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Peter Barrett GEOCACHING Camel's Hump geocache, geocaching is an outdoor treasure hunting game where participants with a Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver or other navigational techniques to hide and seek containers (called "geocaches" or "caches") anywhere in the world. The typical cache is a small waterproof container with a logbook and "treasure" usually toys or ornaments of little monetary value. Today, more than 350,000 geocaches are currently placed in 222 countries aroundthe world on various websites dedicated to sports are recorded. Story very similar to the 150-year-old letterboxing, which uses references to landmarks and clues embedded in stories, geocaching was possible at first in May 2000 with the removal of selective availability of GPS. The first documented placement of a GPS-located cache took place May 3, 2000, Dave Ulmer of Beaver Creek, Oregon. The site has been posted to the following Usenet newsgroup sci.geo.satellite NAV. 6th May 2000, hadtwice and once was told (by Mike Teague of Vancouver, Washington). [Edit] Origin of name The activity was originally known as GPS Stash Hunt or gpsstashing. This was after a discussion in the group discussion gpsstash eGroups (now Yahoo has changed!). On May 30, 2000 suggested that Matt Stumio that "stash" could have negative connotations and suggests instead "geocaching." [1] [edit] Geocache Geocache Loonse Drunense Duinen in The Netherlands Geocache Loonse Drunense Duinen...

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