Ok yeah it sorta does look like a .... (geocaching lessons from a greenhorn)

i got some serious schooling in geocacheing yesterday from michael...

honestly, on a good day here in germany i might pick up three or four - michael has just started cacheing and had a total of two finds before yesterday's run - but he managed to lay out a route so that he found 7 more caches - in an hour and a half - without a gps - thankfully he let me tag along and i picked up 5 new finds - without a gps - 5 finds is for me a real great day cacheing in germany

the success of this mission all came down to excellent planning - michael picked easy caches (with a difficulty rating of 1.5 or lower - although one cache with a terrain rating of three did sneak into his list) - he picked them out in his neighbourhood - so he knew the streets and the parks - and he noted down (most of) the important information:

if im writing out info for a run, i try to include as a minimum:

• cache size
• the terrain rating and the overall difficulty rating
• maybe a sketch of where the cache is in relation to nearby buildings or landmarks
• hints and clues from the cache description or gleaned from the logs of other searchers

also working in a pair or a larger group makes it easier to handle the muggle issue - i feel less conspicuous and less weird when im creeping about a park with someone else - but then i have to admit i felt a little uncomfortable when michael started groping this "rocket" so intimately...

 

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