Geocaching Transcript

Geocaching-what is it? Many people don’t know about this adventurous hobby. Norm Delaney is a self-proclaimed “geocaching veteran. ” He takes us on a journey into the world of a treasure hunter.

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Delaney:

The biggest thrill I’ve gotten out of Geocaching is it’ll take me to a place you never go to before. There’s no trails; there’s no signs. Like, I’ve found water falls in Fundy Park that nobody’s ever been to.

Sound-up Music:

Three Dog Night-Out In The Country

“Whenever I need to leave it all behind

Or feel the need to get away

I find a quiet place, far from the human race

Out in the country”

Fade out

VO:

When Norm Delaney borrowed a GPS from his brother eight years ago, he never imagined the adventures it would lead him on. He didn’t know much about the unit at first so he turned to the World Wide Web to know more.

Delaney:

So I went online to figure out how to use this thing even better and I came across this site called geocaching.com. So I went on that and I thought ‘that’s kinda cool what they do.’ They take these GPS handheld units, find a thing called a cache which could be tupperwear in the woods. Inside them will be little trinkets you get at the Dollar Store, and that’s the idea. You look inside the trinkets and if there’s something that you want, you take it but you put something back in so other people have the same options you do, and you sign the log book. Some geocaches could be a canister, like a film canister, with a magnet taped to it and stuck to the back of a guard rail. That could be a geocache and there’s a lot of those around. In behind stop signs, there’s geocaches. You find it by coordinates. The trick is to go find it. It’s a hike to go get it. It’s a thrill to find it and when you do you go through it, sign the log book, come home, go on the internet and log your find.

VO:

Beginning in 2000, Geocaching is a fairly new hobby but it has grown tremendously over the decade.

Delaney:

There’s over 900 000 geocaches in the world, almost in any country. There’s even some in Afghanistan, there’s some in Iraq! I mean I don’t want to do those, but there are some there.

Sound up:

Sound-up Music:

Three Dog Night-Out In The Country

“Before the breathin’ air is gone

Before the sun is just a bright spot in the nighttime

Out where the rivers like to run

I stand alone and take back somethin’ worth rememberin’”

Everytime I go on vacation now I do this, if I’m going to PEI, I’ll load up all the geocaches in PEI, and while I’m vacationing I’ll find a few.

VO:

On geocaching.com, anyone can create a profile for free by signing up as a member. Once this is done, you can go on and see all available geocaches programmed in the website. If you’d like, you can even create a cache for others to find. Delaney has some advice when it comes to creating caches.

Delaney:

If you’re gonna place a cache somewhere, put it somewhere that other people will want to go. Like don’t put it on the back of a guardrail at the end of a street or on the back of a stop sign. Those are fun for what they are. I’ve seen so much scenery that people don’t get to see. But somebody had the insight to place a cache there so people can go to see it.

VO:

Geocaching is something that can be done alone or in a group. Delaney says if you’re serious about the hobby, the best thing to do is buy your own GPS and get started. For STU Journalism, I’m Melissa Russwurm.

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