Which book do you recomend for new cachers?

weewillie · Post by **weewillie** » 05 July 07 12:18 pm

Hi All,
Which of these books would you recomend for new cachers?

Weewillie

Post by **caughtatwork** » 05 July 07 12:29 pm

Where's the none option?

Post by **CraigRat** » 05 July 07 12:34 pm

Hmmm, I didn't realise there would be enough material for a book...let alone a HEAP of books.

I've never read any of them, so I can't really answer the poll

weewillie · Post by **weewillie** » 05 July 07 12:48 pm

caughtatwork wrote:Where's the none option?

It's there now.

crew 153 · Post by **crew 153** » 05 July 07 1:10 pm

Who needs a book.

Just get out there and do it.

5commer3 · Post by **5commer3** » 05 July 07 1:13 pm

Which one has the most pictures

, I havn't had time to read a book in months, and if I did have time to, I think I'd rather be out in the cold looking for a plastic box full of goodies in the scrub somewhere rather than sitting in a nice cosy house reading a book....

Papa Bear_Left · Post by **Papa Bear_Left** » 05 July 07 1:16 pm

I think it'd be more fun to just do it!

Spend the money you save on the book on some good containers and/or swaps for your eventual first cache, read the wiki entries on finding caches, maybe see if there's someone listed as a guru near you (look under help on the front page here) who could take you out and show you some tricks.

I can waffle on about geocaching with the best (worst?) of them, and I can't think what I'd fill a whole book with! So there's got to be a lot of padding and endless examples and so forth, probably with lots of space-filling pictures! They're also all American and won't have much useful information about drop bears and hoop snakes and Pesky and the other perils of Aussie caching...

JackHenry · Post by **JackHenry** » 05 July 07 2:10 pm

This one

rhinogeo · Post by **rhinogeo** » 05 July 07 2:13 pm

The Cacher in the Ryegrass

setsujoku · Post by **setsujoku** » 05 July 07 2:47 pm

my suggestions would be to get the where's wally series, and also the anamalia books, and study up on them. they will provide a large help in finding camo caches

The Ginger Loon · Post by **The Ginger Loon** » 05 July 07 3:03 pm

rhinogeo wrote:The Cacher in the Ryegrass

Cache 22

But seriously, don't bother reading any books, just get out there and do it...

listmaker · Post by **listmaker** » 05 July 07 3:23 pm

I bought The Complete Idiot's Guide to Geocaching which was a useful reference at first because I am the lowest common denominator it's aimed at. I had never even used a compass before so needed something that would explain the basics of navigation.

The book was good, but the best reference I found for actual hands-on caching is this:
http://factsfacts.com/geocacher.htm

unbreakables · Post by **unbreakables** » 05 July 07 3:48 pm

I'm going with the majority here, half the fun is learning as you go, whenever you do something different you learn more and more, like when you do your first puzzle of multi, we were a bit confused at first but are liking the challenge, even planning to put 1 out soon, so go out there and find' real experience, better than any book!!
Cheers....

rhinogeo · Post by **rhinogeo** » 05 July 07 3:51 pm

The Ginger Loon wrote:
rhinogeo wrote:The Cacher in the Ryegrass
Cache 22

But seriously, don't bother reading any books, just get out there and do it...

<p>There is absolutely no need to contribute to the coffers of any author cashing in on Geocaching with the abundance of information on the www and in forums such as this

</p><p>You could always hire that 1955 Grace Kelly/Cary Grant Hitchcock classic..... To Cache a Thief

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