alexander-girgis.de » Geocaching http://www.alexander-girgis.de The small world of Alexander Girgis Sat, 20 Feb 2010 12:01:30 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 My new hobby: geocaching http://www.alexander-girgis.de/2009/08/08/my-new-hobby-geocaching/ http://www.alexander-girgis.de/2009/08/08/my-new-hobby-geocaching/#comments Sat, 08 Aug 2009 19:44:37 +0000 Alex http://www.alexander-girgis.de/?p=46 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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