Any Geocachers Here?

[EricNau]

Hey,
I am involved in geocaching, the "entertaining adventure game for GPS users," and I was just wondering if there were any MacRumors members that were also geocachers.
If you haven't heard of geocaching, or are curious, go to geocaching.com

 

[Oryan]

I've wanted to start with a group of friends several times, but we've never gotten around to it. Maybe next summer...

 

[Bote]

I heard about this a few months ago and it seems very interesting. How many have you located so far? What kind of GPS do you have? How difficult is it to find a cache?

 

[gwuMACaddict]

whoa! first i've heard of it! but looks fun!

like amazing race... a buddy of mine has a gps unit that works really well, might have to try it...

 

[Jomoma]

I'm a geocacher! I've found about 100, and i've hidden 1. It's tons of fun, and a great way to find little known areas around you! It definately helped us learn how to get around in a new city when we moved in a year ago.
It's definately worth buying a GPS for geocaching alone.

 

[crdean1]

I like geocaching, but don't make much time for it. I have found about 10 this year. There are many by my house, so I should take some time and do it.

I usually log geocaches when I am backpacking. Lots of fun.

CRD
(love my garmin)

 

[EricNau]

I heard about this a few months ago and it seems very interesting. How many have you located so far? What kind of GPS do you have? How difficult is it to find a cache?

It is a lot of fun. To date I've only found 4 (I think), and I've hidden one.
I have a Garmin etrex legend, it works well, and it was around $200.
All caches have a different difficulty level (between 1 & 5), along with a Terrain difficulty rating (also between 1 & 5).
You should go to http://www.geocaching.com and hit "Hide and Seek a cache." Type in your zip code and see if there are any around you.

 

[Guitarius]

Man, I'd love to get into that. Just never got around to getting a GPS to do it with. Been wanting to do it for a long time.

 

[Lord Blackadder]

I was working at an archeological dig this summer and we found a geocache by mistake. It was kind of funny because several geocachers showed up over the course of the dig but to my knowledge only one of them found it.

Sounds like a pretty interesting hobby; I talked with one of the guys doing it and he said some people get way into it, with super $$$ GPS units and have found thousands of geocaches and planted hundreds.

 

[mlw1235]

This looks really fun.

Unfortunately, I'm a poor high school student without a GPS.

*sigh*

 

[EricNau]

This looks really fun.

Unfortunately, I'm a poor high school student without a GPS.

*sigh*

I'm a poor high school student, but I did a little saving. GPS's can be as low as $100.

 

[cr2sh]

I geocache... but instead of geometric shapes and patterns - I locate end of runways, NAVAIDS, and potential obstructions.

And instead of a $100 GPS I use a $48,000 Trimble set up.

 

[notjustjay]

notjustjay, reporting in!

I cache with a Garmin eTrex Legend. Got 3 hides and about 70 finds...

 

[BrandonSi]

Not as active as I'd like to be, but I've been doing it off and on since early 2003.