| Do you Geocache? |
| Yes, often, and I love it |
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10% |
[ 4 ] |
| Yes, often, and I love it |
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10% |
[ 4 ] |
| Yes, but not much |
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7% |
[ 3 ] |
| Yes, but not much |
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7% |
[ 3 ] |
| I have been but didnt like it |
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0% |
[ 0 ] |
| I have been but didnt like it |
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0% |
[ 0 ] |
| I have heard of it but havent gone |
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15% |
[ 6 ] |
| I have heard of it but havent gone |
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15% |
[ 6 ] |
| Never heard of it..... |
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12% |
[ 5 ] |
| Never heard of it..... |
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12% |
[ 5 ] |
| I would love to use all those techie toys in a sport, sign me up! |
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5% |
[ 2 ] |
| I would love to use all those techie toys in a sport, sign me up! |
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5% |
[ 2 ] |
| The State of South Carolina is foolish for trying to ban my sport...... |
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0% |
[ 0 ] |
| The State of South Carolina is foolish for trying to ban my sport...... |
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0% |
[ 0 ] |
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Ladysmokeater
Rogue Historian
Joined: Oct 22, 2005
Posts: 1048
Location: North of Atlanta, South of Boston, East of the Mississippi, and West of the Atlantic
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 Posted: Wed Dec 07, 2005 11:58 am Post subject: Geocaching anyone? |
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I was wondering if anyother aspies liked to Geocache.
for those that dont know what this is it is a global treasure hunt using GPS. People "hide" a container with trinkets in it and post the coord online on the site and people go off and find it.
www.geocaching.com
I love it. I go alone mostly, and I get to use all those map skills I have as well as those techie toys I love! If the website doesnt help answer any questions, please ask, and Ill try to answer what I can.
The state of SC, where I hail, is trying to ban it because one rep in beaufort thinks its bad. Many folks CITO (Cache In Trash Out) and help keep the parks clean that we visit. |
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monastic
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Posts: 723
Location: Indiana
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Hi Ladysmokeater,
I love geocaching! When I was a child, I used to dream of finding buried treasure and such (I suppose it stems from my love of pirate-y things  ) and gocaching is the next best thing 
It combines my love of hiking and finding hidden treasures and I get to leave a little something behind for other people to find....how fun!
At first, when I started going "hunting" for hidden treasure, I've got to admit my OCD kicked in and I had a tough time believing that there were caches in those containers and not just icky discarded trash from some lazy person. Wearing gloves helps calm my senses now when I go searching.
It's too bad that one lousy rep in SC is trying to ruin the fun for geocachers there!
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abscout
Hummingbird
Joined: Dec 02, 2005
Posts: 22
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| Posted: Wed Dec 07, 2005 2:20 pm Post subject: i love geocaching |
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I Love Geocaching
My Geocaching user is
judahmann
I Made Nature'sWay, Downtown Blitz, And Cashew All In Michigan |
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Ladysmokeater
Rogue Historian
Joined: Oct 22, 2005
Posts: 1048
Location: North of Atlanta, South of Boston, East of the Mississippi, and West of the Atlantic
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oh I'm so glad im not the only one!!! I really suck at geocaching, but I love it just the same. my member name is the same as this one. I placed 4 caches in my area:
firemans secret cache
Nimitz's Cache
Honu's surprize
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abscout
Hummingbird
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Ladysmokeater
Rogue Historian
Joined: Oct 22, 2005
Posts: 1048
Location: North of Atlanta, South of Boston, East of the Mississippi, and West of the Atlantic
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Fogman
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Joined: Jun 20, 2005
Age: 46
Posts: 3176
Location: Ноуя Англия
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| Posted: Mon Dec 12, 2005 1:30 pm Post subject: Re: Geocaching anyone? |
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| Ladysmokeater wrote: | | The state of SC, where I hail, is trying to ban it because one rep in beaufort thinks its bad. Many folks CITO (Cache In Trash Out) and help keep the parks clean that we visit. |
Isn't this the same guy that got in trouble earlier this year due to what he said about domestic violence?
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Ladysmokeater
Rogue Historian
Joined: Oct 22, 2005
Posts: 1048
Location: North of Atlanta, South of Boston, East of the Mississippi, and West of the Atlantic
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| same county, this is Cieps (a female) that wants to ban the sport...... *sigh* the stupidity reigns supreme...... |
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Ladysmokeater
Rogue Historian
Joined: Oct 22, 2005
Posts: 1048
Location: North of Atlanta, South of Boston, East of the Mississippi, and West of the Atlantic
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anyone want to help flood the state with emails to protect the sport?
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Asterisp
Phoenix
Joined: Dec 16, 2007
Posts: 900
Location: Netherlands
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Some weeks ago I joined somebody on his search for a cache. It was really fun. Working with maps and compass have always been fun for me, now it is a good moment to freshen up my skills and use them for geocaching.
I already looked at a proper GPS receiver and am going to buy one this week. Next I am learning to work with it properly and then seeking the first cache on my own.
Good thing will be that I will walk during the geocaching, so it will also be good for my health. |
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Francis
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| I just bought a garmin device today so me and my son could do some geocaching together. They're saying we need to spend more time together, so we're giving it a shot. It does sound fun. |
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GreyThorn
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Haven't done much geocaching, but I do the lower tech letterboxing quite a bit. I do want to get into geocaching too, just gotta get some $ for a GPS.
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