║Geocaching 101║ Newbie Tips / 地理藏寶新手小訣竅

1. Use your eyes, hands, and geo-senses
手眼並用,還有geo-senses!

Your GPS or smartphone will only get you within about 30 feet of the cache location. When you’re close, use your eyes, hands, and geo-senses to locate the cache.

你的GPS機或手機只能帶你到寶點附近 (大約10公尺左右,若遇上信號不穩、座標飄移就更不好說了),當你接近寶點的時候,放下你手中的GPS機/手機,用你的眼睛及雙手好好的尋找吧!

雖然有的人天生就比較厲害,但geo-senses是可以培養的!多找找、多觀察,你會越來越習慣的。


2. Look for something that seems out of place
尋找附近的"可疑物品"。


Cache containers come in all sizes, shapes, colors. Look in tree hollows, under park benches, inspect that oyster shell in the forest, and yes, look in that one spot you’re 100% positive is not the hiding place. Chances are, that’s exactly where the cache is.

寶盒的種類千變萬化,各種大小、形狀和顏色都有。看看樹洞裡,瞧瞧公園長椅下,檢查在森林裡的牡蠣殼,喔對,還有那些你覺得百分之百不會有東西藏在那裡的地方,最危險的地方就是最安全的地方,很多時候,那些地方往往就是寶藏的藏身之處。


3. Geocaches are often disguised / Think like a detective

    很多時候,寶藏會經過偽裝 / 像個偵探一樣思考


Geocaches are often disguised as rocks, bricks, bird houses, or other everyday objects, so think like a detective, “If I were a geocache, where would I hide?”

很多時候寶藏會被偽裝成石頭、磚塊、鳥屋或是其他日常用品。所以像個偵探一樣思考吧!「如果我是寶藏,我會躲在哪裡呢?」


4. Geocaches should never be buried

    寶藏不應該被埋起來


Geocaches should never be buried, but they won’t always be on the ground.

寶藏通常不會也不應該被埋起來,但它們也不會總是被放在地上。


5. Look high, look low, look around /  Respect your surroundings

    認真觀察,仔細尋找 / 尊重周圍環境


Look high, look low, look around. Leave no bench unsearched, no stone unturned. Respect your surroundings. NEVER trample on flower beds, scale walls, or damage property trying to find the cache.

認真觀察,仔細尋找,別放過任何一張椅子或任何一顆石頭。但無論如何,請尊重周圍的環境。請不要為了尋寶而去踐踏花圃,攀爬牆壁或是破壞任何財產。


6. Check the hint / Check the latest activity

    查看提示和最近的動態


Check the hint. Many cache pages offer hints that may help you figure out where to look. Check the latest activity. Recent logs from other geocachers may contain valuable information such as, “I had to lean ON THE FENCE to find this one!”

看看提示吧,很多寶頁上都有提供提示,可以幫助你了解要從哪裡開始尋找。也別忘了查看這個寶的近況,在最近幾次尋找過的獵人的記錄裡也許會有些有用的訊息,像是『為了找這個,我不得不靠在柵欄上!』。


7. Always, always ALWAYS bring a pen!

    什麼都可以不帶,但一定記得要帶筆!

Always sign the physical logbook inside the geocache and log your find online.

記得一定、一定、一定要在記錄本或記錄紙上簽上你的大名,然後再記錄到網站上。


8. Be stealthy!

    “你看不見我~你看不見我~~" 學會隱身很重要!

Be stealthy in busy, muggle-filled geocache locations.

江湖在走,隱身術要有。千萬不要被麻瓜發現你在做什麼!


9. Write great logs!

    寫下超棒的記錄!


Write great logs! Geocache owners and other geocachers love to read about your experience.

寫下超棒的記錄!寶主和其他獵人會很想要知道你獨特的冒險故事的,如果只留下了 TFTC. 寶主會很失落的,試著多寫一點吧! 但也記得別在你的記錄裡 “暴雷"或留下額外的提示,否則一點尋寶的樂趣都沒有了啦~


10. About trackables (Travel bugs / Geocoins)

      關於那些可追蹤物品 (旅行蟲 / 地理幣)

Trackables are not swag items. A trackable is a game piece that moves from geocache to geocache. If you find one, log and move it on. Never keep, or allow children to keep them as the owners are tracking them as they roam around the world.

那些可追蹤物品 (通常是旅行蟲或是地理幣) 並不是可以交換的東西 (swag = stuff we all get)。不論是旅行蟲或是地理幣都是這個遊戲的一部份,他們通常在寶藏與寶藏之間移動。如果你找到了這類的東西,記得登記並且移動它。請不要占為己有,這些物品的主人一直在追蹤著呢。



11. Attend a geocaching event

      參加一場地理藏寶的活動吧


Attend a geocaching event and meet the amazing community.

參加一場地理藏寶的活動吧,在活動上你會遇到其他的獵人,大家互相交流分享尋寶的故事也是很不錯的喔。(快趁這個時候問問題!也許你會得到很多珍貴的線索喔!)


12. Be patient

       耐心點,欲速則不達


Be patient. Developing your geo-senses takes time.

耐心點,geo-senses的發展需要時間和經驗的累積。

至於等麻瓜離開…那可能也是件很花時間的事情。






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