If you're an adventurous person who has ever wanted to go on a treasure hunt, it's now a realistic possibility thanks to a fairly new option, geocaching. Geocaching is a outdoor game where you use a GPS enabled smartphone or device to locate a hidden container called a trackable. The level of difficulty ranges from easy to extreme and there are several thousand of geocaches hidden around the world. Here's a beginners guide to starting your geocaching treasure hunt adventure.
Step 1. Register- The registration can be found on the offcial geocaching website, and the basic membership is free. You'll need to do this to search for caches and then later log in to comment, review, and log your finds. If you want more out of your membership you have the option to upgrade to a
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Locate- Search on your computer or phone for nearby geocaching sites. Wherever you go take a moment to check out your area. You never know what types of hidden locations are nearby that you could find.
Step 3. Map It- Copy down the coordinates and enter the location into your phone or GPS device to see the direction you need to be heading and approximate distance from your current position. Make sure to note the hints that are given and the level of difficulty for the best experience.
Step 4. Track It- Follow your GPS to that location by either driving, biking, or walking. Many caches are located along bike paths and mountain trails, making the trip there interesting and quite often scenic.
Step 5. Search- When you've arrived at your destination it's time to start the hunt. Remember, even though you have the location of the trackable it could be hidden anywhere around you. Some caches are hidden particularly well and could be hidden in odd places like fake rocks, the top of trees, or even buried under a layer of brush.
Step 6. Record- Once you've found your geocach look inside and remove the paper. Sign your name and the date and take note of all the people that have found this cache
* Familiarize yourself with the cursor and how it prints out the longitude and latitude of the active map location.
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Familiarize yourself with the cursor and how it prints out the longitude and latitude of the active map location.
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Tracy and I sat down to prepare for our outing with my sister-in-law Shelly and her husband James, who were visiting from Kansas City. I must admit, I was a little skeptical about the thought of treasure hunting. James informed me that all we needed was a free membership with the website geocaching.com, and a hand held GPS unit or a GPS enabled smart phone. We then created an account and decided on a profile name. We were now ready to see what this treasure hunt was all about. We soon discovered it was a technology-driven game of hide and seek using global positioning satellites. Members are able to hide caches and log their coordinates for others to find. These hidden caches contain a log sheet for you to sign your profile name. Some
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From Geocaching-com: "Geocaching is a real-world, outdoor treasure hunting game using GPS-enabled devices. Participants navigate to a specific set of GPS coordinates and then attempt to find the geocache (container) hidden at that
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