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Geocaching store - Why would you want to use a Garmin Forerunner for
Geocaching? First, if you're a serious athlete, one that is already
using one of the forerunners as a personal training aide for running,
cycling, duathlons or triathlons, why wouldn't you additionally use its
GPS navigational features to participate in the hobby/sport of
geocaching? It's just a natural and smart addition to the uses for which
you bought it.
If you're new to the entertaining international craze of geocaching, you
already own and are presently using the main and also the costliest
piece of equipment needed to participate in the exciting and challenging
worldwide treasure hunting game of geocaching. You can target and
locate a few caches without having to purchase a new expensive GPS unit
specifically for your new hobby.
Prices for handheld GPS units range from $100 and upwards to $1,000 and
more. Some of the newer model GPS systems are designed specifically with
the game of geocaching in mind. And, an ever increasing number of the
more expensive GPS devices now have functionality specifically created
for geocaching that can store all the information from Pocket Queries.
Many will also store unlimited waypoints and field notes to help you log
your caches after you find them.
But, all you actually need to have fun and be tremendously successful at
geocaching is a a GPS device of some sort (any one with basic GPS
functionality will work just fine), access to the Internet where all the
treasures (caches) are listed, and, of course, a spirit of adventure.
The Garmin Forerunner models are all equipped with fundamental
navigation features; you can either input the cache coordinates
manually, or, on the 201, 301, and 305 models you can transfer the
coordinates via software like EasyGPS. Just enter the cache coordinates
and follow the directional display. Nothing could be easier than
adapting your forerunner for your geocaching expeditions.
Second, if you're a serious athlete, you are used to having your hands
free. If you go after the more difficult caches, you may be going
through heavy underbrush, fields, and forests, and you will particularly
enjoy the convenience of having your forerunner GPS unit strapped to
your wrist.
Third, geocaching is usually a group, club, or family activity. Your
forerunner can be used as an additional, convenient, and welcome GPS on
the hunt.
The forerunners are durable, receive signals well under cloud, tree, or
beside tall buildings and they also have a battery life of up to ten
hours. For beginning geocachers, the forerunners will easily accomplish
the task of leading you to the cache; their main drawback for serious
geocachers is that they will only store one hundred waypoints.
