anyone heard of/tried geocaching?

im thinking of doing it, it sounds fun.
heres a description from wiki for those who arent fimiliar:

Geocaching is an outdoor sporting activity in which the participants use a Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver or other navigational techniques to hide and seek containers, called "geocaches" or "caches", anywhere in the world. A typical cache is a small waterproof container containing a logbook where the geocacher enters the date they found it. Larger containers such as plastic storage containers (tupperware or similar) or ammo boxes can also contain items for trading, usually toys or trinkets of little value. Geocaching is often described as a "game of high-tech hide and seek," sharing many aspects with benchmarking, trigpointing, orienteering, treasure-hunting, letterboxing, and waymarking.
Geocaches are currently placed in over 100 countries around the world and on all seven continents, including Antarctica.[1] After 10 years of activity there are over 1.2 million active geocaches published on various websites devoted to the activity.

 

I have heard of it, but never tried it. I think it sounds like a lot of fun--kind-of like a treasure hunt for big kids/grown-ups.

 

exactly! Sounds like a great way to have an adventure in the midst of beautiful nature!!

 

I've actually stumbled upon three geocaches in my life, two in the US and one in Austria on hiking trails just by luck without actually using a GPS. I never had any odd items to place in those containers at the time. But I always wrote my name and a good quote to live by on the paper they always have provided.

 

it's awesome but a lot of families with little kids do it so you can't leave cool sketchy stuff. I want to start a stoner one where you can leave someone a bud or something

 

I was just about to make a geocaching thread, when i saw this one!

Yes, I bare the addiction known as geocaching.
Been doing it off and on for two years now.

Using million dollar satellites to find Tupperware in the woods! Good times.

Sadly, that Antarctic cache mentioned in the wiki is on the verge of being archived because some douche wanted to play cache police from 9k miles away.

If you get into the hobby, understand your guidelines, get a feel from the community as to what is helpful and what is bad form. Especially if you intent on placing a cache.

 

It's standard in the higher-end Garmins.

But it can still work in a round-a-bout way with other models. Geocaching validates having the GPS, the GPS validates reasons for running off to the woods, the woods validates your existence.

 

I wouldn't want to do it by myself or without telling someone where I was going, but it does sound really fun.

 

It's a family sport, lots of caches are hidden in public areas with people walking around. You don't even have to go out to the boonies

 

LOL you crack me up! those places aren't that scary. Each and Geocache I found I've stumbled upon I was alone.

 

I actually found on of these a couple of years ago.
I was looking for tarantulas up a mountain near me, and found one in large hole in a termite mound covered over with rocks. Didn't know what it was at the time, but it had a note inside, as well as a few other bits and pieces, that basically explained what it is.

 

Great weekend out caching.
Hit some urban quickies yesterday and did a little trail caching today.

Geocaching season is ON!

 

Pretty cool shit, but I've never tried it. I know people who do, though.

It would be pretty cool to do on mind doses of psychedelics, I think.

 

yeah RooRshak i have to agree with you on this...
never heard oof geocaching before this thread though..
see being down under sucks for a multitude of reasons!!

 

I wouldn't even try that, in almost a year of looking for these things I've only found one and the hint made it really obvious. Everyone that hides them really thinks outside of the box

 

So think inside the box, open the lid, and look around for a landmark?

I think psychedelics could help. I remember that you dex, but ever do any phens? I think 2C-B could be fun with it.

 

I've done 2cb, what are some other ones?

 

Caching is more a weed event, I find.
(But that's probably 'cause I'm too old and unconnected for RC's. Le sigh.)

It can be tricky at first but once you get used to how people hide, even some of the 'out of the box' stuff really isn't. Urban area's tend to have the really tricky ones.

Downunder shouldn't be an inhibitor. They are freakn' everywhere.

Just remember: Hide it as you found it. Trade up or even. It's a family game, trade appropriately.

www. geocaching. com

 

Price of gas has killed a lot of my travelling to geocache. Thankfully there's still a ton in town.

Starting to plan a day for the new 'Power Trail'. The one north of town looks to be a good 100+ caches strong, and the cache types are mixed up. Not the same old boring ones, every mile.

Also, always wear boots! I pretty sure I'm not allergic to poison ivy but yesterday I was barefooting and went for an cache in a green-belt. Talk about tip-toeing.