What is a Wherigo you say?
According to Groundspeak:
"Wherigo is a toolset for creating and playing GPS-enabled adventures in the real world. By integrating a Wherigo experience, called a cartridge, with finding a cache, the geocaching hunt can be an even richer experience. Among other uses, Wherigo allows geocachers to interact with physical and virtual elements such as objects or characters while still finding a physical geocache container. A Wherigo-enabled GPS device is required to play a cartridge. Learn more at Wherigo.com."
According to Wherigo.com:
"A Wherigo cache uses the Wherigo cartridge format (i.e. use of zones, characters and/or items) to lead the player to a physical geocache. If a Wherigo cartridge is used as a requirement to find a geocache, it is considered a Wherigo cache regardless of whether it has a puzzle or multi-cache component."
So what do you need to play a Wherigo cache?
- A Wherigo capable device. Currently these are Smartphones, Garmin, or a GPS-enabled Pocket PC with the Wherigo player installed.
- The downloaded cartridge located here: DOWNLOAD HERE
How you should log a Wherigo cache:
- Play the Wherigo cartridge from start to finish from the staging area to the cache site.
- Sign the cache log.
- Log your find on Geocaching.com.
- Log the completed cartridge on Wherigo.com.
- If you played along with someone else, then that person should log the completed cartridge and mention in his/her log on geocaching.com that you played with him/her.
Now for the cache:
The cache will take you for a small walk, with nearby parking in the train station or street.
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