Chronicling the Seattle and Pacific Northwest startup scene. SEE MORE by John Cook on Aug 29, 2011 at 4:12 pm October 1, 2011 at 2:50 am Seattle’s Groundspeak was one of the early pioneers in ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The outdoor game Geocaching is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year. “Geocaching is basically a high tech game of hide and seek,” said Chris Ronan from geocaching.com. It’s ...

Groundspeak's Geocaching app may be the easiest way for Android users to get into the game of geocaching without an investment in dedicated GPS equipment or fiddling with a notebook. Antuan started ...

Wow — this is a lot of canisters, log sheets and trackables. Geocaching.com, the database of record for the worldwide geocaching community, is poised to reach a major milestone in a matter of days: 2 ...

Although I'm much more likely to spend a lovely summer day with my butt glued to the chair working on a new TUAW post, I do enjoy the sport/hobby/game of geocaching. If you're not familiar with the ...

WEEK’S EXPLORE OUTDOORS. WHEN WE GET UP HERE, WE’LL WANT TO TURN TO THE LEFT. HIKING THROUGH THE DOWNTOWN COMMONS MAY NOT SEEM LIKE AN ADVENTURE. MAYBE JUST THE OTHER SIDE OF THE MACY’S BUILDING, BUT ...

If the idea of searching for buried loot has always appealed to you, there’s no need to wait until a mysterious pirate map falls into your hands while cleaning out the attic. (We can’t all be Goonies.

Geocaching, a GPS-powered treasure hunt game played all over the world, is an adventurous way to explore a new place. Imagine venturing into the woods in search of hidden treasure. Trudging down a ...

Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. Inside the Tupperware box I find a forlorn-looking logbook, damp from water seeping in. Arranged around it are ...

On a recent too-hot morning at Papago Park, I try my hand at a high-tech treasure hunt that’s become an international craze. It’s called geocaching, and it’s both tougher and more fun than I expected.