Geocaching???

[BRUZR]

Anybody out there that Geocaches? I just started a couple months back. It's a great way to get out in the Jeep, and the wife and kids love it!!!

If you do it, what's your username and have you placed any caches yet? :D

Look for BRUZRs_Daddy & Sugar-Pie... We're putting together our first hide and it's gonna be challenging...

[jeepsonly]

LOL, we just got back from a geocache hunt a few minutes ago. Unsuccessful but nonetheless fun. I'm "whooven" on geocaching.com. I've hid three, 2 in California and 1 by the river near Bullhead but the tribal police closed the land so that ones a goner.

I love geocaching! We find all kinds of neato places we might not have otherwise have seen.

[flxy_tj]

Hey I do that too. Names-Team Fat Tire. :D :D
Got like 100 finds or so.

[XJ Un-Limited]

Part two of Team Fat Tire here. :D

[Wind_Danzer]

Ok, explane this hobby. I'm confused, how does one do it, do you need GPS or what. Maybe if I understood it better I might actually be able to get into something like that.

[rob brooks]

LOL i agree wind_danzer

Anyone able to pass on some infor regarding this would be great?

Rob

[k7mto]

I did this way back when it first started and there were less than 100 caches on the planet. I'm makaio on www.geocaching.com. I have some of the oldest existing caches (although they were adopted by friends when I left Oregon).

Jamie - in simple terms, it's high-tech hide and seek, only the hider tells you where the cache is (Lat/Lon) and you use your GPS to find it (although there are some who use only maps and clues).

In it's simplest format:
Someone hides a cache and marks the location on their GPS.
They log the cache on geocaching.com
You plug the coordinates into your GPS and go find it.
The cache has at least a logbook, and sometimes prizes/trinkets, etc for trading.
You sign the logbook, and take an item and leave an item if you want to.
You return to geocaching.com and log it online (if you want to).

Caches have evolved into multi-caches which require visiting multiple locations and gathering clues, virtual caches which lead you to places for the sheer enjoyment of the area (no physical cache exists), travel bugs which are items moved from cache to cache (like the Jeep TB I hid at Log Corral months ago and had Ron pick up today to go hide somewhere else), etc.

It's alot of fun and is a great way to explore areas you've never been and see places you might otherwise never visit.

[Devil Man]

I did this way back when it first started and there were less than 100 caches on the planet. I'm makaio on www.geocaching.com. I have some of the oldest existing caches (although they were adopted by friends when I left Oregon).

Jamie - in simple terms, it's high-tech hide and seek, only the hider tells you where the cache is (Lat/Lon) and you use your GPS to find it (although there are some who use only maps and clues).

In it's simplest format:
Someone hides a cache and marks the location on their GPS.
They log the cache on geocaching.com
You plug the coordinates into your GPS and go find it.
The cache has at least a logbook, and sometimes prizes/trinkets, etc for trading.
You sign the logbook, and take an item and leave an item if you want to.
You return to geocaching.com and log it online (if you want to).

Caches have evolved into multi-caches which require visiting multiple locations and gathering clues, virtual caches which lead you to places for the sheer enjoyment of the area (no physical cache exists), travel bugs which are items moved from cache to cache (like the Jeep TB I hid at Log Corral months ago and had Ron pick up today to go hide somewhere else), etc.

It's alot of fun and is a great way to explore areas you've never been and see places you might otherwise never visit.
matt you should mark the water fall on your GPS and see if somebody can find steve's camera :)

[XJ Un-Limited]

Anyone still active doing this? I recently started finding them again since moving to Chandler. As part of Team Fat Tire (www.geocaching.com), I don't think we got to this area much, or much of the west valley at all.

[0IIII0]

I just signed up and I am actively looking for a cache this weekend...

[k7mto]

I occasionally check for caches which might be near trails I'm going to run, but I don't do it much around town. Most of the caches in the urban areas are small/micro caches hidden in neighborhood playgrounds or Wal-Mart lamposts, etc. and there's no fun in that. I guess they're ok for cache whores who just want to boost their find count. Since starting in 2000 I have less than 150 finds - gives you an idea how often I hunt :)

Want a fun trip? Go hunt my Sycamore cache...

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=6d0f03dd-a9db-44ee-ac15-048d925972a1

[TimC]

We are Team CSquared. We've been hit or miss lately, and I have a cache ready just need to picka good spot.

One of my friends describes it as hiking with a purpose. :D We usually end up bushwhacking and then take the easy way back. :rolleyes:

Check out this : http://www.sierraadventuresports.com/

5-21-06 Cache Clash Phoenix
(Dreamy Draw, Piestewa Peak Park)

Happy trails,

Tim
Tucson
05KJ
98TJ
88XJ

[FrenchChili]

I just signed up and I am actively looking for a cache this weekend...

I'll hide popcorn fo ya:D:D:D

[Curly]

LOL, we just got back from a geocache hunt a few minutes ago.-----

I love geocaching! We find all kinds of neato places we might not have otherwise have seen.

That is exactly what I tell everyone! I have been in Yuma 35 years, and just now finding areas that I didnt know existed. Of course, owning a jeep helps for the off road caches!:D

[DREDnot]

I just recently got a GPS and found bradshaws grave cache first time out.
Its a cool excuse to go on a trail ride.

BTW...Anyone know where OIIIIO is headed? Hopefully "Castro's Ashtray" cache in havana.
F***ing chocolate starfish:mad:

[paparonbo]

I occasionally check for caches which might be near trails I'm going to run, but I don't do it much around town. Most of the caches in the urban areas are small/micro caches hidden in neighborhood playgrounds or Wal-Mart lamposts, etc. and there's no fun in that. I guess they're ok for cache whores who just want to boost their find count. Since starting in 2000 I have less than 150 finds - gives you an idea how often I hunt :)

Want a fun trip? Go hunt my Sycamore cache...

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=6d0f03dd-a9db-44ee-ac15-048d925972a1
Hey Matt, is this the one off Log Corral? I'd like to make another trip out there and look for it again.

[k7mto]

Hey Matt, is this the one off Log Corral? I'd like to make another trip out there and look for it again.

No, it's along the trail from Upper Sycamore to Lower Sycamore.
I believe the Log Corral cache was archived since by all accounts it gone MIA. If so, maybe I'll plant another one back there...