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I have City Navigator NT on my 60CSx and it autoroutes very well. I load both Topo and City Navigator maps and switch between them as necessary. You have several choices as far as screens go while navigating- you can have turn by turn list, overhead map view, or a one-point perspective “3-d” map view.
Congratulations! Looks like it’s time to start leaving packages of diapers in the new local caches…
Hey Rick,
Congratulations on 900! Somebody better call LJ (she’d want to know).
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Why are you so afraid of people getting to vote on the subject?
I ask again…
“Beating a dead horse” is an idiom that means a particular request or line of conversation is already foreclosed, mooted, or otherwise resolved, and any attempt to continue it is futile. In British English and Australian English, the phrase is usually expressed as “flogging a dead horse”.
This is not a foreclosed issue. The WGA board could make a decision to stop the multiple logging of WGA events – hence the endless posting. The very fact that you’re taking the time to post the “dead horse” card shows that you don’t think it’s a foreclosed issue either (else why bother?). One of the things I notice every time this comes up is the folks that think it may be time for the WGA to stop endorsing the logging of temps at WGA events offer facts, arguments, and reasoning. Most of the folks on the other side name call, post rants, and stuff like this…
Why are you so afraid of people getting to vote on the subject? It’s not even a binding vote. Relax a little…
Zuma,
Thanks for taking the time to write out such a thorough explanation of your position. We agree with most everything you’ve written and have voted as you have. I think I’ve made my position on this topic known in the past and will leave it at that.
I can say it is slippery and it is hard to keep your head above water.
So it’s a lot like kayaking for you then Mathman?… 😯
I want to know what kind of tent was used when whoever it was went winter camping when it was -40 below?
We have been doing more canoe camping and backpacking and have gone to smaller, quality tents. The one we used for the winter campout was a North Face Mountain 25. It is a winter tent- more poles for snow load, ability to close off all screens, 12 attachment points for guy lines to keep it solid in almost any wind, and being small it helps trap more body heat than a big tent would. It is quite an expensive tent though I was able to purchase mine through Moosejaw for much less when they changed the design and discounted the previous year’s tents. I think my wife would agree it was worth every dollar spent that night as the temps plummeted and wind howled through the trees overhead. Of course, sane people would probably have just driven the 40 minutes home where they were paying for natural gas to heat a very nice empty home that night. 🙄
http://www.everestnews.com/gear/mountain25.htm
I have had good luck purchasing quite a lot of camping supplies the last few years from both Moosejaw and Campor and would recommend them. Check out the hot tent deals at Campmor. Also check out the North Face tent link- it looks like they have some discounts right now on some North Face family sized tents that didn’t seem to show up on the hot deals page.
It’s been like that for me since last night too. Just get an “error” message when attempting to reach account page.
It’s hard to tell how much we have in Wausau because of the drifting. But it’s still coming down sideways with the wind out there. It’s a very good amount of snow- I’d guess at 8 inches and counting…
One thing that can make winter caching more fun is the right gear. We bought snowshoes for the whole family about 5 years ago. We purchased Northern Lites Quicksilver 30’s and 25’s for the kids. We’re looking into getting the kids pairs of the 30’s now too though as they could now use more flotation in the deep stuff. These snowshoes are extremely light and have great grip for both up and down hill. They’re also made in Wisconsin- Wausau. Add a light pair of Thinsulate/Gortex boots (rather than big old Pacs) and you can hike much further more easily. We’ve been out caching- including hikes in the woods- and having quite a bit of success. Of course, if you run into a ground hide without perfect coords you’re pretty much out of luck- but a lot of caches are findable in the snow too. It’s always nice if you can find a cache that somebody else has found since the last snow- but sometimes you just have to make the hike and take the chance.
Wow Bandits. I think geocaches may actually be frightened of you folks…
😯Congratulations Rick!
Congratulations on the milestone Math team! Nice cache for your milestone too. Now you can concentrate a little harder on deer hunting this year and try to get something that will at least fill the freezer a little more than last year…
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Mine has had some “fussy” weeks where it has needed to be recalibrated several times. But that has been the exception.
If you go into “settings” then “heading” on the 60CSx you can also change at what speed it shifts over to the electronic compass. I think it is originally set at anything less than 10mph or so? I switched mine to 2 mph so mine only switches to electronic compass if I stop walking. That seems to work better for geocaching.
I didn’t know about the page button but I tried it and it works. Thanks.
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