Feature Articles or Presentations with Zinnware
- February 21, 2014 - BSA 2014 Klondike Derby's "Experience the Traditions of Scouting" Station: 2010-2014 Geocaching and GPS. This was for the Battlefield and Susquehanna Trail districts of the New Birth of Freedom Council.
- April 2013 - Boy Scouts of America - Battlefield District Spring Camporee – Night Time Geocaching Challenge Event
- June 10, 2012 - Partner of the "National Get Outdoors Day". Geocaching presentation at Kings Gap Environmental Center.
- May 5, 2011: Geocaching Merit Badge Presentation to Blue and Grey District of the Boy Scouts of America
- March 29, 2009:
Zinnware (with the assistance of Geometeacher) teaches the process and techniques of Geocaching as part of the "Personal Enrichment" program at Carroll Community College.
- June 29, 2008: Geocaching presentation at Kings Gap Environmental Center
- November 17, 2007: Geocaching Presentaiton assisting "gnbrotz" at "Super Saturday" event at the Chambersburg Area Middle School.
- August 19, 2007:
Read "Pennsylvania's DCNR (Department of Conservation and Natural Resources) announcement of an upcomming Kings Gap Environmental Center event to educate GPS users about Geocaching
- November 1, 2006: Geocaching Presentation to New Oxford Middle School Activity Class
- May 7, 2006:
Read "Carroll County Times Article (northern Maryland) about
Geocaching in Carroll County Parks
- July, 2005:
Read "Random House's Company Newsletter Article about Zinnware's
Geocaching Hobby
- June 25, 2005: Geocaching Presentation at BSA Camp Conewago for Cub Scout Pack 103
- March, 2004: read Todays
Cacher article about backpacking in Arizona. Featuring Zinnware's
Anasazi Ruins cache.
- November 9, 2003: Read
"The Evening Sun" article about Geocaching which features
Zinnware
- January 15, 2003: Geocaching Presentation to "The Globe Club".
- 2003 Presentation to the Hanover Area Lions Club (Pennsylvania)
Special Stats for Zinnware:
Cache-to-Cache Distance
Results exclude failed to find (DNF) attempts.
7/29/2010 - 100,000 miles - This "Hit the Bullseye" making this the 2742 cache found. http://www.geocaching.com/seek/log.aspx?LUID=a76314c4-1014-400c-b629-e00ee7863031 is a special cache for me since it marks a significant milestone. I finally hit the 100,000 mile mark for cache-to-cache distance (100,096 to be exact) . It only took me 9 years of caching including traveling to 26 US States and 13 countries.
12/31/2011 - 117,511 Miles with 3010 caches and an average distance between caches at 39.04 miles.
12/31/2012 - 134,796 Miles with 3132 caches and an average distance of 43.03 miles between caches. Average distance between 122 caches for 2012: 141.68 miles.
12/31/2013 - 151,078 Miles with 3214 caches and an average distance of 47.00 miles between caches. Average distance between 82 caches for 2013: 199.14
DNF Stats (Did not Find)
As of 12/31/2013:
6.29% or 216 Total DNFs of 3430 find attempts
2.39% DNFs were the result of missing caches
3.18% of DNFs were the result of being out smarted by the hider.
All other DNFs 0.73% are the result of a valid reason for not finding the cache that was there. (Muggles in the area, coordinates off by more than 60 feet, less than 10 minute search.)
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Geocaching is an entertaining adventure game for GPS users. Participating in a cache hunt is a good way to take advantage of the wonderful features and capability of a gps unit. Individuals set up caches all over the world and share the locations of these caches on the internet using the geocaching.com web site. GPS users can then use the location coordinates to find the caches. Once found, a cache may provide the visitor with a wide variety of rewards. All the visitor is asked to do is if they get something they should try to leave something for the cache.