geocache
/ˈdʒiːə(ʊ)kaʃ
/noun
(In the activity or pastime of geocaching) an item, typically a container holding a number of other items, that has been hidden at a location whose coordinates have been posted on the Internet: I was astounded to find there were twenty geocaches within an 8 km radius of my location...
- For the next ten hours we would be battling through mud and flash floods over 20 miles to find over 100 geocaches on foot.
- When out geocaching in a group I usually like to put into my logs who found each geocache.
- Although injury has stopped me from doing it recently, I can often go out for a day and find 80 or more geocaches.
verb [no object]
Participate in the activity or pastime of geocaching: a serious leg injury has meant I’ve been unable to geocache for a couple of months...
- I have been geocaching for 10 + years but never made a cache of my own.
- Whilst some are happy to casually geocache with a smartphone, those of us who are a little more 'dedicated' treat the selection of a new GPSr with the utmost of care.
- I tend to like circuits, a circular walk that ends up back at the car, but the principles are the same if you like a series that starts at A and finishes at B, intend to geocache by car or by foot.
Derivatives
geocacher
- He is an active geocacher with over 9000 finds to his name.
- A geocacher never knows what the owner or other visitors to the cache mave have left there to enjoy.
- Avoid hiding a geocache in places that aren't open all year round or in rough terrain that might be too difficult for the average geocacher.