Cache Difficulty

[Drone]

I was out at Lapham Peak today and thought this would be a great place for a really tough cache. you could easily get a 7 mile walk/run out of it and the terrain could be tough. There is a permanant orienteering coarse out there that i would like to incorporate, but you would need to get the orienteering map from the Park Staff on the way in. You would use a combination of compass bearings and gps coordinates to get to the final cache.
Do you think it would bee too tough?
Drone

[GeoPink]

Too tough? never…. If you hide it they will come. Infact it sounds rather fun. Too bad I’m not a bit closer

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Team GeoPink
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[ecorangers]

I say, “Bring it on.” We always use a compass when we geocache anyways. Great idea. Tami

[Cathunter]

There is no such thing as “too difficult”. Lapham Peak is a great park; the 02′ WGA Picnic was there.

Work closely with the park supervisor in the creation of such a cache. Our future depends on maintaining a good relationship with the DNR staff.

[Drone]

I kind of wanted to use UTM coordinates.With a NAD27 Map datum Would people know about that?
Drone

[Cathunter]

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Originally posted by Drone:
I kind of wanted to use UTM coordinates.With a NAD27 Map datum Would people know about that?
Drone

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No- many cachers would not. But that does not mean they shouldn’t.

If you can make a cache that will teach cachers about different map & waypoint formats, that would be great. The challenge is teaching them more than just how to push a couple buttons on their GPSr to change formats. Anybody can push buttons. Understanding the differences and the reasoning behind the different formats should be common knowledge for anyone interested in cartography, orienteering, geocaching, or any kind of wilderness treking.

[sbukosky]

Some of my caches require waypoint projecting and some required compass use. Cheesehead had one the required some sofiticated triangulation. As long as a GPS is necessary, requiring a compass or specifying other datums should be fine. I’d look forward to it.

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Steve Bukosky
Waukesha

[Drone]

i just noticed in the rules for hiding a cache, that you could not charge anything for access to said cache. I think the DNR charge 5 bucks for the Orienteering map for this park, and it would be a major part of this cache. You couldnt do it without it… How big of a problem do you think that would be?
Drone

[Cathunter]

The park access fee is acceptable; a map fee? Not acceptable for a cache.

Maybe make your own map, downloadable from the cache page.

[Drone]

nah, i wanted people to read contour lines and land features, instead of just following an arrow on a screen. Dand it, this would have made a GREAT cache.
Buzz

[Cathunter]

It would be easy enough to scan the map or another topo map and post it for all to use.

[Drone]

Its a pretty nice 5 color orienteering map. Tons of detail. Not sure but i think the scale of the map would get screwed up in scanning.
Drone

[Cathunter]

OK then-
How about making the first waypoint a cache containing a couple of the maps. Leave instructions that the map must be replaced before the hunters leave. I’ve seen this method used elsewhere.

[admin]

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Originally posted by Cathunter:
OK then-
How about making the first waypoint a cache containing a couple of the maps. Leave instructions that the map must be replaced before the hunters leave. I’ve seen this method used elsewhere.

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if the maps are left they should be laminated.

[Drone]

Cathunter, that was a GREAT idea..I think i can get them laminated at work too.
drone

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