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Instead of sitting at where new and experiand get a can home why not put some enced geocachers carnumber wash of of those electronic devicfind a large at the es to work, grab the kids hidden treasures in a relaand go out searching for tively smallsame area.time! With a treasure in your patch of total of 16 caches includthe world? The game is ing one night cache, this called geocaching and all will be a great place to it takes is a GPS and a learn and fall in love with person to operate it. the art of geocaching. “Geocaching all started McArthur Island 204 The Tranquille Rd | 250.376.1716 11 years ago when the Treasure Hunt officially U.S. flipped the switch, launched on October as we say,” explains Rod 29 at a family-friendly Smith, Kamloops geoevent. cacher extraordinaire. “This is a new and “That was when the U.S. permanent thing on the Government allowed island,” he continues. “I everyone to use its GPS came up with it a while system. It all ballooned ago because new cachfrom there.” ers need to learn how to Basically geocaching is do this sport properly so a hide and hunt game they can be successful. where people hide cach- (L-R) Rod Smith, Jade Caulfield, Lee Caufield, and Tracy Odber check their GPS settings before There was nowhere for es which are essentially heading out on the inaugural McArthur Island Treasure Hunt on Saturday morning. new cachers to learn the treasure which can come sport. This is a safe enviin the form of little trinkets, themed items, a gorgeous view or even ronment; it has level ground and is a great place to start. It is family just a little history of the area. It humbly began after de-regulation friendly and there are four caches that are wheel chair accessible. with a guy hiding things out in odd places for his friends to find. We wanted to make this for everyone. We have been putting this It caught on, people became hooked and now there are caches in RSOE together since August and we are excited to be able to share it.” - fr ear 2011.indd 1 nearly every corner of the globe. These caches will include a variety of cache types and difficulty Kamloops has many, many caches and a very active community levels. All caches promote the highest standards of geocaching etiof geocachers who call it their hobby. Rod is one of them and quette by encouraging participants to practice low impact caching, because he loves the activity so much, he wants to be able to share respect other park users, and trade responsibly. Most of all, they are his passion with anyone who wants to learn how to do it. With the meant to be fun! full support of the City of Kamloops, a group of local volunteers, So if you ever were curious about the this form of adventure, simOctphone 26, Nov &9 the McArthur Island Treasure Hunt (MITH) group, have established ply grab your GPS or smart with 2a geocaching app and head McArthur Island as a geocaching training ground. This is a place – continued on page 2
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