Pretending your phone is a Tricorder to find buried treasure while avoiding Muggles… what’s nerdy about that?
Well, it turns out Geocaching is a nerdy sub-culture with it’s own language. At least we eventually figured out what BYOP means.
At first it seemed silly that you were instructed to avoid the notice of “muggles” (non-Geocachers). But then we found ourselves poking around in the alley behind a McDonald’s like a couple of cracked-out hobos trying to find their lost stash. Not too far from the truth, once you catch the bug, actually.
Hi Jakob and Mandi:
What a great episode! I did’t know what Geocaching is, so it was completely surprised to learn about it.
It seems to be really funny. I would have never thought about something like that.
Guess what? I donwloaded the Geocaching App you sugested, and I discovered that there are (at least) 3 Geocaching places in my city (Quito).
I will definitely try to get to those containers and write on the logbooks!
(Who knows? Perhaps I can make a Geocaching container of my own to share with others…)
Keep up the great work of the podcast.
Greetings.
Agustin Chancusi C.
Quito – Ecuador
Fantastic! Hopefully you find no cat heads!