Geocaching

BBx · 22-03-2010, 23:38

Anyone done these before?

Basically a treasure hunt where you can search for Cache things in your local area.

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/default.aspx

BB x

vix · 23-03-2010, 09:54

Phil and I do it, although haven't done it for a while due to not being mobile. There are so many around, it's amazing

Feek · 23-03-2010, 13:14

I tried this around ten years ago and there were hardly any around. There was one within a few miles of home which I spent ages trying to find but I failed. I've not looked for any since.

lostkat · 23-03-2010, 18:41

Ooooh, I can input coordinates into my Garmin watch

kaiowas · 23-03-2010, 19:47

We just used my TomTom last time we did them. Wasn't straightforward but we managed. Will hopefully be a bit easier with Vix's iPhone.

Feek · 23-03-2010, 19:51

Perhaps it wasn't quite ten years ago, I've just checked on geocaching.com and I joined on the 13th Jan 2001, well after the fiddle factor was turned off. I've been using GPS units since 1997 when I had a Garmin GPS II and it was a big bonus when the fiddle factor was removed as accuracy dropped from (IIRC) around 30m to typically just a few feet.

The problem was that the cache I was looking for was very well hidden in a large clump of bushes and I just couldn't find it there. I realised later that I knew the person who'd stashed it and he told me that he'd deliberately made it really difficult to find.

There are a handful close to me now, I shall have another go.

Kitten · 23-03-2010, 21:35

I must be getting old, barely any of this thread makes sense to me

BBx · 23-03-2010, 22:22

Cool! I am going to start doing it I think

I think I have been reading too many Dan Brown novels recently - things like this really interesting me at the moment

BB x

TinkerBell · 24-03-2010, 12:00

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kitten

I must be getting old, barely any of this thread makes sense to me

I was the same when I came in here, so don't think it is age!

lostkat · 24-03-2010, 13:05

Didn't make any sense to me either until I read the website!

22-03-2010, 23:38	#1
BBx Reverse SuBo Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: London Posts: 8,673	Geocaching Anyone done these before? Basically a treasure hunt where you can search for Cache things in your local area. http://www.geocaching.com/seek/default.aspx BB x

23-03-2010, 09:54	#2
vix Penelope Pitstop Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 4,426	Phil and I do it, although haven't done it for a while due to not being mobile. There are so many around, it's amazing __________________

23-03-2010, 13:14	#3
Feek ex SAS Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: JO01ou Posts: 10,062	I tried this around ten years ago and there were hardly any around. There was one within a few miles of home which I spent ages trying to find but I failed. I've not looked for any since. __________________

23-03-2010, 18:41	#4
lostkat Good Cat Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 5,550	Ooooh, I can input coordinates into my Garmin watch __________________ Oooooh Cecil, what have you done?

23-03-2010, 19:47	#5
kaiowas The Stig Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Fightertown USA Posts: 1,458	We just used my TomTom last time we did them. Wasn't straightforward but we managed. Will hopefully be a bit easier with Vix's iPhone. __________________ Anal Fish Porn

23-03-2010, 19:51	#6
Feek ex SAS Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: JO01ou Posts: 10,062	Perhaps it wasn't quite ten years ago, I've just checked on geocaching.com and I joined on the 13th Jan 2001, well after the fiddle factor was turned off. I've been using GPS units since 1997 when I had a Garmin GPS II and it was a big bonus when the fiddle factor was removed as accuracy dropped from (IIRC) around 30m to typically just a few feet. The problem was that the cache I was looking for was very well hidden in a large clump of bushes and I just couldn't find it there. I realised later that I knew the person who'd stashed it and he told me that he'd deliberately made it really difficult to find. There are a handful close to me now, I shall have another go. __________________

23-03-2010, 21:35	#7
Kitten Spinky-Spank Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: 668. The Neighbour of the Beast Posts: 11,226	I must be getting old, barely any of this thread makes sense to me __________________ "You only get one life. There's no God, no rules, except for those you accept or create for yourself. Then once it's over... it's over. Dreamless sleep for ever and ever. So why not be happy while you're here?" Nate Fisher

23-03-2010, 22:22	#8
BBx Reverse SuBo Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: London Posts: 8,673	Cool! I am going to start doing it I think I think I have been reading too many Dan Brown novels recently - things like this really interesting me at the moment BB x

24-03-2010, 13:05	#10
lostkat Good Cat Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 5,550	Didn't make any sense to me either until I read the website! __________________ Oooooh Cecil, what have you done?

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