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    Appello ai geocacher italiani...

    in Italian-Speaking

    Posted

    Ciao a tutti i cacher italiani,

    vivo in Puglia, e incuriosito dal fatto che molti geocacher stranieri loggandosi nei cache pugliesi si dicevano dispiaciuti dal fatto che nel sud d'Italia ci fossero pochissimi tesori nascosti, mi chiedevo: ma quanti cacher ci sono in Puglia???

     

    Non credo certo di essere il solo. In realtà ce ne sono almeno altri 2, ma credo vivano ormai altrove...

     

    Avrei voluto postare un poll per contarci, mettendoci tutte le regioni italiane, ma sui forum di GC solo i moderatori possono aprirne... non noi comuni mortali.

     

    Vorrei quindi chiedere a questo punto se voialtri conosciate siti web o altre risorse capaci di tirare fuori qualche numero: quanti siamo? Dove viviamo? Dove andiamo?... Un fiorino!!!

     

    Saluti,

    Caterpirla, Bari - Italy :D

     

    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

    Superbowl Cointest

    in Trackables

    Posted · Edited by kazuma

    ... against all odds...

     

    NY Giants - 24

    New England - 17

     

     

    Googled Superbowl to see opinions and first image shown is of Janet Jackson's... :huh:

    Lol...

     

    And I think you get 7 points for a touchdown, so I'll guess something that is dividable with seven:

    Scoring in american football isn't that 'easy'... lol :D

    touchdown, extra point(s), field goal... even a safety :lol:

     

     

     

    Kazuma, geocaching-italia.com

    Feature Enhancement: States

    in Website

    Posted · Edited by kazuma

    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

    "World Release Register" for Coins & Bugs

    in Trackables

    Posted · Edited by kazuma

    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

    Help in Florence- Aiuto in Firenze-Ayuda en Florencia

    in Italian-Speaking

    Posted

    Cari colleghi:

    Sono un spanisch geocacher. Io vivo in Spagna, ma sono in corso due volte ogni anno a Firenze. Sono molto entusiasta di dare una cache a Firenze, ma ho bisogno di aiuto per la manutenzione. Qualcuno mi può aiutare?

    Grazie

     

    Quanto mi piace vedere questi messaggi... prima di vedere il cache :lol:

     

    Grazie driades06

     

    Kazuma

    Groundspeak Volunteer Reviewer for Italy

    Anyone speak Latin?

    in Trackables

    Posted

    My Italian is pretty good but I haven't done Latin since I was in grammar school ... some 30+ years ago. Would LOVE to be a Tiki helper!!

     

    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//

    Cito

    in Italian-Speaking

    Posted

    Ciao Kodak, ho visto che hai fatto un mio cache. Grazie. Per tutti quelli che hanno scritto faccio notare che Kodak in una e-mail a me inviata ha già comuniciato a fare CITO al mio cache Abbazia di Valvisciolo. Comincia bene. Complimenti

     

    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

    Geocacher italiani

    in Italian-Speaking

    Posted · Edited by kazuma

    ciao davide, mi chiamo Manuela, del team shakewallet dall' olanda, la tua iniziativa e' bellissima ma da settembre di quest' anno esiste un sito, il primo ufficiale italiano B) e si chiama www.geocaching.it visitalo, c' e' stata l' innaugurazione con il primo event italiano il 9 settembre, ti registri gratuitamente ed "entri".

    devo purtroppo constatare che, dopo l' entusiasmo iniziale, gli ideatori del sito si sono fermati al "chocolate event" del 13 ottobre :blink: cosi' forse potresti con i tuoi amici "adottarlo" e' un peccato che non ci siano aggiornamenti. B) Fammi sapere e se mai ti trovi in quel del monte Conero c'e' una ns. cache GC17MW2 ancora intatta che attende il primo scopritore. B) ciao manuela B) team shakewallet

     

    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

    Cito

    in Italian-Speaking

    Posted

    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 :anibad:

     

    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

    Disney Cointest

    in Trackables

    Posted

    So, tell me who each of us will be looking for.

     

    Brenda is looking for "Scar"

    Heather is looking for "Huey, Dewey, and Louie" (all three together)

    And you are looking for "Bagheera"

     

    //Kazuma//

    Stolen coins?

    in Trackables

    Posted

    I think educating people when they start out is more necessary than not logging them at all.

     

    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//

    What is the story behind your coin?

    in Trackables

    Posted · Edited by kazuma

    So tell us how you came to create your coin?

     

    The first personal coin We have created is called "First Italian Baby"

    nicole-twotones-250.jpg

     

    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 :P

    (To be honest I got really crazy for her...)

     

    //Kazuma//

    Would someone do a short translation for me?

    in Italian-Speaking

    Posted

    I'm travelling to Italy next month from the US and would like to launch a travel bug. I thought it might be a good idea to include a translation of the bug's purpose (2 sentences) from English to Italian. I know it's a hassle but I hoped someone might be willing to help. I've been learning basic words & phrases, but this is beyond me and I don't want it to be gibberish!

     

    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

    International Cache Exchange

    in Italian-Speaking

    Posted

    :cry:

    Anyone interested in doing an International Cache Exchange?

     

    Sure, that's seems interesting. Would be Milan a place you would "approve"? If so, just drop me an email...

     

    I am from Moscow Idaho USA.

     

    I've been once in Boise when I was living in the USA :D

     

    Regards

    Kazuma

    cache permanence in a different way

    in General geocaching topics

    Posted · Edited by 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.

     

    This sure enough seems like a bogus issue to me. I would like to hear "from the horse's mouth" what the objection is. I cannot comprehend in any way that this cache would violate guidelines as described.

    i suspect there is some information missing.

    Sometimes there are (seemingly) arbitrary things that go on between cachers and reviewers for reasons (legitimate or not) to which the general public is not privy.

     

    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

    FIRST ITALIAN GEOCOIN - ORDER

    in Trackables

    Posted

    Very bummed to see that two tones are gone already! Those were worth the price of admission.... aw shucks, I'll pay it anyway just to have an Italian coin for the Int'l section of my collection.

    E sinche' ho vissuto a Roma per dieci anni la devo comprare questa moneta... piastra d'orata... questo soldone. Grazie ragazzi.

     

    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 :sad:

     

    regards,

    Kazuma

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