Nevada Geocachers Fight Leukemia
Geocachers lend a hand to Fallon Families First (Lahontan Valley News)
Geocaching, a relatively new form of outdoor adventure, is where participants use global positioning system (GPS) units to find “caches” containing hidden prizes or trinkets. Gov. Kenny Guinn proclaimed May 21 Nevada Geocache Day to showcase the event.
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While planning the rally, the possibility of turning a profit came up, he said. Organizers wanted to give something back to the local community.
Money collected from this event will go to families who are struggling with Leukemia, in the form of vouchers for life’s necessities, and toward arranging transportation and other expenses involved with seeking treatment away from home.
It sounds to me like a great idea to integrate geocaching into a community-assisting program.
However, the article makes at least one error:
There are more than 1,600 caches buried in Nevada, according to the Web site www.geocaching.com.
As geocachers know, burying geocaches is forbidden, beyond just putting leaves and sticks over them, or the like. Describing geocaches as “buried” gives the mistaken implication that people are digging in the ground to hide and seek caches.
This is not the case at all. Caches are intended to be placed on the surface of the ground, or in natural hiding places. Or camoflaged by covering them with man-made camo covering, or natural coverings from the area (like pine needles or leaves).