Santa Cachemas Steps Down from His Sleigh

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Written by Terri Nealon

Published: January 27 2023

Last Updated: February 15 2023

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Santa Cachemas has been flying his sleigh over St. Louis since 2015, but at the end of December 2022, he parked the sleigh and set down the reins, as he stepped down from coordinating our holiday caching fun we all know as Cachemas in St. Louis. But Major134 (Peter Shaw) wasn't SLAGA's first Santa Cachemas, as that honor goes to the creator of the 'game,' 87preludea20a3 (Brandt Teske), for whom we are all grateful.

As a matter of fact, Pete was an FTF hound himself in those early days, that he says were very competitive. He was fortunate to make two FTFs and get the coveted ornaments that Brandt made back then. Pete recalls his first thrill of Cachemas: "In 2012, I was traveling down I-270 with Nick1081, when Nick’s phone pinged for a new cache. It was Day 7 and in Winter Park, Fenton. We were right at the I-44 exit so we immediately exited, raced over to Winter Park and were able to make the puzzle FTF, a co-FTF. I gave the ornament to Nick since he solved the puzzle while I was driving. It was being “in the right place at the right time” that allowed us to log the FTF as the parking lot filled with cachers just minutes behind us. Both of us were hooked on Cachemas."

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Cachemas 2022 Hall of Fame

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Written by Robert Klemme

Published: January 09 2023

Last Updated: January 19 2023

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Congratulations to all of those who chased after a coveted Cachemas ornament this year! Will next year be your year? 

Average time to FTF this year was 33.5 minutes, the shortest was Day 8 at 13 minutes, the longest was Day 11 which was an hour and 13 minutes.

Link to this year's Cachemas caches: https://coord.info/BMBTHBQ

 Group at Cachemas Day 6

SLAGA Sticker

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Written by Robert Klemme

Published: July 12 2022

Last Updated: July 12 2022

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Introducing the SLAGA Sticker!

This 3” by 5“ oval sticker is the perfect way to show off your membership to others, especially when attending MEGAs or just out and about. Get yours for only $2 and display it proudly on your car, luggage, clipboard, or other surfaces where stickers are commonly placed. Available for purchase at most future SLAGA events.

Cachemas 2021 Hall of Fame

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Written by Robert Klemme

Published: January 06 2022

Last Updated: January 26 2022

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Congratulations to all of those who chased after a coveted Cachemas ornament this year! Will next year be your year? 

Average time to FTF this year was 36.5 minutes, the shortest was Day 11 at 8 minutes, the longest was Day 8 which was just shy of two hours.

List of this year's Cachemas caches: https://www.geocaching.com/plan/lists/BMAFJQC

The largest FTF group this year at Day 11 in Fenton

CACHEMAS 2021

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Written by Pete Shaw

Published: December 11 2021

Last Updated: December 11 2021

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THE SLAGA TWELVE DAYS OF CACHEMAS ARE BACK!!!

Here’s how it works: For 12 consecutive days beginning December 13th, 2021 (Day 1), a new cache will be published and every day afterwards until December 24th. If you are able to First to Find, FTF, one of these daily caches, an FTF Cachemas Ornament will be in the container for you to keep. Once again, L Frank has designed a unique ornament that can be converted to a cache container for a future hide; or, you may keep it, your choice. PLEASE, if you get an FTF on one of the 12 days, do not go for another one until Bonus Day, let someone else have the fun.

This year, there will be a Bonus Cache on December 31st. EVERYONE is eligible to FTF the bonus whether or not you have FTFed a Cachemas hide. This cache can only be found by using all the codes inside of the container of each daily cache. Keep these codes and use them to solve the location of the Bonus cache which will publish on the final day, December 31st. The Bonus solution will be included in the final day Cache description and I am promised, it is not a difficult solution. We are publishing the Bonus 7 days after the 12^th day of Cachemas in order to give cachers time to acquire all the 12 codes.

THE BONUS CACHE CONTAINS TWO LARGE PREMIUM GEOCOINS

AS WELL AS AN AWESOME ORNAMENT