Tue Jun 5, 2012, 12:32 PM
dhpgetsit (1,908 posts)
Any geocachers around here?
Geocaching has been a bit of an obsession for me. I set a goal to find my 400th cache this year and it looks as if I will easily pass that mark.
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12 replies, 1186 views
| Author | Time | Post | |
| dhpgetsit | Jun 2012 | OP | |
| Scuba | Jun 2012 | #1 | |
| dhpgetsit | Jun 2012 | #3 | |
| Scuba | Jun 2012 | #5 | |
| dhpgetsit | Jun 2012 | #6 | |
| Scuba | Jun 2012 | #8 | |
| CanonCityGecacher | Nov 2012 | #12 | |
| rrneck | Jun 2012 | #2 | |
| dhpgetsit | Jun 2012 | #4 | |
| rrneck | Jun 2012 | #7 | |
| petronius | Jun 2012 | #9 | |
| ileus | Jun 2012 | #10 | |
| Nay | Jul 2012 | #11 |
Response to dhpgetsit (Original post)
Tue Jun 5, 2012, 12:42 PM
Scuba (26,764 posts)
1. What's the attraction?
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I've got a Garmin for road navigation and a DeLorme for woods and water, but don't understand what geocaching is all about.
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Response to Scuba (Reply #1)
Tue Jun 5, 2012, 01:00 PM
dhpgetsit (1,908 posts)
3. You need to create an account on geocaching.com.
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Then look at a list of geocaches in your area, use your GPS to find one, sign the log inside, replace the container as you found it, and go online and log the find.
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Response to Scuba (Reply #5)
Tue Jun 5, 2012, 01:10 PM
dhpgetsit (1,908 posts)
6. It gets me out, and takes me to cool places I would never have known about otherwise.
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Pioneer cemeteries, parks, viewpoints, and all kinds of things I might never have noticed.
And besides, it's a challenge that gets me off my butt and away from the PC. |
Response to dhpgetsit (Reply #6)
Thu Nov 8, 2012, 09:49 PM
CanonCityGecacher (11 posts)
12. Rediscovering Your City
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I have found a lot of very nice secluded spots around town while Geocaching. Some close to the highway.. Small streams running past. You can find some beautiful spots. Just remember to look up once and a while from your GPS. You don't want to fall into a stream. I have almost walked right into tree in the past.
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Response to dhpgetsit (Original post)
Tue Jun 5, 2012, 12:42 PM
rrneck (13,768 posts)
2. Has geocaching become more popular
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since phones added GPS?
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Response to rrneck (Reply #2)
Tue Jun 5, 2012, 01:01 PM
dhpgetsit (1,908 posts)
4. I recently got an Android phone
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And it has made geocaching easier, since I can open the geocaching app and find nearby caches wherever I go.
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Response to dhpgetsit (Reply #4)
Tue Jun 5, 2012, 01:17 PM
rrneck (13,768 posts)
7. Hmmmmmm. I have an android phone.
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Verrrry interesting.
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Response to dhpgetsit (Original post)
Tue Jun 5, 2012, 04:51 PM
petronius (19,653 posts)
9. Yes, although I've slowed down in the past year - I'm around 670
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in total finds.
My favorites are always the rugged, wilderness-y caches; I've got a ~12 mile |
Response to dhpgetsit (Original post)
Mon Jun 11, 2012, 12:41 PM
ileus (9,210 posts)
10. We finally hit our first two of the year last week.
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It's been a crazy spring and we just started the hobby last November.
Hopefully as schedules settle down in the next few weeks we'll have more time to hunt. |
Response to dhpgetsit (Original post)
Wed Jul 18, 2012, 11:57 PM
Nay (5,713 posts)
11. I've only done a few geocaches, but I'm a big letterboxer, which is about the same thing. I
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find I tend to like the clues aspect of letterboxing a bit better than the more techy geocaching. My son, a gadget nut, loves geocaching.
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