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@gotta run wrote:
Just read HP2’s logs…heh heh. Hey HP–any chance that was the same mysterious couple we saw in Wausau in the leaky canoe? 😯
Hmmmmmm…… there WAS a pickup involved in both cases……. but……..better stop there 😳
If not for the mighty micro,
the workhorse of the commoner,
the gateway to the hardcore,
there would be little demand for the big cans – IMHO
😐Lest we forget, the original stash was a P&G, but kinda big, with a can ‘o beans .
We’re partial to Digitalfish: Yum!
Especially when they are fresh from the Wolf River (GCYJYA) . Double Yum!
@bartrod wrote:
. . . and attempted to get info on others from previous finders but got no response . . . have abandoned any further attempts . . .
Yeah, you’ll get a lot of that, even from those you ‘know’, for whatever reason.
I commend you for actually getting your hands on some of the slugs!
And I urge you to give it another go with both finders of the cache, and of the slugs . . . you may now get responses where you didn’t before, and you’ll likely find some new friends along the way; plus, based on your appetite for tough caches in the wild, you’ll love it!
I would suggest tracking down and retrieving or discovering as many of the existing slugs you can, as there are still several out in the wild.
That certainly was a key part of the original intent. It’s not easy, which is most likely why it is awarded a level 5 difficulty.
PM sent, 1 am this morning…..let us know if you did not get it. Or did get it.
@Team Deejay wrote:
Let’s just say that those plastic coffee containers are not waterproof for pressurized water and leave it at that.
Toss in a disposable diaper? 😉
@CodeJunkie wrote:
I’ve saved a few also but I’m not sure what would happen if they get totally soaked. Maybe it’s time for an experiment.
If soaked, they’d be done for, until totally dried out (…which an oven can do, or a really hot ammo can, perhaps? Adsorption v. absorption….hmmmmm……..a puzzle or Earthcache subject candidate?
As for an experiment, where might we find someone to analyze the data? 😆
Silo or lighthouse, I’m guessing? 😉 Looks great(er)!
Reading the cache page, the icon and the RED CAUTIONARY MESSAGE leave no doubt about the intent, IMHO.
Great idea! Increases awareness and starts/keeps people thinking about safety while on the geo-trail.
@Team Deejay wrote:
I will drop a note to GS on “Ideas for the weekly mailer”.
Great! Thanks Team Deejay!
With one exception/twist, they are all on-line, with Geochecker.
“Gaylord Nelson” is a ‘multi’, where all the information is obtained ‘on-line’, but only half the answers are verified correct by Geochecker, which then gets you to WP1; the second half of the answers are applied in the field……….best to read the description to better understand – bottom-line on the multi: it’s not scary. GC225AN
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@Walkingadventure wrote:
I’m not a math guy (that’s why I don’t due Sudoku’s, Calculus, etc on puzzles) but I would say the chances of this happening again are very very low.
You’re right on the probability of occurrence. In your case, you’ve probably seen 1 event in 2500 caches or so. And GC.com now has a million caches out there, so perhaps there are only another 399 of these set-ups spread out around the globe……
A potential problem analysis, such as used in accident prevention, would also agree, and place the probability of occurrence as low. However, the Seriousness/Severity of such an event, should it occur, is potentially quite high. Sometime, somewhere there may be a next time, with much more serious consequences.
Keep your spidey senses set ‘on alert.’
@huffinpuffin2 wrote:
We’ve run into a cache similar to this, but do not know if it is the same. Can someone please pm us with the cache name/GC#, so we can resolve that situation if there is indeed a second such can in the wild? Thanks!
Had a sobering vision of our grand-kids opening such a box. We did a revisit today to the DEET-loaded ammo box we previously encountered, and removed a can of REPEL(r). Left an IOU for some wipes.
Would be nice to see Groundspeak & WGA include a monthly safety tip on subjects such as this in their newsletters. And testimonials are powerful communicators.
Always worthwhile to have periodic safety training/refreshers, just prefer to see them initiated as a preventive measure, and not as a reaction to a bad event.
We’ve run into a cache similar to this, but do not know if it is the same. Can someone please pm us with the cache name/GC#, so we can resolve that situation if there is indeed a second such can in the wild? Thanks!
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