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Outdoor Life

yawnmaster

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15. It's like many things...as others have said, it gets you out hiking, but also there is...

Reply to Scuba (Reply #1)

Thu Feb 6, 2014, 03:15 PM

Feb 2014

an attraction to collecting, to set fun goals, to become part of the a "sport" (as you often will leave something for the next person). And finding some of the caches, even with gps, can be a challenge. They are hidden to keep non-players from finding them.

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Any geocachers around here? [View all] dhpgetsit Jun 2012 OP

What's the attraction? Scuba Jun 2012 #1

You need to create an account on geocaching.com. dhpgetsit Jun 2012 #3

OK, but why? Scuba Jun 2012 #5

It gets me out, and takes me to cool places I would never have known about otherwise. dhpgetsit Jun 2012 #6

OK, I get it. Scuba Jun 2012 #8

Rediscovering Your City CanonCityGecacher Nov 2012 #12

It's like many things...as others have said, it gets you out hiking, but also there is... yawnmaster Feb 2014 #15

Has geocaching become more popular rrneck Jun 2012 #2

I recently got an Android phone dhpgetsit Jun 2012 #4

Hmmmmmm. I have an android phone. rrneck Jun 2012 #7

Yes, although I've slowed down in the past year - I'm around 670 petronius Jun 2012 #9

We finally hit our first two of the year last week. ileus Jun 2012 #10

I've only done a few geocaches, but I'm a big letterboxer, which is about the same thing. I Nay Jul 2012 #11

Message auto-removed Name removed Dec 2013 #13

We're a half caching family.... ileus Jan 2014 #14