Geocaching is a sport where one uses expensive global positioning technology to locate useless dollar store items in remote destinations on the planet.
What gear do you need for geocaching? Well the answer to this question lies somewhere between practically-nothing-except-from-reading-the-cache-description and you-will-need-a-lot-of-gear.
Below you see some of the gear I use when geocaching. What I bring along varies from time to time according the the actual conditions. And no – of course I don't bring all this suff every time.
Garmin Nüvi 3790T
Brand
new super great GPSr for the car – with voice commands and a bright high definition colour display and
fast automatic route planning. Displays actual position on a
detailed map and gives driving instructions accompanied by voice
instructions.
Garmin Nüvi 3760T
Brand
new super great GPSr for the car – with and a bright high definition colour display and
fast automatic route planning. Displays actual position on a
detailed map and gives driving instructions accompanied by voice
instructions.
Garmin Oregon 550t
Handheld GPS'r for terrain use and light car navigation – with
a bright touch colour display and fast automatic route planning. Displays
actual position on a built-in detailed topographic map and shows directions
accompanied by beeps.
Garmin GPSmap 60CSx
Handheld GPS'r for terrain use and light car navigation – with
a bright colour display and fast automatic route planning. Displays
actual position on a detailed map and gives driving instructions
accompanied by beeps.
Silva Ranger 15T Sighting Compass
A compass is a good supplement to the GPSr because some GPSrs only
shows useful directional information when moving.
Nikon D300 digital camera
For documenting found caches and to preserve images of the quite
often beautiful nature.
Leki Makalu Trekking Poles
Nice and light Hi-Tech 'walking sticks'. The long one I bought in
Chamonix, France and the short one I won during the
»Bongo 2003«-event
cache.
Victorinox »Recruit« Swiss Army Knife
A (legal) knife is always handy when geocaching.
Petzl Tikka Plus Small headlamp
Small headlamp. Hands free. Bright light from 4 LEDs. Powered by 3
ea. AAA cells.
MAG Mini Maglite AA
Small bright flashlight. Powered by 2 ea. AA cells.
Maxpedition Proteus Versipack
Small roomy bag for raingear, gloves, trading items, knife,
calculator and ballpen.
Haglöfs Tight Large backpack
Roomy rucksack, but not too large. Perfect fit - also after several
hours hiking.
Fjällräven Greenland & Vidda trekking trousers
Good trekking trousers when it is not-so-warm. Save you from
stinging-nettles and other carnivorous vegetation. I got mine in
practical dark colours as shown in the picture.
Lowa Combat Boot GTX
These Gore-Tex boots are made for walking – with a little help from
Special Air Service. These boots should outperform anything from
Meindl and other leading boot manufacturers. We'll see. At least are
high so fir needles and snow is kept out.
Salomon Experience Mid GTX trekking boots
These inexpensive and durable Gore-Tex boots were made for walking
and have transported me many miles through various terrain whithout
giving soar feet or blisters. After 4 years of use they still
perform very well.