+Houston Muggles Posted August 1, 2003 Share Posted August 1, 2003 As a previous poster above, my husband and I heard about it on the Travel Channel. I was wondering this very question a few days ago. We have not yet met another person who has even heard of it. Quote Link to comment
+EthicalEgoist Posted August 1, 2003 Share Posted August 1, 2003 quote:Originally posted by Houston Muggles:As a previous poster above, my husband and I heard about it on the Travel Channel. I was wondering this very question a few days ago. We have not yet met another person who has even heard of it. Was it a special episode of a series? After thinking about it... I think that either Discovery or the Travel Channel would benefit from a series about geocaching--maybe not so much a "reality TV" show as a kind of documentary... Come to think of it, I'm surprised that geocaching hasn't been adapted into a reality TV show... Quote Link to comment
+Houston Muggles Posted August 1, 2003 Share Posted August 1, 2003 Actually it was on their "Worlds Best" series. It was #7 on their top 10 hidden treasures. We happened upon the show. That portion was just a few minutes but it grabbed our interest. We went out the next day and bought a GPS. I've caught it a few times in reruns so check the listings. Quote Link to comment
+Houston Muggles Posted August 1, 2003 Share Posted August 1, 2003 oh...and as far as your last comment about the reality show. My husband has mentioned the same time several times. You know something along the lines of The Amazing Race... Quote Link to comment
+Friendswood Four Posted August 4, 2003 Share Posted August 4, 2003 I actually read about it on another forum. I got curious, took a look at geocaching.com, and now we're hooked! Quote Link to comment
geojed Posted August 10, 2003 Share Posted August 10, 2003 I found out about it when I was watching "top 10 places to find lost treasure" on the travel channel Quote Link to comment
+Team GeoCan Posted August 10, 2003 Share Posted August 10, 2003 I was looking for mapping sofrware. Trash-out, EVERYtime ~~ Geo-cach-er, n. generally a highy technically competent person with lots of free time. (see also- "Unemployed", Computer administrator, aircraft technician- defense worker- dot-com executive- systems administrator, et.al) Quote Link to comment
+smenzel Posted August 14, 2003 Share Posted August 14, 2003 I initially heard about GeoCaching from Where's George. It wasn't until a co-worker of mine suggested finding a cache (he's also a Georger), that I started. Quote Link to comment
merlinsbrat Posted August 16, 2003 Share Posted August 16, 2003 Hello all! This is my first post, and the perfect place for it. I have never heard of geocaching before, and how I found it is sort of strange. I was looking for information about Whiskeytown Cemetery in California, because my grandfather is burried there. After typing Whiskeytown in my search engine, this site was very close to the top of the list, so I had to check it out. There were even some very nice piccys of the cemetery. I've been looking through it for several hours now, and I'm ready to go buy a GPS so I can find some cache here in Missouri! Quote Link to comment
Oregonknights Posted August 17, 2003 Share Posted August 17, 2003 I heard about this website from a friend. I visited a few times before purchasing my first GPS - Etrek. I have to say the support (discussions and advice) of geocaching.com is great. I see big things for games using a GPS! "Every three hours on the golf course, adds three hours to your life." Quote Link to comment
thcri Posted August 17, 2003 Share Posted August 17, 2003 After buying my GPS I discovered I was really dumb about GPS. So I looked for a discusion page and found Geocaching.com. I used it just for the discussions and then one day my wife brought me an article from the paper about Geocaching. I said "Gee, I am already a member of that group did some more playing on the web page to understand it some more and then headed out the next night to find one close to me. Found it and now will do one every so often. murph Quote Link to comment
Zaphod Beeblebrox Posted August 18, 2003 Share Posted August 18, 2003 I didn't hear about it. I read a generic 'filler piece' article about geocaching in the local newspaper. I owned a gps, and decided 'to give it a whirl'. Quote Link to comment
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