Geocaching
… or Nerd Treasure Hunt as Brittany calls it.
Today we went for our first geocache hunt, and turned up empty handed. I think the co-ords for the box was slightly off because I see people talking about moving it to get it out of the way.
For those of you who don’t know what it is, you can read up on it here or here, or just look at a list of the geocaches that are close to Halifax at this listing.
Geocaching is an outdoor activity that most often involves the use of a Global Positioning System (“GPS”) receiver or traditional navigational techniques to find a “geocache” (or “cache”) placed anywhere in the world. A typical cache is a small, waterproof container containing a logbook and “treasure”, usually trinkets of little value. Participants are called geocachers.
Geocaching is similar to a much older activity called letterboxing. The major difference is its use of the GPS and the Internet. Some variations of the game now include point systems to enhance game play.
Even though we did not find the actual cache, it was fun to go for a hike at Duncan’s Cove, this time much further than we normally go. We were using a Magellan GPS 2000 XL, which you can buy for about $20 it seems.
It was nice to go for a walk/hike with a destination in mind.
on April 23rd, 2006 at 10:35 pm
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