What's This Geocaching Thing?

Geocaching (pronounced geo-cash-ing) is the sport of using a Global Positioning System (GPS) device in a sort of treasure hide-and-seek hunt. You can be either a hider or a seeker, or both:

• Hider. You create a cache for others to discover. Once hidden, you will report the location of the cache on the internet through a web site like www.geocaching.com. There are other web sites, of course, but this one the big one, and its the one Frank's Geocaching is using, by the by.

• Seeker. You are looking for a cache based on coordinates you find from a web site (again, sites like www.geocaching.com). Once you find the cache, you'll usually sign a log book to prove you were there, then log your visit on the web site you found the coordinates when you get home. In many cases, caches are also a take-something, leave-something deal -- but read the cache page details to know what is expected. You can also TNLN -- "Take Nothing, Leave Nothing" -- and just sign the logs as your having visited.

For the specifics of Frank's Geocaching, our caches and stuff specific to what we're doing, check out The 5 W's and FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions) page.