[Age of "Official" Geocachers]

I searched through the Geocaching.com terms of service and couldn't find my answer.

 

Is there an age restriction for signing up for Geocaching.com? Could a 10 year old sign up?

[How to log Finds/DNF for private caches]

Thanks for the suggestions.

 

I actually have placed a cache at the front entrance, but so far my company refuses to allow me to post it online. The concern is that we have a very small front entrance, and there's a pretty big guarantee that cachers will have to drive through the gate to be able to turn around. I'm still working with them to allow it.

[Do people always stare?]

I always carry my camera with me when geocaching, so when I happen to be looking for a cache and there happen to be a few other people in the area, I just take out my camera and start taking pictures. I guess they figure I'm working on a school project or something.

[How to log Finds/DNF for private caches]

I am getting ready to implement my GPS/Geocaching lesson at my Outdoor Education Center.

 

All of the caches that I've placed on our camp grounds can be found using any of our GPSr, but because we don't allow unauthorized guests (awesome geocachers or not), they will not be posted online.

 

My question is: what do you think would be the best way for participants (some as young as Elementary School age, some as old as your grandparents) to log their finds or DNFs? Should I even bother trying to keep track?

 

Any thoughts, comments, concerns, or suggestions would be appreciated.

[Replacing waterlogged logs]

Most of the caches I've been finding lately have very waterlogged log books. I've read some other caches where some finders replace these logs. Is this something that's welcome? What do you do with the old logs? Is it better to replace a waterlogged log, or just leave a note in my "found it" log?

[Bringing geocaching to summer camp]

I'm a camping professional and I'm trying to incorporate a GPS lesson into our Outdoor Education curriculum, and eventually into our summer camp program. We have a grant that will get us a class set of GPS receivers.

 

Let's pretend that I have 15 - 20 of the Garmin eTrex Legend H.

 

Is there any way to take one GPSr out, mark waypoints, then somehow transfer them onto all of the other GPSrs? I understand that I can put my caches on geocaching.com and get them that way, but since I'm on private property and I don't want strangers coming onto the land when we have kids here, I don't want everyone to have access to them.

 

Thanks for your help.