What Do You Look Like?

[jpalamar]

Originally Posted by Rush

The GPS only gets you in the right area for the most part. At least ours does, but we purposely got a GPS with an accuracy of 20' or so -- just so we wouldn't be able to pinpoint the cache. More challenging that way.

People do some crazy **** with how they hide their caches. I've found some containers that are literally the size of a pencil eraser. People will use fake rocks, then throw 'em in a ditch filled with identical-looking real rocks. People will use fake bolts that are magnetic, that stick on the sides of bridges and look like real part of the structure. People will hide them in trees so that you have to climb to retrieve them. Some are hidden on islands in the middle of rivers so that you have to kayak or swim out to them. There are some hidden in cliffs that you have to rock-climb for. There's even one on a space station, for God's sake.

So yes, some of them are easy -- kids do this, too. But a lot of adults geocache, and they can be crafty as hell! That's why the caches have difficulty and terrain ratings, so you can make it easy .. or really hard.

And hey, it's better than sitting and feeling my ass become one with the couch.

I didn't realize it was that involved. Probally something I'd actually like to do then.