Starting a new blog to chronicle our geocaching adventures. We have been geocaching for a year now, and I will go back and add all the past memorable caches as soon as I can.
What is geocaching?
A hobby/sport finding hidden objects with a hand-held GPS unit.
How does geocaching work?
- A Geocacher carefully chooses a location and hides a container which has been filled with items to trade and a logbook. He determines the coordinates for the container cache (latitude and longitude) by using the hand-held GPS unit. He then registers his new cache on GEOCACHING.COM to share it with the rest of the world
- Another Geocacher can look up caches by entering a zip/postal code into GEOCACHING.COM. After receiving the coordinates and other information from the website, this Geocacher uses a hand-held GPS to look for the cache. The GPS receives signals from the Global Positioning System satellites to give the user their current longitude and latitude. However, the Geocacher has no idea of the altitude of the cache location or the terrain or what kind of structure the cache container might be hidden in. This is part of the challenge of finding the cache!
- The finder takes something from the container as a memento of their visit, leaves something for the next player, signs the logbook and returns the container to its hiding place. Later, they will log their visit on GEOCACHING.COM so that others can read about their adventure.
