I got a kick out of this blog entry by a muggle who found a geocache while looking for snails. I tend to find snails while geocaching.

This memorial cache keeps getting muggled. The cache was clearly identified and contained information about it and geocaching in general, so the muggling is obviously malicious.

Which reminds me, I really need to move one of my caches tomorrow, before it gets muggled.

Oh yeah, I’m back from Windsor, but my computer is broken and I have to send it in to Dell for repair. Updates will probably be somewhat sparse for the next week or so, but I will do what I can with my iPod.

I’m on a trip to Windsor, ON. Expect a torrent of new content on Wednesday!

A geocaching buddy of mine directed me to this video of Dave Ulmer preparing the very first geocache, and then some footage from a few years later. It’s pretty cool to see the origins of the game!

I was feeling pretty sorry for myself this morning when I woke up with a very sore leg. During last night’s misadventure, I twisted it in a strange way while climging over a cedar-rail fence. The twist seemed to occur at my shin/calf, not at my knee or ankle. I felt an unpleasant crunching sensation at the time, but it wasn’t really painful until today.

Then I read this sad story in the news about a man who fell to his death while geocaching, and I’m not feeling so sorry for myself anymore.

And though it’s tempting to go off on a tangent of safety tips and precautionary tales, I think I’ll resist. My thoughts go out to the loved ones who are facing this sudden loss.

I will simply direct you to the logs for this cache, if you would like to read my tale of math in the field gone horribly awry.

I am very sore.

I noticed that some of you are landing on my blog while looking for “CCC 2009 Geocoins.” The geocoins should be coming in from the mint very shortly, and I will make an announcement as soon as I know anything!

Here’s a brief blog post about an encounter with a hunter while geocaching, including a picture.

If you’re caching in the country at this time of year, know where you’re going. Find out where hunting is allowed and when. Some parks and conservation areas are open to hunters in the Fall – be aware, and be considerate. If you’ll be in or near hunting areas, it’s a good idea to wear hunter orange, or postpone your caching expedition until hunting season is over.

I just read this piece over at the Washington Post.

It’s a good article that discusses geocaching bomb scares in an area where there needs to be heightened security and sensitivity about threats. In addition to discussing the police perspective, the article also looks at geocaching in detail and notes, in considerable detail, that Geocaching.com has guidelines in place to minimize these problems.

Thumbs up.

OMG WANT

*ahem*

Okay, I want to find out a bit more about it, but this could prove to be a pretty exciting little gadget for me.

GPS Navigation & Battery Cradle for iPod touch

Interesting article about the next generation of GPS games.

One of these days we’re going to wake up and find out that geocaching is totally old school.

Anybody out there using Google Latitude?