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Texas-Jacksons
What
is Geocaching? Geocaching is a high
tech, worldwide version of Hide and Seek. Individuals and organizations
have set up caches all over the world and have shared the locations of
these caches on the internet. GPS users can then use the location
coordinates to find the caches. Once found, a cache may provide the visitor
with a wide variety of rewards. Generally, the visitor will sign the cache
log book. Some caches will contain small treasures. The general rule is if
you take something you should leave something for the cache. The game is
simple, fun and can involve your entire family in an outdoor adventure. The
only requirements are: internet access and a GPS receiver (or a good topo
map and someone who can read it really well). Geocaching.com is the
best geocaching website on the web. Their site can help you Find your first cache, Hide your first cache,
Buy A GPS receiver
and much more.
How did we get started? It was December 2000 and I was a geography student in San Marcos, Texas. A graduate student mentioned a website she had found where people were posting coordinates to hidden stashes. It sounded interesting, but finals were approching and it was February 2001 before I found myself browsing the geocaching website during computer lab. I tried to check out a GPS from the geography department, but couldn't get my hands on one as an undergraduate. I went online and found the Garmin eTrex Vista. I fell in love with the features of this little unit, but it wasn't due to be released for several more months. May 2, 2001 my GPS arrived and I was out the door after my first cache, Cen-Tex Prime and the rest is history. I have since managed to infect everyone around me with the geocaching bug. We most often geocache on our many camping trips and have found caches in California, District of Columbia, Nevada, Oklahoma and Texas. ~Kimberly
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My Cache Stats as of 5/20/2007 (Get your own CacheStats at
www.logicweave.com)
| Cache Finds |
| Total Found: |
225 (# found/attended logs) |
Find Rate: |
0.102 per day (0.7 per week, 37 per year) |
| Caches: |
225 (# unique caches visited) |
Avg. difficulty / terrain: |
1.55 / 1.52 |
| # Archived: |
41 (18%) |
FTFs: |
6 |
| Avg. in 1 day: |
2.2 |
Oldest Cache: |
CenTex Prime (GCEF placed 12/17/2000) |
| Most in 1 day: |
9 |
Most in 1 month: |
20 |
| Days Cached |
| Total days cached: |
101 (every 21.9 days or 4.6%) |
Most consecutive days with a find: |
4 |
| Most in 1 month: |
10 |
Most consecutive days without a find: |
308 |
| Locations |
| US States (6): |
TX, OK, CA, NV, NM, CO |
| Other States (1): |
District of Columbia |
| Countries (1): |
United States |
(map from world66.com)
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