Saturday,
October 3, 2009
10:00 a.m. -
Noon
Kincaid Park
Outdoor Center (Chalet)
Geocaching is a healthily addictive outdoor hide-and-seek
adventure game played with global positional system (GPS)
receivers. Enthusiasts from GeocacheAlaska!, Inc. will
instruct a two-part clinic on Geocaching with an initial classroom
training session on October 3 followed by an outdoor field session
on October 10. Participants provide their own GPS.
These sessions are for all ages. The cost is $15 payable to
MOA.
The indoor classroom session will include an overview of finding
geocaches online, loading coordinates into GPS units, and preparing
to go afield in search of the cache itself. Gear, travel bugs,
geocoins and other aspects of the game will be discussed, as well
as 'etiquette' of the game and good land stewardship practices.
Take-home handouts will cover details step by step, assisting in
exploring beyond the introductory level. At the end of the
session, we'll move outdoors with GPS units in hand to begin our
journey of discovery... ending with the 'find' of actual geocaches
located close nearby the chalet. A team of experienced field
assistants will be on hand to ensure everyone gets as much personal
attention as necessary to make their first Geocaching expedition a
success!
A follow-on group caching session
(Introduction to Geocaching - Fall 2009,
Session #2, GC1YPWT) will occur on Saturday, October 10,
from 10:00 a.m. to noon. This session will help new
cachers gain confidence navigating across Kincaid Park's 1,400
acre 'backcountry' in search of the many geocaches hidden in the
park. Participants must bring a handheld GPS unit (a team
can share), spare batteries, outdoor footwear & clothing
suitable for a blustery fall day at windy Kincaid Park.
Geocaching is an all-weather all-season outdoor activity
involving the entire family - however, for the first Saturday
training session please leave dogs at home. Well-behaved dogs on
leash are encouraged to come along on our second training jaunt
on October 10!
The Northwest Trails mapset includes the
Kincaid Park trails. Loading the mapset into your GPS will be
helpful for navigating to the caches.
PLEASE NOTE - All
travel bugs and geocoins in this event listing are placed by
members of GeocacheAlaska! for training purposes. We prefer any TBs
brought to the event be placed in Kincaid Park caches before or
after the event, rather than logging them into this training
session - Thanks!
Check this page often as more details become available.
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