So, I’m not sure what got me thinking about this again, but the other day I did a quick internet search for “GeoCaching“.
GeoCaching, for those of you who don’t already know, is a pretty new hobby (even considered a sport in some circles, but I’m reserving judgment on that for now). It’s a real world adventure game played by all sorts of real people all over the real world each and every day.
Basically someone hides a “cache” - usually consisting of a log book and perhaps even a reward to the finder - somewhere out in the wild world. That person then posts latitude and longitude coordinates and any hints or riddles to help the searcher find the cache.
The searcher (aka GeoCacher) then uses a hand held GPS device to get within meters of the cache. The hints and riddles then help them zero in on the target.
When the GeoCacher finds the cache they sign the log and can take whatever reward is in the cache (and in turn place some reward for the next person to find the cache).
Each individual hunt is rated for difficulty and terrain. Some for example may require a long hike through a national park, or may only be reachable via kayak. Others are placed within large cities or at some under appreciated point of interest and require only time and urban navigation skills to reach.
Some caches are single target hunts. Others may be multi-part hunts, giving the hunter what they need to find the second target within the cache of the first target.
This sounds like alot of fun to me. I’m pretty sure I’m gonna buy a GPS unit and give it a shot. I mean a) it will get me out of the apartment more 
b) as I complete more and more of them in the city I’ll be forced to move to the harder ones (anyone have a kayak I can borrow?) and c) I think it would be alot of fun to PLACE a cache and watch who finds it and what they think of the hunt. (I think I could come up with some pretty entertaining multi-part hunts).
So as I read over some reviews of basic GPS units … I thought I’d blog about it. Maybe it interests some of you. Maybe some of you are already doing it? What do you think about the idea? Have you done it?
Todays Link: GeoCaching.com
