Friday, March 21, 2008

Finding Hidden Caches When Geocaching Offroad

(part 2 by Jim Walczak)
How To Find A Hidden Cache
Hidden caches are located in cities all across the United States (and beyond!), both above and below ground, inside and outside buildings. At the time of this writing, there were more than 103,000 active caches in over 200 countries!

Finding the location of a cache can be extremely entertaining, as well as challenging... For both the hider and the seeker. For example, some caches are placed in areas accessible only by those with specific equipment on hand -- like on the side of a rocky cliff (accessible by those with rock climbing equipment) or under water (accessible by those with scuba equipment).

Some caches are barely off the beaten path, making them easy to find by GPS coordinates alone. Other caches require traversing miles of rough terrain (best done in a 4x4) or long and difficult hiking (best tackled by those with adequate hiking and survival gear).

You can even create your very own cache! Just pack it up and hide it somewhere offroad, list the location of the cache here for others to try and find it, then sit back and reap the rewards of Geocaching!

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