NorWest Ontario Geocachers

NorWest Ontario Geocachers

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Chat Box

agimak: I might be in t bay this weekend...providing i dont have to work...would anyone like to meet for a coffee?
Today at 12:35:52 PM
shroomAzoom: I think mine was approved in 3-4 days.
Yesterday at 11:08:28 AM
jleecollins: Hey aZm how long did it take to get your SCC cache apporved - I am working on 4 days now for mine
March 08, 2010, 09:40:08 PM
hunter-killer: I posted 2 for your event, but refrained from posting the one with you in that chiffon evening gown. That was just nasty.
March 08, 2010, 03:07:57 PM
Wandering_Man: Still no sign of pics from C&C... Apparently we are working under the same principle as Vegas. Whatever happens at C&C, stays at C&C...
March 08, 2010, 11:48:41 AM
Wandering_Man: I prefer the last minute scramble approach sAz.
March 08, 2010, 09:15:18 AM
jleecollins: Heading home this morning from Toronto. Will pick up a few caches on the way. Still forecasting warm weather today and the rest of the week - should be great for travelling
March 08, 2010, 08:08:01 AM
shroomAzoom: Beautiful weekend we just had. Perfect for hiding SCC caches, eh?
March 08, 2010, 07:45:26 AM
jleecollins: Slow day today - only 9 caches and 2 DNF's - heading home tomorrow
March 07, 2010, 11:21:15 PM
jleecollins: If there was a couple more hours of daylight, who knows what we would have found. We think we walked about 20 kilometres today doing the rail trail caches. Now I just have to enter them in geocaching. I am about 3 days behind entering.
March 07, 2010, 12:08:08 AM
NorthernSeals: wow, jleecollins and the beagle crew, 52 caches is a casual day LOL! I just noticed that The Monster Bealges have more finds than us!!!
March 06, 2010, 11:47:16 PM
jleecollins: pnutbeagle, spikybeagle, The Monster Beagles and I had a good day geocaching in Brampton today - 52 caches found, 1 DNF and we think pnutbeagle just got her 1000th cache find today
March 06, 2010, 11:22:03 PM
Wandering_Man: Way ahead of you.
March 05, 2010, 09:29:54 AM
shroomAzoom: Send them an email.
March 05, 2010, 09:21:55 AM
shroomAzoom: Yeah, I saw that. I've got to do that at home where I've got the serial numbers.
March 05, 2010, 09:21:42 AM
Wandering_Man: Also sAz get your trackables out of the event
March 05, 2010, 09:18:19 AM
Wandering_Man: I'll still waiting for them to log their attendance for C&C. They seem to have disappeared off the face of the earth again.
March 05, 2010, 09:17:17 AM
shroomAzoom: I've got a couple on my camera at home. I'll try to put them up this weekend. Northern Seals are the real photographers though. I'd love to see their photos!
March 05, 2010, 09:14:05 AM
ChrisDom: Did the C & C III even happen? Where are the photos?
March 05, 2010, 09:08:37 AM
Wandering_Man: You're so mean sAz.
March 05, 2010, 08:56:12 AM

Milestones

Congratulations to the following NWOGeocachers who reached milestones in February!

February 2010

Q and A: 250

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Featured Cachers

Winter 2010: Poohma
Fall 2009: ChrisDom
Summer 2009: shroomAzoom, Jenn & DNF
Spring 2009: JungleBus
Winter 2008: Hunter+Killer
Fall 2008: jleecollins
Summer 2008: RagBag

Latest Photos

SCC2010 Cache Zones

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Poohma

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Lambert Island

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in: Winter 2009/2010

Welcome Geocachers!

The NorWest Ontario Geocachers are a group of geocachers from Northwest Ontario, from our provincial border to the east, across the north shore of Lake Superior and to all points north. We get together throughout the year to hold geocaching events and challenges (like the Spring Cache Challenge and the Fall Eco Cache Challenge.) In addition to social and contest events, we encourage the hiding of quality caches and promote safe, fun and exciting geocaching to the community.

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Spring Cache Challenge 2010

It's time again for the Spring Cache Challenge! 24 hours of caching from 6pm Friday, May 14 until 6pm Saturday, May 15! What do you need to do to participate?

Hide some caches:
- Hide only one cache per zone
- Hide only one cache per category
- Tell shroomAzoom when your cache is approved

Find some caches:
- Start searching for caches no earlier than 6pm on May 14
- Meet up for dinner at 6pm on May 15

Check out the Full Rules and download the Cache Zone overlay for GoogleEarth. Last year there were 68 caches hidden for the Spring Cache Challenge. How many will there be this year? Watch the following list grow!

Updated: Mar 3, 2010
Geocaches (2)	Owner	Category	Zone
WWFM VII - Polka Dots at the Pagoda	jleecollins	Event	1
McKellar Wetland Lagoons	shroomAzoom	Large	1

NWOG Coin Race Stats

Well we are heading into the home stretch here folks and it appears that Ragbag has a commanding lead. The good news is the areo-cacher who is responsible for the mega-miles has finally dropped the coin off for good. Now the question is can anyone make up the massive amount of miles in the next month and a half. ~WM

Friday February 9th, 2010
Total Dist. New	Total Dist. Last	Total Cache New	Total Cache Last	Owner	Tracking Number	Total Distance (km)	Total Caches Visited	Weekly Dist. (km)	Weekly Caches Visited	Last Seen	Status
1	2	1	2	Ragbag	PCHVD9	37,386.2	56	10,055.6	9	Washington, USA	Placed
2	2	9	8	rs x 2 (Ruth)	PCEJFR	24,016.9	12	0	0	Queensland, Austrailia	Placed
3	3	8	11	ChrisDom	PCKW71	21,470.8	13	220.6	3	Michigan, USA	Retrieved
4	4	7	4	The Pepsis	PCJZG2	20,061.5	14	0	0	New South Wales, AUS	Placed
5	5	4	4	Shroom & Jenn	PC75Y4	18,322.5	18	2,293.5	4	Utah, USA	Placed
6	6	21	21	rs x 2 (Ruth)	PCPCMR	15,012.8	3	0	0	Virginia, USA	Placed
7	8	13	14	csooley	CCHZH8	14,807.8	8	4,702.8	2	Sweden	Placed
8	7	5	4	Hunter-Killer	PC701K	12,977.9	16	58.4	2	Nordrhein-Westfalen, GER	Retrieved
9	9	2	2	Mechman	PCFEPN	10,115.6	36	258.1	3	Rhode Island, USA	Placed
10	10	11	9	Mechman	PCK1HH	9,762.8	11	0	0	Colorado, USA	Placed
11	12	6	7	ChrisDom	MB401G	8,688.4	15	58.7	2	Florida, USA	Retrieved
12	12	17	17	Poohma	PC4C2D	8,681.0	5	0	0	New Hampshire, USA	Retrieved
13	13	14	13	JungleBus	PC5Z2W	6,604.3	7	0	0	British Columbia, CAN	Placed
14	14	17	17	Poohma	PCV7JQ	5,999.6	5	0	0	British Columbia , CAN	Retrieved
15	15	12	12	DeathSnake	PCKVQP	4,871.4	9	150.1	1	Oregon, USA	Placed
16	16	3	3	Wandering Man	PCAHR2	4,510.5	22	0	0	British Columbia , CAN	Retrieved
17	17	15	14	The Pepsis	PC4F6X	3,414.0	6	0	0	Minnesota, USA	Retrieved
18	18	9	9	jleecollins	PCFCW4	2,117.8	12	267.6	1	Alberta, CAN	Placed
19	19	17	17	Hunter-Killer	PCMT7K	1,489.1	5	0	0	Ontario, CAN	Placed
20	20	20	20	peanutbeagle	PC3X31	1,452.1	4	0	0	Idaho, USA	Placed
21	21	15	14	Ragbag	PCBE7T	1,144.5	6	15.9	1	Ohio, USA	Placed
22	22	22	22	JungleBus	EVJTDR	0.0	1	0	0	Ontario, CAN	Placed
22	22	22	22	Shroom & Jenn	PC6FDW	0.0	1	0	0	Ontario, CAN	Placed
22	22	24	24	csooley	CA2FC6	0.0	0	0	0	N/A	N/A
22	22	24	24	GOTP	PC739M	0.0	0	0	0	N/A	N/A
22	22	24	24	GOTP	PCCW6A	0.0	0	0	0	N/A	N/A

2009 NWOG Cache Award Winners

I know that this sort of passed with little fanfare (that’s my fault for having too busy of a Christmas), but I did want to make sure that proper respect was given to the winners. So here they are, the top picks for 2009!

Best Cache Location: Somewhere Over the Rainbow by Hunter-Killer
Best Handmade Cache: Marathon Man by Hunter-Killer
Best Event: Spring Cache Challenge organized by shroomAzoom
Best Cache Series: GeoMonopoly by shroomAzoom and Grand Trunk Railway by ChrisDom
Cache of the Year: Marathon Man by Hunter-Killer

Congratulations to all the winners and good luck to all in 2010!

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