've had so many incredible journeys and made some great friends. ...and now that I live in Florida, I am forever amazed by the swamps, the mangroves, the forests and all the other typically Floridian natural and wild places that we continue to discover here!
MommaDirtClod (MDC) In 1988 I moved from Florida to Tennessee – it’s now my home. My hubby (Dozer) of 25 years saw a news story about Geocaching on May 4, 2003. That night we went out for our first adventure. Our first endeavor was a DNF and then we found four more and signed with our new geocaching name – Dozer&thedirtclods. I’m MommaDirtClod-MDC and my two girls are clods with me (reddirtclod and baby dirtclod). If you have to know, Dozer is a pipeliner so the name spawned from there. My second (or first) hobby is NASCAR. I’ve been a fan of Dale Sr. since ’78. I’ll always miss the Black #3 car…Forever the Man & Forever a Fan. I travel all around the country, visiting family and friends, staying with my hubby, or caching adventures…whatever I’m doing, I’ll always make time to log a few caches. RITA Baby DirtClod I’m the baby dirt clod and just graduated from Stetson University with a Bachelors of Science in Psychology. I only cache when my MDC makes me or if I’m in the mood. I’m too lazy, I think. I like the trinkets and toys, though. I live in Florida away from the dirt hill – so I’m more of a Baby Sand Clod now. I’m always on my computer, love to write, and love my two nephews! Life Is Good!
The wife and I have been geocaching about three years now. We enjoy the exercise and great scenery. We are surprised by the parks that we never knew exsisted right in our own back yard. We live in Comstock Park Michigan. We are fortunate to have thousands of caches within a short drive. We are recently retired and plan to cache around the country. Who knows maybe we will be in Washington next July for GW VIII! Our goal is to keep geocaching fun. I hope our stories relate that to others.
Marvin Altena
Nikos is from the Island of Rhodes in Greece. He is the Author of the Column "GATOULIS Caching Stories"
My name is Graham Thompson and I am on Geocaching.com as Paddygt. I am a recent convert to geocaching. I enjoy walking, reading,cycling and photography. All of these combine together and Geocaching is a pleasurable extension of them all. I live in Peterborough Cambridgeshire in the UK with my partner, Kate, who has spotted the odd cache before I did, our two kids and two Labrador dogs.
Parzival is a contributing author to The Online Geocacher. Parzival, AKA Greg, grew up a Hoosier in South Bend, Indiana. He would like everyone to know that contrary to popular belief, there is indeed more to Indiana than just corn and basketball. He attended Indiana University and majored in History. When not geocaching, he can usually be found in a stream somewhere attempting to fool trout with dry flies and bead head nymphs. He has a wife who also geocaches under the name GoldenDomer and a 6 month old daughter named Kaitlyn.
Paul Gillin is a writer,
speaker and online marketing consultant. He specializes in social media and the
application of personal publishing to brand awareness and business marketing. Paul
is a veteran technology journalist with more than 23 years of editorial
leadership experience. His book, The New
Influencers, was published in 2007 and his next book, Secrets of Social Media Marketing, will be published in the fall of
2008. His website is www.gillin.com and he
blogs at www.paulgillin.com
Saintseester (AKA Beth) grew up in Mississippi then attended Tulane
Engineering in New Orleans. After working for a few years for "big
oil" in Houston, she went to graduate school at Auburn University.
Beth has been a software developer and professor of computer science
for over two decades. She and her family now live and geocache in
North Alabama and are loving every minute of it. Her geo-handle
reflects her love for her sister, and their shared love for the New
Orleans Saints.
She can be contacted at saintseester@gmail.com
Serial Finder, aka IceCreamMan, is a contributing author to The Online Geocacher.
Shrek and Fiona say caching is fun and is a great way to see some of the hidden places that are unseen by so many.
A strangelet is a hypothetical object consisting of a bound state of roughly equal numbers of up, down, and strange quarks. An equivalent description is that a strangelet is a small fragment of strange matter. The term "strangelet" originates with E. Farhi and R. Jaffe. Strangelets have been suggested as a dark matter candidate.
Stephanie2427 is a contributing author to The Online Geocacher
Steve King is a contributing author to The Online Geocacher.
Steve King, aka sumajman, is a Missionary and Contributing Author to The Online Geocacher.
Sunny Smith is the Director of Public Relations for BarZ Adventures Inc.
512-732-0135 phone
512-732-0132 fax
ranger@barzadventures.com
Things found on the Internet.
TheAlabamaRambler is Ed Manley, husband to GeoRose (Teresa), father of five wonderful humans, grandfather of two more, and an avid geocacher.
Now retired after a decade in the US Navy followed by 28 years of owning and operating Knowledge Management Systems, an IT consultancy specializing in Workflow Analysis and Business Process Improvement, Ed now has the time to pursue his hobbies: Fishing, Geocaching and Ham Radio... the order of importance changes daily!
He is also W4AGA, an Extra-class Amateur Radio Operator with a passion for serving the public through volunteer disaster-relief preparedness and response. Active as a Communicator and Disaster Relief Chaplain in the Southern Baptist Convention Disaster Relief, American Red Cross (Shelter Manager and ARCHIE Team Lead), the Salvation Army Team Emergency Relief Network (SATERN), Amateur Radio Emergency Service (ARES AEC - Jefferson County Assistant Emergency Coordinator and OES - Operational Emergency Station) and Assisatant Director of the Zamora Shriners Ham Unit, he can be found on HF daily on 3.965 and on VHF on the Birmingham Amateur Radio Club (BARC) repeater on 146.88.
If you have any interest whatsoever in serving and giving back to your community, saving lives and taking part in the wonderful community of amateur radio please visit http://w4aga.com to learn about the many volunteer opportunities.
Ed is the Editor-In-Chief (sounds high-fallutin, don't it?) of the free online geocaching e-zine The Online Geocacher. He can be contacted via email at mailto:TheAlabamaRambler@gmail.com or by phone at 205-914-6814 from 7 a.m. to Midnight CDT.
73 de W4AGA
Trucker Lee began caching in August 2006 after stumbling across a GeoCaching news article, seeing it as a way to occupy down-time and encourage exercise while working. He can currently be found driving in the continental United States, when not parked to search for caches.
caching for 3 years, I cache with my 2 dogs Dakota and Tristin. I prefer traditional caches that require hiking and that are located far from town.
Geocaching came along when a high school friend introduced me to it in September 2008. I embraced it and started caching after work and then on lunch breaks until I had found most of the caches within a 15 minute radius of my job. I recall hearing about geocaching once and visited the website years ago, perhaps as early as 2002, but at that point I didn't know what a GPS was or how to do the hobby. I actually still don't own a GPS myself (yet), and have to thank my next door neighbor- another fellow geocacher- for letting me have hers on a long-term loan. We've cached together a few times as well and once went out very early in a morning to get our first FTF.
W4AGA is an author account for the Editor-In-Chief, Ed Manley. W4AGA is my FCC Call Sign for Amateur Radio. Visit my website if you have any interest in radio communications or community service - http://w4aga.com
Stories found on the web.
Whistler & Co. have been caching since the summer of 2005 in the wilds (and not-so-wild parts too) of Northeast Pennsylvania. Although their first 1000 finds were made with a little yellow Etrex, they have since upgraded to slightly more sophisticated GPSr's. However, they firmly resolve never to go paperless, preferring to cache in the "Amish" style. Whistler & Co. consists of Whistler, who does the dirty work, and his wife, who does all the story writing, picture taking, cache logging, forum kvetching, errand running, etc. Any and all opinions are hers, not his, but he'll agree with them if she bribes him with his favorite supper!
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