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It was interesting to see that I own 3 of the oldest caches:  Jefferson Co, Oneida Co, and Vilas Co.

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X26 Taser. Gives you the advantage when someone is about to beat you to the cache 🙂

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A little historical perspective:

In the beginning…. We printed adhesive name tags. You peel them off and stick them on your shirt. We were finding them all over the park after an event. Worst part, they had WGA printed on them, so everyone would know who created all the trash.

Next we tried the reusable clear plastic name tag holders. We printed WGA blanks, and people could then fill in their name. After the first attempt, we discovered we had to tape the ends so the paper blanks don’t fall out. These were quite expensive, and a low percentage of people turned them back in at the end of the event. That meant we had to keep buying more.

Then I started the laminated tags. We made tags for everyone who signed up for an event and laminated them. The hope was that once everyone had a name tag, we would have to make less and less tags each year. The cost per tag was over $1.00 each, and were very labor intensive. It would take hours to laminate them all. After an event, we would have large numbers of left over tags from people who signed up but didn’t attend.

As time progressed, the electronic sign up registration process was developed. There were fields to fill if you needed a name tag. Funny thing is, people kept signing up for new name tags for each event, even though they had already been issued name tags. Again, we were not seeing a cost savings.

The name tags are a labor intensive process, and that is for an event with 200 people. Now imagine providing them for a mega event. You would need several people dedicated to this task.

The WGA has lost a lot of money on name tags in the past, from people who kept asking for multiples, or never picked them up.

I personally feel there should be an nominal charge if you want a name tag.

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April 4, 2001.

Ah, the good old days…..

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We need a resolution to pay our bills?

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Sign me up. I’ll be happy to help with breakfast again.

I’m also willing to donate the Krusteaz mix as usual.

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We actually hid one of those containers at the very first WGA event (S/E Wisconsin Geo Picnic) at Pike Lake State Park. It got to be too hard to conceal after a while, so we changed out the container. I still have the huge ammo box at my house. I can’t see putting it in the woods these days.

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Not me. I want my ears plugged as much as I want my eyes taped shut. I like to be aware of my surroundings. Never know when a bear is going to sneak up on ya 😆

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The purist would require a signature in the log book in order to claim the find on the Internet.

I’ve had dozens of similar logs, where someone has been geocaching as a team, or with friends, and then later creates their own account and “back logs” their previous group finds. In this case, their name may, or may not appear in the log book.

I personally don’t care if someone wants to fake the find to increase their find “score”. If someone needs a high number behind their name to increase their self worth, so be it.

What I’ve seen more often is people logging the actual paper log, and not logging it on the internet. We don’t see a rule that requires you to log it on the internet in order to log it on paper. Ironic.

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I own 3 of the oldest caches on the list. Very cool.

I remember doing a lot of those caches in the early days of geocaching.

Thanks for making the list.

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I read the article the other day. I saw the reference to geocaching, but I didn’t put two and two together.

Very cool !

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When I was a reviewer, I used the DNR’s interactive GIS website to determine state lands.

Here is the link: http://dnrmaps.wisconsin.gov/imf/imf.jsp?site=mgdlands

I never had access to private property ownership records. I just needed to determine if a cache was on State land, and if so, it required a permit.

I would love to find a internet resource for private land info, but I’ve never found one.

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I’m a “No” also.

You can’t even see what it’s about without creating an account and signing up.

My friends keep trying to get me to sign up. “look, you can change your moods and everything”. Well, I can change my mood just fine without facebook 😕

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@RSplash40 wrote:

Now, an event ON the ice… there’s an idea… winnebago has PLENTY of room for temps :>

The Geo-Jamboree !

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It looks like the above listed caches are accessible via the ice, but not “on” the ice.

So if the question is should a cache be hidden on the actual ice, ie on hard water and not land? I would say no. There permanence rule would apply. The process of freeze-thaw-snow-melt-freeze-ect, would likely cause a problem. Also, many people drive snowmobiles, automobiles, and ATV’s on frozen lakes. A cache could be damaged, or worse – cause damage to a person or vehicle. It could be similar to hiding one in the middle of a roadway, unless care is take to avoid areas where vehicles could travel.

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