Caching and Hashing?

[Guest Wheels]

To me, a geocache hunt seems like a single-leg hash run. Has anyone tried to combine the two, say hashing to a check-point, then trying to locate the next mark via GPS coordinates posted at the check-point, then hashing, etc?

Larry

[+collinsorienteer]

I've laid trails that have taken hashers to a few geocaches. However, rather than have any of the hashers carry GPS receivers, I carry one when I scope out trail, or while I'm laying the trail. When my receiver indicates "0", I leave a "Geocache check," which is a "G" in a circle. (Of course, I have to explain all of this ahead of time.) The idea is that the geocache is within the estimated position error of the receiver from the check. So, they have to hunt around a little to find the cache.

 

Of course, hashers have a very short attention span, so I’ve learned my lesson: always confirm that the cache is actually there, isn’t a virtual cache, etc.

 

I also know of hashers in Tucson, AZ who have used GPS to set trails, or keep track of where they are with respect to the start. But, since you never know where the finish might be, a receiver wouldn’t tell you how to find the beer....

[+Mark 42]

The group in Huntsville has done something of the sort.

 

Here is a link to the Huntsville (Rocket City) group (the **** is a four letter word which sounds like city & the message board auto-censors out):

http://rocket****ty.com/contacts

You'll probably want to contact Smoking Weiner for more info.

 

For those that don't know what Hashing is:

http://www.half-mind.com/who.htm

 

I hope that someday we will be able to put away

our fears and prejudices and just laugh at people.