Comments on: Geocaching: A Global Treasure Hunt

By: PapaDe

PapaDe — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 13:40:30 +0000

I have been geocaching for a while now and really enjoy the “Mystery” caches. I am delighted to see the number of cachers who, also, read Mental Floss.

By: Rose

Rose — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 06:23:54 +0000

Oh, I adore GeoCaching! Being disabled, I don’t get out a whole lot, but the idea of it is something wonderful. I have friends to tell me of their geocaching adventures and I can’t wait for the chance to someday have my own.

By: meg

meg — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 02:05:32 +0000

My brother proposed to his girlfriend by hiding his own cache, putting the ring inside, and then telling her he’s found coordinates for a cache in the park by their house.

By: JohnL

JohnL — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 01:39:43 +0000

I’ve been at it for a bit over a year. I’m not particularly obsessed with numbers, which partially explains why I’m at 125 finds. I enjoy caching by bicycle which limits my range somewhat, but at least I’m carbon neutral…

By: nina

nina — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 01:13:05 +0000

It’s a great way to explore your neighborhood. I’ve found so many cool new places within a few miles of me that I wouldn’t have seen otherwise. I’m not that great at finding the cache but the scenery is nice ;)

By: Sara

Sara — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 00:42:38 +0000

I finally got a GPS for Christmas and just started out, finding my first two caches locally last weekend. I love it!

By: Lee

Lee — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 23:00:48 +0000

I am never participated. But I am interested to know are geocachers as excited about finding points of interests or locations that provide some scenic “treasure” as they are finding actual items? Would you be let down if you hiked miles to find that there is no “prize” or place to record your visit?

By: Eileen

Eileen — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 22:31:37 +0000

I went Geocaching with my dad once. I’d love to do it again. We didn’t contribute to the geotokens, but thought it was an accomplishment just to find the box.
We actually started in the sort of wrong place. We had one coordinate right, but were so far off on the other that it was funny. We got some strange looks when we crawled over a barrier and up onto the park road from down in the woods.

Dad set up a sort of cache trail (more like orienteering, really…but sort of the same idea) for his boy scouts, but they completely missed the point.
Maybe this summer I can convince him to take us out again.

By: thirty7

thirty7 — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 20:39:14 +0000

I learned about geocaching by accident. One day, a friend and I decided to take an adventure, which ended up involving some hiking, and some stream-walking. We stumbled across an unmarked metal box under a bridge. We speculated on the possibility of treasure within, and the saftey of opening the strange container. We could hardly believe it when we finally went ahead and opened it, and it was full of (geocaching) treasure!!!

By: NoCache-NoCredit

NoCache-NoCredit — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 20:38:17 +0000

Geocaching is a great way to exercise your body and your brain. While most geocaches are simply placed at the coordinates that are posted, we enjoy special caches which require some puzzle-solving to identify the true coordinates. We cache under the ID NoCache-NoCredit; if we don’t find the (geo)cache, we can’t claim the credit.