Cache Mania

The following list was compiled by Gregory Pleau (NorthernPenguin).

How to Spot a Geocacher

1. They’re the one constantly picking pine needles and cedar bits out of their coat pockets.
2. They’re the one walking in circles around the spruce tree, while the dog waits on the trail.
3. They are the one standing beside that lamp post, trying to not look suspicious as you walk past.
4. They are the one that knows what a used ammo can, a rubbermaid container and a film canister have in common.
5. They are the one carrying a plastic grocery bag around inside a film canister with the word CITO on it.
6. They are the one muttering something about it only being a 1.5 / 2
7. They have an insect shaped barcode on the back window of their car
8. They’re heading outside with a GPS in weather that would keep the postman home
9. They’re the one that can’t walk 100′ on a trail without saying “That would be a good spot for a cache”
10. They are the ones standing under the bridge instead of walking across it
11. They keep repeating the phrase “Why have you brought me here?”
12. They have an XBox360, PS3 or a Wii, and it has an inch of dust on top.
13. They hang film canisters in their Christmas tree.

Greg has other talents. He is also the person behind the Ontario Trails Project. Crowdsourced trail data for Ontario.

Update:  A couple more were submitted by res2100 as comments but moved here for easier reading.

14. When at the store signing a credit card receipt, you accidentally sign your geocaching handle instead of your real name.
15. You buy items in the grocery store that comes in containers that would make excellent geocaches.

Tags: geocacher, Geocaching, humour, northernpenguin
Posted in Rants | 2 Comments »

I went out and did a first to find last night.  I was reading the logs to see who has found the cache since then and I just had to chuckle at what was in the logs.

mine:  ”I saw this in my inbox and called Bakers Dozen”

Bakers Dozen:  ”The email came in on the iphone, then the call came in from teamvoyagr.”

kguppy:  ”The blackberry went off, so I decided to jump in the car ans try a ftf.”

So we have traditional email, blackberry push email, iPhone email and a couple of phone calls for good measure.  When we got to the cache site there were multiple GPSr and smart phones for three people.  How much technology do we really need to find tupperware in the woods?  Sometimes that absurdity of it all just strikes me as funny.

Tags: gadgets, humour
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