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Geocaching article: what to include? What to leave out?


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I've been asked to write a short (200 words) article about geocaching. It's for the newletter put out by the Univ. of Kentucky Arboretum, where I placed a cache. The newletter goes to Arboretum memebers, local garden clubs, etc.

 

Given that not much can be said in 200 words, what would you include to introduce/explain geocaching to the general public? What would you not mention?

 

wcgreen

 

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Wendy Chatley Green

wcgreen55@hotmail.com

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Put in: Try to describe the thrill of the hunt. That a GPSr will only get you to the approximate area, and the cache will be hidden. When I've described geocaching, I've heard "sounds like hunting fish in a barrel." wrong...

 

Leave out: Travel Bugs. I always get blank stares when I try to describe travel bugs in 30 seconds or less.

 

Good luck with your article!

 

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"Next time, instead of getting married, I think I'll just find a woman I don't like and buy her a house."

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Leave out the fact that no matter how useless the items you include in a geocache are, cashiers will always leave something of lesser value.

 

On second thought, maybe you should include it.

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