AY Honors/Geocaching - Advanced/Requirements

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Geocaching - Advanced

Skill Level

2

Year

2005

Version

21.11.2024

Approval authority

North American Division

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Geocaching - Advanced
Recreation
Skill Level
123
Approval authority
North American Division
Year of Introduction
2005



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.