Geocaching

[+PILTY]

Where did you hear about geocaching?

[+Corp Of Discovery]

I found out about it while doing pre purchase research on GPS units.

[+Logscaler and Red]

I was researching gpsr information with a google search and geocaching happen to pop in. I look at the website and signed up within minutes. I think we even found three caches right after that, the next weekend maybe even.

 

And we have not looked back but we have looked in a lot of out of the way places.

 

logscaler.

[+Agent Okie]

I discovered Geocaching through another Website...www.wheresgeorge.com. It seems several georgers are also cachers. I followed a link one day and I've been here since.

 

[uperdooper]

my brothers made me do it.

[+Renegade Knight]

Read about it somewhere and forgot about it for several months. Then remembered 'geocaching' and I figured there would be a site called geocaching if there was a sport called geoaching.

[+PILTY]

I found out about it while browsing. Just kind of stumbled into it through the wheresgeorge website. I've never looked back. I love to see the out of the way places. I am from England and I'm sure that my countrymen don't see as much of the wonderful backwaters that I do. Just yesterday my wife and I were out caching and we startled some deer! She was so excited that she almost screemed to get my attention. I'm glad that she did because as I turned I saw 8, maybe 9 deer prancing through the forest. Price of this sight - nothing. The memory of this sight - priceless!

Edited February 27, 2004 by PILTY

[+PILTY]

Thanks uperdooper. I'll pick myself off the floor from laughing now huh? Nice post

[uperdooper]

Thanks uperdooper. I'll pick myself off the floor from laughing now huh? Nice post

believe it or not, it's the truth. they bugged me until i started caching.

[+PILTY]

I'm a believer

[+Wacka]

Saw an article in the local paper where the author went with the local caching phenom (he was at 3000 finds a month ago). I was loking for a hobby that got me outside on the weekends and saw the article. go out every weekend!

[+Brian - Team A.I.]

News story on our local FOX affiliate about 'treasure hunting'. 10 minutes later I was finding my first cache.

 

With gas prices scraping $2/gal. even though caching is a relatively inexpensive sport/hobby/game, when you get raped at the pumps, it suddenly becomes a very expensive sport. Factor in the fact that I already dump 2 tanks/week in just driving to/from work, and it becomes prohibitive.

[+NattyBooshka]

We were looking for Letterboxing in an area where it isn't played (well... there are two boxes locally) and stumbled on this site during our searches.

[+Brenin Tegeingl]

News story on our local FOX affiliate about 'treasure hunting'. 10 minutes later I was finding my first cache.

 

With gas prices scraping $2/gal. even though caching is a relatively inexpensive sport/hobby/game, when you get raped at the pumps, it suddenly becomes a very expensive sport. Factor in the fact that I already dump 2 tanks/week in just driving to/from work, and it becomes prohibitive.

Come to the UK, we're paying about $6.27 a gallon and prices keep going up . As to how I got into caching, saw a article in Computer Active Magazine, which mentioned a UK cacher and Geocaching. Went straight to GC.COM and the rest is history as they say. Had to wait 4 months before playing with my Etrex, as my wife bought it in September, but wouldn't give it to me until xmas day.

Dave

[+SilverStar]

I learned about it in the Jeep L.O.S.T. forum.

 

Now I just have to make up my mind on which GPSr to buy.

[+Wadcutter]

See this thread:

http://forums.Groundspeak.com/GC/index.php...wtopic=7172&hl=

[+RPW]

Knights of the Dinner Table. Thanks Jolly! But I did not start getting serious until a friend sold me his GPS so that he could upgrade.

[+sodajerk]

Researching for GPS receiver for vacations and camping

[+Deckyon]

I bought my MeriPlat, then went on the Magellan website to get info on the mapping software and saw the geocaching link there. I did not buy my GPS for geocaching, it was originally for use driving and polar aligning my telescope.

[dneylon]

I was looking for downloadable waypoints for Street Atlas and found a news story about Geocaching. I've downloaded several nearby caches and plan to go out tomorrow for the first time. In addition when talking to a couple of my co-workers about what I'd found they said they were also GPS enthusiasts and would I please send them the link to Geocache. Looks like the Indy area is going to get busier than it is. The first page of caches closest to my apt are all within 3 miles. )

 

Thanks for the new hobby. :

 

David N.

[+Lazyboy & Mitey Mite]

I saw a newspaper article about it in march of 2001. I bought the gps and went to this site and then it took me 5 tries to locate my first cache. I hid two before I found another. After all there was only 1 cache within 30 miles of my home.

[+dino_hunters]

Was on sci.geo.sattelite-nav when the very first geocache ever was posted, in May of 2000. Didn;t get into it though till 1 year ago last Sunday, after the local bomb squad was called on a cache.

[moonpup]

I read an article in the Sunday Boston Globe last year....