Echo Six Charlie: Geocache In Space - August 24th Deadline!

This shot was taken from Sputnik 2010 in December, 2010

I had originally found out about the Sputnik 2010 back in June, 2011 when attending my first Dirtbag Geocaching Society event. There I learned how in December of 2010 e6c (Echo Six Charlie) lead a team of geocachers who sent a geocache into 'near space' with a weather ballon. Then managed to retrieve it over 100 miles away after it came back to earth.

Well Scott (e6c) is attempting to do it again and this time going higher and farther than the first.

Here's the kicker. He needs $1000.00usd to accomplish this and it has to be done before August 24th this year. This means from the date of this post he only has two weeks to do it. Now as of this post he has already collected about $800 dollars and only needs about $200 more. So if you want to be a part of history and help put another geocache in space, now is the time.

Below is a link to an article from the It's Not About The Numbers blog giving all the details and even a video explaining everything and how you can help.

I personally have discussed with Scott that when this goes up I will be there with my cameras to help record the event. So be sure to send in your contributions and stay tuned. I will let you know all the whens and wherefores as the information becomes available.

http://www.notaboutthenumbers.com/2011/08/09/three-two-one-geo-liftoff/

and another helpful link to check out:

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/211644115/geocache-in-space

Over A Quarter of a Million Views Can't Be Wrong - GeoSnippits Geocaching Milestone

If someone would have told me back when I first started making GeoSnippits Geocaching Videos that they would be as popular as they are now I would have literally laughed out loud. Geocaching is a growing and very addicting activity but let's face it comparatively to say a rock band or movie star we have a much smaller fan base. There are viral You Tube videos out there that get gazillions of hits but that wasn't why I make GeoSnippits. I do it for the geocaching community and apparently the geocaching community likes them just fine.

Yesterday I realized that GeoSnippits hit a milestone. We now have over 250,000 views on You Tube. That's over a quarter of a million times people wanted to see our geocaching goodness. How cool is that? We have put in a lot of work to bring informative geocaching videos to people all around the world and will continue to do so for a long time to come.

Yes, I know that doesn't include our exclusive GeoSnippits segments seen on TV in all 50 states via the Michigan Magazine TV show (RFDTV Network). That is another story.

We want to thank all of our viewers for getting us this far. Over 90% of the shows we do come from our viewer suggestions. We could not do it without you!

Speaking of not being able to do it without you. If you want to sponsor GeoSnippits via our websites, videos or on Michigan Magazine TV. Please contact HeadHardHat at headhardhat@gmail.com. You can also click on the Donate buttons on our websites (links just below this post) as well. We do appreciate it and all proceeds go to keeping us going. We thank you for your support!


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GeoSnippits Needs Equipment So We Are Asking...

It really does show how tough times are, I mean if you read in the news recently that the recession has been over for a year now. Could have fooled me and a bunch of my unemployed friends. With that being said we at GeoSnippits are in a situation and are asking for your help. To be frank, our equipment is getting old and we really need to start replacing it. Unfortunately we don't have the funds to do so. To help, we have put donation buttons on my blog GeoCache: I'm NOT Obsessed and the GeoSnippits websites. It is our hopes that all our viewers and fans out there can help us get the equipment we need to keep going.

If you have enjoyed our videos or gained valued information about geocaching through them, please give what you can. It will be greatly appreciated.

Also if you would like to sponsor GeoSnippits we would love to hear from you as well. You can contact me directly at headhardhat@gmail.com.

Much thanks in advance,

HeadHardHat

GeoCache: I'm NOT Obsessed... Right?
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@headhardhat

Please don't forget to visit our GeoSnippits Geocaching Tutorial Videos Website at
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