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General Discussions => No Glove No Love => Topic started by: weekapaug19 on January 30, 2007, 01:24:58 pm

Title: Geocaching/letterboxing
Post by: weekapaug19 on January 30, 2007, 01:24:58 pm

So is anybody around here into Geocaching (or know what it is)?  I just started

I\'m not sure if you can call this a sport, but I put it in the sports forum.

Title: Geocaching/letterboxing
Post by: FrankZappa on January 30, 2007, 01:32:25 pm

I;ve heard of it before, but not having a geo-thingie I\'ve never done it. Sounds like fun though.

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Geocaching (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geocaching) is an outdoor treasure-hunting game 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 and "treasure", usually toys or trinkets of little monetary value.

Title: Geocaching/letterboxing
Post by: weekapaug19 on January 30, 2007, 01:36:14 pm

you can do the "letterboxing" one\'s without GPS.  they give you directions to follow instead of coordinates

Title: Geocaching/letterboxing
Post by: obsession600 on January 30, 2007, 03:09:12 pm

my dad is really big into this. he drags my mom and nephew around and they seem to enjoy it. They are up to 60+ caches found. My wife and I helped out on a couple when we visited for Thanksgiving. They live in Arizona so they have a lot of variety in where caches and how/where they are hidden.

I looked up some in my neighborhood in NY. They are all micro-caches for the most part and very prone to being "muggled".

Title: Geocaching/letterboxing
Post by: weekapaug19 on January 30, 2007, 03:20:05 pm

I just went looking for my first the other day and couldn\'t find it, I\'m gonna go back this weekend when it\'s lighter out and try again.