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…all that geolitter.

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@huffinpuffin2 wrote:

@Lostby7 wrote:

Something is going on over at the opencaching site…there is now a badgerish looking blue mascot on the page.

http://www.opencaching.com/

The text is now in German: “Bald auch unter einem Baumstumpf in deiner Nähe: Kostenlos, offen, in deiner Sprache!”

and translates to:

“Soon, under a tree stump near you: Free, open, in your language!”

What does it mean?

Apparently they have hidden something under a tree stump near my home…I sure hope it’s a new Nuvi…I really want a Nuvi.

Kidding aside, I do plan to use the Garmin site should it become a reality. GC placements have become too constrictive for new placements. I’m not a huge fan of the proximity limitations imposed by GC.

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Crap I so want to bring up the TSA…

I think that many of us have that one flight story…I do as well. But after taking over a dozen cross country flights in the past 7 years I have to say that flying these days is much like taking a bus.

In reality though many of our flight scares were well under control by the powers that be….we just don’t get all the information we need to come to that comforting conclusion on our own.

Besides, if you have the means, you should explore your planet! Life is too short not to live it to your full capacity. We as a group are explorers; what a tragedy for us not to do what we love.

Also a couple of Diazepam can easily be obtained from his Dr. and those should relieve any flight anxiety he has. Diazepam is often used by those with severe flight anxiety.

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@glorkar wrote:

I tried checking it out once, but was turned off by the sponsorship requirement as well as the “need to find so many so often to stay a member” clause. I just don’t cache that frequently and there really didn’t seem to be many in the area, so I just moved on.

Agreed. The requirements were lame and we were clearly not the only folks who thought so.

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I’m shocked it “lasted” as long as it did.

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@sweetlife wrote:

Worked great, and the coords were spot on used this cache for our 2900 find.

Thanks for putting it out, It was very cold on Friday when we were in the area but still happened to get a 50 find day

This cache has had a slow start but that’s OK with me…I like having something a bit different out there. Back when I started it was easier to have original hides…today, not so much.

I visited and updated the container shortly after your visit.

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Something is going on over at the opencaching site…there is now a badgerish looking blue mascot on the page.

http://www.opencaching.com/

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There is a radius though I’m not sure what it is…sorting by name rather than proximity should let you see all the caches….or simply scroll on the units map until you are in the area (Texas) and then you will zoom in and see if they are listed on your map.

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@Mister Greenthumb wrote:

I skip any puzzles that require more than basic math.

…I skip then IGNORE them.

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@seldom|seen wrote:

…I also don’t think there are very many TRUE 5T/5D caches around, ones that REQUIRE special equipment. Even Broken Dam and Nifty Fifty can be had without scuba gear.

…I may or may not have used SCUBA on Broken Dam… 😉

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@goirish75 wrote:

Thanks all. On this same note, how does the searching etiquette apply at group events or mega events when multiple groups or people are searching for the same cache? Is it a race to get it, or a casual laid back type atmosphere? We haven’t been to any group events yet, so just curious.

It all depends on the folks you run into and the size of the event…at the largest events pretty much everyone at GZ searches and once the cache has been found the group is informed and the cache log is passed around…normally (but not always) the original finder replaces the cache or tells the log holder exactly where it was found.

…and yes in your original scenario, the proper thing to do (at least in my eyes), is to have co-FTF. After a thousand or so finds I stopped going after FTFs…that and the fact that those darn Black Belts always beat me to them anyway.

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@zuma wrote:

@Lostby7 wrote:

…and there is this:
http://itsnotaboutthenumbers.wordpress.com/

However, if Garmin were to underwrite the operation and at the same time come up with cool new ideas like chirp, than you could see Groundspeak’s monopoly fade.

z

My initial impression of the Chirp was that it was like a Wherigo but with a physical beacon rather than a coordinate based hotspot. I wonder now if the reason for the Chirp is that Garmin cannot promote Wherigo as that belongs to Groundspeak….but like you say Zuma, at this point it is all speculation.

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…and there is this:
http://itsnotaboutthenumbers.wordpress.com/

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Is Opencaching owned by Garmin? Not that it really matters, but it might explain the recent lack of communication between Geocaching.com and Garmin.

WHOIS information for opencaching.com :

[Querying whois.verisign-grs.com]
[whois.verisign-grs.com]

Whois Server Version 2.0

Domain names in the .com and .net domains can now be registered
with many different competing registrars. Go to http://www.internic.net
for detailed information.

Domain Name: OPENCACHING.COM
Registrar: MARKMONITOR INC.
Whois Server: whois.markmonitor.com
Referral URL: http://www.markmonitor.com
Name Server: NS.GARMIN.COM
Name Server: NS2.GARMIN.COM
Status: clientDeleteProhibited
Status: clientTransferProhibited
Status: clientUpdateProhibited
Updated Date: 13-sep-2010
Creation Date: 14-sep-2003
Expiration Date: 14-sep-2012

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I agree, the verbiage is confusing at best.

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