Origamian

Hi All, I am fairly new to this, started in August (geocaching, not lurking). Not sure if I am a lurker, I don't think I've lurked enough although I lurked once. My post to read ratio is low in as much as I haven't read much either. My lurk to post ratio is low to the point that I do not think it is enough to justify calling myself a lurker, I think I need to earn my er to add to my lurk. I am upto 64 caches, half found with gps, half without. I went to a walking weekend in Dartmoor (biggish hills called Tors in south of England that surround a prison and a gnome home) in August and someone there mentioned geocaching and said it was a bit like letterboxing (have always been fascinated by letterboxing but never tried). When I got home, Googled geocaching and looked for nearest to my place of work (Watts the Point) and have never looked back. I am 40, like kite flying and also, hence my nickname, origami. I have 3 childre: 14, 13 and 10, my 10 year old also enjoys geocaching. I have introduced one of my friends and a work collegue to geocaching. Heres to boosting my lurk to post to read ratios to bypass lurker to regular contributer! Best Wishes, Origamian

Hi, I have been geocaching for a few months (since August). I didn't have a gps when I started. A careful partnership between google earth and a good os map has helped me tremendously, by marking specific locations and balancing that with the clue. I agree to the comment that, yes indeedy it is a gps sport, however, for some a gps is an investment that takes timeto consider. If you can find your first few without one it can make you more appreciative of the find as well as more observant to the sort of environments cache's are hiden. I now have a gps but to be honest it has made me lazy in using my os map, although I use my os map to plan routes and circuits and take it with me and use in conjunction with gps. Just my pennies worth of contribution to this discussion. I am upto 64 finds and at least 30 were without gps. Regards, Origamian

I am not sure if this has been mentioned before and I am new to this so I may be missing something but here we go: Has anyone noticed that when you look at cache's in google earth they appear to 'jump' around? Is this a feature designed to make it harder for you to find? is this a 'glitch'? Regards, Origamian