Bearfoot Canada establishes travel routes that incorporate GPS coordinates allowing visitors to explore the natural world as responsible travelers and begin collecting Bearfoot Routes. Bearfoot Routes include Geocache Expeditions that are guided or self-guided where visitors search for a hidden cache. These expeditions and events have educational links as well as opportunities to win great prizes.
Bearfoot Canada invites you to visit www.bearfootcanada.com on a regular basis to learn more about Guided and Self-guided Geocache events along the Bearfoot Routes of the Okanagan, Shuswap, Monashee and Similkameen areas of British Columbia.
Bearfoot Canada is the first in the world to bring Geocaching Expeditions and Events to the international travel trade as a destination tool directed to the responsible traveler.
Frequently Asked Questions About Geocaching
What is Geocaching?
Geocaching is an entertaining adventure game for gps users. Participating in a cache hunt is a good way to take advantage of the wonderful features and capability of a gps unit. The basic idea is to have individuals and organizations set up caches all over the world and share the locations of these caches on the internet. GPS users can then use the location coordinates to find the caches. Once found, a cache may provide the visitor with a wide variety of rewards. All the visitor is asked to do is if they get something they should try to leave something for the cache.
How do you pronounce Geocaching?
You pronounce it Geo-cashing, like cashing a check.
Are there any other names for Geocaching?
The GPS Stash Hunt, Global Positioning Stash hunt is interchangable. Geocaching has become the standard for the game, however.
The word Geocaching broken out is GEO for geography, and CACHING for the process of hiding a cache. A cache in computer terms is information usually stored in memory to make it faster to retrieve, but the term is also used in hiking/camping as a hiding place for concealing and preserving provisions.
What is a GPS device?
A GPS unit operates within a Global Positioning System using satellite frequencies. It is a electronic device that can determine your approximate location (within around 6-20 feet) on the planet. Coordinates are normally given in Longitude and Latitude. You can use the unit to navigate from your current location to another location. Some units have their own maps, built-in electronic compasses, voice navigation, depending on the complexity of the device.
You don't need to know all the technical mumbo jumbo about GPS units to play Geocaching. All you need to do is be able to enter what is called a "waypoint" where the geocache is hidden.
