Geocaching?

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Ethan has just written a great article on geocaching on the wilderness wiki, you can check it out here.


Anyone geocache? Any cool stories?
 
Been doing Geocaches since around 2000. Created a cache in 2004. Great fun.

Sabaday falls geocache

An especially fun way to teach kids how to use a GPS, after, of course they learn to use a map and compass. :D

KR
 
Had a Muggle find one in one of our Parks..The can says right on it 'please do not move', 'you have found'...'National game'....The Muggle opened it up and read the log....He then thought after all of that it should be reported and took it to the Station because it was full of toys. One of the dispatchers knew that I GeoCache with my family when ever we go on a trips to explore new places. I returned it to it's rightfull place.

Badge54
 
I've been geocaching since Feb 2006. I created those two caches:
- VIGENERE
- The Amazing Race

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I've done it with my wife and kids on a few different vacations. Its a nice family activity. I don't really understand the culture of it. What I like about it is that it usually gets you onto a neat little path that you might not otherwise be aware of. I like following the paths and seeing the sites. Personally I could care less whether I find the stash or not. That's just me though. My wife likes it a lot (I tell her she can carry the extra trinkets).

Cranky old guy....
 
I'm with you, kgd...but I also like the challenge to find the cache itself or solve the puzzle; I don't care about the content of it (unless there's a $100 bill). Going geocaching while traveling is a very nice way to find secluded and more quiet locations off the beaten paths.
 
I've been geocaching for a while but I've only placed one cache myself. This winter we had a bunch of the classic heavy Pacific storms roll through. The cache is about 6 feet above the high tide line in some rocks. The surge was high enough to pick the cache out of its hole and carry it a kilometre before it washed up on the next beach. It was subsequently found by a muggle who has since gotten into geocaching. It's back in its spot now.
 
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Perhaps you should refrain from typing out those cus words defaultuser :)
 
We geocache as a family, and it is fun. My son (5) calls it "treasure hunting."

On caches that are difficult to find, I found that getting too close with the GPS can be tricky. The approach that works best for me is when I get within 100m or so, I take a bearing on the direction that cache should be. I use a compass to sight that bearing, and start heading in that direction. Along the route, I start looking for place before and after when I expect it to be. It works out rather well.

When my son gets a little older, I plan on ditching the GPS all together, and go compass and map only.

Brian
 
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