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@GrannyGoesAlong wrote:
In addition to the numerous tools mentioned by previous posters… cache with a buddy who is either tall and/or willing to climb a tree 😉
I’m the tree climber. I bring a little caching buddy to go into the Uh.. AHEM..tight spots.
In addition to the aforementioned items:
Bring a lanyard for your GPSR to hang around your neck when you sign the log, so you don’t drop it.
A walking stick, a small pad of paper for field solve puzzles, magnifying glass, spare batteries.
Don’t forget a camera to log your caching companion’s misasventures.
@LDove wrote:
Gary, don’t be a wimp, get your bike out and do the trail THAT way. 😯 There are clean shorts waiting for you when you get home…. 😆
On second thought, the terrain would have to be a 5. Do “DEPENDS” count as special equipment?
I think that it is at least a D/T of 1/1.5. But it looks like a bison tube in the bush above the guy with the blue backpack, so you need to go 528 feet further.
Soooo, you say you want to do a power trail cache run?
I don’t want to get the FTF (First to Fall) either.
Neat video HP2.
Wow! Fantastic accomplishment.
At our present find rate, we should hit 15,000 soon, in say…10-12 years!
You must have some great stories to tell about your adventures.
Congratulations!
Congratulations. That’s a lot of finds.
@JimandLinda wrote:
I have actually posted 7 responses to this thread.
Six of them were virtual.
Touche J&L. Gets a favorite point from me!
It is simple. those who want to geocache, do just that, and log their fnds. They can honestly say that their totals are true and correct, saving the occasional brain lapse which causes an incorect log. Which they usually correct once the error is found.
Those who want to run up their numbers by logging finds that they never visited do just that.
Each individual needs to asses what is important to them and act accordingly.
Sorry but allowing for a disablility is not part of the game. If I am unable to go fishing, I don’t sit at my computer and log that I caught a fish. No one would believe that I caught a fish.
Geocaching is a physically active sport/hobby. If you can’t do it (or go fishing) why say that you did? But, if it makes you fell better, go or it.
I for one will go out and find the physical container (or virtual) until I am unable to do so. If others want to do it differently, then who am I to dictate that they should do it my way?
In other words, cheaters will cheat and others will run an honest game. And since this is supposed to be fun and entertainment, don’t get your knickers in a bunch when the cheaters cheat, just ignore them and do your best and come away with a clean conscience.
@fitbobcat wrote:
@WStemple wrote:
How many hamsters are used to run the website network?
What do they eat to maintain that high energy?
Are they specially breed for this type of work?
How often do they have to be “replaced”?They have 1,000,000 hampsters
They eat blood
They are regular hampsters
and they need to be replaced 5 every 1 hourHope i could answer your question 😀
Are the hampsters made of ham?
How come they call travel bugs travel bugs, but they have a spider for a logo, which is actually an arachnid from the latin arachnidae, meaning “ichy creepy crawly thing”? So if something bugs you, you don’t say “it spiders me”, do you? Food for thought though, not that it is food and I eat bugs. Nor do I eat spiders, at least not on purpose. Although in some contries…
Congratulations on 1K. Sounds like you had a busy day.
Congratulations bartrod. Sounds like a great milestone adventure.
I agree with CodeJunkie and Curly Girls.
No one owes anything to anyone when logging.I also don’t believe that lecturing a new cacher is the way to go. If they hang around long enough, and hide a few caches themselves, then they come around.
Normally it doesn’t bother me, but if it does, then I send a note saying “Hey, I see you found one of my hides today. Glad it was still intact. Welcome to the sport/hobby and I hope to see you on the trail sometime.”. It builds a little personal rapport.
Nine times out of ten, the next time they log one of my hides, I get a better log.We agree with the points made by previous postings namely: Don’t hide clever caches in cemeteries, don’t place them near headstones or memorials, and never ever disturb visitors, unless they are holding a GPSR unit too.
We did want to share one WSQ experience though. We got to the cemetery, and another car immediately followed us in and then a second car, which blocked our exit. With some trepidation we watched as several other cars pulled in. After a few minutes, people got out of the cars with guns, since they were in uniform, we realized it was an honor guard. We kept our distance but stayed for the public service, the 21 gun salute, and the playing of taps. We were honored to have witnessed the ceremony. After the last person left, we went and found the cache.
Moral of the story, don’t search for WSQs on Memorial Day. True story. -
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