+Seth! Posted February 28, 2006 Share Posted February 28, 2006 From the producers of the Complete Guide to Geocaching DVD comes an exciting new DVD project - Cool and Extreme Caches. We are now accepting geocache nominations for inclusion in the Extreme and Cool Geocaches DVD. We are looking for unique geocaches and really challenging geocaches to include in the DVD. Sheer cliffs, scuba equipment, and eight-mile snowshoe hikes belong on this video. From your submissions, we'll select the geocaches to feature on the DVD. The first person to nominate each selected geocache will also get a free copy of the DVD, signed by a geocaching community celebrity. Are you an amateur or professional videographer? Want to shoot some video for us? Great! We're looking for people (especially geocachers) who have their own video equipment and the desire to go on some awesome hunts. Drop me a line, visit the website, or post a note here if you're interested in that. This post was approved by Groundspeak. Please use this thread to ask questions about the contest or discuss cool caches. Official nominations should be made on the contest site...here. - Seth! Quote Link to comment
+Pablo Mac Posted February 28, 2006 Share Posted February 28, 2006 Are you an amateur or professional videographer? Want to shoot some video for us? Great! We're looking for people (especially geocachers) who have their own video equipment and the desire to go on some awesome hunts. What video & audio format specifications do you require? Quote Link to comment
+Big Sky Explorers Posted February 28, 2006 Share Posted February 28, 2006 I just submitted one of my nominations....... Cool idea, hopefully you will make some money off the idea. Quote Link to comment
+Seth! Posted February 28, 2006 Author Share Posted February 28, 2006 Pablo Mac, we would like to have MiniDV. Other formats (e.g. VHS) would be possible but we're looking for best possible quality. Other professional-grade products would be okay but we'd have to convert them since we are editing digitally. Thanks. What video & audio format specifications do you require? Quote Link to comment
+Snoogans Posted February 28, 2006 Share Posted February 28, 2006 Pablo Mac, we would like to have MiniDV. Other formats (e.g. VHS) would be possible but we're looking for best possible quality. Other professional-grade products would be okay but we'd have to convert them since we are editing digitally. Thanks. What video & audio format specifications do you require? In the cool, but not quite so challenging area: I'd hafta look it up, but I know I have some footage from around Sounds of the Bay. That one rates highly frome everyone that finds it. another deserving cache in the unique catagory would be San Simeon Seal Spot by campyc. I got to see elephant seals mix it up while I was there. Show me another cache that nearly always has elephant seals at it..... Four Cache Loop by Ty Dolney, near Houston, has quite the little 10+ mile hike along the Lone Star Trail. 30+ creek crossings, need I say more? I'll post the local boards for footage on that one.... Quote Link to comment
+Snoogans Posted February 28, 2006 Share Posted February 28, 2006 (edited) Check out the gallery for the Seal Spot. I don't personally have anything other than stills from there, but someone who lives near there could get it for you... Here's a neat pic from the cache: Edited February 28, 2006 by Snoogans Quote Link to comment
+Snoogans Posted February 28, 2006 Share Posted February 28, 2006 If this cache doesn't qualify, I don't know what does.... Quote Link to comment
+Pablo Mac Posted February 28, 2006 Share Posted February 28, 2006 Pablo Mac, we would like to have MiniDV. Other formats (e.g. VHS) would be possible but we're looking for best possible quality. Other professional-grade products would be okay but we'd have to convert them since we are editing digitally. Thanks. What video & audio format specifications do you require? I'm definitely on board with the mini DV thing, so no problem there. What kind of submission deadline are you looking at? Also, I work in Final Cut Pro and Motion, so if you need any help, let me know. Quote Link to comment
+Seth! Posted February 28, 2006 Author Share Posted February 28, 2006 We'll be gauging the responses (nominations) over the next few weeks, but currently aiming to get submissions of footage in by the end of May. We can start cutting segments as we get them, of course. (Thanks for asking. That's a good bit of information to have in this thread.) Thanks for the editing offer; I'll let you know! I'm definitely on board with the mini DV thing, so no problem there. What kind of submission deadline are you looking at? Also, I work in Final Cut Pro and Motion, so if you need any help, let me know. Quote Link to comment
+Pablo Mac Posted March 1, 2006 Share Posted March 1, 2006 (edited) My Top Few: Ten Star Turtle Five Hundred Steps Iron Mountain Challenge Nightwalker Phobias - Black Box #5 Wolf Rock Challenge PRAY FOR DAYLIGHT! ...ok, and this one, too, just because it would be fun to watch someone try to open it for the first time: Curious George (Just realized I didn't follow the approved submission protocol...wouldn't be the first time I failed to follow written instructions...) Edited March 1, 2006 by Pablo Mac Quote Link to comment
+sept1c_tank Posted March 1, 2006 Share Posted March 1, 2006 The first person to nominate a winning geocache will also get a free copy of the DVD, signed by a geocaching community celebrity. Someone we know? Quote Link to comment
+Seth! Posted March 1, 2006 Author Share Posted March 1, 2006 We have a few people in mind. I think it's safe to say you've heard of all of them. For instance, there's this 'sept1c_tank' guy. He's supposed to be really nice and has great handwriting. The first person to nominate a winning geocache will also get a free copy of the DVD, signed by a geocaching community celebrity. Someone we know? Quote Link to comment
+sept1c_tank Posted March 1, 2006 Share Posted March 1, 2006 Seth! You ought to contact this guy (you can visit his profile by clicking on the photo); he and some of his caches are about as extreme as I have seen. Read more about him here. Quote Link to comment
+Colorado Cacher Posted March 1, 2006 Share Posted March 1, 2006 (edited) GCHEG5, your on top of the remains of a slanted mountaintop quarry. On a slope of about 120*? I dont know anything about slopes, just a guess. And maybe even have a herd, or few, Bighorn Sheep for company as you are their signing the logbook. Edited March 1, 2006 by Colorado Cacher Quote Link to comment
+Tonylama Posted March 1, 2006 Share Posted March 1, 2006 I have to nominate Psycho Urban Cache #8 Ghost in Ancient Citidel GCT66Z When you look at the photos - you will understand why this cache is actually a real life FP video game experience. Quote Link to comment
Ellylidan Posted March 1, 2006 Share Posted March 1, 2006 You miserable sack of crap, come hunt my cache if you want extreme. Afraid? You should be. There are many other butter bags that think what I have written about my lair is all just fairytale. Some came in and made it out alive to tell the tale, the ones who didn’t tell sat warmly in my belly. Quote Link to comment
+lpyankeefan Posted March 2, 2006 Share Posted March 2, 2006 Keeping with the Psycho Cache vein I would like to nominate GCQ91Y Psycho Urban Cache #3 - Bowels of the City. the entire series is fun and extreme, but this was my first experience with Extreme Caching. GCQABV-Psycho Urban Cache #6 - Downtown Wuthering Heights is an example of a lamppost cache taken to extremes. Especially when you have a cacher retreive AND replace (much higher than he found it I might add) it without and special equipment. E-mail for photos if interested. All 10 of Vinny and Sue's Psycho Urban Cache Series have been fun. Larry (lpyankeefan) Quote Link to comment
+Vinny & Sue Team Posted March 2, 2006 Share Posted March 2, 2006 I have to nominate Psycho Urban Cache #8 Ghost in Ancient Citidel GCT66Z When you look at the photos - you will understand why this cache is actually a real life FP video game experience. Tony, thanks for the kind nomination of our Psycho Urban Cache #8! My own personal feeling is that if you want something even sicker, then you may wish to take a look at these two other caches in our PUC series: Psycho Urban Cache #9 - Hot Glowing Tribulations Psycho Urban Cache #7 - A Good Day to die (Premuim Members Only) While neither is for any but the very brave, I strongly feel particularly that the first one listed (PUC #9) is really only for those who have a strong and open heart, and who love risk, adventure and psychotic challenges. And, while I am at it, here are my nominations for two other really sick caches, both of which we have completed successfully (still composing the log entries for the latter...), and both of which I feel also demand not only skill, experience and courage, but also -- like our PUC #9 -- demand a cache hunter with a really strong and open heart, who loves risk, adventure and psychotic challenges. Blood & Guts in Virginia Quantum Leap Quote Link to comment
+Seth! Posted March 4, 2006 Author Share Posted March 4, 2006 We are getting some great nominations and could use many more. In particular, we need some non-US nominations. So if you know of awesome and extreme geocaches in other countries and on other continents, please share! Quote Link to comment
+mapwitch Posted March 6, 2006 Share Posted March 6, 2006 (edited) (...) we need some non-US nominations. So if you know of awesome and extreme geocaches in other countries and on other continents, please share! A suggestion from Germany: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_detai...10-4ff18140f57f Here an image of the location: http://img.Groundspeak.com/cache/log/0aa93...31e8dec11b1.jpg Edited March 6, 2006 by mapwitch Quote Link to comment
+Puma Posted March 6, 2006 Share Posted March 6, 2006 Your contest subpage doesn't work for me, so I'll post my nomination here. From Germany - a great lost place: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_detai...d7-a80f570ea881 Check it out. Quote Link to comment
+psychrn Posted March 6, 2006 Share Posted March 6, 2006 Ill drop this post into our local NZ Forums here at http://www.gps.org.nz Im a keen Digital Videographer and into still photography as well. Im sure you would get some interest. Was there a Time frame involved?? Cheers Chris NZ Quote Link to comment
+Seth! Posted March 7, 2006 Author Share Posted March 7, 2006 psychrn, that would be great. The time frame is this spring. You have some time. Pumabert, sorry to hear you had trouble with the page. Thanks for posting the nomination here. sept1c_tank, that "someone" may want his identity back. You're a real card. Quote Link to comment
Mungo Park Posted March 13, 2006 Share Posted March 13, 2006 Here is a nice little night-cache from southern germany http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_detai...8e-71c7b4b37cd4 regards mungo Quote Link to comment
Verga Posted March 14, 2006 Share Posted March 14, 2006 From the producers of the Complete Guide to Geocaching DVD comes an exciting new DVD project - Cool and Extreme Caches. We are now accepting geocache nominations for inclusion in the Extreme and Cool Geocaches DVD. We are looking for unique geocaches and really challenging geocaches to include in the DVD. Sheer cliffs, scuba equipment, and eight-mile snowshoe hikes belong on this video. If Waste water is not on this video then there is no God in heaven. Quote Link to comment
+Chuy! Posted March 15, 2006 Share Posted March 15, 2006 Question: must the person nominating have visited and logged the cache? Comment: The title can use some help. Seems to me "Extreme" caches can be a category, and the title can be something more general that follows the original title. Something like Complete Guide to Geochaches Around the World or .... Question2: Are you accepting cache listings from other websites? (i.e. Terracaching, Navicache, etc...) Quote Link to comment
+mfc, the storyteller Posted March 15, 2006 Share Posted March 15, 2006 Will you accept vido submissions in PAL or SECAM encoding, or would they have to be transcoded to NTSC first? Quote Link to comment
+chstress53 Posted March 16, 2006 Share Posted March 16, 2006 (edited) I nominated Choreographed Chaos http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_detai...34-1360a33dc9df for this DVD, unfortunately I do not have video of this out standing cache. Wprking on a way to get some though. Edited March 16, 2006 by chstress53 Quote Link to comment
+dougsmiley Posted March 16, 2006 Share Posted March 16, 2006 (edited) If you're looking for some hard to find but not hard to get to caches, look at Shelter II in Indianapolis. It's pretty famous. Tough terrain, check out Captain McHarry's Vault in southern Indiana. Toughest puzzles, check out Bletchley Park, The Messenger's Demise & Gorky Park. The last two haven't been solved yet. Edited March 16, 2006 by dougsmiley Quote Link to comment
+BigFurryMonster Posted March 17, 2006 Share Posted March 17, 2006 I nominate http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GCGV54 - Two the Power. Quote Link to comment
+Wreck Diver Posted March 19, 2006 Share Posted March 19, 2006 I believe that the Juliett 484 mystery cache aboard the former Soviet Guided Nuclear Missle submarine somewhere in Providence, Rhode Island may meet the "Cool and Extreme" pre-requisite? Quote Link to comment
+Katydid & Miles Stone Posted March 19, 2006 Share Posted March 19, 2006 The link for nominations does not appear to work. MS Quote Link to comment
+Seth! Posted March 25, 2006 Author Share Posted March 25, 2006 Sorry for the delayed response. Let's try this link. Thanks! (We're getting a lot of good nominations. We could use more from non-US locations, in particular. The link for nominations does not appear to work. MS Quote Link to comment
tttedzeins Posted April 2, 2006 Share Posted April 2, 2006 Two from down under GCF1B7 and GC7CF0. Not very hard to find but in extremely hostile and remote places Quote Link to comment
57chevy Posted April 2, 2006 Share Posted April 2, 2006 (edited) I have to nominate this one, Chilly Willy GCC3E3. This is one of the most extreme caches out there. It is on my "I'm gotta do this one sometime in my life" list. Edited April 2, 2006 by 57chevy Quote Link to comment
+lightnsound Posted April 11, 2006 Share Posted April 11, 2006 I have no nominations but I can shoot Mini DV on Canon XL2. I'm in the Northern NJ and Eastern PA areas. Let me know. Quote Link to comment
+gumbyatl92 Posted April 12, 2006 Share Posted April 12, 2006 We do a similar type of thing each month. Check out and the website and contact me if you think we might be able to get together and work on something www.gacaching.com D&D@gacaching.com Quote Link to comment
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