Pokemon Go: Geocaching Reinvented

Geocaching is catching on in High River and is a featured event in Highlights of High River September 23-24.

Avid geocacher and Instructor Terry Storch says there are about three million active geocachers in the world and 2.8 million Geo Caches to be found in 180 countries.

"Geo Caching is the original Pokemon Go. The difference being the actual item that you're finding out in the field with geocaching is a physical item where Pokemon go is all on your phone."

He says Geocaching is an outdoor treasure hunting game using GPS-enabled devices and adds participants find their way to specific coordinates to find the Geo Cache hidden at that location.

Storch says it's easy and a lot of fun.

"Got to the website www.geocache.com and find a geocache somewhere in the area that you'll be visiting and it shows up on a map and it gives you the coordinates and you put those in your GPS or in your smartphone."

He says after the coordinates have been entered you make your way to that location in search of the hidden treasure.

He says there's several Geo caches waiting to be found right here in high river.

"Within a 40km radius of High River there are 200 Geo Caches that can be found."

He says of the 2.8 million to be found the furthest one away is at the International Space Station and adds there's even one in an ocean trench off of Europe both put there by Richard Garriott a very wealthy geocacher.

Storch says there will be a free workshop on Geo Caching September 23 at 1pm at the Heritage Inn.

For more information click here:Geocaching 101

For a link to the High River Geo Caching Facebook page click here:High River Geocaching