Geocaching

[Cumbrian Neil]

There has been mention of Geocaching within these pages, but how many of you out there are active members? It's a good way of making use of your GPS and gets you out if the weather is too bad for caving. I was amazed how many caches are around the UK. Type in your post code and see how many are close to your home.

CN.

 

[Limestone_Cowboy]

Just what is geocaching anyway :?:

 

[dunc]

Just what is geocaching anyway

http://www.gagb.org.uk/geocaching/

 

[cave junky]

There is one near Corky's Pot at Gaping Gill. When digging, we oftern wondered why people kept going and sitting in a particular patch of reeds well off the beaten track. After further investigation all was explained.
Ally

 

[Katie]

if the weather is too bad for caving

Surely the weather is never so bad that you cant go caving

 

[andymorgan]

Sounds like a high tech version of the Letter box thingys on Dartmoor.

 

[Cumbrian Neil]

if the weather is too bad for caving

Surely the weather is never so bad that you cant go caving

Possibly... but for me Yorkshire is 3500 miles away and the nearest American caves are a 14 hour drive away.

:roll:

CN.

 

[Cumbrian Neil]

Sounds like a high tech version of the Letter box thingys on Dartmoor.

It is a high tech version of orienteering. When you find the cache there is normally a box there (often an ammo box) full of tat. You put something in and take something out and then log your visit. I never used my old Magellan 2000XL before getting into Geocaching, but now I am going frequently with my wife and daughter that I bought a new e-Trex that is full of bells and whistles.

The best things to find are Travel Bugs - I found one recently, Mas Cerveza http://www.geocaching.com/track/details.aspx?id=104022, that has been a long way.

CN.

 

[paul]

Sounds like a high tech version of the Letter box thingys on Dartmoor.

It is a high tech version of orienteering. When you find the cache there is normally a box there (often an ammo box) full of tat. You put something in and take something out and then log your visit. I never used my old Magellan 2000XL before getting into Geocaching, but now I am going frequently with my wife and daughter that I bought a new e-Trex that is full of bells and whistles.

The best things to find are Travel Bugs - I found one recently, Mas Cerveza http://www.geocaching.com/track/details.aspx?id=104022, that has been a long way.

CN.

Sounds daft to me.

I'm going to stick to leaving a nice warm hous, driving to the middle of nowhere in a blizzard and stripping off all my clothing. Then putting on a load of muddy, wet, frozen stuff, strap on a harness and various bits of gear and then grovel underground for hours...

 

[andymorgan]

Sounds daft to me.

I'm going to stick to leaving a nice warm hous, driving to the middle of nowhere in a blizzard and stripping off all my clothing. Then putting on a load of muddy, wet, frozen stuff, strap on a harness and various bits of gear and then grovel underground for hours...

Absolutely!

 

[Cumbrian Neil]

:roll: Ahh well... I shared... daft is in the eye of the beholder.

CN.

 

[paul]

:roll: Ahh well... I shared... daft is in the eye of the beholder.
CN.

Sorry Neil, your exile from the UK dulled your sense of sarcasm!

I was comparing going caving with geocaching - both sound daft to the non-participant!

 

[Cumbrian Neil]

:roll: Ahh well... I shared... daft is in the eye of the beholder.
CN.

Sorry Neil, your exile from the UK dulled your sense of sarcasm!

I was comparing going caving with geocaching - both sound daft to the non-participant!

Paul.

You know... there is truth to my sense of sarcasm being dulled after living here for nine years. It's become a lost art for me... mainly because dry humour is lost on the Americans. I'm still a citizen though... I refuse to renounce that.

Grovelling in dirty holes is a daft idea to the general population... but I still love it. I recently dug my own caves in the snowbanks outside my house... http://webpages.charter.net/rumney/RecentEvents/123105-1.jpg It now has a chamber and several connecting tunnels... for once in my life I feel like a Mendip caver.



CN.

 

[tubby two]

... for once in my life I feel like a Mendip caver.

It's not completely dulled that sense of sarcasm then. Nice.

tt.

 

[Cumbrian Neil]

... for once in my life I feel like a Mendip caver.

It's not completely dulled that sense of sarcasm then. Nice.

tt.

:wink: You can take the boy out of Cumbria, but not Cumbria out of the boy.

CN.

 

[Simon Beck]

Try this..'www.confluence.org'.

 

[Cumbrian Neil]

Try this..'www.confluence.org'.

I'm baffled as to why people would, but the same has been said about Geocaching.... how did you stumble on that site??

CN.

 

[Ant]

Try this..'www.confluence.org'.

I'm baffled as to why people would, but the same has been said about Geocaching.... how did you stumble on that site??

CN.

I think both are strange hobbies!! However I like the confluence idea could see some good sites around the world!!

 

[paul]

Whatever you think about geocaching, putting one in Winnats Head Cave (Derbyshire) is a very bad idea!

See http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?ID=390731

 

[Peter Burgess]

It's not just a bad idea, it's totally irresponsible.