"I Geocache because it seperates me from the rest of my life"
Frequently Asked Questions About Geocaching
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What is Geocaching?
Geocaching is an entertaining adventure game for gps users. Participating in a cache hunt is a good way to take advantage of the wonderful features and capability of a gps unit. The basic idea is to have individuals and organizations set up caches all over the world and share the locations of these caches on the internet. GPS users can then use the location coordinates to find the caches. Once found, a cache may provide the visitor with a wide variety of rewards. All the visitor is asked to do is if they get something they should try to leave something for the cache.
How do you pronounce Geocaching?
You pronounce it Geo-cashing, like cashing a check.
Are there any other names for Geocaching?
The GPS Stash Hunt, Global Positioning Stash hunt is interchangable. Geocaching has become the standard for the game, however.
The word Geocaching broken out is GEO for geography, and CACHING for the process of hiding a cache. A cache in computer terms is information usually stored in memory to make it faster to retrieve, but the term is also used in hiking/camping as a hiding place for concealing and preserving provisions.
So what's the big deal? You gave me the coordinates so I know where it is. Seems pretty easy.
It is deceptively easy. It's one thing to see where an item is, it's a totally different story to actually get there.
(That I have created)
5/2004 God Bless John Wayne (Georgia)
5/2004 Sharon Grove (Georgia)
2/2004 Doc Holliday, where Are You Now? (Georgia)
2/2004 The Cotton Line Ghost Train (Georgia)
1/2004 The Cotton Line Side Track (Georgia)
11/2003 Enota (Georgia)
10/2003 The Bishop General of the Confederacy (Georgia)
1/2003 The Great Cavalry Chase (Georgia)
12/2002 Murder in Coweta County (Georgia)
12/2002 History 101 and the Great Escape (Georgia)
10/13/2002 Tustunnugee Hutkee (Georgia)
10/1/2002 The Star That Fell Before It’s Time (Colorado)
9/25/2002 Lonesome Dove (New Mexico)
9/25/2002 Butch Cassidy Ran, But I Stayed…Forever (Colorado)
8/3/2002 Voo-doo, Indians, and Tabby (South Carolina)
7/27/2002 A Master of the Trade (Georgia)
7/14/2002 A Tragedy Of The War (Georgia)
7/4/2002 George Washington knows me, but do you? (Georgia)
6/1/2002 The Last General To Die (Georgia)
5/24/2002 Independence Day (South Carolina)
5/5/2002 F.D.R.'s Pine Mt. Valley Vista (Georgia)
(watch out for Indians)
