Geocaching...

[EMA]

www.geocaching.com

have any of you ever heard of it...or do it? I think it's my favorite thing to do...i got my first GPS this past christmas.I have a Garmin eTrex...

if any of you are wondering what the fuck geocaching is...the basic idea is to have individuals and organizations set up caches all over the world and share the locations of these caches on the internet. GPS users can then use the location coordinates to find the caches. Once found, a cache may provide the visitor with a wide variety of rewards. All the visitor is asked to do is if they get something they should try to leave something for the cache.

I have one of my own...I had to take and try the coordinates 5 times to make sure that they were right... i hid one near a lake about 1.5 hours away from where i live...If your interested here is mine http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=50b0cc4a-489c-42bc-9d60-1f22f4421971 .They have land geocaches and underwater geocaches for people who scubadive and there are ones for people who cave and rock climb..it's actually really fun b/c when you find it you have to be sneaky and make sure 'muggles' dont see you when you find it...or else it could be ruined. Most of the geocaches are in big ammo boxes...
There are 3 different things you can look up while geocaching...
1)Caches-those have things inside it..usualy a log to record your visit and some other stuff for you to trade take and just look at..some even have cameras to see who all have been there.
2)there are 'travel bugs' that you can find....this is what they look like...

..when you find one you log it on the website and you get points for it.
3)then there's this http://jeep.geocaching.com where you look for the jeeps and if you find one you have a chance of winning one...it's really cool.

well just though i'd share it with you and if you decide to try it out thats cool...if you dont have a GPS thats fine you can just use a map and compass..

well i'm heading out to go geocaching.i'll take some pics

 

[Puppet]

I did this with a friend while he and I were assigned to Microsoft in Dallas last year. He was really into it so I checked it out. Kind of like a digital scavenger hunt. It brought us to some pretty cool parks in the dallas area that we normally would have never gone to. I was always freaked out that I'd bump into a snake or something.

This is fun to do. Go to www.geocaching.com and in the upper right box enter your current zip code and see how many caches are close to your house. There are a ton near mine. I'd recommend this for someone who has a son or daughter that he is interested in finding cheap ways to bond with them. Kids love it.

 

[MeanMugginFool]

Reminds me of orienteering back in the boy scout days, only using GPS instead of good old fashioned compasses and maps. Either way, definetly a good time and great for just getting out and enjoying nature and the world around you.

 

[COSTANZA]

I have never heard of that but it sounds like a lot of fun. How much is a cheap GPS? Also, what the F are 'muggles'?

 

[EMA]

Puppet there are a bunch around me...I'm getting ready to drive about 30 mins away and there are 12 that are calling my name...i'm ganna see how many i can get...

'muggles' are what people call the dont geocache...you always have to be careful about them...


well here i go...lets see...i have 12 coordinates...let see how many i can get before it gets dark...

EDIT: and for the GPS question...mine was 100 dollars i think
http://www.thegpsstore.com/GPS-Handheld-Mapping.asp

mine is a non mapping GPS but it still gets the job done...

 

[COSTANZA]

ROGER! MAybe i get one soon, theres a lot by my house, too. WOuld be fun to have a race to find a bunch against other people.

 

[Intro]

I found one at a park once by accident. I found the paper and one of those travel bugs and all inside, so I hit up the website and was pretty amazed by it all. I think Hypnos' parents are or were pretty into it for a while.

If I ever come across a GPS, I'll be all about it. Like Puppet said, it's a great way to check out new places you'd normally never end up.

 

[Loudboy]

yeh me and a couple friends did this once and go to go on a nice hike

maybe ill get a gps of my own once...

thanks for bringing this up ema

 

[EMA]

well i just got back..didn't get to do all of them b/c i didn't realize how dark it got so early now....we did 7 of the 12...i got all muddy and dirty and shit...and where we went was a huge ass frisbee golf course with a huge ass lake and beach you can go swimming at...deff plan on going there again this upcoming summer

 

[EMA]

heres a pic of what most of them look like

like i said most of them are ammo boxes

 

[blze]

wtf is the ammo box? is that waht u are looking for with the gps? im pwnt.

 

[stoned_MONKee]

You can buy those ammo boxes for a few bucks, and spend all of that time where yoyu are looking for them doing something more constructive with your time like ........ play CZ. :twisted:

 

[EMA]

go to the website blze...

i get the ammo boxes from the army surplus(sp) store...for about 4 dollars... it the only way i go out and exercise any more is hiking and geocaching

 

[Machiavelli]

go to the website blze...

i get the ammo boxes from the army surplus(sp) store...for about 4 dollars... it the only way i go out and exercise any more is hiking and geocaching

sex burns calories faster than hiking

 

[EMA]

sex is fun...but i prefer the outdoors sometimes