Navigating on the Mountain, in Water, or in Woods there is a Garmin eTrex Unit For You.

Written by NS Kennedy


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Geocaching -- The New High--Tech Sport

Written by James Chartwell


There are about 150,000 of them spread throughout 213 countries and you need satellites to help you find them. What are they? They're geocaches and geocaching is a sport that is quickly gaining popularity.

The geocaches come in all different sizes and shapes. Usually stored in a waterproof container, these caches are treasures of minimal value. The container is often a Tupperware container or ammo box. The "treasures" can be just about anything you can imagine: a mini-stapler; a toy soldier; foreign coins.

How do you find them? That'srepparttar satellite part. If you haven't been in a cave forrepparttar 132927 last five years, you've probably heard ofrepparttar 132928 Global Positioning System, or GPS. Just in case you're one ofrepparttar 132929 cave people, GPS is a system of 24 satellites orbitingrepparttar 132930 earth at an altitude of 11,000 miles. A small handheld receiver, a little larger than a cell phone, picks up signals fromrepparttar 132931 satellites and can pinpoint your position anywhere on earth, sometimes as accurately as 3 meters.

If you go to Geocaching.com you can enter your location by ZIP Code, state, or country and get a list of caches in your area. Each listing has a log of who foundrepparttar 132932 cache, when it was found, and usually what trinkets were taken and left.

You are givenrepparttar 132933 coordinates ofrepparttar 132934 cache in degrees of longitude and latitude. Enter those numbers in your GPS and start following that little handheld device. It may sound easy, but depending onrepparttar 132935 individual cache, it can be a challenge.

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