TGIF Geocaching Radio – Details, episodes & analysis

It's a mad mad mad mad world out there right now, and one well known company to geocachers - Pathtags - has met some challenges. Join me as I chat with Mike about how they're trying to light the path ahead in the face of undesirable economic hurdles.

Watch on Youtube: cachetheline.net/foggypathahead

Show Notes: cachetheline.net/radio/e20

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Contact: tgif@cachetheline.net

Leave a message! Phone One In, at cachetheline.net/poi

TGIF returns! And we're kicking it off hanging out with boys - join us the three amigos, with THE Geocaching Vlogger and THE Aussie Geocacher Joshua and Craig, to catch up and have fun chatting about this amazing geocaching hobby over its 25 year life!

Watch on Youtube: cachetheline.net/backwiththeboys

Show Notes: cachetheline.net/radio/e19

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Contact: tgif@cachetheline.net

Leave a message! Phone One In, at cachetheline.net/poi

The streaking is over and we're back to good old geocaching, so in this episode let's chat about travelbugs - you know, the little guys! And we've got a July's batch of geo-news, details about a new geocoin series - at least, they seem like geocoins - plus more excellent adventure highlights, deep thoughts, and more... So come, hang out for a while!

On Youtube: cachetheline.net/bugsandbears

< Support on Patreon >

• Streak challenge - checker
• Next challenge: Iconic Cacher - blog announcement
• Iconic Cacher - checker
• Film submission reminder - blog announcement
• GIFF film submission - web form
• World Icon series - bookmark list / Facebook photos
• Star Wars series - bookmark list
• Sunken Treasure FTF? - GCA8WW2
• Scuba Cache w/Behind The Cache - Youtube, GCK9PV
• Cache Line Cipher Coin - More details @ Indiegogo
• Love trackables - forum post
• Geo-bear! - Facebook post, Geo-bear Facebook post list
• BlazeOn - post, post, news, daughter @tiktok, obituary
• Wild Azalea - GC763
• Isla's Jasmer - Facebook post
• Cachly, Geocaching for iOS - cachly.com

AI Naming contest:

• Email a suggestion for our geocaching AI friend to tgif@cachetheline.net
• Subject: "AI Geocacher name"
• Chosen name will win TWO Cache The Line pens and bonus swag!

Lone Wolf Contest Update:

1. Watch the 12 videos in the Lone Wolf Legacy series (cachetheline.net/lonewolf)
2. Note the 11 words that each have a yellow smiley icon next to them
3. In playlist order with no spaces, string all 11 words together
4. Visit cachetheline.net/stringofallthewords
5. Follow instructions there!
6. (Hint: the digital root for verification of the wordstring is 7)

Prizes:

• First FIFTY to complete the task will earn themselves a special, secret, exclusive prize, as part of Project EGA...
• Many people have already claimed their spot - will you be next?

Contact: tgif@cachetheline.net

POI! Phone One In: cachetheline.net/poi

It's getting all pizza pirates and thespian up in this episode! With no shortage of souvenirs this month, we've got June's dose of geocaching news and adventures, something fun and creative to do, highlights and more. So come, hang out for a while! Arr!

On Youtube: cachetheline.net/pizzapirates

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• Project EGA/Geocoin details - Blog
• Wheel challenge #3 - Checker
• Wheel challenge #4, streaking! - Announcement
• Virtual Rewards 4.0 - Announcement
• Temagami fire tower virtual - Youtube / GC88ZP8
• Maritime Mega Event - GC9V5Q6
• Geowoodstock XX, Flagstaff AZ - GCA6GW6
• GeocachingCentral.com 
• The Pirate Project
• ArtedCrafted - REPRESENT ADVENTURE WITH THE EPIC TEE!
• Geocaching Vlogger - geocoin #002 returns - Youtube
• Rideau Trail news - Facebook / Geocacher share - Facebook
• Ghost Town Trail GC8E2C
• Tomb Raider GCWD13 / Log by NotableFind - GC.com
• My Tomb Raider video from 2009 - Youtube
• About Tristan da Cunha - Youtube
• The Old Flag Pole - GC6NTT8
• Queen Mary's Peak - Wikipedia
• Butler County Donut Trail - Youtube
• Seneca County Pizza Trail - Homepage + Passport
• Pizza trail geocaches bookmark list
• The Spot - GC39 - Youtube
• gpsfool's maintenance log - GC.com
• Whyteman's Shakespare AI post - Facebook
• Cachly, Geocaching for iOS - cachly.com

AI Naming contest:

• Email a suggestion for our geocaching AI friend to tgif@cachetheline.net
• Subject: "AI Geocacher name"
• Chosen name will win TWO Cache The Line pens and bonus swag!

Lone Wolf Contest Update: Prizes still to be claimed!

1. Watch the 12 videos in the Lone Wolf Legacy series (cachetheline.net/lonewolf)
2. Note the 11 words that each have a yellow smiley icon next to them
3. In playlist order with no spaces, string all 11 words together
4. Visit cachetheline.net/stringofallthewords
5. Follow instructions there!
6. (Hint: the digital root for verification of the wordstring is 7)

Prizes:

• First FIFTY to complete the task will earn themselves a special, secret, exclusive prize, yet to be announced, soon...
• Many people have already claimed their spot - will you be next?

Contact: tgif@cachetheline.net

POI! Phone One In: cachetheline.net/poi

Deep thoughts return as we chat this month about some geocaching etiquette, check out one of the most remote unfound geocaches on Earth, see what our AI friend has learned, hear some real world geocaching news from May, and wrap up another month of geocaching as we usher in the summer. So come, and hang out for a while!

On Youtube: cachetheline.net/crossinglines

< Support on Patreon >

• Youtube video - 20,000 milestone
• Lake Lanier - GC21
• POI works! - cachetheline.net/poi
• Premium Membership price increase - Announcement
• Maker Magic events - Announcement (form to fill is linked in the post)
• US Maker events - bookmark list
• Non-US Maker events - bookmark list
• Featured Adventures - Announcement
• 002 for sale - Facebook - eBay - TB1D
• Canada's First - GCBBA - GC41
• Cachly proximity tip - Youtube short
• Cachly, Geocaching for iOS - cachly.com
• Little Diomede - GC8DR8H
• - Russia Beyond
• - Atlas Obscura
• - Visit to Little Diomede Day 1, Day 2
• - Weird History
• Congratulations Seekir on Find #1000 - Facebook
• Body part found - KKTV - Tweet
• Banana Ron - Youtube
• WISA Woodsat Website wisaplywood.com/wisawoodsat
• - Blog announcement
• - Forum discussion
• - Trackable TB9GB8G
• - ISS TB #1 TB27AH8
• - ISS TB #2 TB5JJN1
• - Rover TB5EFXK
• - Twitter @wisawoodsat
• ArtedCrafted - REPRESENT ADVENTURE WITH THE EPIC TEE!
• Maritime Mega Event GC9V5Q6

AI Naming contest:

• Email a suggestion for our geocaching AI friend to tgif@cachetheline.net
• Subject: "AI Geocacher name"
• Chosen name will win TWO Cache The Line pens and bonus swag!

Lone Wolf Contest Update: Prizes still to be claimed!

1. Watch the 12 videos in the Lone Wolf Legacy series (cachetheline.net/lonewolf)
2. Note the 11 words that each have a yellow smiley icon next to them
3. In playlist order with no spaces, string all 11 words together
4. Visit cachetheline.net/stringofallthewords
5. Follow instructions there!
6. (Hint: the digital root for verification of the wordstring is 7)

Prizes:

• First FIFTY to complete the task will earn themselves a special, secret, exclusive prize, yet to be announced, soon...
• Many people have already claimed their spot - will you be next?

Contact: tgif@cachetheline.net

POI! Phone One In: cachetheline.net/poi

Geocaching trains us as scavengers, and in this episode we learn about a couple of other scavenger hunt opportunities, plus hear a couple of other excellent geocaching adventures, and our AI friend is back! Maybe you can provide some input about some deep thoughts I share, and maybe get a little inspiration towards some challenges and goals. Come and hang out for a while!

On Youtube: cachetheline.net/spacebananas

< Support on Patreon >

Youtube short: Large??

Premium membership - announcement

Wheel of Challenges #2 - announcement

Blue Switch day and souvenir - announcement

Spring Fling, CA (May 6) GC9P0KE

ASP Geobash, NY (May 20) GC9RYTF

Geowoodstock XIX, KY (May 27) GC89GMX

Maritime Mega! New Brunswick (July 8) GC9V5Q6

ArtedCrafted - 15% off orders with code CACHE THE LINE

Maine meteorite - CNN, Museum, YT: Inside Edition

Youtube: Banana Ron

Nova Scotia incident - Facebook post

Cadott WI incident - Facebook post

Iron Bingo challenge - GC3D5EB

"Stalled" Travelbug - Facebook post

Archived FTF - GCPVPC

Solo adventure - Forum post

Cachly, Geocaching for iOS - cachly.com

AI Naming contest:

• Email a suggestion for our geocaching AI friend to tgif@cachetheline.net
• Subject: "AI Geocacher name"
• Chosen name will win TWO Cache The Line pens and bonus swag!

Lone Wolf Contest Update: Prizes still to be claimed!

1. Watch the 12 videos in the Lone Wolf Legacy series (cachetheline.net/lonewolf)
2. Note the 11 words that each have a yellow smiley icon next to them
3. In playlist order with no spaces, string all 11 words together
4. Visit cachetheline.net/stringofallthewords
5. Follow instructions there!
6. (Hint: the digital root for verification of the wordstring is 7)

Prizes:

• First FIFTY to complete the task will earn themselves a special, secret, exclusive prize, yet to be announced, soon...
• Many people have already claimed their spot - will you be next?

Contact: tgif@cachetheline.net

POI! Phone One In: cachetheline.net/poi

Have you snagged yet? This month we sit down with Scott Kirby, Dan and Beth, and Katie Reed, to chat about the geocaching side game Snag The Tag, and how important the community is, plus upcoming games and other news and updates in the geocaching realm. And we have a special guest - Artificial Intelligence - which also helped finish this (late) episode! Come and hang out for a while!

On Youtube: cachetheline.net/bytheplayers

< Support on Patreon >

Souvenir promo - Wheel of Challenges (blog announcement)

NBC: Reliance on GPS devices may lead to cognitive decline (video)

ChatGPT - on OpenAI

Snag The Tag videos - (Playlist)

Snag The Tag - (Facebook community)

Snag The Tag Canada - (Facebook community)

Snag The Tag UK - (Facebook community)

Snag The Tag Australia - (Facebook community)

Snag The Tag Germany - (Facebook community)

Snag The Tag Netherlands - (Facebook community)

Scott's snag video - (Facebook video)

Katie's snag video - (Facebook video)

Murder in the Snag The Tag Mansion trailer - (Youtube)

Murder in the Snag The Tag Mansion coin reveal - (Youtube)

Dr. Pepper: The Hunt For More - (Wiki website)

Cachly, Geocaching for iOS - cachly.com

ArtedCrafted - 15% off orders with code CACHE THE LINE

Contest Update: Prizes still to be claimed!

1. Watch the 12 videos in the Lone Wolf Legacy series (cachetheline.net/lonewolf)
2. Note the 11 words that each have a yellow smiley icon next to them
3. In playlist order with no spaces, string all 11 words together
4. Visit cachetheline.net/stringofallthewords
5. Follow instructions there!
6. (Hint: the digital root for verification of the wordstring is 7)

Prizes:

• First FIFTY to complete the task will earn themselves a special, secret, exclusive prize, yet to be announced, soon...
• Many people have already claimed their spot - will you be next?

Contact: tgif@cachetheline.net

POI! Phone One In: cachetheline.net/poi

This month we have a smorgasbord of news, naughty and nice! From upcoming events, puzzles, rescues, and erupting volcanoes! You might pick up a tiny bit of Icelandic dialect too... Let's scratch the surface of some of these topics - come and hang out for a while!

On Youtube: cachetheline.net/volcanoes

Show Notes: cachetheline.net/radio/e5

Travel Bugs: I Found 100 Caches Today Kickstarter

CacheFest Memphis GC9ZEFF / www.cachefest.com

The Vault - Facebook group

The Book Of Codes - On Amazon

CTL puzzling tools reference hub - tools.cachetheline.net

How To Puzzle Cache - On Amazon

Butler County Donut Tour - GT77 / Archival announcement

Watch! Get to the BC, Donut Trail!

Recovered Travelbug post - Facebook

Cachly, Geocaching for iOS - cachly.com

Tri-country marker - GC7BA6Z

Bananaphone flash mob clip - Facebook / GCA23ZM

Seekir - On Youtube

Watch! The name that shall not be spoken - Youtube

Eyjafjallajökull - GC26DMX

Youtube drone video search

Fagradalsfjall - GC9G203 / Google image search

And Vatnajökulsþjóðgarður?

Contest Update: Prizes still to be claimed!

1. Watch the 12 videos in the Lone Wolf Legacy series (cachetheline.net/lonewolf)
2. Note the 11 words that each have a yellow smiley icon next to them
3. In playlist order with no spaces, string all 11 words together
4. Visit cachetheline.net/stringofallthewords
5. Follow instructions there!
6. (Hint: the digital root for verification of the wordstring is 7)

Prizes:

• First FIFTY to complete the task will earn themselves a special, secret, exclusive prize, yet to be announced, soon...
• Many people have already claimed their spot - will you be next?

Contact: tgif@cachetheline.net

POI! Phone One In: cachetheline.net/poi

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In this jam-packed super sized-episode, we have another guest on to talk about how he "games the game", and we hear the first hand story about he managed to complete SIX JASMER GRIDS! Come hang out with us for a chat with (the infamous?) TTO2, Vince Rowe, and his excellent geocaching adventures. We've also got news, buried treasure, contest update, more adventures, and overall geocaching goodness.

Come and hang out for a while!

On Youtube: cachetheline.net/gamingthegame

CITO: Cache In Trash Out

Winter CITO photos: https://www.instagram.com/p/Cnhhoe-O5kS/

Set Sail souvenir (blog post)

CONTEST: Instructions below

Geocaching Geogames: geocaching.com/geogames

2022 Year in review (blog post)

Geocaching Podcast 750 - Playing your own way (episode page)

TTO2 - "Torment The Obsessed"

jasmerb's first Jasmer challenge - GC1GBC1 (Dec 2008)

thebruce0's first Jasmer grid complete - Sleepy Hollow (video)

Patron Adventurer of the Month: rogking

BBC: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-64254209

Reuters: https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/old-nazi-map-sparks-treasure-hunt-netherlands-2023-01-06/

Muggle logs from Australia +pics (Facebook)

Desert rescue +pics (Facebook)

SAGA - How it looked: https://www.instagram.com/p/CnkP--rOjM3/

Aug 2000 finds #5 and 6: GC83C2, GC7DE2

Bonus: User unclerojelio may still be able to complete 6 jasmer loops if he finds 2 more active Aug 2000 geocaches!

Contest Update: Prizes still to be claimed!

1. Watch the 12 videos in the Lone Wolf Legacy series (cachetheline.net/lonewolf)
2. Note the 11 words that each have a yellow smiley icon next to them
3. In playlist order with no spaces, string all 11 words together
4. Visit cachetheline.net/stringofallthewords
5. Follow instructions there!
6. (Hint: the digital root for verification of the wordstring is 7)

Prizes:

• First FIFTY to complete the task will earn themselves a special, secret, exclusive prize, yet to be announced, soon...
• Many people have already claimed their spot - are you next?

Contact: tgif@cachetheline.net

POI! Phone One In: cachetheline.net/poi

Support CTL on Patreon

In this episode we draw to the end of 2022, and take a look back over the year of geocaching adventures, and just generally spend some time reminiscing with oodles of geocaching stuff. We've also got news, adventures, tips, and more geocaching goodness. Come and hang out for a while!

On Youtube: cachetheline.net/reminisce2022

Show Notes: cachetheline.net/radio/e3

• Geopodmas Christmas special on Youtube: cachetheline.net/geopodmas2022
• VIDEO// TGIF Interview with The Geocaching Vlogger and Rich Schliefer - The Greatest Treasure: cachetheline.net/greatesttreasure (buy it on Amazon)
• Year end souvenirs: Drop your anchor and set sail
• NM and NA log name change announcement: Geocaching forums
• Signal's Labyrinth, Escape the Castle: Geocaching blog
• Patron Adventurer of the Month: HoustonTxDave
• Geowoodstock XVIII: GC86VDF
• GPS Adventure Maze: GC9RW7C
• Worldwide CacheFest: GC9E5GX (see attended badge instructions at TB8JNEE)
• Worldwide CacheFest 2023: GC9ZEFF (www.cachefest.com)
• Midwest Geobash: www.midwestgeobash.org ("Halfway" 2023 events bookmark list BMBRFMF)
• VIDEO// Sleeping Giant Virtual: cachetheline.net/sleepinggiant
• Locationless geocache GC9FAVE
• Snag The Tag: www.snagthetag.com
• MINGO - GC30 (I slept with Mingo)
• California Fizzy: GC11E8N 
• Turo car renting: www.turo.com
• VIDEO// Hiking to GCD with The Geocaching Vlogger: cachetheline.net/gcd
• Challenge Talk Podcast: geocachetalk.com/challenge-talk
• Teacup Rock Earthcache: GC8A2C
• How to make a pathtag step by step from scratch: cachetheline.net/pathtags
• It's the Summer Of '22 adventures: Youtube playlist

Contest Update: Prizes still to be claimed!

1. Watch the 12 videos in the Lone Wolf Legacy series (cachetheline.net/lonewolf)
2. Note the 11 words that each have a yellow smiley icon next to them
3. In playlist order with no spaces, string all 11 words together
4. Visit cachetheline.net/stringofallthewords
5. Follow instructions there!
6. (Hint: the digital root for verification of the wordstring is 7)

Prizes:

• First FIFTY to complete the task will earn themselves a special, secret, exclusive prize, yet to be announced, soon...
• Many people have already claimed their spot - are you next?

Contact: tgif@cachetheline.net

POI! Phone One In: cachetheline.net/poi

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