Saturday,
October 10, 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
(Introduction to Geocaching - Fall 2009, Session
#1, GC1YJ0E) included 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 were discussed, as well
as 'etiquette' of the game and good land stewardship
practices.
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. 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! 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 familyand well-behaved dogs on leash
are welcome to come along .
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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