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RVNN.TV: Geocaching World

By Andy 'HeadHardHat' Smith

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RV enthusiasts have adopted the technical outdoor activity known as geocaching in droves. It's an ideal family hobby, and expert Andy Smith shows beginners - and old hands - how to get involved in the fun.

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1 CleanVideoFat Tuesday: Varying The Geocacher’s Diet It's not all about Mardi-Gras Food Andy & Andy discuss the ways that Geocachers vary their cache discovery diet in picking out terrain and challenge levels to keep things interesting. We feature some episodes of Geocache Radar in New Orleans, Utah and other areas of the country and Andy Smith describes the gear and tactics that you need to safely geocache under a variety of conditions. 2/24/12 Free View In iTunes

2 CleanVideoWhy I love Geocaching The Valentine's Day Show - Geocaching World Show Notes #920 -Novatoba: @HeadHardHat love #geocaching for all the local cool spots to visit that as a tourist you wouldn't get to see.---------------------------------------- PingVoyager:I Love Geoc... 2/15/12 Free View In iTunes

3 CleanVideoGeocaching Faux Paux Geocaching Faux Pas Andy Smith steps through mistakes that beginners and experienced geocachers often make. Accidentally damaging a container... don't mention it in the log Spoilers in logs. Logging a find when you didn't actually find the container. Submitting a cache online when you have not placed the container out yet Assuming you have permission to place a cache because it is publicly accessible Leaving caches exposed to the general population. Non family friendly language in logs. Hiding 20+ caches in a series and not taking care of them. Any cache near electrical equipment, or masquerading as electrical equipment. Finding your own caches. How about placing a cache with deliberately soft coordinates to "make it harder" - sorry i skipped Replacing a cache container with something different than is in the description, and not updating the description. Listing an event at a restaurant that's closed. Using the Scuba attribute on caches on dry land to make it easier to search for power trails. Using cheap plastic containers instead of something that will withstand the environment. Keeping travelers f-o-r-e-v-e-r instead of moving them on. Making a geocache that easily can be thought of as dangerous Lying to the police about what you are doing Speeding away from a geocache placement when spotted Deliberately stomping down landscaping or other natural flora to get to a geocache when not necessary Not replacing the geocache as found or better Putting a geocache hide where you think it should be instead of the actual coordinates. Parking where you should not be just to make the find easier Hiding a geocache in a residential are where muggles are not going to appreciate the hide location 2/9/12 Free View In iTunes

4 CleanVideoCats Away, Mice Will Play Andy "Head Hard Hat" Smith in recovery mode, so Courtney and Andy McCaskey declare a Meet and Greet with the Chat Room and Google Hangout. We feature a CES Interview with Magellen, looking at what's new for Geocachers for 2012, and grab a few key apps for Geocachers - Wikitude and Roamz. Andy Smith will be back on the show next week ! Geoc-918-0 2/4/12 Free View In iTunes

5 CleanVideoHeadHardHat at CES HeadHardHat's CES2012 Top Ten 10 - Gadgets and Gizmos - Anything that caches the HeadHardHat's eye as a useful technology 09 - Portable Communications - Personal locators / Emergency Situations, Local Comms. 08 - AutoGPSr - RVrs as well as geocachers 07 - Digital Imagery 06 - Smartphones - What would a geocacher use? 05 - Wireless / Cellular / Bluetooth - Tablets, Netbooks and Ultrabooks 04 - Smartphone Navigation Apps and More 03 - Delorme (overall product line) 02 - Magellan (overall product line) 01 - Garmin (overall product line) 1/19/12 Free View In iTunes

6 CleanVideoCleaning the Closet Geocaching World - Cleaning out the Closet Episode It's getting towards the end of 2011 and time to clean out HeadHardHat's video closet so we can have room for all the new video geocaching goodness that will be coming in 2012. While going through all the hours and hours of video clips we have three great videos to show you. Each with some interesting geocaching discussion. FTF (First To Finds): FTF Video What are they? First to Find. An acronym written by geocachers in physical cache logbooks or online when logging cache finds to denote being the first to find a new geocache. What is the big deal about them? There are a lot of people who say they are not into First To Finds. That is a shame because when you commit to a FTF hunt your heart is pumping. The anticipation of being FIRST is a very addictive sensation and then finally the satisfactions of actually being first is always fun and exciting. How can you set yourself up to become a FTF Hound? - What is an FTF Hound? An FTF hound is a common lable for FTF engrossed geocachers. In many places around the world there are groups of them that all go for the FTF the second it is published. So the race is on. FTF hounds are the reason a newly published geocache is found within minutes rather then days or weeks. There are geocachers out there with thousands of FTFs and many have driven upto hundreds of miles to get one. They are in a phrase - obsessed to be first. Notifications: Emails and Smartphones - Notifications are automated messages that can be sent to you from geocaching.com when a new geocache has been placed. - Go to your Profile on the geocaching.com website. - Under Premium Features click the Set Up Notifications link - Select Create a new notification - There you can set up conditions of the notification itself based on what type of geocache to watch out for, central place and it's radius based on GPS coordinates and the email address the notice will be sent to. *Note since most smartphones, tablets and other electronic devices automatically tell you when you get an email you now have the fastest way of getting that newly published geocache. Multicaches: Multicache Video What are they? A Multi-Cache ("multiple") involves two or more locations. The final location is a physical container. There are many variations, but most Multi-Caches have a hint to find the second cache, and the second cache has a hint to the third, and so on. An offset cache (where you go to a location and get hints to the actual cache) is considered a Multi-Cache. Give some examples of different waypoints or stages Nighttime or Fire Tacks, Hidden coordinates, A message or statement to the next stage. Are they popular in the US? Believe it or not multi-caches are not as popular in the United States as say in Europe. For the US there are some geocachers that do love doing them but you will not fusually have as many geocaching finds as you would a traditional geocache. Wonder why that is? How are multicaches different than puzzle caches? Puzzle geocaches are The "catch-all" of cache types, this form of geocache may involve complicated puzzles that you will first need to solve to determine the coordinates. Mystery/Puzzle Caches often become the staging ground for new and unique geocaches that do not fit in another category. PVC Geocaches: Fire Hydrant Geocache Video What are the good and bad points to PVC geocaches? PVC geocaches are great because PVC is used heavily just about everywhere so it makes finding a particular PVC geocache harder to key off of. The problem with them is it is very difficult to make them waterproof. Mainly because many of the screw on tops of PVC pipes allow water to enter. Many times you have to put an inner sealed geocache into a PVC geocache host. What are some of the basic componants of PVC geocaches? Pretty simple, a combinations of Tees, Elbows, Pipes, Caps and Tops. Usually put together with PVC pipe glue. 12/24/11 Free View In iTunes

7 CleanVideoMovie Night Tonight is a Geocaching World movie night where everybody can sit back, relax, enjoy some popcorn and your favorite libation. We are going to watch several a bunch of geocaching videos that were shot while HeadHardHat was geocaching through many of the states between North Carolina and Michigan. Here you will be able to see different types of geocache placements and creative containers. Note- You will see mentions about GeoSnippits which is HeadHardHat's Geocaching Tutorial Video Series - www.geosnippits.comand Michigan Magazine TV which is a cable show that features GeoSnippits from time to time.www.MichiganMagazine.com Movies: Algonac - Filmed in Algonac, MI - Fence Cap Geocache - Water Sprinkler Geocache Bloopers - Filmed in Garner, NC This is a rather funny blooper segment when on a very hot NC afternoon we needed to do the final ending segment for a GeoSnippits episode. We had been filming most of the day and were very tired. We shot take after take after take and these are some of the more fun moments from what should have been a 10 minute shoot. Frankenmuth - Filmed in Frankenmuth, MI - Muggle prone tourist spots - regular sized LockNLock - Virtual Geocache - Large Travel Bug Hotel - What is it? - Nice idea: Everything is kept in separate containers Holland - Filmed in Holland, MI - Magnetic Key Holder - Magnetic Plate Geocache - Two Gallon - Large Geocache in the woods Winter Rest Areas - Filmed in Ohio, West Virginia and Virginia - Heavy Muggle area - Pill Bottle Geocache - 35mm Container - Electrical outlet geocache Comments 12/16/11 Free View In iTunes

8 CleanVideoGeocacher’s Christmas List Check This List Twice for Your Favorite Geocacher Andy 'HeadHardHat' Smith hits the Christmas List target with a wide selection of gifts that every Geocaching RV'er would like to see in the stocking or under the tree. From the elaborate and electronic to the very simple but useful, here are the links and items discussed on the show. The most popular gifts in the survey got the most xx Stars xx. Geocaching Holiday List 2011 / Poll 2011 Handheld GPSr GPSr - Paperless - xxxxxx GPSr - Garmin Etrex 20 - xxx GPSr - Oregon 550t - xx GPSr - GPSMAP 62 GPSr - Magellan Explorist GPSr - Montana Other Geocaching Stuff Ammo Boxes - xxxxxxx Lock and Locks Containers -xxxxx Time - Time away to Geocache - xxxxx More Quality geocache hides - xxxx Trackable Tags - xxx Geocoins - xxxxx Walking Stick - xxx Geomobile - $2.5 million - specs in notes - xx Multi Storage for swag Over the back of auto seat organizer Rechargable batteries Gas Card Annual Park Pass Extended Geocaching Weather Clues to puzzle geocaches Geocaching.com Premium Membership Waterproof Log Sheets Geocaching Mentor Geocaching Tools (Multi-tool, headlamp,etc.) Tools - Extendable Rod with magnetic tip -xx Tools - Compass Tools - Extendable Illuminating Mirror Tools - Hand Sanitizer Tools - Latex Gloves Tools - Petzl Ultra Belt Headlamp 350 Lumens Outdoors Clothing Clothes - Geocaching earings - xxxx Clothes - Gloves Clothes - Hiking Boots Clothes - Ponchos Clothes - Snow Shoes Clothes - Focus T-Shirt Smartphone for Geocaching Smartphone - Blackberry Cell Phone with geocaching app Smartphone - Galaxy Nexus Camera Equipment Auto GPSr Geocaching App for Smartphone ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Amazon.com Handheld GPSr List. Garmin GPSMAP 78sc w/ Coastal Charts by New & Sale Items 3.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews) | Like (1) Price: $804.13 Garmin Montana 650t Waterproof Hiking GPS with TOPO U.S. 100K and 5 Megapixel Camera by Garmin 3.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews) | Like (19) List Price: $699.99 Garmin Montana 650 Waterproof Hiking GPS with 5 Megapixel Camera by Garmin Be the first to review this item | Like (8) List Price: $629.99 Price: $557.34 Garmin GPSMAP 78sc 2.6-Inch Waterproof Marine GPS and Chartplotter by Garmin 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews) | Like (5) List Price: $549.99 Price: $479.99 DeLorme Earthmate PN-60W Portable GPS Navigator with SPOT Satellite Communicator by DeLorme 3.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (20 customer reviews) | Like (10) Price: $449.95 Magellan eXplorist 710 Waterproof Hiking GPS by Magellan 3.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (18 customer reviews) | Like (10) List Price: $549.99 Price: $494.67 Garmin Oregon 550T 3-Inch Handheld GPS Navigator with 3.2MP Digital Camera (U.S. Topographic Maps) by Garmin 3.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (25 customer reviews) | Like (16) List Price: $599.99 Price: $489.99 Garmin GPSMAP 62St Handheld GPS Navigator by Garmin 3.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (16 customer reviews) | Like (13) List Price: $549.99 Price: $476.89 New GARMIN 010-00868-00 GPSMAP 62 by Garmin Be the first to review this item | Like (0) List Price: $507.73 Price: $402.50 Garmin Oregon GPS 450 by Garmin 3.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (72 customer reviews) | Like (0) List Price: $849.99 Price: $549.67 Garmin GPSMAP 62S Handheld GPS Navigator by Garmin 4.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (29 customer reviews) | Like (37) List Price: $449.99 Price: $389.99 New Garmin GPSMAP 62 Rugged High Performance Handheld Worldwide by Garmin Be the first to review this item | Like (0) List Price: $570.64 Price: $374.97 Garmin GPSMAP 78S 010-00864-01 Marine GPS Navigator and World Wide Chartplotter by Garmin 2.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews) | Like (0) List Price: $449.99 Price: $383.45 12/7/11 Free View In iTunes

9 CleanVideoThing-a-ma-bobs Geocaching Style Tools of the Trade - Things that you'll never need while Geocaching - Until you Need Them I'll never forget going to my first event and while mingling around I ran into just one of the nicest geocaching couples you ever want to meet. They were elderly... 11/29/11 Free View In iTunes

10 CleanVideoGeocaching Events Courtney Wallin co-hosts with Andy 'Head Hard Hat' Smith Geocachers are very, very social people. What goes into a geocaching event ? That's the subject of this week's show. What is a Geocaching event? Why have a Geocaching event? Are there different types of Geocaching events? Is it difficult to host a Geocaching event? What goes on at Geocaching events? What does it take to setup a Geocaching event? Two main types of Geocaching events. - General Event which usually has a handful of geocachers put to hundreds - Mega Events which should have a minimum of 500 attendees to thousands - General Event Types - Meet and Greet Geocaching Event - usually very informal - Flash Mob Events - 15 minute limit and has a theme - CITO - Cache In Trash Out - keep our game board clean. - Standard Event - can be for any reason to get together - milestone - calendar Ex. 11-11-11 - yearly events - Fall Fling - like we need a reason Geocachers look forward to several things when attending a Geocaching event. - Food - Places to find Geocaches - Talking about Geocaching Everything else is extra. Activities during a Geocaching event: Silent Auction Trackables Trade-off Pre-planned geocache hunt Painting Geocaches for the kids Group/family activities and games Geocaching classes Geocaching in the area Planning / hosting a successful Geocaching event - Have a defined purpose. Even if it is a meet and greet. - Select a location that is geocache rich. - Have at an area where food is provided or available - Know how many are coming and be prepared. - Geocaching activities are important - Give a ways are great - Getting the local community involved if possible - Reserve location space if a larger event - park, building, etc. - Contact local Geocaching groups to help with event ideas and doing the event itself. Geocaching Question #1 On Geocache.com, the owner of a cache listing can create a hint to help the finder locate the cache. The hint can be encrypted. What is the encryption code acronym? BOT13 GZO13 GOT13 ROT13 Answer: ROT13 Geocaching Question #2 What is the significance of the geocache at these coordinates: N 45° 17.460 W 122° 24.800? Answer: GCGV0P Original Stash Tribute Plaque (Traditional Cache) (Beaver Creek, OR) 11/24/11 Free View In iTunes

11 CleanVideoWinter Geocaching WINTER GEOCACHING PREPAREDNESS It’s winter time out and that means cold weather for many of us. Depending on the climate you may find a great many challenges when geocaching during this time of year. So before you head out into the frozen tundra you might want to consider a few safety measures to keep your adventures fun for both you and your family. Urban Geocaching - Watch them roads Now depending on how you geocache in general presents certain challenges during the winter months. For example, if you are urban geocaching and you want to get a fair number of finds in a trip you will be driving from one geocache to the next relatively quickly. Not speeding per say but a lot of starts and stops. If the roads are slippery or snow covered you are going to want to make sure your car tires and breaks are in good working order. Be aware that there are usually a lot of muggles out there and you need that extra distance to stop in time. Also just getting in and out of the geocache-mobile can be a possible hazard so watch your step. Always be mindful of what could happen if your transportation suddenly runs down. Do you have blankets for everyone just in case? Geocaching on the Open Roads As much as we geocachers take for granted our vehicles while geocaching some real consideration and planning needs to be done if you are going into areas where there are not that many people around. Some areas are prone to snow drifts and can cause you to get trapped miles from the nearest help. Let’s face it, a lot of us don’t even think twice going into extreme conditions when the weather is nice. When you are playing with the dangers of winter it is a whole other ball game. So please be sure you have all the necessary items in your car to keep you and your family dry, warm and nourished if something unexpected happens. Remember that all too handy cell phone may not have signal as you go further away from cities and towns. Get stuck and you may be looking at a long walk back. Did you remember your boots? Winter in the Woods So the roads are pretty good today and you decide to do some geocaching in the woods. The scenery is amazing and you plan on spending quality time outdoors all day. Sounds great and quite frankly I wish I was there with you but did you consider what to do if something unfortunate happens? A simple 2-3 mile hike in the summer may be no big deal but in the harshness of winter an injury or getting lost could be tragic. Unexpected storms could happen with you miles from the car or a twisted ankle at the wrong time can become life threatening so go with the number one rule of geocaching, “be prepared”. Okay I know it’s the Boy Scout motto but it is a dang good one and needs to be followed… Here is a few suggestions that are pretty much common sense but it is always good to prepare for the worst. When geocaching in more secluded areas you should: Try not to geocache alone. Allow time to get back before bad weather or darkness is upon you. Let someone know where you went geocaching in case you don’t report back. Dress for winter. Just because it is sunny and nice out now doesn’t mean it will change. Carry an emergency day pack including: Dry clothes (especially socks) Water Matches Flashlight Map and Compass (GPS batteries can go weak in cold weather) Energy Bars Day Shell - If you are really on a hike and get snowed in. Geocaching is a fun and exciting game, sport, obsession for the whole family. It is up to us to take that few extra moments to make sure that we and our loved ones are safe while out there. The last thing we want is to get frostbite or worse while looking for our treasures. Being prepared for what might happen will help us most when it does happen. Be safe out there. 11/22/11 Free View In iTunes

12 CleanVideoSwag Etiquette and More Is it swag? Is it schwag? Doesn't really matter because it's all a treasure! The reason for the hunt, but there is some swag etiquette. What to leave, what not to leave. Great tips, as always, are shared from HHH! Also, Dave shares his family geocaching adventures in Mackinac Island! Jolene from the chat room also celebrates her 1,000th find! GEOC-019-0 11/10/11 Free View In iTunes

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Great show!

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What a wonderful show to watch. If your a newbie or even a veteran, this show will help you in the world of geocaching. It's entertaining and educational.

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Just caught this show and really enjoy it. Headhardhat is entertaining and informative in all of the stuff he does.

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Watched everyone on apple tv2 I would like to see more diy cache ideas and creative caches

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