Once you feel comfortable with geocaching, odds are you are going to want to create and hide your own for others to find as well. This is the natural progression of geocaching. It’s important that you get a little experience under your belt, so get out there and find as many different caches as you can. This will give you a little-advanced knowledge on the subject and help you in your quest to set up your own.
How to Get Started Geocaching
Starting is pretty simple. All you need is a GPS, which you can download to any smartphone, some comfortable clothing, and the GPS coordinates. After that, it’s up to you to just get out there and explore. Once you start hiking around nature, enjoying the beautiful views, and hunting for treasure, you’ll be a true fan of geocaching.
How Does Geocaching Work
Geocaching is easy to understand. People place items in a cache box and upload the GPS coordinates to whatever site they are using to host the geocache. Other people register and use the coordinates to go out and find the cache items.
Once you find the items, you will sign the log book, and replace the found items with items of your own of equal or greater value. It’s not rocket science, but it is a ton of fun. You can get the whole family involved and spend a day off the couch and away from the electronics (except for your GPS of course).
You might be asking what do you need for geocaching? Not much really. As mentioned above, all you need is a GPS and the ability to find the cache items.
Setting up your own hunt is pretty easy as well. Just find a good spot for your cache, somewhere near some sort of natural or man-made landmark. Make sure to pick a place that people would enjoy going to even if they weren’t on a geocaching hunt. Select your container, label it, and hide it well. Include some sort of cache description and a log book for people to sign when they find your cache. Use your GPS to find coordinates, mark the waypoint, and list your cache. It’s pretty easy and you’ll be able to enjoy geocaching at a new level.
