New Boy Scout Geocaching Merit Badge!
Here are a few highlights of what Scouts will learn while earning Geocaching merit badge:
- Precautions necessary to have a safe time while searching for geocaches
- Geocaching etiquette and how the principles of Leave No Trace apply
- Geocaching terms
- How GPS technology works
- Steps for finding and logging a cache
- How to use geocaching.com, the official online home of geocaching
And more about this and GCing in general (for the newbie) at the New York Times.
