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Geocaching

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Geocaching is a worldwide scavenger hunt that uses a GPS or phone app with GPS. There are over 3 million active caches around the world. Some are as small as a dime, others are big enough to walk into, all of them provide a unique adventure. We invite you to share your stories, photos, and experiences!

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[–] A_Union_of_Kobolds@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Electrician here from /all who doesn't know much about geocaching. What's the issue? Seems to be pretty accessible with a ladder if you're looking at that dongle hanging from the KO seal on the box.

[–] someguy3@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month ago (4 children)

Geocaching is a game where you give gps coordinates to a little cache and people go there. It shouldn't require equipment or machinery to reach it.

[–] Successful_Try543@feddit.org 16 points 1 month ago

It shouldn't require equipment or machinery to reach it.

That depends on the difficulty grade of the terrain. T5 often requires some equipment.

[–] SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.world 15 points 1 month ago

Some are in cliff faces for climbers. It’s got tiers and categories, maybe this one’s misidentified.

[–] onlym3@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago

As someone else said, there are some difficult ones that require climbing gear (which reminds me of playing various MMOs) - one in my town is about 15m up a large tree!

[–] A_Union_of_Kobolds@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Right, but like, what do you physically do with the tag? I'm guessing you log it and put it back?

Surely a 6' ladder would get you there

[–] someguy3@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

It's not the tag itself, there will be a little cache. What's in it depends, some are give and take some random tokens. Some are logs. You don't really do much, it's more about getting out and exploring your city. I don't do it myself I'm just aware of it.