Can the Geocaching Community Celebration Event (CCE) 2024 also be used as a CITO?

Can the Geocaching Community Celebration Event (CCE) 2025 also be used as a CITO? So, can you do a litter pick-up at a CCE or a CITO and theoretically talk about 25 years of geocaching and the best moments? For a few months now, we've been running a CITO series where we meet with an…

Detailed questions as an owner about hiding geocaches?

I like to hide geocaches, always via Geocaching.com. Geocaching.com / Groundspeak are a thorn in my side with their expensive premium service. 1. Is it possible to somehow bypass "the officials" or "the Americans" (e.g. on a free open site?) when registering a new cache and still be listed just as well? 2. How does…