The Geocaching Handbook - Softcover

Cameron, Layne

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0762730447 ISBN 13: 9780762730445

Verlag: Falcon Guides, 2004

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Geocaching is a fast-growing outdoor sport, which combines aspects of treasure hunting, high-tech navigation, and exploration.

The Geocaching™ Handbook is a complete introduction to the fast-growing sport of geocaching. It includes a history of geocaching; instructions on creating a cache; hiding it and sharing it with others; geocaching etiquette and conventions; basic land navigation techniques including using a GPS unit; basic backcountry safety and etiquette; where to look and where to hide; types of treasures; and everything the aspiring geocacher needs to get started in this fascinating, family-friendly, high-tech outdoor-oriented pastime.

Geocaching is a fast-growing outdoor sport, which combines aspects of treasure hunting, high-tech navigation, and exploration.

The Geocaching™ Handbook is a complete introduction to the fast-growing sport of geocaching. It includes a history of geocaching; instructions on creating a cache; hiding it and sharing it with others; geocaching etiquette and conventions; basic land navigation techniques including using a GPS unit; basic backcountry safety and etiquette; where to look and where to hide; types of treasures; and everything the aspiring geocacher needs to get started in this fascinating, family-friendly, high-tech outdoor-oriented pastime.

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Layne Cameron is an avid outdoorsman who has authored or coauthored four books and more than 300 articles for national magazines and newspapers. The Hoosier native has enjoyed assignments ranging from riding and mapping Indiana's mountain bike trails, ballooning New Mexico's red rock canyons, ice fishing Minnesota's walleye-laden lakes, and barefoot water-skiing Florida's tea-colored waterways. His first exposure to geocaching was a January 2001 brief in Outside magazine ("If You Hide It, They Will Come.")

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Geocaching is one of the fastest growing outdoor sports of the millennium, combining aspects of treasure hunting, high-tech navigation, and exploration. To get started all you have to do is select a local cache listing from a geocaching Web site, enter the waypoint or coordinates into your GPS unit, and then plot your route to adventure. The Geocaching Handbook is your complete introduction to this fascinating outdoor activity.

Discover how to:

Select a cache listing and begin your hunt for the treasure
Buy a GPS receiver and use it to navigate to the cache
Create and hide your own cache for others to find
Practice backcountry safety and geocaching etiquette
Play other geo-games, such as Are U Nuts? and Geodashing
Connect with other geocachers through clubs and geo-events

And you ll learn how the game began - from its creator, Dave Ulmer. This book contains everything you need to know to get started in this fun, family-friendly outdoor pastime.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Falcon Guides
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2004
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0762730447
• ISBN 13: 9780762730445
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Auflage: 1
• Anzahl der Seiten: 113
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
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