The Geocacher » Hiding and Seeking

When is a “Find” a “Find”?

billnpegz — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 00:26:53 +0000

I was out doing some caching the last weekend and a thought crossed my mind. The account that I have on geocaching.com is technically for both my wife an I. Now normally we go caching together so it has never presented a problem before but since only 1/2 of the team was there is it really appropriate for me to log a find to that account? For the record I did log the finds. [...]

Winter Geocaches – Looking for Ideas

billnpegz — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:18:05 +0000

I love creating geocache’s. Everything from building the container to finding that ideal spot to hide it (or vice versa… sometimes you find the spot and then create the container after). In the area we live, we get A LOT of snow. Typical cache hiding places become much more difficult. Difficult because people have to get to them, and difficult because they may be buried in inches to feet of snow.

I’d like to place [...]

Geo-Caching….a bonus!

Pegz1213 — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 17:00:00 +0000

For some, Geocaching is all about the search, all about finding that hidden cache. The journey there and what you see often falls into second place or worse. For me the journey is the best part. Especially for those hunts that take us into the mountains of North Eastern Washington.

I enjoy the Jeep ride, the fresh air and the gorgeous scenery. Green meadows, dark fern covered valleys and trees that reach the sky. All [...]

Geocaching – A Beginner’s Guide

billnpegz — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 23:00:42 +0000

Author: Heather Bayer – posted by BillNPegz

Geocaching crazy – join the hunt!

I’m a self-confessed technophobe. I have never sent a text message or taken a photo with a cell phone; played a video game or watched a movie on a personal DVD player. In fact, I never quite mastered working the video machine [...]

Geocaching, Technology and the Outdoors!

billnpegz — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 22:30:46 +0000

I’ve had my GPS unit for quite awhile. In fact I even knew about geocaching but never really embarked on the adventure until this past summer. I must say after about 30 cache finds so far I am hooked!

Geocaching, for those of you that are curious is an international “treasure hunt” of sorts. Individuals will hide a cache that may contain small trinkets for trading, and post the coordinates to this cache online for others [...]

First Cache of the New Year…

billnpegz — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 17:31:29 +0000

When the weather outside looks like this it is pretty hard to not only hide a cache but the search becomes quite challenging as well.

I was quite happy when I received my email of new caches from geocaching.com that someone had placed a cache in our area AND it was relatively close AND it was winter accessible. I just had to jump on the opportunity to go searching. It could be my New Year’s first.

We [...]

Geocaching – The Technology Behind "The Hi-Tech Treasure Hunt"

billnpegz — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 16:37:00 +0000

Image via Wikipedia

Author: Tonia Jordan

It all started on May 2, 2000 with the removal of selective availability by the White House. (Selective Availability is the intentional modification of GPS signal to degrade accuracy of readings) At that moment, the GPS receiver became 10 times more accurate.

GPS, or Global Positioning System is a navigational system which operates through the use of twenty-four satellites positioned around the globe in low Earth orbit. These satellites were [...]

First Time Geo-Cacher

Pegz1213 — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 08:00:29 +0000

I know from asking my friends and family that there are lots of people out there that really have no idea what geocaching is. But I also know that once they hear about it they all want to give it a try. I didn’t come by my interest personally, I happen to be married to a man bitten by the geocaching bug. He was much more into it than I planned to be, but [...]

Winter Geocaching… What Can You Do?

billnpegz — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 08:00:31 +0000

Image by Klearchos Kapoutsis via Flickr

When I think of winter I don’t necessarily think of geocaching. In our climate here in the Pacific Northwest, there is just something about the thought of trudging through inches, if not feet of snow looking for a hidden container that is not real appealing to me.

I am actually envious of those that are in warmer climates. They don’t have this added challenge that we have in [...]

Cache Talk – Rating Systems

billnpegz — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 01:23:37 +0000

I found this interesting article on an article exchange and thought I would introduce The Geocacher to the concept of guest authors while at the same time sharing some information related to the rating systems for caches and terrain. We can explore this a bit more with your comments and future articles. If you would like to publish an article on The Geocacher please contact the admin via the Contact link at the top of [...]