A new adventure called Geocapsuling conceals small time capsule treasures in the remote American wilderness for descendants to retrieve using a GPS locating device. Hollow replicas of small boulders, called Geocapsules, secretly encase and camouflage stainless steel time capsules over extended periods. Time-in-a-Capsule is the name of a website that describes this family adventure and demonstrates how to create a generational experience for yourself and your descendants.
Whidbey Island, WA (PRWEB) May 18, 2007 -- Caching in on a wildly popular recreational activity is an intriguing new adventure called Geocapsuling. It's a spin-off of Geocaching, a better-known sport that searches out wilderness caches with a handheld Global Positioning System or GPS. But with Geocapsuling the payoff is not a logbook or trinkets. It's a previously hidden time capsule, which lures future family members into their own wilderness experience.
Today's youngsters will be tomorrow's backwoods-explorers when they rediscover their small treasure. It's a novel extension of the Geocaching activity, and it has already found niche support among Geocachers looking to extend their passion. Parents and active Boomers appreciate a family adventure with an intriguing legacy. Others see an opportunity to offer a curious bequest for weddings, birthdays, or graduations.
Somewhat larger than a soft drink can, the stainless steel time capsules are built to survive temperature extremes. After sealing, the airtight containers are superbly cloaked by a replica of an actual rock. The surprisingly realistic polyurethane rocks are virtually indiscernible from any other similar feature, even on close inspection.
As in Geocaching, the payload is left behind. But Geocapsuling differs from Geocaching in a few distinct ways. Caches are prepared for just one person, not groups of recurring visitors. They are left in environmentally disguised housings, not exposed in the plastic Tupperware or metal ammo cans typical of Geocaching. And unlike Geocaching, this time capsule adventure offers a two-sided family event that engages both those who leave the cache and those who retrieve it.
With Geocapsuling, the hitch is also the bait: Junior will have to get up off the couch and go get it someday. But the idea incorporates so many alluring elements of a wilderness treasure hunt that the camouflaged gems left by an earlier generation are not likely to be ignored or abandoned.
What about time capsule contents? Even though the containers are small, you can insert private notes, a couple of photos, a personal item or two. Discovering a previously unknown family keepsake, gift or remembrance at the end of the trail will no doubt be a fine reward for explorer-descendants. But the thrill of locating a spectacular wilderness spot visited by parents or grandparents in previous years could be a priceless event of its own.
Time-in-a-Capsule (www.timeinacapsule.com) is the sponsoring website for this adventure. Site visitors can follow step-by-step guidelines for preparing their own family journey through time, which can be designed for shorter spans (days or months) as well as years. As with Geocaching, some public lands remain off-limits to Geocapsuling. But alternative public and private land options are discussed at the site.
Is either Geocapsuling or Geocaching "littering" as some have claimed? That will be a hard sell to thousands of international disciples. Some public land managers may identify another nuisance threat in this adaptation of Geocaching, but the Time-in-a-Capsule website details some strict and appropriate guidelines.
Although this new adventure is meant to be no walk in the park, it could be a fine incentive for a fresh trek into the wilderness.
For additional information about the Geocapsuling adventure contact Alan Bixby at (360) 331-3444, or visit www.timeinacapsule.com.
About:
Alan Bixby is a former broadcaster and independent video producer/director who has explored the mountain west with his co-producer wife Nancy for more than three decades. Time-in-a-Capsule is a website they designed to outline the Geocapsuling adventure.
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