As winter sets in for those of us up here in the northern hemisphere the treasure hunt that is geocaching becomes more difficult.  You will notice I did not say impossible, just more difficult.  Many roads and trails become impassible and since many  geocaches are somewhere on the ground you can run into challenges with snow covering the cache.

I would still encourage you all to get out and try to locate a few caches.   Here [...]]]> http://www.thegeocacher.com/snowy-winter-geocaching-tips/feed/ 9 http://www.thegeocacher.com/geocaching-a-beginners-guide/ http://www.thegeocacher.com/geocaching-a-beginners-guide/#comments Tue, 06 Jan 2009 23:00:42 +0000 billnpegz http://www.thegeocacher.com/geocaching-a-beginners-guide/

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 [...]]]> http://www.thegeocacher.com/geocaching-a-beginners-guide/feed/ 1 http://www.thegeocacher.com/geocaching-the-technology-behind-the-hi-tech-treasure-hunt/ http://www.thegeocacher.com/geocaching-the-technology-behind-the-hi-tech-treasure-hunt/#comments Thu, 01 Jan 2009 16:37:00 +0000 billnpegz http://www.thegeocacher.com/geocaching-the-technology-behind-the-hi-tech-treasure-hunt/

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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 [...]]]> http://www.thegeocacher.com/geocaching-the-technology-behind-the-hi-tech-treasure-hunt/feed/ 0 http://www.thegeocacher.com/the-bomb-squad-and-geocaching/ http://www.thegeocacher.com/the-bomb-squad-and-geocaching/#comments Wed, 24 Dec 2008 06:56:39 +0000 billnpegz http://www.thegeocacher.com/86/the-bomb-squad-and-geocaching/

Today (12/23/08) in Waynesboro, PA another geocache was interpreted by the local authorities to be a device of unknown origin and potentially dangerous.  You can read the article here… They ultimately ended up blowing it up and are now searching for the person that placed it.

In this day and age where you just can’t be too careful I can fully understand individuals (ie. muggles) being overly cautious when they see a stranger hide something [...]]]> http://www.thegeocacher.com/the-bomb-squad-and-geocaching/feed/ 0