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« 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.
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« Reply #1 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 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.
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« Reply #2 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
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« Reply #3 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".
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« Reply #4 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.
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