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10/25/2005 at 4:49 pm #1720276
How do you help people understand geocaching? Not casually, but people that are truely interestd … but yet not ready to “go out in the field” with you.
I find it easy when I can drag someone along with us, and briefly explaining it. But what do you do with an “in between” person?
I was thinking about printing of those brochures on the “Geocaching University” website (http://www.geocacher-u.com). Is that a good resource, or is there a better approach?10/25/2005 at 8:01 pm #1740866Sounds like a good approach to me. I often times tell people:
“It’s a hi-tech treasure hunt with a Global Positioning Unit. I get coordinates from geocaching.com, with clues, then go out and search on my time off.”
Sometimes I’ll do a little mock demo and tell them “Lets say I download some coords and it brings me to this location by following what the GPSr points to. I then watch til it tells me I am “X” feet away or follow the coords as they close in to the ones given. Once I am within so many feet I start looking in obvious and maybe NOT so obvious places. If there is a clue, I might use that…”
I think giving them the info from Geo. Univ. is a great help but doing a makeshift find like that, helps them understand a little bit better…..sometimes!! It then spurs questions galore!! LOL It is what I have used in the past.
Like you mentioned though…getting them out to actually FIND one is ideal…..get `em hooked and reel `em in ROFLMBO
Hope this helps.. just an idea!!!
PS If all else fails, tell it like some friends of mine… “You spend $200+ on a gadget to find junk in the forest!!!”
[This message has been edited by Cache_boppin_BunnyFuFu (edited 10-25-2005).]
10/25/2005 at 8:05 pm #1740867thanks, bunnie
I agree, it’s easy when you get them out there … it’s the people that just blink at you and ask more question, that are tough to get moving.
10/26/2005 at 1:32 am #1740868Isn’t there a t-shirt out there that says something like, I use million dollar government satellites to find tupperware in the woods.
We are still trying to figure out a good answer for “So how much cash do you get???”
Timberline Echoes10/26/2005 at 1:22 pm #1740869Seems like the most important thing to “get right” is that you do NOT take the container and hide it somewhere else. Many people assume it should be moved and are confused how that works. So I think that’s always an important thing to state … for the good of the caches out there … I wonder how often a missing caches is just a “rookie” finder making their first mistake.
10/26/2005 at 8:43 pm #1740870That’s what I ‘ve been doing wrong all this time. Dang!
Seriously, Ron you do a great job of explaining geocaching, so don’t sweat it so much. If people really have an interest and at leat half a brain, they’ll figure it out. Though I attended one of your seminars, I actually started geocaching after reading a brief newspaper article on it. Of course I was fortunate to already have an old Garmin 12xl to get started with.10/26/2005 at 8:55 pm #1740871quote:
Originally posted by Sean Connery:
If people really have an interest and at leat half a brain, they’ll figure it out.
That “half brain” is that me the “teacher” or them the “student” … I want to know if I should be insulted. Never mind, I think I just answered that myself.
10/27/2005 at 1:47 am #1740872(Isn’t there a t-shirt out there that says something like, I use million dollar government satellites to find tupperware in the woods.)
i’d love to find that tshirt
10/27/2005 at 3:27 am #1740873Try this link for the t-shirt and other items…
http://www.cafepress.com/cachefreak
better yet, try this one….
http://www.cafepress.com/CACHESWAG/[This message has been edited by Flushingrouse (edited 10-26-2005).]
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