Geocaching!

SO! you might've heard about it... You might've stumbled across it... or maybe this is the first time you even hearing the word...

GEOCACHING!!! well.. this post is here to... help you find your way... ;)

Firstly... what is geocaching?
well.. here's the official intro at www.geocaching.com...

Geocaching (pronounced geo-cashing) is a worldwide game of hiding and seeking treasure. A geocacher can place a geocache in the world, pinpoint its location using GPS technology and then share the geocache's existence and location online. Anyone with a GPS device can then try to locate the geocache.

Secondly... Why the word geocaching..
well that's simple...

Geo: as in geographical...
Cache: as in a cache of arms... or a hidden cache of sweets.. or... well, look it up in the dictionary... it's there... I promise ;)

Thirdly... How much will it cost me!
This is the nice part... it's absolutely FREE!!!

okay, nothing in this world comes FREE as somewhere someone has to maintain the site and the caches. So there is an option to upgrade to a premiere account.. but it's an option and your free membership does not expire!

Fourthly.. What do I need to have in order to cache!

This is a free-for-all sport and you literally just need to get out there. Be that walking or with your car/bicycle/helicopter etc. What tools do you need... well, a GPS enabled device does help!

BUT...you don't HAVE TO HAVE ONE!

I'm using my Sony Ericsson C702 cellphone to do geocaching and it works really beautifully. Nokia phones are nicely supported with trimble's geocache navigator and if you fortunate to own a Garmin or Tom Tom or similar device... well...they have applications that you can use with www.geocaching.com to find your way to your nearest hidden treasure.

BUT, that's not the only way to do caching... by simply going online, getting the co-ordinates of the cache and looking it up on google earth or google maps... you can easily print the map and go searching for it. It does make it bit harder but malo mystery does it very successfully!

What is the hype about geocaching...

Basically, anybody.. young or old can do it!
You don't need to much.. not even too much time! nor knowledge!
and you get to places that.. well... are really beautiful! places you'd never normally go to! and you get to meet a bunch of really awesome ppl. If they doing this sport.. they will definitely not influence you life negatively!

for more info.. read the next post on my blog... or go to THIS page to get more information and to get started. There is so much more to Geocaching... multi cache's... event caches... geocoins... trackable items! and the list goes on...

here is a pic of an event cache we recently attended... click here

Happy Caching!