Treasurer's Thoughts

Text: Wessel Heerink

During my free time, I like to find geocaches. Geocaching is like a treasure hunt, but you (usually) get the exact coordinates where the treasure is located. The first geocache was hidden in the United States on May 3rd, 2000, the day after “Blue Switch day”, the day on which GPS was made available for civil purposes. Anyone can hide a geocache and anyone can search them too, anywhere around the globe. For instance, there are currently 168 geocaches hidden in Enschede alone!

Personally, I am currently on a hunt to find a geocache in as many different municipalities in the Neth- erlands. This is because there is a website (project-gc.com) which makes maps which show in which country, province and municipality you have found a geocache. The darker the colour, the more geocaches you have found in that region.

I usually plan an entire day of geocaching, on which I then usually find between five and ten geocaches in different municipalities. I usually travel by public transit, which makes for quite a puzzle when you want to transfer onto a bus that runs only once an hour, but during that transfer of 5-10 minutes you also want to find a geocache to cross another municipality of the list. It adds quite a bit of pressure when you can’t find the geocache at first glance.

Puzzle: Persistency is key

Text: Timon Veurink

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If you also want to find some geocaches, you can make a free account at geocaching.com. On the same website you can also search for geocaches near you. Note that there are many different types, and not all can be found within five minutes. Happy Geocaching!