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[per_solo]

Ok...so, I need to get out more. :-P

Between phone calls today about a few jobs (Have an interview today, need to drop an app off down south after that, and an interview set up for tomorrow), time has seriously disappeared today. What the hell? :-)

So, to get me out into "nature" a little more, am wondering about Geo-Caching..yes, several years after all the "cool" people got into it.

So, the question becomes...what is the absolute cheapest GPS unit I can find? Remember, right now, ol' Per has no money coming in...I'm hoping that will change.

And, I'm wondering if searching for caches actually counts as exercise, for the Sparkpeople site i'm a part of...

So, Cachers....any advice/tips?

(And yes, I'm counting this as a hobby, since I was told I NEEDED to find a hobby, so I didn't drive myself insane...of course, doesn't help that I was told that a few months ago...)

Comments

[seraphmoon.livejournal.com]

If you can't afford the GPS, try letterboxing (http://www.letterboxing.org) instead. It's similar to geocaching, but with clues instead of coordinates. That's what I do. :)

[per_solo]

Thanks!

[cassandramorgan.livejournal.com]

For the counting as exercise part....it'll really depend on how much walking/hiking you are doing to get the stuff. If you're just getting out of your car and walking 2 feet, no, it won't count. But if you are hiking around for like a half hour, yeah, it'll count. Hell, walking my dog counts ;)

[the-pixie.livejournal.com]

Give us a call and we'll take you out. We haven't really been out in quite a while, and I've been craving it for quite some time. We can always lend you a GPS until you can afford one. Cheapest one you can get is for (I believe) about $80. If you really enjoy it though, you'll want to get a little more expensive unit that will allow you to download waypoints and maps. As I said, we can loan you one for a little while if we know you'll get it back to us. :)

As far as counting, Bear lost 15 pounds the first year we were into it. We went out every weekend and hiked quite a few miles. If you do that, it'll count as exercise. Unfortunately, many of the caches now-a-days (especially in town) are very short walks. You do enough of these and you'll get a lot of exercise, but if you only do one or two, it's not a lot of exercise and you'll be burning up gas. I would suggest picking a pocket of them, drive to the first, and then walk to all the rest. You'll get a lot of exercise this way and it will seem a bit more like a challenge, rather than driving to them all. Otherwise, take the harder ones. You get less finds this way, but I feel it's more rewarding tromping through the woods for 1/2 hour trying to find the correct path to get to the cache.

We warned though, this is a *very* addictive sport if you get into it!