Geocaching: Turn a walking into a challenge

Geocaching is much more than just hiking through unknown tracks.

When someone experiences geocaching, a deep change takes place. Thereafter, a walk is no longer just a walk; it becomes an adventure, like good old fashion treasure hunt. Geocaching was born with satellite geolocation, also known as GPS, and consists on the location of several checkpoints, and the best geocachers are those who gather the maximum number of visited locations possible.

The procedure is simple: make an online registration on the computer or in a free application for Android and iOS on geocaching.com, and from then on you can start researching the closest caches. After that, try to find the box in the spot it leaded you to, and in the end open it and write the story in the notebook that comes along with the box.

Thereafter, the fun becomes addiction and you only want to collect more and more visited spots. The amazing thing is that the game is not exclusively Western: it is a global scale phenomenon. Worldwide, there are 2,715,026 registered locations up until now.

Still, there’s nothing like caution. There have been some serious accidents related to geocaching and although it is not even considered an extreme sport, the truth is that there have been some adventurers in search of a remote canister, who endangered their own physical integrity, and seriously injured themselves. One of the most famous cases happened when two explorers disappeared in a cave in 2008, when they were search for a cache. Fortunately, they were rescued alive and still practices this sport.

Always with extra attention, geocaching is the ideal activity to go out, practicing a healthy activity and meet new places, whether nearby your home or in a place where you went by chance, for a walk. Join this adventure and discover your own treasures! What are you waiting for?