AY Honors/Geocaching - Advanced (General Conference)
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Skill Level 123 | |
Approval authority General Conference | Year of Introduction 2005 |
AY Honors/Geocaching - Advanced (General Conference)/Overview
The most challenging requirement of this honor is probably this:
6. Find and record at least 18 geocaches; include:
- a. Traditional cache with 3-star difficulty
- b. One Multi-level
- c. One virtual
- d. One micro
1. Have Basic Geocaching Honor
2. Briefly describe the origin of the global positioning satellites? What is their history – when and how did they get there? By whom?
3. Define latitude, longitude. What is meant by degrees, minutes, seconds?
4. Complete two or more of the following:
- a. Establish and maintain a new geocache in your area for at least 6-months.
- b. Send out and follow a TB (travel bug) for 6 months.
- c. Find 2 travel bugs and follow for 6 months
- d. Participate in a geocache meeting or event in your area (attend).
5. What are the laws/rules/guidelines for placing caches in the following locations?
- a. State Parks National Park Service
- b. Roads and Railroad Right-of-Ways
- c. Placing caches while traveling
- d. Wilderness Areas in National Forest Areas
- e. USDA Forest Service
6. Find and record at least 18 geocaches; include:
- a. Traditional cache with 3-star difficulty
- b. One Multi-level
- c. One virtual
- d. One micro
7. Write about your geocache find in your logbook on the geocache website.
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