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Santa Cachemas Steps Down from His Sleigh
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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."
Cachemas 2022 Hall of Fame
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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
Cachemas 2021 Hall of Fame
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- Written by Robert Klemme
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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
SLAGA Sticker
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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.
New Missouri Reviewer, MrHarmonica
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Geocachers in the western half of Missouri may have noticed that there was a new Missouri reviewer publishing their caches -- MrHarmonica. After keeping his identity a secret for almost a year, it was time to reveal himself last month. The New MO Reviewer Reveal Event (GC8782Q) was hosted by neighboring reviewers Iowa Landmark (Iowa), Heartland Cacher (Nebraska), Reviewer Smith (Illinois), and Banjo-Boy (6-year retiring reviewer from St. Louis). Geocachers from all over the state gathered at Cosmo Park in Columbia, Missouri, to play a game of Clue to see if they could solve the mystery. Finally, a team arrived at the correct set of clues -- 1) Geoname starts with an L; 2) Lives in St. Louis; 3) Hides birdhouse caches. Who could that be? L Frank? How could L Frank keep a secret for so long?
After the reveal, L Frank changed into his Volunteer Reviewer shirt, and MrHarmonica handed out souvenir harmonicas to everyone who guessed correctly. Then his fellow reviewers joined him for a Q&A session.
The next time you see L Frank/MrHarmonica, you can congratulate him and ask him a question or two about getting your caches published. Tell him that you knew it was him all along.
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