http://www.bcgeocaching.com/ BC Geocaching Association News en-us Fri, 19 Feb 2010 23:42:58 GMT 1440 CPG-Nuke Dragonfly British Columbia Geocaching Association News http://backend.userland.com/rss http://www.bcgeocaching.com/images/bcga_logo_300x110.gif http://www.bcgeocaching.com/ http://www.bcgeocaching.com/index.php?name=Pro_News&aid=514 We hope so as we’re opening up the design to everyone who wants to give it a try. Design a coin, front and back, and let your imagination run wild. Make it round or make it any shape you want. Just make it unique! Fri, 19 Feb 2010 23:42:58 GMT http://www.bcgeocaching.com/index.php?name=Pro_News&aid=513 Elias has posted the following in the Geocaching Forums. Don't panic! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- On Tuesday, February 23rd starting at 8 PM Pacific Time (GMT -8), we'll be performing upgrades to the Geocaching.com database server in preparation for the increase in Geocaching over the spring and summer months. The expected downtime for this work is 4 hours and during that time, all Geocaching.com services including the web site, Pocket Queries, the Geocaching iPhone application, Geocache Navigator, and other 3rd party applications that access our API, will be inaccessible. We'll have a webpage set up on the Geocaching site with this downtime notice and we'll provide status updates if the downtime exceeds the 4 hour maintenance window. We'll also post updates to this forum thread as well. Thanks, :F: Elias ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thu, 18 Feb 2010 19:22:18 GMT http://www.bcgeocaching.com/index.php?name=Pro_News&aid=512 In this episode, Icenrye shows highlights from the Prince George Geocaching 101 event. Next is a tutorial on caching along a route. To end the show, he has a pair of exciting contest announcements. The episodes may be found at his website. Wed, 17 Feb 2010 06:04:02 GMT http://www.bcgeocaching.com/index.php?name=Pro_News&aid=511 In planning my families visit to some of the Olympic Sites I cam across this great map by a local reporter: 2010 Google Map I also converted many of the entries to a GPX file so you can load it into your GPS Receivers. 2010 GPX File (right mouse, save as) Hope this is useful to some people. The 'Houses' and pavilions are spread out all over, and I wanted an easy way to navigate to them when downtown. Fri, 12 Feb 2010 18:47:56 GMT http://www.bcgeocaching.com/index.php?name=Pro_News&aid=510 It is with considerable regret that the BCGA Board of Directors announce Stuart Meindersma (Scruffster)'s resignation as President of the BCGA, effective immediately. Stuart has cited health concerns as the reason for his departure. We'd like to take this opportunity to thank Stuart for the work that he has done for the BCGA during his short term and we wish him all the best in his future endeavours. Mon, 08 Feb 2010 23:45:59 GMT http://www.bcgeocaching.com/index.php?name=Pro_News&aid=508 On 23 January 2009, I hosted a "Geocaching 101" event for people I've met through Twitter. They had seen my tweets about geocaching and were interesting in learning more, so I put on an informal event. LeftCoastMama, Hollyburn, QuigleyJones, and Cuddlefish all helped out, and Landsharkz even lent us a GeomateJr to demo to the kids. Tue, 26 Jan 2010 00:14:05 GMT http://www.bcgeocaching.com/index.php?name=Pro_News&aid=507 In conjunction with local geocaching organizations, the BCGA will co-host geocaching events across the province. Light the Geo Torch events will be held on either the first or second weekend in February. This is a great chance for people new to geocaching to mix and mingle with seasoned geocachers. Thank you to Landsharkz for donating the medals for the events. There will be eight events across the province: Campbell River Chilliwack Cranbrook Kamloops Prince George Vancouver Victoria Williams Lake Find an event near you and come join in on the fun. Wed, 13 Jan 2010 01:46:03 GMT http://www.bcgeocaching.com/index.php?name=Pro_News&aid=506 Icenrye's latest videozine is avilable for viewing. This episode features the "Cache and Release" event in Prince George along with pocket cameras used in Geocaching. You can view the videozine by clicking on the link below. ICENRYE'S VIDEOZINE Wed, 13 Jan 2010 01:23:45 GMT http://www.bcgeocaching.com/index.php?name=Pro_News&aid=505 British Columbia will host the Winter Olympics in February. During the games, the Vancouver, Whistler region will witness "the largest domestic security operation in Canadian history." The Vancouver 2010 Integrated Security Unit (ISU) will be scouring all Olympic venues with sniffer dogs. Security will also focus beyond to practice venues across the lower mainland and all transit routes. Whistler village will also be affected along with back country trails. The ISU made it painfully clear that no stone will be left unturned. With world-wide media attention focused on Vancouver during the Olympics, it's a perfect storm for the geocaching bomb scare heard around the world. For this reason, the BCGA thought it best to take a proactive approach. The BCGA contacted the ISU to give them a heads up on what geocaching is all about. In response, the ISU issued a gentle but stern warning to geocachers as follows: "Thank you for e-mail. While we appreciate the heads up, it will be your member's responsibility to "know before they go" hunting for hidden cache. The Vancouver 2010 Integrated Security Unit's mandate is to ensure a safe and secure Games for everyone. This includes security at the Olympic and Paralympic venues, protections of athletes, Olympic family and officials and protective services. Our Vancouver 2010 ISU workforce will be ensuring perimeters around venues are secure and we are asking the public to respect these perimeters and the direction given to them by security officers. The Vancouver 2010 ISU security workforce consists of a variety of law enforcement personnel (RCMP and 118 other police agencies wearing their respective uniforms) and private security while in the backcountry (Cypress Mountain, Whistler Mountain and Callaghan Valley) and on water, law enforcement will be joined by Canadian Forces personnel. We are asking your members to exercise common sense when geocaching. For example, it may be best to stay away from a hidden cache if its location may fall within a restricted venue perimeter or the immediate area. Please have your members check out our website www.v2010isu.com which includes links to our partner's websites. We are mere weeks away from the largest domestic security operation in Canadian history and your association's cooperation would be greatly appreciated." Wed, 06 Jan 2010 11:15:33 GMT http://www.bcgeocaching.com/index.php?name=Pro_News&aid=504 Two BCGA members are in the process of compiling geocaching related stories. Read below if you'd like to partake in this exciting project... Geocaching: The Hunt. The Adventure. The Story. Your Story. Exploring the world can begin in your own back yard. Adventures can happen running from your house to the car…Caching is less about the find as it is about the journey you took to get there. The best thing about the world of caching is that anyone can do it…anyone can be a joecacher! We are excited about starting our next adventure by learning about yours! We are looking for your adventures to be a part of a collection we are compiling. Share your stories of pain and misdemeanors, triumphs and tribulations, skinned knees and hurt feelings, FTF’s to DNF’s and grinder hikes to amazing places. There really are no limits! We’d like to make this fun for everyone so we are making a cointest out of this! Every story gets an entry in the draw and anyone can enter more than once. All that is needed to enter are the following details: 1. Share your favorite geocaching adventures with us in a story of 500+ words. 2. Include a few photos of your own, relevant to your geocaching experience (preferably from the same story but not mandatory). 3. Geocaching name and email address. 4. Email your story and pics to joecacher@hotmail.com Several draws will be made at random for a “joecacher and his many moods” trackable coin/zip pull set. Another joecacher adventure by boomerangpapa & High Maintenance! Sun, 03 Jan 2010 08:12:06 GMT