Earlier today at Barcamp Apache Ross did a session on geocaching. He briefly explained us what geocaching is, then using his gps he led us through Oakland in search of a cache that was apparently hidden in a public garden.
After about half an hour of navigation we entered … an underground parking, and started to doubt that we are actually on the right track.
However we suddenly emerged in a garden on top of the building
We got closer to the place the gps indicated and started searching.
A few people eating their sandwiches watched us suspiciously, while others continued their lunchtime routine.
Finally Bertrand found the magic container.
He filed in the log that documents the history of the find, then took one object from the container and replaced it with one Ross had collected from another geocaching. Anjana volunteered to use the Oakland item in a geocaching she would do in the UK.
In theory there is a slim chance that one of us will come across this object again in ten or twenty years, in a totally different location. I leave those willing to do the maths to calculate how big these chances really are.
A wonderful session Ross, well done.
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