What is Geocaching?
Geocaching is similar to letterboxing in which people use clues and landmarks posted online to guide you to small, waterproof boxes which usually contain a log book, a hand carved stamp and sometimes an ink pad. When someone finds a letterbox, the person makes an imprint of the letterbox’s stamp in his/her personal log book, and leaves an imprint of his/her personal stamp in the letterbox’s logbook.
Google defines geocaching as "the recreational activity of hunting for and finding a hidden object by means of GPS coordinates posted on a website." Geocaching combines technology and adventure, and is a popular pastime for people of all ages. Geocaches are hidden all over the world. The premise is fairly simple. Using a hand-held GPS device or a smartphone with GPS, participants navigate to a set of GPS coordinates to find a geocache (container) hidden at that location. There are many different types of geocaches and they can vary in size and appearance from a large, plastic container to something small like a film canister to a fake rock with a secret compartment. Here is basically how you find a geocache:
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