Geocaching

[TheBadAstronomer]

Hello everybody! Having just recently joined the forums I've decided to share my other favorite hobby- geocaching! Geocaching is sort of a treasure-hunting game where you input coordinates into a GPS or other GPS-enabled device, and try to find little containers with logbooks in them where you sign your name. It gets addicting, and it really improves your finding skills. Check it out here: www.geocaching.com

[deadshot462]

I've never tried this but I heard it is fun to do with family/friends.

There's a cache on the ISS as well: http://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC1BE91_international-space-station?guid=611d0635-a1cf-41bc-a0cc-a6038ae288d5

[RocketTurtle]

Nice. I've done it a few times. It's fun. You should try it.

[rpayne88]

I've done it with my mom. I still do it when I get a chance, but its a bit difficult being a full time student pursuing an Associates of Aviation management and taking care of gen ed courses for a bachelors in aerospace engineering and working a part time job.

My mom got me into it when she read an article in some magazine. The funny thing is, a geocacher in the USAF going by the geoname of "Falcon loader" told me about the Civil Air Patrol. It was a friend from CAP that told me about KSP.

[rpayne88]

I've never tried this but I heard it is fun to do with family/friends.

There's a cache on the ISS as well: http://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC1BE91_international-space-station?guid=611d0635-a1cf-41bc-a0cc-a6038ae288d5

The ISS cache should have a difficulty of 1/2; you know where it is. The terrain, however, should be followed by a X10^50.

[ANWRocketMan]

Me, my father and uncle used to do this a few years ago fairly regularly. Didn't know there is actually still an active "community".

[TheBadAstronomer]

I just found out that Rick Mastracchio will be sending a Geocaching Travel Bug with him to the ISS. The launch will be in Kazakhstan in the early morning of November 7. More info can be found here: blog.geocaching.com/2013/10/geocaching-in-space-the-interactive-event-map