Geocaching is a worldwide craze that promises to greatly expand your hiking range and self-assurance on wilderness trails, while at the same time providing some great adventure.  Geocaching is a one-size-fits-all outdoor activity.  You will need to have a GPS to participate, but if you don’t have one of your own yet, GPS rentals are available.  

Geocachers use GPS technology to locate close to 500,000 caches or “treasure boxes” hidden in nearly every country in the world. The locations vary from busy downtown areas to remote caves.  The “treasure” is usually a trinket or toy.  You take something from the cache, leave something for the cache, and then add your name(s) to the cache’s logbook.

For Geocachers’ Golden Rules and more information on this great hiking activity check out pages 116-118 in my book, Smart and Savvy Hiking.