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Geocaching Supplies
Geocaching is an outdoor sporting activity in which the
participants use a Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver or
other navigational techniques to hide and seek containers, called
"geocaches" or "caches", anywhere in the world. A typical cache is
a small waterproof container containing a logbook where the
geocacher enters the date they found it and signs it with their
established code name. Larger containers such as plastic storage
containers (tupperware or similar) or ammo boxes can also contain
items for trading, usually toys or trinkets of little value.
Geocaching is often described as a "game of high-tech hide and
seek," sharing many aspects with benchmarking, trigpointing,
orienteering, treasure-hunting, letterboxing, and waymarking.
Geocaches are currently placed in over 100 countries around the
world and on all seven continents, including Antarctica. After 10
years of activity there are over 1.3 million active geocaches
published on various websites. There are over 5 million geocachers
worldwide.
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