The only real way to get around in Final Fantasy 7. The gold chocobo can walk over any terrain - desert, ocean, mountains, forests. It is the only way to get some of the most powerful artifacts in the game. Gold chocobos cannot be caught - they can only be bred, and then only from special colored chocobos (yellow, green, blue, and black) that preceed them. Even with all of the information for breeding a gold chocobo at your fingertips, it's still a tedious process, and those who can honestly say that they've done it deserve a respect similar to those who can get the babel fish...