Geocaching

[Elmo TeH AzN]

So..How many scummers we got who go Geocaching?
I know Tierce & GNR both do and Tierce got me hooked on it now >_>

Reck says he's gone out....

Anyone else? And what interesting things have you found or seen while doing it?

[mb53]

I did it once
went to three different sites
One we couldn't find
the other two were empty
;_;

[Isa]

Tried many years ago, dropped it because bork GPS and clingy family.

Lots of fun though.

[Vi]

I tried it a few times years ago. It's fun to find them, but it's amazing how inconsistently accurate my GPS could get. :/

That, and I don't really know any weird people (offline) who would go out and hunt the invisible in public. Well, I do, but half of that social group is moving at the end of the month, so etc.

[crypto]

i feel like this thread is a litmus test for something

[Tierce]

Official Geocaching website

, by the way. (I'm Caeliat, if you want to add me.)

This thread is relevant to my interests. (Surprise.)

I've cached in Portugal, Spain, Scotland, Ireland and the US. And--gasp!--it's much easier after you acquire a GPS unit.

Love to go caching with the fiance at night in the middle of the desert, even when the hints are something like "pile of rocks by yucca".

Favorite finds so far include a pinecone, a magnetic strip perfectly camouflaged on a roadblock sign, a fake metal plate added to a technical box, a fake rock, a snail shell, a cache called "Well Done or Half Baked" where the container was inside an old oven, and a multi-cache about "heroes, villains and justice" that had a logbook which was essentially a laminated superhero comic book. There is a multi-cache in Edinburgh that took me down the Royal Mile, with intermediary points related to gruesome events in those locations. Macabre, but deliciously fun, and a new way to view the city. I really like the places and stories you go through while seeking a cache.

...in between, way too many film cannisters and altoid cans tucked into impossible locations. And those diabolic nanos that are the size of a fingernail.

Trying to clear as many of the Lisbon caches as I can in the months before I leave the country. It's always a good way to spend an afternoon.

[crypto]

jesus god

[Elmo TeH AzN]

Don't get me started on bison tubes. ESP in trees or he magnetic key lock behind the rail. Or the one in a lock. Like a water lock for those who don't know.
Hell some of the places you see are worth it alone

[Tierce]

It was geocaching that took me to (at least one) gorgeous area in Edinburgh that I would have completely missed otherwise--like the Water of Leith Walkway (my own photos still have to be uploaded. /lazy) Gorgeous, gorgeous place. So much green and water; I would love to live in the wetlands, and the beauty of this area really hit home.

[Johhog]

This gotta be pretty big. Looked at their website and found out that the nearest one is only a couple of 100 metres from where I live. And I live in Sweden. Huh.

Never heard of it personally but it does sound interesting.

[Tierce]

It is quite big indeed. Density of caches varies according to location and how nuts the local cachers are--yesterday I met four cachers, including one of the most prolific cache placers/finders in the country.

Today I should be able to net quite a few, there is a park 5 miles away with a power trail.

[Elmo TeH AzN]

Yeah around me there's at least 100 or so in 20 miles >_>
hopefully going to nail some tomorrow. Works taking it's toll and the other half wants to go.

[Johhog]

I'm impressed by the sheer size of this. In the small town where I live there's 60-65 boxes (or whatever you call them) and several of them have around 200 logged visits. And yet I've never heard of this thing. Guess I'll have to check this out.

[Elmo TeH AzN]

Go sign up and post your username so we can add you as well

[Xdaamno]

The site said there was one on a path near a lake that we walk/bike around several times a week. I told my mum, and we walked out and picked it up. It had loads of little tchotchkes and stuff.

In retrospect I should have tried to convince her I had psychic powers, or dowsing abilities, or something.

[Quilford]

There were two marked really close to where I live, which is surprising, but either we didn't find them or they weren't there to begin with. So the whole thing faded out of interest after that.

[Tierce]

Today I should be able to net quite a few, there is a park 5 miles away with a power trail.

Well, there was the power trail on the way there, the power trail in the park itself, several other caches scattered here and there... gotta cache 'em all.

Long story short, was stung by a bee because I was an idiot and poking at pretty flowers without looking

what

I was poking at, walked around during the hottest part of the day, and generally logged lots of caches--35 today, which is my most caches/day so far and puts me over 300 total. Wooo!

...now to fall over. That was a lot of walking on little sleep (because, again, I'm an idiot >.>).

[Johhog]

gotta cache 'em all

+1

[Elmo TeH AzN]

w00t FIRST TO FIND THIS TODAY!! YES!!
Premium only.

[Isa]

And I live in Sweden.

Sweden, the country with the highest (or at least previously) cache-to-population ratio? The only country/state that was even close was California, I think.

[CooLDoG]

I had a friend who did/does do this. However, I don't have a GPS... So I don't.

[Mr. Flay]

I had a friend who did/does do this. However, I don't have a GPS... So I don't.

A smartphone is usually accurate enough to get the easy ones at least...

I play, though not in the current weather. I'd like to start placing caches but our local rep isn't very responsive...

[Haylen]

Apparently, there is one about 5 minutes away from my house...but knowing my area it's been stolen/burned/tortured in various disgusting ways.

[Claus]

I used to do a lot of geocaching in the two last years of my PhD. I've been slacking lately, but should pick it up again.

[inspiratieloos]

Turns out there is one on my dad's daily 3 kilometre walk, it wasn't very hard to find. There are apparently 2 more on his weekly 8 kilometre walk, but I think those will be harder.