Author Archives: Zor

Hard work always pays off, eventually

I can’t say for certain, but I am pretty sure it was March 13th, 2000. It might have been the week before but it was 12 years ago. It’s kind of hard to remember that far back. I had spent a week getting materials ready and had never done this sort of thing before. I … Continue reading »

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The Price Of Premium Memberships

This article was originally published on Cache Up NB. It has been mirrored here for archive purposes only. Awhile ago, Groundspeak has sent out survey requests to many of it’s members. The survey contained a lot of generic questions about the website, geocaching in general, and many other topics that I suspect they wanted feedback … Continue reading »

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The History Of Geocaching

This article was originally published on Cache Up NB. It has been mirrored here for archive purposes only. It’s rare that I re-post information from another site, but while reading about geocaching challenges today, I came across this article about the origins of geocaching. I thought some of our readers would be interested to read … Continue reading »

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Groundspeak Pulls The Plug On Google Maps

This article was originally published on Cache Up NB. It has been mirrored here for archive purposes only. If you haven’t noticed already, you will soon enough. The geocaching maps previously used by the official geocaching website are no longer powered by Google. As a result of this, many of the previous map options are … Continue reading »

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Cache Up NB v2.0 Coming Soon

This article was originally published on Cache Up NB. It has been mirrored here for archive purposes only. The more things change, the more they remain the same. Within the last few weeks, there has been a few mentions of a “new” version of Cache Up NB coming soon. Between it being mentioned on the … Continue reading »

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Cacher’s Corner Podcast Episode 13

Cacher’s Corner Episode #13 hits the airwaves with special guest Cableguy1 from Moncton. Click on for more details. Continue reading »

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A big pile of crap

It’s been four or so months since I last wrote anything on here. Since then, Facebook has stopped allowing the import of blog entries to Notes so the odds of anyone actually reading this now are far less than it was at one time. Regardless, it’s almost 12:30 in the morning and I have to … Continue reading »

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Bonded By Bushwhacking – A Father & Son Story

This article was originally published on Cache Up NB. It has been mirrored here for archive purposes only. Among the things I enjoy the most, I would have to say that geocaching is pretty high up on the list. But above that I would have to say that spending some quality time with my son … Continue reading »

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Seeking volunteers for impromptu CITO – CANCELLED

(This impromptu event has now been CANCELLED. Please see the comments for details) Continue reading »

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Helping The Newbies – Building A Guide

This article was originally published on Cache Up NB. It has been mirrored here for archive purposes only. For cachers who have been into the game of geocaching for awhile, you tend to take certain pieces of knowledge for granted. Things like what trackables are, what the general FTF guidelines might be, and other aspects … Continue reading »

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