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@Vegas Gamblers wrote:

Question: Do I have to buy special boots to fit into the snowshoes.

Mine fit fine with my hunting boots due to the adjustable bindings. I have a 12 EEE boot w/ 10″ uppers and they fit fine. It appears most of the adjustable bindings are all made similarly.

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@Trekkin’ and Birdin’ wrote:

Add another to the “doesn’t need to involve alcohol to celebrate” group, which I’m glad to see is apparently the majority of respondents here.

We do have younger members on this site and they do watch what we do. Trust me on this. 🙁

My guess is a long night of Mexican Train with our sons and their girlfriends and nothing stronger than Mountain Dew.

I agree – We’ll have the dominoes out, a ton of munchies, and maybe one or two beers. Other than that it’s pretty uneventful for us other than the grand gathering at 12:00 (EST) to watch the ball drop.

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@labrat_wr wrote:

I am going to miss the New Year’s Blackbelt Workout that we have at our TKD school.

This sounds awesome, what a great idea.

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I posted “Other” because hopefully 1/1/10 will be a great day for caching. As of 1/2 of the CodeRdz team there is a lot to get ready.

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@BakRdz wrote:

I’m renting a pair from my local school district’s “Snowshoe Club”

Maybe this club would like to go on an adventure (geocaching) and break some new trail. We could claim to be snowshoe newbies and just follow in the newly broken trails.

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@Todd300 wrote:

How can a GPS get a satellite lock indoors?

AHHHH – There’s the challenge. The couple that I’ve done have provided clues to find the final once indoors. “Near room 321” for instance.

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@gotta run wrote:

I am not aware of a bookmark list. We have found two indoor caches but it would be a bit of a spoiler to post GC#s of either.

I too have done a couple of caches in the Fox Valley area that could be classified “indoor”, but hate to post them here because they aren’t mine and I’d hate to spoil the fun not knowing if the owner wants certain facts revealed.

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@labrat_wr wrote:

Fully Booked by pearl6 (GC15DA3)
Berlin, Wisconsin

This is actually Green Lake.

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I did one cache today in the Appleton area and wish I had put mine in the car. I was planning on mostly urban caches so left the shoe home.

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@CodeJunkie wrote:

@cheezehead wrote:

Atlas Snowshoes @ Cabelas
Mine were around $200 with out the poles and bag. GET POLES!!

Just ordered these. I’ve been looking at these for a few days and finally made the plunge. I bought the combo (after debating about poles) which includes a carry bag and poles. With the $20 off coupon from their website and the current sale the whole package with shipping only ran me about $165.

As an avid outdoorsmen I’m hoping to also use these for hunting, getting in to cut wood, and CACHING (of course). I’ll post a followup after getting them and giving them a whirl. Of course this means I’m going to have to hope for more “craphas.”

Snowshoes arrived yesterday. Quite a large box for a relatively small package. Tried them out by “street light” last night walking around the various snow conditions in the yard. After 200-300 feet, my initial impression is “AWESOME”. They fit fine with my larger boots (i.e. 12EEE 800 grams thinsulate) but would work with a variety or boot styles. The adjustment straps are easier to work and seem to stay tight. Very lightweight. I’m glad I got the 9.5 x 36 because when walking through the light fluffy snow (12-13″) I still sank about 3″. After making the trek with the snowshoes, I walked most of the same trek and sank all the way to hard ground.

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@sandlanders wrote:

Can you find a place to rent before buying? Or have someone who can lend you a pair of snowshoes?

I have rented both snowshoes and cross country skis at Bubolz Nature Preserve (Appleton) and Heckrodt Nature Preserve (Menasha). Both were part of school field trips and the equipment needs to be used on site.

I also used the old wooden (heavy) kind when I was younger and the newer models are way lighter and easier to use.

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I’m actually experimenting with “Corrected Coordinates” as well, but I’m not sold on them yet. I’ll explain what I see as the pros / cons of both options.

Child Waypoints – The new waypoint gets a default “FL” instead of the “GC” for the cache. These are easy to identify on the GPSr as finals. The “bogus” cache location is still a waypoint and can “clutter” the view and confuse you when you see them “pop” into view while chasing other caches. The good thing is that if the “bogus” coordinates are the starting point for simple offsets (i.e. cemetery style caches) then you need both the initial / final if doing the cache a second time (i.e. with the family)

Corrected Waypoints – These reduce the “clutter” by showing only known hide locations on the GPSr. The bad thing is that if the “bogus” coordinates are the starting point for simple offsets (i.e. cemetery style caches) then you need both the initial / final if doing the cache a second time (i.e. with the family)

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My method uses GSAK. I use the child waypoints (“Final Location”) to store my solution. I also set “User Data” to “Solved” so that I can track which ones are solved but not found yet. The other thing I use is the “User Notes” to track my notes, methods, internet references, etc.

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Seems there are 2 threads for this 1K milestone, so I’ll just latch onto this one.

Congrats on the 1K mark and awesome time doing it. I hope the trend continues and good luck in Mexico.

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Congrats on the #600 milestone. I’ve looked at this cache a number of times, but just haven’t worked the puzzle portions. I’ve read a number of good stories on this cache and it sounds like a great milestone.

Now we can “officially” start planning the assault on SSSS to get you to #666.

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