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@Team Black-Cat wrote:

@seldom|seen wrote:

Fret not, good people, I have put my best cartographers to the task and will provide a fair interpretation of the lands in dispute to put the contentions to rest.

Since the lands the the North of The Outlands, including the village of Merrill, have recently come under the governance of The Outlands, it is requested that this be reflected when the new charts are drawn.

I’m pretty sure Stevens Point should be considered as well.

So what’s West of the Outlands? The Badlands?
What’s the Eauclaire/Chippewa Falls area? MontaZUMA?

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Hmm… Now what does this remind me of? Oh, yeah!….

This….

http://wi-geocaching.com/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=7984

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@Frizz wrote:

All I can add to this disscussion is “read my log from last year”: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/log.aspx?LUID=522c3488-8712-464f-89e3-42dc8d4c182e&IID=29d90ae2-d24a-405c-b05a-e5b8b2205971

Don’t let me spoil your fun though 😯 .

Wow, either Team Black Cat or Rsplash40 is bad luck.. now I just have to figure out which one 😆

I used cheap rented snowshoes last year for a long snowhike at the Nine Mile forest recreation area near Wausau. They were useless. I don’t think they were the right size. Make sure you get the right size. Also, from what I hear from some more experienced users is that many of the metal / canvas type construction ones are alot of hype and unnecessarily expensive materials. The old wood/catgut combo is what they swear by and are ALOT cheaper. They are, however, heavier and larger.

Bottom line, try before you buy.

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@Team Black-Cat wrote:

As for needing Internet enabled phone service to get notificaitons… nope again. If you can get text messages, you can have notifications sent to your phone. How depends on your provider, but a quick Google for “SMS gateway” will get someone close.

Yes, I love technology,
but not as much as you, you see,
But I still love technology
Always and forever

– Kit; Napoleon Dynamite.

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I second the accolades of the Menard’s camo tape!

I have a suggestion Rodger, hide more caches up by Wausau, then maybe I’ll be able to find some finally, LOL! I’ve been hoping to get to some of your lauded caches but I just haven’t been able to get to that part of the land, heck I can’t even seem to get over to Camelot, which is another area I’ve been wanting to visit for a long time. Sometimes I wish there WASN’T more to life than caching. reality is such a nuisance sometimes.

But I do look forward to your new releases and hope I can get them someday 🙂 Thanks for your comments and keeping it real.

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I think those are good observations, T. Deejay. There’s a couple other factors also that you may not have considered.

One is the synergy factor. One excited cacher can get others excited which reciprocates. If there’s even a few good cachers feeding off each other’s enthusiasm, each cacher is pushed to challenge themselves on their hides, FTFs, counts, etc. This creates more caches and cachers and the cycles continues and grows. On the other hand, if there’s not an energetic cachers in the community, not alot gets done.

And of course, closely related, there’s the competition factor. If you’re personal friends with many of the other cachers in the area, then the “competition” (though friendly and arbitrary) keeps the energy going.

And of course, those that aren’t as social or competitive also benefit from this environment because they have an ever growing backyard of caches to go get at their leisure and will still contribute to it occasionally.

In either circumstance, everyone is challenged personally and more inventive and imaginative hides are placed, more areas of the community are explored, and the quality of caches increases. You end up with a nice variety and breadth to the game (as you described). Those that have hidden caches are rewarded by the posts and comments of others that they know (and don’t know) and the enthusiasm continues.

This also explains why we have these “pockets” of geo-lands out there (I’m an “outlander”, myself) becuase the regions these “hyper-cachers” live in and their proximity to other “hyper-cachers” ends up defining the boundaries of the community. When you find a region without a cacher such as this, or perhaps one lonely cacher such as this (and them we pitty, greatly) or when you find an area with few public lands, there you will find a void.

Now, there’s not much you can do about no public lands but if that’s not the case and you’re still in a caching desert, maybe you can rile up some other locals (if there are any) or even better, host an event for people to get to know each other. Making personal friendships is one of the major points of this game and doing so only benefits it as a whole. Getting some folks together for some fun can really get the geo-ball rolling.

Anyway, those are my observations. Thanks for the thread, Deejay and for your insight. Now as long as we can all remember that these gaps between “lands” are there to be filled (not there to divide) we’ll all have a good time. It’s great to have a community, it’s even better to have a world. And you are all welcome to the “outlands” (and beyond) any time 😀

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@Team Black-Cat wrote:

Why did you go and tell him that? It might have been fun to watch.

Man, you are cruel. 😉 Like I don’t have enough self-imposed handicaps to worry about. 🙄

Thanks, Zuma for the helpful advice.

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I’ve never been to Bjornson and I’m excited that it looks like it will work out for me to come to this event. I was wondering though…. (having taken a look at the topo map) would bringing a moutain bike be a blessing or a waste of time as I try to get from cache to cache?

Could any of you who know the park better than I lend some advice? PS, if the trails are anything like they are at Lowe’s Creek in Eau Claire then they’re bikable to me.

Thanks everybody 🙂

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@marc_54140 wrote:

Well, congratulations on 50/day!

Now, for your 100/day, I suggest …. Appleton!

Yes, I’ve had appleton on my radar for quite a while. I guess the puzzle caches have been scaring me off. Those are not my strength 🙂

So many caches, so little time. One of these days I’ll get over there. I’m already looking for winter friendly caches. I’m not trudging miles through thigh deep snow again this year. I think Appleton might be a good place for that.

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I can’t believe it. I just can’t believe it. Astounding.

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Just found another one…

“Check your math.”

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From what I hear, any of the campgrounds near Boulder Junction would be a good base camp. What kind of camping are you looking for?

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Remember when we talked about geocaching?

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October 11th? I’m open! 🙂

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Poor Man’s Optimus Prime…. Guardian of the multiple post.

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