Geocaching Explained

I got into geocaching in August 2009 and have since been bringing knowledge of the game to anyone who will listen. I started out walking to the cache sites in my neighbourhood, then I needed more range so I broke out my mountain bike and rode out to about 15km from home.

The folks at Geocaching.com have created a great video that explains what this hobby is all about:

I’ve known about geocaching for almost a decade, but never bothered to look for any caches because the traditional way things have been done has been finding the cache information online and then physically going to find the location with a GPS device.

What turned my interest into action was the Official Geocaching Application which allows me to hit a “Find Nearby Caches” button and simply load whatever is nearby.

It’s been great for demonstrating to naysayers. In Toronto, there is always a geocache within a few blocks. It is such a thrill when someone finds their first geocache. I’m glad to be able to say that I’ve given that experience to quite a few people.

One of the reasons that I wanted to buy a motorcycle this summer was to once again expand my range for geocaching. I am coming up on my #100 cache find and I want to make sure that I have a good road trip story to go along with it!

Here is a reference to geocaching in popular culture (ok, maybe not that popular … I mean, I never heard of this movie being in theaters):