kazuma

I have just done something similar last weekend... I would love to help your coin travel in Northern Italy and Southern Switzerland. Kazuma, geocaching-italia

I siti in italia sul geocaching sono 3 Il primo è www,geocaching-italia.com, primo come presenza (aperto nel 2001) e come numero di visite. E' un sito totalmente aperto, non è rischiesta alcuna iscrizione. Il secondo (in ordine di apparizione) è il Wiki Italiano (wiki.geocaching-italia.com), nato a marzo dell 2007, all'interno della mailing list italiana e gestito dai geocacher italiani. L'ultimo è www.geocaching.it. L'ultimo aggiornamento risale al 17 settembre. L'unica pagina attiva sembra essere quella delle classifiche anche se i dati sono aggiornati in maniera disomogenea... molto disomognea. Dare un vero e proprio numero dei geocacher italiani è, francamente, molto complesso. Vi sono geocacher che "praticano" questo sport occasionalmente, altri se non ne fanno almeno un tot alla settimana non stanno bene... Alcuni spariscono per lunghi periodi e poi riappaiono... Numericamente gli italiani si aggirano sui 130/150, ma ti ripeto, difficile dare una vera e propria "risposta" al "quanti siamo" (ma il fiorino lo prendo al volo lo stesso). La cosa migliore è di frequentare la mailing list italiana (trovi gli indirizzi sul sito principale www,geocaching-italia.com e sul wiki.geocaching-italia.com). Se poi ti iscrivi al wiki puoi iniziare a collaborare e, magari, aiutare la diffusione di questo sport in Italia. Kazuma, Groundspeak Volunteer Reviewer for Italy

... against all odds... NY Giants - 24 New England - 17 Lol... Scoring in american football isn't that 'easy'... lol touchdown, extra point(s), field goal... even a safety Kazuma, geocaching-italia.com

What a great morning for italian geocachers... I would like to thank Jeremy and the entire Geocaching.com staff for adding the italian regions in the "States" dropdown box !!! Thank you very, very... very much ! Kazuma, geocaching-italia.com

1. Participating - Email Sent on Jan 17th (previous email exchange on 15th) 2. Received Name - Name received on Jan 19th 3. Mission Complete - Package sent on Jan 25th 4. Mission Arrived! Kazuma, geocaching-italia.com

I would love to add my name to the registry. I live in Milan, Italy, and I have my in-laws in Parma, Italy so no problem in having some coins moving from these location to the rest of the country. Plus iI often go in Ticino (Switzerland) so I can bring coins there too... Note. I have a few "First Eurochocolate Geo-Coins" activated to move in Australia and USA. Anyone need to move coins in Italy? Kazuma, geocaching-italia.com

1. Participating - Email Sent on Jan 17th (previous email exchange on 15th) 2. Received Name - Name received on Jan 19th 3. Mission Complete 4. Mission Arrived! Kazuma, geocaching-italia.com

Maybe someone is setting up a geocoinholic-anonymous website... "Hi, My name is Kazuma, I'm a Geocoinholic...." "Hiii Kazumaaaa". Kazuma

Quanto mi piace vedere questi messaggi... prima di vedere il cache Grazie driades06 Kazuma Groundspeak Volunteer Reviewer for Italy

1. Participating - YES! Email Sent on Jan 17th (previous email exchange on 15th) 2. Received Name 3. Mission Complete 4. Mission Arrived! Kazuma. geocaching-italia.com

Well, I am italian, but never been good in latin. But if you still need it I can ask a few friends that probably can help you. //Kazuma//

Grandioso !!! Visto che a Pasqua dovrei essere dalle vostre parti, potremmo pensare di organizzare un CITO Event lì... magari pulendo un pezzo della duna di Sabaudia o qualche piccola area nella zona? Che ne dite? ad essere onesti, conosco proprio la 'zona' che potrebbe essere pulita. //Kazuma//, geocaching-italia.com

Manuela, una piccola ma doverosa precisazione per correttezza. www.geocaching.it non è il primo sito ufficiale italiano. E' il terzo sito sul geocaching in "ordine di apparizione" e non ha nulla che lo possa definire come "ufficiale", anzi. Regards, Kazuma Groundspeak volunteer reviewer for Italy, San Marino & Vatican City State

Ciao Kodak, A completamento della già ottima risposta di CMauri, il CITO è anche una specie di "regola di comportamento" che tutti i geocacher dovrebbero seguire quando vanno a fare geocaching. L'idea è quella di portarsi sempre dietro dei sacchetti e, quando si cerca il cache, o dopo che lo si è trovato, si raccoglie magari un po' della spazzatura dal luogo dove è nascosto e la si butta in un regolare cestino. Ogni anno viene scelta una data per il "CITO Day", nel quale oltre ad organizzare i "CITO Event Cache" che ti ha ben descritto Cesare, i geocacher cercano di dedicare più tempo a fare un po' di pulizia nelle zone in cui vanno a cercare i cache... il sito "www.geocaching.com" poi raccoglie le foto più belle che vengono inviate dai geocacher Per il 2008 è stato scelto un intero weekend: il 19 ed il 20 Aprile. regards, Kazuma, geocaching-italia.com Groundspeak volunteer reviewer for Italy, San Marino & Vatican City State

69 - Please, not another sudoku mistery cache //Kazuma//

313 - Virtual caches are not allowed anymore //Kazuma//

This is an interesting hint... Heather: Clarabelle cow Brenda: Giselle DD: Pirate Mickey //Kazuma//

Brenda is looking for "Scar" Heather is looking for "Huey, Dewey, and Louie" (all three together) And you are looking for "Bagheera" //Kazuma//

And I totally agree about this. I'm sure that often we are not facing "stealing" but we are facing situation like occasional cachers that do not understand what a geocoin or a trackable is... or they just cache every now and then and maybe they grab a coin thinking they will be able to drop it soon and it ended up they stop caching... At least this is my personal thought living in an area where geocaching is not as developed as other countries. //Kazuma//

The first personal coin We have created is called "First Italian Baby" I think that it is easy to understand what made us decide for that... When something like that happens in your life, it is hard not to start thinking that everyone must know about it (To be honest I got really crazy for her...) //Kazuma//

Don't worry. You can write an email to me (just get to my profile page). I'll be glad to translate it for you. regards, Kazuma

Sure, that's seems interesting. Would be Milan a place you would "approve"? If so, just drop me an email... I've been once in Boise when I was living in the USA Regards Kazuma

Hi, I'm the Geocaching.com reviewer for Italy and since someone has asked for, I think it is correct to add just a few more info regarding this issue. It must be very clear that I don't want to start any flame at all, so I would not argue with anyone on here. I'm more than willing to keep opened any private (email) conversation, but, please, not on here. I would like to start by quoting a post on this thread, and expose my point of view. The reason why I haven't published the cache, but just kept it on hold (and not archived) is because of a violation of the "private property" rule. Inside the description was mentioned that the location has been bought in 1995 by the municipality but that doesn't mean (at least for me) that the location is a public accessible property. Also the description tells the story of the owner that was a very famous person in Italy, making this some sort of a nice "memory place". There are tons of examples of locations (buildings, parks, big villas and residences, castles) that are owned by the municipality but they are not to be considered "public property"... sort of "semi-public" property (hard to explain it in English, I apologize). They are normally open to public access on special occasion. Someone has pointed me that the location could be what some call "stately home". By reading the very short amount of time the park is opened, I though that I was facing this type of situation, so I had to pull out the "rules violation" issue. In addition to what I have seen as a "rule violation" I added a big concern I had, that wasn't a rule violation (I have said that as the first thing). I am talking about the very short time of accessibility of the cache, that is less than 7% of the time. The first email I got from the owner after my post in the cache page was the reply in which she informed me that she would have moved the cache outside the park. I thanked her for accepting my concerns confirming that I was really worried (not simply concerned) about that issue, probably more than the private property issue, (that often could be easily solved). As a reviewer I have the role of trying to verify a cache and if it violates the rule not publishing it, opening at the same time a communication channel with the owner to understand if we can do anything about that. Maybe, in very some special situation, this means that the cache could be published without any change. The opener of this post knows this very well, since some time ago she had a cache published even if it was violating a guideline rule. Communication (as someone has said in a previous post) is definitely the key word. But as a reviewer I have also the role (and I also think the freedom) to express all my concerns on a cache when I think a cache could really be on a borderline of a rule and especially when I think that there is something that could be a cause of discomfort in the geocaching community. Expressing my concerns doesn't mean "I will not publish and I will archive your cache right away" but it means "I have put your cache on hold, because I have noticed this... I can see here a problem, please email me regarding this issue". This happened a few times already. In this case I was worried and I have expressed my concern about the short availability time of the cache, asking to get in touch with me for discussing the issue. The first mail I have received was the one communicating me that the cache was going to be moved. No mention about the fact the cache was on a public place (so not on a private property) and no response regarding the opening time issue. It is hard for me to think this as a way to discuss the issue. Getting back on the reasons of my concern, I've referred to the "Cache Permanence" rule because I was personally noticing some sort of link between the fact a geocacher expects a cache to be available for a long time and the fact the cache is available but only on a few hours a week. This doesn't mean the rule has been violated. I just saw a similarity and I even opened the discussion of the issue with other rewievers to check (or even validate) my thought. Plus, in the description there isn't any mention of the real opening hours of the park. It is simply mentioned "the cache is open on Saturday morning and Sunday all day except lunch time". Even an Italian like me could be confused by this. Where I live stores close for "lunch break" from 12:30 or 13:00 or 13:30 and open from 1 to 2 hours later. When I go in my vacation house the timing is totally different: in summer they even close at 14:00 and open at 17:00 or 17:30. If an Italian like me is confused, what would say who comes from countries where this nonsense break doesn't exists? I don't want to be 'bad' but not all geocachers do act with a 'geocaching mind': some plays just for the numbers and maybe they get mad if they spend time for reaching a spot and not being able to access to the cache because they got there just 5 minutes after what they have thought was the closing time. Maybe their reaction could not be a good one. I know this could be just an extreme vision of the problem. But I think it is my role to point this out. Many here have also pointed out different scenarios... some very close to my thinking. But, since there wouldn't be any violation of the rules, if the owner wanted the cache to be there that bad, I would have just required to be very clear in the description and clearly inform the geocachers about the exact opening time, but I would have published the cache. I would have personally not consider this as a "good cache", even if the place is worth a visit. But that's it. Those are strictly personal feelings that I would have never pulled out in an official communication. At this point I really would like to thank whoever have reached this line... thank you for spending the time in reading my thoughts. Please feel free to get in touch with me anytime for any further information regarding this issue. Please do not start any flame on here. Best regards, Kazuma

I've checked on GeocoinShop.De and both TwoTones and Antique Gold are completely gone. But Antique Silver and Antique Nickel are still available, not many, but still there! Regards, Kazuma

Yes, the TwoTones are gone, But now that I have received mine, I think they are way cool. The images are not as nice as the real thing, as usual regards, Kazuma