What is Geocaching?

a lot of dogs go geocaching

Yep, it went in three days. It was a nightmare, really. An unidentified 'hunter' was in the park, after hours, and dug a six foot hole in the sand. I don't ever buryany caches. There was trickery involved. When he was digging, he should have been looking at the trash. The clues were all there.

I guess I deleted the photos online. I'll post some when I get home. After I went to the park to fill in the hole, somebody cut trees and laid them over the hole. I got a list of members who looked at the cache page, but it was probably an out-of-state member who gave the info to someone here.

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?ID=37055

user name: coolerheads

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Let me know if you can get in to see the page.

Check out the pictures that Centris posted. Her son is 'Thing 1'

http://www.geocaching.com/faq.asp

New-age treasure hunting gains attention in Ramsey County

Saurabh Anand
Staff Writer

\09Imagine an Easter egg hunt but expand the size of the territory to the size of the Earth and instead of finding candy in the eggs, you discover money, jewelry and tickets. Ready to play yet?
Geocaching, pronounced geo-cashing, is the name of the game and it has recently picked up players of all ages around the world, including the north suburban area.
“This is a new activity that grew from nothing just a few years ago,” said, John Moriarty national resource manager at Ramsey County Parks and Recreation.
The word “Geocaching” is a combination of “geo,” which means “of or relating to Earth or geography,” and “cache,” which can mean “a place to hide provisions” in camping terms.
To initiate the game, someone hides a cache, usually a waterproof container with small items inside, then records its position with a Global Positioning System (GPS) and finally posts its coordinates on a Geocaching Web site such as www.geocaching.com. Anyone with a GPS can now use it to visit the cache and take anything inside it, but must replace that item with something else and also sign the logbook.
With technology becoming increasingly affordable and available, a GPS can be purchased for around $100, said Ian Stevens of Columbia Heights, who has started scores of caches throughout the state, including over 50 in Anoka and Ramsey County.
Most of the time, people leave junk and toys in caches; however, Stevens recalls some surprisingly rewarding treasures. “A few months ago I heard one of them had gold and silver coins and I found some jewelry sets in one,” he said.
According to Stevens, Geocaching isn’t all about what’s in the caches - sometimes caches are hidden in beautiful areas and attractions that he never would have discovered had he not played the game.
Moriarty agrees, “[Geocaching] is a way of getting people to different areas, like the State Capitol or the Conservatory in Como [Park].”
The Ramsey County Parks and Recreation department was initially ignorant of geocachers hiding caches in the park system, Moriarty said. But by acting quickly, he said, Ramsey County has become the only county in the state that has rules about Geocaching in its parks. According to Moriarty, the rules state that caches are not to be buried or contain dangerous or illegal items, and that Ramsey County retains the right to remove caches if it feels their presence is causing harm to the habitat.
State parks do not allow Geocaching in their parks and most counties are hesitant about letting people hide caches in theirs. According to Moriarty, “State parks are concerned about people leaving things in the parks and it’s against state laws.”
Even though Ramsey County now allows Geocaching in most of its parks, there are still reasons to remain concerned, said Moriarty. “You get trails where you don’t want trails, and vegetation is trampled. If people leave food in them, they can attract animals. There’s always a couple people that cause problems but we haven’t found anything dangerous yet,” said Moriarty.
According to Stevens, the state park system is being too cautious. “They’re worried about things being buried but no one buries them. If the person who puts it out there doesn’t take care of the problem, someone else will,” he said.
Moriarty said having caches around the parks can be beneficial. In some cases, geocachers have found illegal dumping in parks and are useful as extra sets of eyes in the park system, said Moriarty.
Geocaching has a real future as a family and competitive activity, said Moriarty. “People are really enjoying it. We’ve even had people from Europe visiting some of the caches.”

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I guess the show turned out better than I thought it would. I could have done without the close-ups though. There may be an update in the future. Stephan can't believe geocaching goes on in the winter.

Target has eTrex GPSr's on sale this week. The one shown in the ad, for $99, is my second one. It's perfect for geocaching.

http://www.magellangps.com/assets/manuals/oldprod/manual_Blazer12.pdf

Do you have one? If not, this may help.

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What's your geocache name? What cache was it?

I had done a search of caches in Newport, and didn't get any recent 'finds'. Glad you got it figured out.

Yeah, you'll be doing more; many more.

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This morning at 10:30 KARE11 will be at Battle Creek to learn about geocaching. Ken Speake is the reporter; I don't know the cameraperson.

We're meeting at this entrance.