+medic208 Posted April 10, 2006 Share Posted April 10, 2006 Looks like there is going to be a story on geocaching on the evening news tonight... I just saw a snippet before they broke for a commercial. Quote Link to comment
Leofan7 Posted April 10, 2006 Share Posted April 10, 2006 Looks like there is going to be a story on geocaching on the evening news tonight... I just saw a snippet before they broke for a commercial. Just saw it. Really cool. Quote Link to comment
+medic208 Posted April 10, 2006 Author Share Posted April 10, 2006 Interesting and well done story! I'm guessing the cache and the cachers in the story were from California. Quote Link to comment
+LadeBear68 Posted April 10, 2006 Share Posted April 10, 2006 I thought the story was very good, nothing negative at all. Quote Link to comment
+treasure_hunter Posted April 10, 2006 Share Posted April 10, 2006 I just watched the segment on CBS. I think we are going to have some new players now. They really made Geocaching sound like a great thing, they said good things about it. It was a pretty lengthy segment too, I noticed it showed an Ammo Box and some sort of PVC pipe cache. Does anyone have any idea who the cachers on the interview were? The older couple had 1,000+ finds and there was another group it showed also. I am glad to see Geocaching with some GOOD publicity! Quote Link to comment
+medic208 Posted April 10, 2006 Author Share Posted April 10, 2006 I agree!! After seeing a lot of negative publicity lately from the SC mess, I'm very happy to see a positive and well done story - YAY!! Quote Link to comment
+plook Posted April 10, 2006 Share Posted April 10, 2006 (edited) http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/04/10/...in1487111.shtml The video of the segment is just footage so far, maybe they will update it with the report soon... Edited April 10, 2006 by plook Quote Link to comment
+Airmapper Posted April 10, 2006 Share Posted April 10, 2006 (edited) YEAH! That was a great segment, put us in a good light for a change, that's primetime good publicity!!! I hope we hear from the people interviewed. Edited April 10, 2006 by Airmapper Quote Link to comment
+drat19 Posted April 10, 2006 Share Posted April 10, 2006 Funny how these news stories always show the great caches and the family fun of the hike/hunt...never an urban micro - now seemingly the majority hide type in so many areas. Is the excellent cache hunt they showed on the news story really "representative" anymore?? (Sigh, I remember when it used to be...) -Party pooper Dave R. Quote Link to comment
+mtndave Posted April 10, 2006 Share Posted April 10, 2006 Fantastic exposure for our GREAT sport and nice to see a full featured story than just a blurb. Dang !!!! Sure hope I'm still caching whe I'm 80. Probably take that long to get 1,000 +. For some reason I switched from my regular ABC news. Must be Geo-ESP. Just in time for the onset of peak Geocaching season. Kiddes, get your GPSr now 'cause the shelves are going to get cleaned out. Quote Link to comment
+BigWhiteTruck Posted April 10, 2006 Share Posted April 10, 2006 is it going to be on again later tonight? Quote Link to comment
+Contryguy Posted April 10, 2006 Share Posted April 10, 2006 It was a well done story I thought. Good to see a positive story for a change Quote Link to comment
+drat19 Posted April 10, 2006 Share Posted April 10, 2006 (edited) is it going to be on again later tonight? You can read and view it at the link provided above in this thread ("plook"'s post, #7) Edited April 10, 2006 by drat19 Quote Link to comment
+Ichabod Posted April 10, 2006 Share Posted April 10, 2006 That is very cool. The segment hasn't aired out here yet...but my tivo is set to record [] Quote Link to comment
lauraPalmtree Posted April 10, 2006 Share Posted April 10, 2006 (edited) the cbs news has not come on the TV here yet, but its kind of strange how this new website has come along in the last few days. I'm not sure what its all about yet: [matched users account to site referenced as spam] Edited April 11, 2006 by Jeremy Quote Link to comment
+horsegeeks Posted April 10, 2006 Share Posted April 10, 2006 Funny how these news stories always show the great caches and the family fun of the hike/hunt...never an urban micro - now seemingly the majority hide type in so many areas. Is the excellent cache hunt they showed on the news story really "representative" anymore?? (Sigh, I remember when it used to be...) -Party pooper Dave R. GEEZ guy, some folks find negativity in everything. Quote Link to comment
+Woodbutcher68 Posted April 11, 2006 Share Posted April 11, 2006 (edited) the cbs news has not come on the TV here yet, but its kind of strange how this new website has come along in the last few days. I'm not sure what its all about yet: [removed spamination] . Strange website. Must be someone who got banned from here or couldn't find a cache. About 9 posts and a whopping two members since early March. He has some pictures of two people with a cache. I wonder if they know he's using their pic? Edited April 11, 2006 by Jeremy Quote Link to comment
bogleman Posted April 11, 2006 Share Posted April 11, 2006 Thanks for the link, pretty good, even had grandma and grandpa out getting some urban caches. Quote Link to comment
+drat19 Posted April 11, 2006 Share Posted April 11, 2006 (edited) Funny how these news stories always show the great caches and the family fun of the hike/hunt...never an urban micro - now seemingly the majority hide type in so many areas. Is the excellent cache hunt they showed on the news story really "representative" anymore?? (Sigh, I remember when it used to be...) -Party pooper Dave R. GEEZ guy, some folks find negativity in everything. I stand corrected; they updated the on-line video since it was originally posted this afternoon, and it did, in fact, show the seniors engaged in an urban micro hunt. While it could be argued it was portrayed positively, I would counter that 80+ year olds would not be viewed as suspiciously by observers in post-9/11 America rooting around on the gates of private property or in the bushes outside of restaurants as say, someone with my demographics: a 41-yr-old, 6'3" male. Edited April 11, 2006 by drat19 Quote Link to comment
Jeremy Posted April 11, 2006 Share Posted April 11, 2006 the cbs news has not come on the TV here yet, but its kind of strange how this new website has come along in the last few days. I'm not sure what its all about yet: [some dumb web site trying for free press] You should. It's your web site. Quote Link to comment
+Miragee Posted April 11, 2006 Share Posted April 11, 2006 Just saw the segment here. That was great. I wonder how many extra hits the site is going to get tonight? Quote Link to comment
Jeremy Posted April 11, 2006 Share Posted April 11, 2006 See that spike at the end? I'm certainly glad we solved the site issues last week or we'd be in deep doo doo. Quote Link to comment
+drat19 Posted April 11, 2006 Share Posted April 11, 2006 I wonder how many extra hits the site is going to get tonight? I would guess "scads". *I* wonder how many Zip Code searches of those first-timer visitors are going to reveal pages and pages of urban micros as the nearest caches. Quote Link to comment
+Mopar Posted April 11, 2006 Share Posted April 11, 2006 I wonder how many extra hits the site is going to get tonight? I would guess "scads". *I* wonder how many Zip Code searches of those first-timer visitors are going to reveal pages and pages of urban micros as the nearest caches. Depends on how many of those first timer's are in urban areas, I would guess. Actually, most probably wont even know what is or isn't an "urban micro". They are going to just see lots of possible treasures nearby. Hey, if you've never even heard of a lampost micro before, you're probably going to think it quite clever. If it gets people out of the house and enjoying a facet of geocaching, great. Quote Link to comment
+Cladius Posted April 11, 2006 Share Posted April 11, 2006 Looked very positive! I have several people interested myself. Cladius. Quote Link to comment
+drat19 Posted April 11, 2006 Share Posted April 11, 2006 (edited) I wonder how many extra hits the site is going to get tonight? I would guess "scads". *I* wonder how many Zip Code searches of those first-timer visitors are going to reveal pages and pages of urban micros as the nearest caches. Depends on how many of those first timer's are in urban areas, I would guess. Actually, most probably wont even know what is or isn't an "urban micro". They are going to just see lots of possible treasures nearby. Hey, if you've never even heard of a lampost micro before, you're probably going to think it quite clever. If it gets people out of the house and enjoying a facet of geocaching, great. Sigh, sadly but truly, you make a valid point. My first lampost micro was "cool" to me too. But then I found 20 more within a 2 mile radius (not in Biloxi (my home base), thankfully), and got questioned by local law enforcement (also not in Biloxi, thankfully), and my outlook, uh, changed... Edited April 11, 2006 by drat19 Quote Link to comment
+Segerguy Posted April 11, 2006 Share Posted April 11, 2006 Well done! I hope alot of America saw it! Quote Link to comment
+Muggermots Posted April 11, 2006 Share Posted April 11, 2006 Just saw it here, Portland area. Seemed like a pretty positive story to me. I was pleased they showed kids and thought the older couple was cute... and their caches looked pretty urban to me. Didn't look much like they were being discreet... but then, how would one be discreet with a camera crew? Quote Link to comment
+Cache Heads Posted April 11, 2006 Share Posted April 11, 2006 Does anyone have any idea who the cachers on the interview were? The older couple had 1,000+ finds and there was another group it showed also. I am glad to see Geocaching with some GOOD publicity! Don't know who the family was, but the couple you refer to are Shirconn and Garagedude ! They're very active cachers with a lot of hides in our area. Good to see them representing! Quote Link to comment
+Thrak Posted April 11, 2006 Share Posted April 11, 2006 Watched the video links - be sure to check them both out. Very nice indeed. Quote Link to comment
+aerospacecase Posted April 11, 2006 Share Posted April 11, 2006 Does anyone have any idea who the cachers on the interview were? The older couple had 1,000+ finds and there was another group it showed also. I am glad to see Geocaching with some GOOD publicity! Don't know who the family was, but the couple you refer to are Shirconn and Garagedude ! They're very active cachers with a lot of hides in our area. Good to see them representing! The older couple is my mother and Jack who I introduced to geocaching two years ago. Who would have thought that they are now the national spokepeople for the hobby? The others are the combined family of the chick and TRUROKR who have recently hidden a couple of great series of ammo box hides along two hiking areas in the Conejo Valley (Thousand Oaks/Newbury Park, CA) If you haven't been to this area, the chick's hides are a good excuse to come. Quote Link to comment
+Prime Suspect Posted April 11, 2006 Share Posted April 11, 2006 (edited) hehehe. I hear timberwolves are an endangered species. Edited April 11, 2006 by Prime Suspect Quote Link to comment
+aerospacecase Posted April 11, 2006 Share Posted April 11, 2006 The video clip from the CBS Evening News story can be downloaded at http://brianoconnell.net/cbsnews.wmv and played in a Windows Media Player compatible program. Quote Link to comment
+-Hawk- Posted April 11, 2006 Share Posted April 11, 2006 (edited) I unfortunately missed it! My Mom in Law called and said it was on and she watched the whole thing, and thought it was great, and she really didnt understand it before. If she liked it , it will no doubtedly interest LOTS of others Edited April 11, 2006 by -Hawk- Quote Link to comment
+briansnat Posted April 11, 2006 Share Posted April 11, 2006 See that spike at the end? I'm certainly glad we solved the site issues last week or we'd be in deep doo doo. That's surprising. I didn't realize anyone still watched CBS news. Quote Link to comment
+otterbob Posted April 11, 2006 Share Posted April 11, 2006 The more people into the sport, the more caches to find. Quote Link to comment
+hikergps Posted April 11, 2006 Share Posted April 11, 2006 I thought that was cool how the reporter signed off in LAT/LON at the end of her story. That was a very well done news piece, even for CBS. Quote Link to comment
Jeremy Posted April 11, 2006 Share Posted April 11, 2006 See that spike at the end? I'm certainly glad we solved the site issues last week or we'd be in deep doo doo. That's surprising. I didn't realize anyone still watched CBS news. Yeah. I get all my news from The Daily Show with John Stewart. I'd like to see the traffic after we are openly mocked by them. Quote Link to comment
+plook Posted April 11, 2006 Share Posted April 11, 2006 http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/04/10/...in1487111.shtml The video of the segment is just footage so far, maybe they will update it with the report soon... FYI... CBS has now updated the video segment with the actual report instead of just footage. Quote Link to comment
+wimseyguy Posted April 11, 2006 Share Posted April 11, 2006 See that spike at the end? I'm certainly glad we solved the site issues last week or we'd be in deep doo doo. That's surprising. I didn't realize anyone still watched CBS news. Yeah. I get all my news from The Daily Show with John Stewart. I'd like to see the traffic after we are openly mocked by them. Well at least you know the host would get the religion masquerading as science references. Quote Link to comment
+blackjack65 Posted April 13, 2006 Share Posted April 13, 2006 See that spike at the end? I'm certainly glad we solved the site issues last week or we'd be in deep doo doo.Any idea what other TV show ran a report on geocaching at the end of March, when there was a bigger spark? ;-) Quote Link to comment
+LLB Quest'ers Posted April 13, 2006 Share Posted April 13, 2006 I agree!! After seeing a lot of negative publicity lately from the SC mess, I'm very happy to see a positive and well done story - YAY!! SC mess????? Quote Link to comment
Lopezman Posted April 14, 2006 Share Posted April 14, 2006 Grrrrrrr I missed it. Quote Link to comment
+medic208 Posted April 14, 2006 Author Share Posted April 14, 2006 I agree!! After seeing a lot of negative publicity lately from the SC mess, I'm very happy to see a positive and well done story - YAY!! SC mess????? Here are a few links to some of the shorter forum threads on that topic... although there are plenty more long winded discussions out there if you do a search. Linky Linky Linky Quote Link to comment
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