March 27th, 2006

Geocaching: New Game for Nerds

By Chief Gadgeteer, Gizmos for Geeks
Contributing Writer, RealTechNews.

GPS-Gadget-owning nerds have had a new game for a few years now: geocaching. Here’s how the game works: you lookup the locations of geocaches on various geocaching websites, find the geocache, take something from the cache, add something else and make a note in the frequently enclosed logbook. Typically, the caches have little value. Doesn’t sound that exciting, does it? But as one hunter put it: it’s not about the treasure, it’s about the hunt.

Read the entire article over at GizmosForGeeks.com.

Source: Gizmos for Geeks.

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3 comments to "Geocaching: New Game for Nerds"

  1. Stephen says:

    I much prefer letterboxing.

    March 27th, 2006 at 5:50 am

  2. ed3 says:

    Just becareful you are not mistaken for a terrorist planting a bomb…

    http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/nation/20060112-0957-wst-geocachingprosecution.html

    March 27th, 2006 at 8:00 am

  3. eCache » Blog Archive » GeoCarnival #1 says:

    […] Another geek enters the geocaching community. I can relate to this guy. Real Tech News reviews the game for geeks. […]

    January 18th, 2007 at 8:46 pm

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