GoSA Grapevine November 2021

This month in the Grapevine – Stats, Hogsback Challenge part 1, AGM and more…

From the Desk of the Chairman

With the AGM around the corner, I can’t believe it’s been a whole 12 months (and a bit) since taking up the chair. Naturally, there will be a full annual report delivered and I’ll request the next committee to send it with the following newsletter for those not at the AGM. So as not to pre-emptively recreate the wheel in motion, I won’t reflect too long on the year past here.

What deserves to be said though is that this year was incredibly exciting in the sense that, despite having to the COVID issues and lacking events, the community came together in ways I’ve not seen before. At a glance, it seems we’ve had more social media engagement than before and the amount of community engagement and even submissions to this newsletter have been incredible.

In that spirit of community, I understand that this period has been a difficult time for everybody. I want to highlight a cause for celebration in that both members of The Panters (notably our secretary) are well on their way to recovery after an extensive run-in hospital. If anybody needed an idea how to use their celebration event credit, here’s one!

What a month it’s been; Captain Kirk went into space (yes space nerds, I know the “edge of space” is disputed), we hiked up Mount Elbrus and Geocaching HQ found a way to make our hobby even more appealing to your preteen daughter by getting itself on TikTok.

As we gear up for the December holidays, I’m looking forward to seeing more photos and smiles (both yellow ones on the map and real ones). Don’t delay in setting up events for your travels come the holiday time. Before that, you may want to look at hosting a watching party for the Geocaching International Film Fest. Sure, you could watch it on your own on YouTube but that’s hardly as fun.

Of course, as much as I may want to encourage engagement and interaction, I want to reiterate that this is not the time to lower our guard. Some may have been vaccinated and the numbers may be coming down. That doesn’t mean we’re out of the woods, so please avoid any contact if you’re feeling sick. Hopefully 2022 will finally give us the opportunity to go *ahem* mega.

AGM

It’s almost time for the Annual General Meeting. Saturday, 6 November 2021, 15h00. If you would like to attend in person, Bruce Pantland has kindly opened his home to us again, the AGM will be followed by a social event, GoSA Social, please log your will attends if you are planning on coming.

We would love as many cachers as possible, from as many provinces as possible to attend the AGM! Please send an email to to receive the online link if you would like to attend online.

Community Contributions

Newbie Feedback
By Chants_ZA

y handle is Chants_ZA and my friend who started with me is Misssej. We are relatively new to Geocaching and have introduced 2 new people so far.

We have the best adventures and have found some awesome caches. The other day. We found this “innocent“ looking cache. Can you guess where it’s hidden?

It was my 10-year-old nephew’s first find - because of this - he is now hooked. (Thanks to Bothalawaai for placing this one) We cannot wait to start hiding our own caches soon.

Climbing Mount Vinson September 2021
By WÅLDO

Accidentally falling onto the summit of Puncak Jaya, my climbing skills were awakened toward that fabled peak of the South – Vinson! Climbing a mountain with no tropical vegetation seemed too good to be true. And thus, the strategy was selected, and this journal recounts how the Vinson peak and myself were re-connected.

The mountain rises out of the Antarctican barrenness, a barrenness so large that no government can control it, and so South that every approach a Northern aspect. The preparation and base encampment was thus through North Park.(alt: 450) A multitude of workings and adjustments were made, and with awareness of the fragility of life and the icy specter of non-life, the bivouac was left with a sombre Grace.(alt: 775) Unable to clearly see the peak of this four thousander, the glare around did not stop me from wanting to stare. Into nowhere.

Striding confidently over the ablation zone, the silent sinking boots made short work of the choss and soon our stride indicated we had left the Nursery.(alt: 1,100) Crunching through the névé on a gradual upward path to the peak, the silence around was interrupted by the pitons forced into the schrund. And the gasped cries of delight as we many mashed the mantles in Dex induced Monkey Business (alt: 1,425) to cover the growing nervousness.

As the point meter counted down the thickness of air reduced, getting colder all around. Soon all speech was reduced to grunts, and a Geographical Challenge – or GC code; began to grow. 7WOGY (alt: 1,750) for a narrow pass; 7VOT5 (alt: 2,075) for pairing. 7VORT (alt: 2,400) to not see or be blinded, and 8MEWZ (alt: 2,725) for that burst from the T-Range. The icy air could not fill the lungs, and each climber was crouched in comfort clawing at one cold carabiner after the next. Like Rugrats (alt: 3,150) released onto the range, it was only the Pipe Dream (alt: 3,475) that lured us onward and upward. The only break from the bleak white icescape was the dulled carbon of the crampons, contrasting with the continuous variety of white background as if a Short Fuse (alt: 3,800) had blown an icing container into the skies above. Pitons and screws wedged in everywhere, with the precision of ERNEST and who knows who. Who Lives Here (alt: 4,125) in this desolate place, where it's so cold and dry that the thoughts fly through the sluggard brain, such as whom and why and EPLS (alt: 4,450) while gazing into the sky.

No more joints just rubbings of pain, dry air gulped as tricks of the brain show a glazed over Waterfall Signboard (alt: 4,775) iced in glass, promise of a peak promised at the start promised again. Frost bitter ears desperate to regain that purpose they serve amid the icy bright glare of barren plain. Yet the peak as promised will not appear again. Daring not to blink to adjust the eye focus for fear the closed eye will bring refrain from the pain Just to stop moving and get out of the cold never again as the tip of the body sways around again. Will it be Hape or Hace that hastens the end to the air toxic ice of a life refrain. Peering from the good eye without support of fingers freshly frozen, the umbilical daisy chain chord of support does not stop the last image of Tinley Manor View (alt: 5,000) before adieu.

But wait! What is this? The summit has been reached and overshot by three hundred feet!
And now, long after the ordeal, I am amazed at how quickly the pain of the challenge is cured by the finding of the goal. And the next adventure is to start upon the ground.

Hogsback Challenge 2021 – Part 1, Day 1 & 2
By CamelZA

9 WATERFALLS, 2 TREES, A BATH,
a QUARTER TRIBE in a Hog, and only 2 days

Once upon a time, on the eve of the mythical Mega the Tribe decided a road trip was in order. No question marks left unturned. Hogsback was given the status of stopover on the way to Gqeberha. This was when the small matter of completing the Hogsback Challenge Cache was raised, because waterfalls, and plenty of them. I had previously luxuriated in the bath with a view, somewhat nervously with my rubber duck and no knowledge of the geocache next to my soap bar.

I regaled the tribe with tales of the bath overlooking hidden waterfalls just over there… They naively soaked it up and were determined for some extreme bathing and a couple of quick hikes.

Easy peasy. We will be done before the brewery closes.

Then Covid happened and the trip was put on hold. The only good thing to happen from lockdown was the solving of a small chunk of the Gqeberha puzzle caches including the lighthouse and I♥PE geo-arts. 2021 started with fresh rumours of the emergence of the mythical mega and the plans were dusted off, lists of solved finals refreshed, some adventure labs and virtuals added to the to do list. Lockdown 3 kept the Mega Monster firmly tucked up in bed, but we decided it is time for our annual bath and left for Hogsback and beyond on 20 September in the comfort of Orosman’s new Hog.

Day 1: 20 September 2021. The Quarter Tribe (QT for the logs) left early and arrived late as is the law of geocaching road trips. 11 Geocaches were found, including a waterfall snack at Bloemfontein, Bloemfontein Waterfall (GC85XVD). It wasn’t of the magnitude cascades we had ventured out of Gauteng for, but it was a good start. Around about lunchtime some interesting developments were noticed on the geocaching map in Hogsback. FTFs were available for the taking! Woohoo! This gave us fresh impetus to arrive in the daylight hours. QT did get side-tracked by the sneaky, “It’s on our way there caches” The FTFs were checked on regularly, just to make sure that none of the locals had made a dash for them. We entered Hogsback at sunset via a quaint 50km dirt road from the north. James Bond would have been impressed with all the shaking going on. Our penultimate cache for the day was Chapel on the Hill (GC44J6V). The evening gloom almost defeated us here, however sharp eyes and stubbornness soon got us to the cache. We were determined to get at least one FTF for the day. IngetjieZA quietly inserted the fact she didn’t have an FTF yet into the where to park the Hog conversation. QT nominated her to find it and do the paperwork while the rest of us gave the nearby shrubbery some intense scrutiny to see if it would yield some embarrassed Fairies.
With the FTF of Welcome or Farewell (GC9GEBJ) safely in Ingetjie’s log, we did the necessary and went off to find a well-earned dinner and bed. The challenge safely hidden from weary eyes by the evening stars.

Day 2: 21 September 2021. The frosty morning sunrise woke us up through the fogged-up windows of our accommodation. IngetjieZA opted to watch it from inside, the rest of us braved the early morning chill to go watch the sun rise over the Hogsback mountains. This is when KrokosZA realised there was a lot of down-there involved in the day’s hike. Back inside our dorm we discussed the day’s re-prioritized plans over steaming hot coffee, fudge, and cookies. The remaining FTFs were first on the agenda before starting the challenge.

Quarter Tribe jumped into the Hog in search of the FTF and Edge Labyrinth. The First FTF of the day was quickly found by Orosman. This Labyrinth is 29m across and has a path 700m long. We timed the opportunity to warm up our legs on the flat path to the centre. The mountains have a different type of calm peacefulness. Next were the 2 FTFs in The Arboretum reserve. One of which is the newly republished On the way to 39 Steps (GC157Y6) cache, the start of The Challenge for the QT. There are no words to describe this beautiful reserve with its massive Californian Redwood trees holding centre stage. After savouring the scenery, we returned to home base to start the main hike of the day.

Beginning at Bath with a view (GC1KGKG) we descended into the valley hot on the trail of Hogsback Big Tree (GC1KGQX). The winding path led us through a history in time of the early loggers who lived in the area. This cache had us beaten for some time until we reinvestigated the likely spots with extra TotT. Fortunately, we did not encounter any legless forest dwellers in our search. The path took us over the proverbial babbling brooks and fallen forest giants found in Hansel and Gretel.

A short detour took us to the base of Swallow Tail Falls. The GPS telling us the cache was a mere 248m that way…up the steep valley walls. The map indicated that the route from the top entrance would be more accessible to find the cache. Maps never lie… QT decided to attempt this cache from above on the way home. We backtracked to the forest floor in search of our next target Bridal Veil Falls (GC1KGRC). The trail sign informed us that 20mins of boulder scrambling was our way up to our destination, the GPS agreed.

The scramble up involved giant leg lifts, Tarzan rope vines, the odd guardian spider web and serious tracker skills to find the next trail marker. The promise of a great view and packed lunch motivated us along the precarious route. We were not disappointed. Craning our heads at the bottom of the falls to see the midday sun glinting over the spray as the water sheeted down in fine droplets. GPS said we still had 50m to go. We pondered this over lunch on the rocks. Re-energised we pulled our way up the path only to discover there was no way across. Retracing our steps back to the lunch spot KrokosZA nominated herself guardian of the salt and vinegar chips while the rest of us scrambled up the alternate route. The cache was soon found and signed. The way down was enlivened with manic laughter and Tik Tok tunes as we slid and stumbled back to the civilized trail. All clothing and limbs accounted for we hiked onto The Madonna and Child Falls. A brief stop to get air and rest the legs before our climb out of the valley.

Miley Cyrus would have been impressed with The Climb out to get onto the road. A well-worn path of many wooden inclines and steps went straight up. A lung or two may have been lost on the way up. A nice 1.5km road trek would eventually get us home, but first there was the Swallow Tail Falls cache and clue to find.
The entrance to the trail for the Falls was 500m up the road. At 200m to go a bakkie offered us a lift home. I declined as we were just over from the trail. I almost died, fortunately KrokosZA was too exhausted to chase me with a stick. It would have been a very slow Laurel and Hardy pursuit.

A small embankment hid the gate from us until we almost staggered past it. QT got second wind and we disappeared down a fresh mountain trail meandering over the stream. A brief pause gained us a smiley for Mighty Mouse before we ended up on the edge of the falls a paltry 29m from the cache. Straight down. This cache was trying to defeat us. Common sense prevailed our discussion on whether to the cache on what was sure to be a crazy descent down or come back tomorrow with new motivation and fresh legs.

Back on the road again, QT wish came true when another bakkie pulled over asking if we wanted a lift home. This gift horse was not refused, and we got home in record time

Watch out for Hogsback Challenge 2021, Part 2 – Day 3 & 4 in the December edition of the Grapevine!

The FTF Hunter
By Adventure_T

A glance at your watch tells you it’s 10 pm and you slowly stand up, your mind anticipating your comfortable bed. Your phone dings with the familiar email notification. Your heart skips a beat. You hastily grab your phone to see if you have a chance. Yes! A Traditional cache only 2.6 km away - it’s game on! Your heart starts beating faster now. You grab your go-to bag and keys, and head for the door. Passing your wife in the lounge, she gives you a knowing look, then carries on with her knitting. Your mind is racing but your feet can’t move fast enough. In a blur, you are speeding down the road, wheels screeching and adrenaline pumping, “I wonder how far the others are” ….

The car jerks to a sudden stop where the arrow on your phone directs you to eject. Bundling out of the car, phone, and bag in hand, you slam the door behind you, not bothering to lock, because that would cost you another second, and every second is critical now, it could be the difference between victory and defeat. Your phone shows only 60m to go, you are now running. 50m, 40m, 30m, your heart is pounding audibly as you pick up to a sprint. In the distance, you hear another car… 25m, 20m, 15m, 10m and your heels dig in as you skid to a grinding halt. A few raindrops have started to fall but you are oblivious to them as your total being is now focussed on one objective: “I must find it first”!

A quick glance at the hint indicates that it’s hanging in the tree - hmmm, these could be tricky… sliding the phone into your pocket, your geo-senses go into overdrive - it must be here - I must find it. In the darkness you hear a car door slam, now the adrenaline is really pumping. Your mind nudges you to look up to the left, and as you do, your treasure glints, catching a ray of light from the nearby streetlight, between the leaves. Ripping it off the branch, your twist it open, hands now shaking almost uncontrollably, is it blank…? Awkwardly, fingers and thumbs not working together, you unroll the log sheet… and there it is…. you hear the angels sing… the log sheet is blank! You have claimed the FTF! In that moment, you are the Champion of the World - for eternity, you will always be the one who found it first!

The sound of footsteps starts closing in… you scribble your name and the date, returning the prize to its hiding place. Your heart still pounding, but now with the elation of success. After taking 3 steps, he comes into view, almost running into you as you meet in the darkness. His anxious face drops instantly into total despair, knowing that the prize has already been claimed. Trying to hide your smugness, you greet him with a little empathy, having been in his position before, and hating it - the type of hate that has driven you to chase faster, better. As you float the rest of the way back to your car, you now feel the rain and darkness, but you don’t care, you have won the ultimate prize, the First To Find! Just as you slide the seatbelt over your shoulder, your phone dings, and your heart skips a beat… This is the life of the FTF Hunter - the game within the game - some call them the FTF Hounds, with a tinge of jealousy and a touch of admiration.

According to Geocaching.com, an FTF (First to Find) is a fun, community-driven aspect of the game, that it is not officially recognised by Geocaching HQ. Geocaching.com does not have a built-in feature to show FTFs, but you could use statistic generating websites like Project-GC to display your FTFs. You could also keep your own personal list to bundle your victories into one place.

You may ask yourself, why would you want to be FTF, when it is not officially tracked on the website?

The answer is that being FTF on a geocache is an exciting experience. You get to discover the newly published geocache before everyone else, earning you bragging rights, and reaffirming that you are a highly skilled geocacher! Also, sometimes, Cache Owners leave a small gift for the first geocacher who finds their cache, and who wouldn’t like an extra reward for your find, right?

Ok, so now I am interested in joining the hunt, what do I do?

You start by setting up instant notifications to let you know when a new geocache is published. This specific functionality is only available to Premium Members, but Basic Members can still participate in the FTF Hunt, they just need to keep a close eye on the app/website to see when a new cache published.

Premium members can custom build instant notifications on the website by following these simple steps:

On your personal dashboard, select Setup notifications. (Second item from the bottom - under “PREMIUM TOOLS”
Select Create a new notification.
Select cache and log types. (Select the log type Publish Listing to receive notifications for newly published caches.)
Set the location and radius (up to 80km).
Choose the email address where you want to receive notifications.
Select Create Notification.

You are now in the hunt, so be prepared to drop everything and go for gold when you hear the “call to arms” ding on your phone. Game on!

For a humorous look at the FTF hunt, do yourself a favour and watch these two short videos of the winner, and a finalist, of the GIFF competition:

2013 GIFF Audience Award Winner: “My Geocaching Addiction” and 2016 GIFF Finalist: “The FTF Hunter”

Now stop reading this article and go and get yourself an FTF!

SA Geocaching Stats
By Adventure_T and Danie Viljoen

Because sometimes, for some people, it is about the numbers…. Here is a summary of South African Geocaching activity for September 2021 that will hopefully inspire you:

Number of new finds for the month by SA Geocachers = 5,887 (Ytd = 49,499)
Number of new hides for the month by SA Geocachers = 70 (Ytd = 760)
Total number of active South African caches = 16,130
Total number of South African Geocachers who found at least 1 cache in the last 12 months = 1,127

Top Dogs
Top 5 Finders for September (& caches found):

chrisingy (216)
KrokosZA (133)
IngetjieZA (132)
CamelZA (124)
Orosman (117)

Top 5 Hiders for September (& caches hidden):

Adventure_T (14)
Fish Eagle (9)
tigu717 (7)
white night (6)
BeztTeamEver (4)

Top 5 Finders - last 12 months (& caches found):

iPajero (1910)
bergbokkie (660)
SKATTIE@1 (625)
chrisingy (625)
pieterix (580)

Tribute to Mignon Groenewald

Sadly, this year we have lost a number of Geocachers and in August we received the terrible news that Mignon from team Terunkie had passed away in a car accident while on a travelling holiday in Namibia. Our heartfelt condolences to her husband Wynn, family, and geocaching friends.

The 25^th of August 2021 we will never forget. Marius and I are devastated by losing our friend, Mignon.

We regularly travelled together whether it was caching trips, going on long road trips to The Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Zambia & Namibia. Mignon was the most enthusiastic cacher we have ever met. No mountain was too high, no river too wide, no road too long, no town too far & no puzzle cache too difficult for her.

FTF‘s was the one thing she absolutely loved, and she was adamant of finding them too. Getting up at 3am driving 100km’s from town to town. When Wynn was at work, she would rush off for that FTF or him forgetting his GPS on Table Mountain after doing a cache up there and then going back up to look for that GPS (was actually in Wynn’s backpack).

We would get together Boxing day and go on a road trip & stay in various interesting accommodations enjoying cheesecake, cappuccinos, milkshakes, coffee, peppermint chocolates & head back home after New Year’s.

We have so many great memories with fishing on the Kariba Lake, going to the Victoria Falls, sitting in the middle of the Orange River while the men swam to Namibia, her reaction when she saw her 1^st baby rhino at the Rhino Sanctuary, snow adventure up Matroosberg, camping in the winter in Sutherland. It is those trips that is going to be missed and as Wynn always says “memories”.
My favourite memory of Mignon will always be us drinking Pitte shots before heading to Joe’s Beer Garden for supper. We shared lots of laughter that night & the memory of that night will forever make me think of her.

Marius & I think of Wynn, Jason, Amanda everyday but know they have so many amazing “wow” memories of their wife & mom. She is absolutely missed. - Cathy & Marius (The Huskies)

Few people live life as big as Mignon did. In my opinion, from a geocaching perspective, she was the full package. Probably one of the best puzzle solvers out there, and I would forever be in her debt for always being willing to help. On the other hand, there was just not a terrain level caches that was too difficult for her. Walk 38km for a cache, you better keep up with her. Climb a mountain, abseil, caves. She did it all.

Her friendship meant more to me that I can describe with my limited vocabulary I will miss our hikes together, her keen eye for the smallest details and beauty in nature and the laughter we shared when searching for heart shaped rocks. Mignon was a big inspiration behind some of my caches and getting a smile of approval from her meant more than all the favourite points out there. If I could say, thank you for being my friend. - Theunis Schutte (Team Schutte)

Oh Mignon, you have no idea how devastated we were hearing the news of your departure and how sad we were for your loved ones you have left behind. We don’t want to dwell on the negative but pay tribute to you.

We first met when you and Amanda, your daughter, attended a weekend event arranged by PumTim GC5HNFR Welgelegen Camp Breakaway in February 2015 and were fascinated by your silver VW Polo that had long eyelashes on the headlights. Since then, we met you and Wynn on various other occasions including on tours we did in a party. The last time we met up was over the Easter Weekend 2021 when you joined the tour group for two nights on our way to Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park and travelled as far as Upington with us. You then continued homeward bound picking up many FTFs on that trip. You were a keen FTFinder and often went miles and miles for one and if not mistaken you would do a FTF if Wynn was unable to accompany you.

You had a love for not only geocaching but hiking as well and as we were FB friends, I followed your escapades with Wynn just about every weekend and would admire your tenacity for lengthy hikes, very often in tough terrain. Your daily 10,000 (?) steps you did too was something to admire. You had a brilliant mind, and no puzzle/mystery cache was too difficult for you.

You did so much together with Wynn which was admirable. In your log for the aforementioned event, you wrote “This is a bit of a bittersweet log for us. We always try and be together as a team when reaching milestones, but it could not be helped this time. This event is a great way to reach #3000.” You have left a huge void in the lives of all who knew and loved you. Although ‘grey’ you were never old. You had such a quiet and gentle disposition. We will miss you dearly. -Deanna (and Norman) iPajero

New Souvenirs: Reach the Peaks Challenge - Kilimanjaro

GCHQ have released yet another challenge – this time inspired by the mountaineering challenge of reaching the 7 highest peaks on all 7 continents. No, we don’t need to actually climb these mountains or reach certain heights, what we do need to do is collect points. The points that you need will be the equivalent of the height above sea level of the base camps and summits of these famous mountain peaks. Each month will have different points for each type of cache find.

The challenge will run over 7 months from 2 August to 6 March 2022. Each month there will be two different souvenirs up for grabs – a base camp and a summit. At the end of the 7 months should you have collected all 14 souvenirs along the way you will receive a bonus souvenir – The Peak Performer.

The Souvenirs that can be earned are as follows:

~~Reach the Peak: Puncak Jaya Basecamp (2 Aug - 5 Sep)~~
~~Reach the Peak: Puncak Jaya Summit (2 Aug – 5 Sep)~~
~~Reach the Peak: Vinson Basecamp (6 Sept – 4 Oct)~~
~~Reach the Peak: Vinson Summit (6 Sept – 4 Oct)~~
~~Reach the Peak: Elbrus Basecamp (4 Oct – 31 Oct)~~
~~Reach the Peak: Elbrus Summit (4 Oct – 31 Oct)~~
Reach the Peak: Kilimanjaro Basecamp (1 Nov – 5 Dec)
Reach the Peak: Kilimanjaro Summit (1 Nov – 5 Dec)
Reach the Peak: Denali Basecamp (6 Dec – 2 Jan)
Reach the Peak: Denali Summit (6 Dec – 2 Jan)
Reach the Peak: Aconcagua Basecamp (3 Jan – 6 Feb)
Reach the Peak: Aconcagua Summit (3 Jan – 6 Feb)
Reach the Peak: Everest Basecamp (7 Feb – 6 Mar)
Reach the Peak: Everest Summit (7 Feb – 6 Mar)
Reach the Peak: Peak Performer (Bonus for earning all above souvenirs)

In November we head over to Tanzania to tackle one of the two more well-known of the seven peaks – Kilimanjaro! On our home continent, Africa, Kilimanjaro’s highest peak is named Uhuru and is on one of the rims of the mountain’, s three volcanic cones. Collect 325 points to earn the Kilimanjaro Basecamp souvenir and 5895 points to earn the Kilimanjaro summit souvenir. Points can be earned between 1 November 2021 and 5 December 2021 (UTC)

Here are the point values for the Kilimanjaro challenge:

Find a Mystery Cache 700 points
Find a Multi Cache 600 points
Find an Earth Cache 500 points
Find a Letterbox Hybrid 450 points
Find an Adventure Lab 400 points
Find any other cache type 325 points

Maximum number of points you can earn for any cache log is 600 points

You will be able to track your points via the leader board on the geocaching website www.geocaching.com

Current Souvenirs

Souvenirs are virtual pieces of art that you can earn, discover, and display on your profile page. They are associated with a particular location, task, find or event and may also be bound by time.

The souvenirs that are currently up for grabs are listed and pictured below:

Community Celebration – 2 May 2020 to 21 December 2022
GC8NEAT, Locationless Cache – 6 February to 31 December 2021
Wonders of the World – 24 February to 22 February 2022
Perserverance Rover on Mars TB – no end date announced
Big Blue Switch Day – 2 May to 31 December 2021
Reach the Peak: Kilimanjaro Basecamp and Kilimanjaro Summit - 1 November to 5 December
Cito Season 2 – 1 September to 30 November 2021
GIFF – 11 to 21 November 2021

We are always on the lookout for photos from events or cool caches, as well as any fun, interesting, unusual or exciting geocaching stories to share with the geocaching community. If you want to share yours, send it to us by emailing it to our newsletter writers.