So I installed an app and went out to find some geocaches.
Out of four attempted, I found just one. And I did not give up after 5 minutes. For one, riddles had to be solved and that took about an hour just for the riddles (and the walking involved).
Main challenges included:
- Plants blocking access, for example raspberry thorns or nettles.
- Lack of experience, aka “What am I even looking for?”
- Outdated information - these caches are sometimes a decade old. The one I found, too, but what about those I did not find?
Benefits:
- My Apple health step count skyrocketed for the day.
- I saw some interesting locations up close which I would ordinarily just pass by without a thought.
Here are some uncommented pictures from that day.
I believe geocaching might be better suited for fall or winter, when some of the plants aren’t there.
And perhaps when fewer people are around to watch me climb into weird places..