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As CJ mentioned I had the same thing happen to me at the cache called Aggravation. Just one more reason to be aggravated…
The polyester shirt I was wearing had this weaved pattern in it that acted like Velcro – it stuck to maybe 100-200 of those little burrs and poked through to my arm and side. They wouldn’t brush off even a little. No more “Velcro” caching shirts for me! Looking at the picture I see your pants have that same weaved pattern in them. Congrats!
I soaked the shirt in water for 2 days to loosen the burrs up, but it still came down to picking them all off by hand. There are still some tiny remnants on the shirt that I’m still discovering…
I found this picture somewhere on the internet, don’t know where, of a boy and a girl holding up a cache and celebrating. Seemed perfect. Before we knew of geocaching we used to talk walks together as often as possible. After walking along seemingly every street in our area many times, we started driving to other neighborhoods or parks and taking walks there. Now we take walks and geocache as often as possible. This is our 3rd avatar in a little over a year, but I think we’ll stick with this one.
Wow congrats! We estimate it will take us about 4 years just to complete the Wisconsin Delorme challenge. The fact that you got to complete the SD challenge with Z and THB makes it even better!
A bit late but congrats “J & M” on 600/2500. It’s great to see people who enjoy caching as well as puzzles and keep at it. You’re an inspiration to both of us!
Looks like it could make for a fun gag – for a minute or two. 😈
@gotta run wrote:
It’s hard to fit travelers into bison tubes.
LOL that’s so true! My guess is that there is about the same amount of trackables (or slightly more) than from several years ago but there’s so many more caches out there, so it seems like there’s fewer trackables. We currently have 34 trackables we have released, only three are marked as missing (so far) so I guess we’ve been pretty fortunate. In fact one disappeared at the first cache it was placed in. One thing I have noticed is that the ones that are missing were attractive looking. Maybe we have to put out ugly travel bugs and geocoins…
Cool, you can download the group shot in a higher resolution from there @ 3623 x 1614 (that’s 5.85 MP).
@CodeJunkie wrote:
So what you’re saying is…
CJ you’re right (although I do like earthcaches even though there’s no log to sign).
I like the challenges, but I’ve just discovered an annoying thing about them. 😐 So far I’ve done 13 of them (I got off to a good start because I was at the Groundspeak block party when they unveiled them, and if you completed the first 5 challenges you received a free trackable). The annoying thing is that you can’t go back and see your posts, at least not easily. The challenges I’ve done in Wisconsin have only been completed by 1 to 10 people so far, so it’s easy to look back, scroll through the entries, and see your log and picture (if applicable). The logs are not dated. However, some of the challenges I’ve done are “worldwide” challenges started by Groundspeak, completed by hundreds of people. You can’t see your log unless you scroll through all of the logs, and they only show you 10 at a time per page. So let’s say some day you’ve completed a worldwide challenge six months ago, and you wanted to read your log or see the related picture. You potentially may have to scroll through 75 web pages (no skipping ahead) to find your entry. It would be nice if you could go directly to your previous posts like you can with geocaching (which is, of course, an entirely different game).
I’d echo Beccaday’s suggestion: the Geo-idols season 2 series http://www.geocaching.com/bookmarks/view.aspx?guid=087d3f93-5934-47dd-b4a6-4f89af0f982d
The 15 mystery caches in this series are among the best around, and collectively have 159 favorite votes (so far). The difficulty level ranges from 3 to 5 and terrain ranges from 2 to 4.5. The puzzles are fun to solve, and the hides are on the thinking outside-of-the box creative side. It’s located about 30 minutes NW of Milwaukee, with the 15 caches located in two different underdeveloped unpopulated parks. You won’t encounter too many people while searching for these fun hides.
@TheBalks wrote:
@Braid Beards Gang wrote:
I would recommend GC2YTJ1, it is an easy field puzzle at a Milwaukee area institution. The cache itself is one of those evil little hides.
Nice and it fills in a missing DT square for me! I will be doing this one for sure.
You better have a Phone-A-Friend ready for this one. A lot of experienced cachers have had DNF’s on this one for their 1st & 2nd tries. The puzzle is easy enough to solve, but not the final resting place of the hide itself. 😈
A well-written blog by Groundspeak co-founder Bryan. I think the concept is brilliant! Knock yourself out with “virtuals” if you want to, but they won’t count as caches! And they’re sustainable by the geocaching community via a voting system.
We just got back last night from attending the Groundspeak block party in Seattle, where they unveiled the first 5 official challenges for those that attended. I figured that there would be a topic on this at the WGA forum and was looking forward to reading up on it when we returned. But holy cow 12 pages worth and counting…
I (John) like them. Kim liked the local Groundspeak block party challenges but overall isn’t as big on the challenges as I am. The main thing I like about them is this: they are a new game to play that is (presumably) GPS-based. No, it’s not geocaching. They don’t claim it is so calm down. I think many are upset because they think it waters down the game/sport of geocaching. I don’t think of it that way. I see it as an entirely different game, one that is loosely location-based using a GPS. I would dislike it if the challenges were counted toward our geocaching find total, but they don’t. They’re listed separately. Participation is optional. They just happen to be conveniently totaled on one’s geocaching profile for a handy reference. For those of you who want virtuals? Go for it, but they’re not counting toward your geocaching numbers. I think that’s brilliant! Let me sort of repeat myself. I feel somewhat protective of this game/sport, and am opposed to caches that could potentially cast geocaching into a negative light with the public, with local government, with neighborhoods, law enforcement, the DNR, etc. And because of that I would NOT like it if these somewhat-unmoderated “challenges” were considered virtual geocaches that counted toward our totals. But again, they don’t. And they won’t show up in searches for caches (thankfully) unless you click on “Search for challenges around this location.” Because . . . (pause for effect) they are keeping them separate.
Another thought. For those who have found pretty much all of the caches in their area, this gives them another game to play; different than geocaching yet similar enough to perhaps make it fun for you. I think it enhances the GPS game genre. The fact that it’s linked on the geocaching web pages is convenient; I’ve never even visited the whereigo or waymarking web pages, assuming there is a page for those games. But this game is getting visibility!
At the Groundspeak Block Party this past weekend, they presented five official event challenges for those that attended. One was to complete a scooter obstacle course, another was to fill a bottle of vodka with water and cork it so it wouldn’t leak (with an optional tour of the distillery), another was visit a site along the river where houseboats were plentiful and unscramble a riddle, another was to break open cocoa beans by hand (with an optional tour of the cocoa bean chocolate bean facility), and another was to visit a historical museum and answer some easy historical questions about the Fremont area of Seattle. For each challenge completed you received one-fifth of an interlocking pathtag, and upon completion of all you received a trackable block party geotag.
Some challenges are in the spirit of well-done virtuals of old, and some are just plain goofy. Just like in geocaching (remember, geocaching is a different game), there’s something for everyone. So bring on the new “virtuals,” vote thumbs down or flag the ones that are lame, as I already have done numerous times, and I’m sure the rules, procedures, requirements, and expectations will get refined over time. 8)
Congratulations,we knew this was coming soon last time we were up in Appleton. You are a fun caching team and we enjoyed doing a night cache with you last month. Keep having fun.
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