Editing Geocaching (section)

==Notable incidents==
[[File:Dishman Hills.jpg|thumb|A 79-year-old man fell off a cliff in [[Dishman Hills]], [[Washington (state)|Washington]], while geocaching in 2009.]]
Several deaths have occurred during the course of Caching.<ref>"[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-7oiqrgbSk Valley man geocaching in Dishman Hills before fatal fall] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170412002930/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-7oiqrgbSk |date=April 12, 2017}}"- YouTube. Uploaded on Nov 18, 2009, retrieved January 12, 2013</ref><ref>[http://www.kxly.com/news/Man-dies-in-cliff-fall-at-Dishman-Hills-Natural-Area/-/101270/696060/-/7qx0ps/-/index.html Man dies in cliff fall at Dishman Hills Natural Area] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131105015835/http://www.kxly.com/news/Man-dies-in-cliff-fall-at-Dishman-Hills-Natural-Area/-/101270/696060/-/7qx0ps/-/index.html |date=November 5, 2013}}, published November 16, 2009</ref><ref>"[http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/2012/07/08/20120708cave-creek-man-found-dead-geocaching.html Cave Creek man, 79, found dead] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200818055305/http://archive.azcentral.com/news/articles/2012/07/08/20120708cave-creek-man-found-dead-geocaching.html |date=August 18, 2020}}" (2012-07-08) Scott, Luci. ''azcentral.com.'' Retrieved 2017-01-17.</ref><ref>"[https://m.outdoorrevival.com/news/loyal-dog.html The Body of a Missing Hiker Only Found Because of His Dog Barking Until Help Came] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210205154003/https://m.outdoorrevival.com/news/loyal-dog.html |date=February 5, 2021}}" (2019-05-08) Williams, Doug. ''Outdoor Revival''</ref>

The death of a 21-year-old experienced cacher in December 2011 "while attempting a Groundspeak Cache that does not look all that dangerous" led to discussions of whether changes should be made, and whether cache owners or Groundspeak could be held liable. Groundspeak has since updated their geocaching.com [[Terms of service|terms of use agreement]] to specify that geocachers find geocaches at their own risk.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.geocaching.com/account/documents/termsofuse |title=Terms of Use Agreement 2A. Inherent Risks |date=2016-06-27 |publisher=Groundspeak |access-date=2017-01-11 |archive-date=February 2, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210202035935/https://www.geocaching.com/account/documents/termsofuse |url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2008, two lost hikers on [[Mount Hood]] in [[Oregon]], U.S. stumbled across a geocache and phoned this information out to rescuers, allowing crews to locate and rescue them.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.garmin.com/en-US/blog/outdoor/geocaching-save/ |title=Geocaching saves the day for lost hikers  |publisher=[[Garmin]] – Blog|date=January 17, 2008 |access-date=May 3, 2014 |archive-date=November 12, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112010005/https://www.garmin.com/en-US/blog/outdoor/geocaching-save/ |url-status=live}}</ref>

Three adult geocachers, a 24-year-old woman and her parents, were trapped in a cave and rescued by firefighters in [[Rochester, New York]], U.S. while searching for a geocache in 2012. Rochester Fire Department spokesman Lt. Ted Kuppinger said, "It's difficult, because you're invested in it, you want to find something like that, so people will probably try to push themselves more than they should, but you need to be prudent about what you're capable of doing."<ref>{{cite news |last=Carroll |first=Sean |title=Three Hikers Rescued From Cave Were Geocaching |url=http://www.13wham.com/mostpopular/story/Seth-Green-Drive-Rochester-people-trapped-cave/5Q1BsL-HmkWb7LJJRGJhTw.cspx?p=2 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130219214137/http://www.13wham.com/mostpopular/story/Seth-Green-Drive-Rochester-people-trapped-cave/5Q1BsL-HmkWb7LJJRGJhTw.cspx?p=2 |archive-date=February 19, 2013 |access-date=January 23, 2013 |newspaper=13 ABC WHAM |date=August 14, 2012}}</ref>

In 2015, members of the public called [[His Majesty's Coastguard|the British coastguard]] to check on a group of geocachers who were spotted walking into the [[Severn Estuary]] off the coast of [[Clevedon]], England, in search of clues to locate a multi-cache. Although they felt they were safe and able to return to land, they were considered to be in danger and were airlifted back to the shore.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-32380734 |title=Rescued Clevedon geocachers were 'never in danger' |date=2015-04-20 |newspaper=BBC News |access-date=2017-01-11 |archive-date=November 8, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201108102016/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-32380734 |url-status=live}}</ref>

In October 2016, four people discovered a crashed car at the bottom of a [[ravine]] in [[Benton County, Washington]], U.S., while out geocaching. They spotted the driver still trapped inside and alerted emergency services, who rescued the driver.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.geocaching.com/blog/2016/11/geocachers-save-a-womans-life/ |title=Geocachers Save A Woman's Life |date=2016-11-17 |newspaper=The Geocaching Blog |access-date=2017-01-11 |archive-date=September 8, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190908233221/https://www.geocaching.com/blog/2016/11/geocachers-save-a-womans-life/ |url-status=live}}</ref>

On 9 June 2018, four people in [[Prague]], [[Czech Republic]] were searching for a cache in a 4&nbsp;km long tunnel when a storm surge carried them through the tunnel to its terminus at the [[Vltava]] river. Two of the geocachers died,<ref>{{cite web |last1=Kenety |first1=Brian |title=Second body found in Vltava River that of missing geocacher  |url=https://www.radio.cz/en/section/news/second-body-found-in-vltava-river-that-of-missing-geocacher |website=Radio Praha (Radio Prague)|access-date=1 April 2019 |language=en |date=June 15, 2018 |archive-date=July 20, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180720061008/http://www.radio.cz/en/section/news/second-body-found-in-vltava-river-that-of-missing-geocacher |url-status=live}}</ref> while two others were rescued from the river.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.seznamzpravy.cz/clanek/povoden-v-prazskem-podzemi-jak-se-ctverice-lidi-sama-dostala-do-smrtelneho-nebezpeci-49004?dop-ab-variant=&seq-no=1&source=hp |title=Povodeň v pražském podzemí: Jak se čtveřice lidí sama dostala do smrtelného nebezpečí - Seznam Zprávy |website=seznamzpravy.cz |date=June 11, 2018 |access-date=2018-06-11 |archive-date=February 13, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210213043210/https://www.seznamzpravy.cz/clanek/povoden-v-prazskem-podzemi-jak-se-ctverice-lidi-sama-dostala-do-smrtelneho-nebezpeci-49004?dop-ab-variant=&seq-no=1&source=hp |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://zpravy.idnes.cz/potok-praha-nabrezi-kanaly-patrani-osoba-policie-hasici-geochaching-1py-/domaci.aspx?c=A180609_193521_domaci_pmk |title=Policie obnovila pátrání po lovci pokladů, potvrdila identitu utonulé ženy |date=2018-06-09 |website=iDNES.cz |access-date=2018-06-11 |archive-date=June 12, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612143920/https://zpravy.idnes.cz/potok-praha-nabrezi-kanaly-patrani-osoba-policie-hasici-geochaching-1py-/domaci.aspx?c=A180609_193521_domaci_pmk |url-status=live}}</ref>