During my time off I tried out geocaching which was brought to my attention a few years ago and always was in the “It would be fun to try this.”-category. Then there were two good friends Jochen and Renate who took me along for a very small trip and I was immediately infected. I downloaded the GPS-tracking software recommended by and tried to buy a GPS unit on amazon. I was determined to try it out right away but upon unpacking the blue-tooth GPS receiver I was rather disappointed to find a unit that looked very brittle and seemed to be far better suited for cars than for trips into the forest. I sent it right back and excitement ebbed away a little.
Then I realized that the contract for my mobile was due to expire and that there are quite a few mobiles that come with an inbuilt GPS unit. So I decided to wait and last week I finally got my new mobile and have been on a few geocaching trips since. Unfortunately we were not that lucky thus far, mostly because we started out too late and a GPS unit does not help you that much when you’re in a dark forest during the night.
Anyway, we found a few caches and I’m definitely going to geocache a few more times. On one of the weekends to come we want to try the “CSI Stuttgart – Murder in the red light district“-cache recommended by Renate which is a multi cache involving a fictional murder case. The stages of the cache mark the clues found on the crime scene and the final cache promises to reveal the murderer. Sounds fascinating don’t you think?
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