How to get started geocaching!
Posted: Sat Aug 14, 2010 12:10 pm
It's easy to get started, just follow these simple steps:
- Register for an account at http://www.opencaching.us (It's free!)
- Click "Seek A Cache" from the menu
Set your search criteria or leave the defaults
Enter your zip code and select a radius distance
Click Search!
- Choose 1, 2 or all of the geocaches shown in your search results
- Enter the coordinates into your GPS or software (GSAK, etc.)
- Find the cache! Sign the logbook, trade trinkets, etc.
- Once found, return to this site and log your find.
Feel free to ask questions! Any question, no matter how simple or strange, is OK to ask.
HELPFUL HINTS:
Find a friend to go geocaching with you!
Always take a pen or pencil with you.
If you want to trade trinkets, take some with you. The accepted rule is if you take something, you must leave something.
Mark you vehicle as a waypoint so you can easily get back to it!
Leave the geocache just as you found it.
Make sure the public (aka muggles) doesn't see you retrieve or hide the cache.
Be safe... watch for critters, snakes, bugs, sharp objects, dangerous areas, etc.
Be sure to carry extra batteries, water to drink, etc.
- Register for an account at http://www.opencaching.us (It's free!)
- Click "Seek A Cache" from the menu
Set your search criteria or leave the defaults
Enter your zip code and select a radius distance
Click Search!
- Choose 1, 2 or all of the geocaches shown in your search results
- Enter the coordinates into your GPS or software (GSAK, etc.)
- Find the cache! Sign the logbook, trade trinkets, etc.
- Once found, return to this site and log your find.
Feel free to ask questions! Any question, no matter how simple or strange, is OK to ask.
HELPFUL HINTS:
Find a friend to go geocaching with you!
Always take a pen or pencil with you.
If you want to trade trinkets, take some with you. The accepted rule is if you take something, you must leave something.
Mark you vehicle as a waypoint so you can easily get back to it!
Leave the geocache just as you found it.
Make sure the public (aka muggles) doesn't see you retrieve or hide the cache.
Be safe... watch for critters, snakes, bugs, sharp objects, dangerous areas, etc.
Be sure to carry extra batteries, water to drink, etc.