Garmin site links to Geocaching.com!

[Guest bridaw]

How cool! Copied from Garmin's website: "GARMIN even uses geocaching as a training activity to teach its new Product Support staff how to use our extensive line of GPS products!" "To find a hidden cache near you or to plant a cache, you should start with www.geocaching.com -- the first to bring geocaching to the masses and the most comprehensive site for this adventure-game."

 

http://www.garmin.com/outdoor/geocaching/index.html

 

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Brian & Terry

San Diego, CA

 

[This message has been edited by bridaw (edited 04 September 2001).]

[Guest Cache-potato]

whooooaaa I think we hit the big time

[Guest Markwell]

WWAAAYYYYY COOL!!!

[Guest Markwell]

WWAAAYYYYY COOL!!!

[Guest robamy]

Cooooooooooooooooooooooooool!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

I was thinking of sending them an email about Geocaching.com but I don't have to now.

 

Sooo Coool!!!!

[Guest makaio]

Note the link to the 4 page "Introduction to Geocaching Guide" in PDF format that you can download/view.

[Guest BigDoggie]

...but they refer to our orienteering game as TREASURE HUNTING, just what the parks gestapo want to see!

[Guest celts]

Now my first thought is what can they give each of us for promoting the use of their products?????

[Guest celts]

Although, I DID get a nice little green floating keychain with the bucket hat that came today----and it said GARMIN on it!!

[Guest redd]

"Using a GARMIN GPS unit, they then trek out into the backwoods or urban jungles to find the hiding spot of the cache."

 

and

 

"You will need a GARMIN GPS unit to help you find or mark cache locations and Internet access for finding or sharing the coordinates."

 

Well, what do you know? I have a Garmin GPSR, but I had no clue it was required to play Geocaching. I wonder what the owners of non-Garmin units are doing for fun?

 

Scott

redd@interbug.com

http://interbug.com/pigeon

[Guest ACotttingham]

What I find funny is that the Garmin headquarters are about a mile down the road from me and they won't let us place a cache on their property. They blame it on liability which I can understand. There is a Garmin employee that caches around Kansas City and leaves patches behind. I think if Garmin wanted to be really supportive of our sport, they would give him demos to leave instead

[Guest ACotttingham]

What I find funny is that the Garmin headquarters are about a mile down the road from me and they won't let us place a cache on their property. They blame it on liability which I can understand. There is a Garmin employee that caches around Kansas City and leaves patches behind. I think if Garmin wanted to be really supportive of our sport, they would give him demos to leave instead

[Guest ClayJar]

quote:

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Originally posted by redd:

I wonder what the owners of non-Garmin units are doing for fun?

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We generally just sit around and discuss the pros and cons of auto-averaging.

[Guest ClayJar]

quote:

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Originally posted by redd:

I wonder what the owners of non-Garmin units are doing for fun?

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We generally just sit around and discuss the pros and cons of auto-averaging.

[Guest jc364]

I sent them an email about a month ago asking why they didn't promote this sport. I got back a very nice email from Judd Annis that said Garmin was going to cover Geocaching more in the future, and to stay tuned. I guess they meant it!!

 

Jerry

[Guest TresOkies]

act doesn't surprise me.

 

The half a dozen Garmin employees I've spoken to all seem to be into all sorts of outdoor activities and their company culture supports it. They tend to be even geekier about GPS than most geocachers.

 

[This message has been edited by TresOkies (edited 06 September 2001).]