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Congrats again, Shane! Glad we had that chance encounter on the trail of a couple good ones just before the milestone. Fun log, wish I would have been able to watch!
We add our wishes for a speedy recovery, Bob. Rest well, and take your time getting back to the trail.
Wow! You two have been burning it up! Great log, super job!! Congrats again, Gwyn and Dick!
Ditto. Incredible! What sights you must have seen!
Congratulations on the awesome milestone, Ralph! And, yes, a belated Happy Birthday. Found out about that when I just happened to stop on Friday and visit someone else you know who celebrates that same day! A big congrats again on the 7000!
Thanks for the encouragement. Got to remember to share the wealth. The main contender in the game, seldom|seen, actually got me going on this in the first week of January when I caught him at a (lonely) cache one day/night? that he had already found, and I discovered a game that I had only peripherally considered up till then. Alex has made pretty much the same number of finds, adopted a few more (resourceful, there), moved as many TBs and kept me plugging away to keep a little cushion by getting out while he can, mostly at night. I’m not so keen on warding off bears in the north woods with a flashlight and have kept my night caching up in that territory more limited. Shapes up as an interesting contrast in styles as we often do trade notes on our respective experiences.
Without a doubt, a common denominator is appreciation of some great and scenic hides that are off the beaten path and have been missed or bypassed by others, especially as we have had to venture much further from home base to find them. We, and many of the others chasing the lonely caches, have appreciated these hides even more when we make a find that has sat waiting for many months for the next visitor. Makes the visit even more special.
Ditto on the milestone, Bec! Great place to do it!
Lots of variables to consider here. I’ve found a lot of “lonely” caches, including puzzle caches, that haven’t been found since last fall only because there is nobody caching in those remote spots for the entire winter. Some cache owners e-mailed me in the late winter saying I was the first person logging any of their caches for a long time. Even for those of us chasing “lonely” caches it’s not practical to drive to Eagle River in the middle of winter to chase only a few lonely caches on mile plus treks with snowshoes, though some did so with snowmobiles. Takes long enough in decent weather on foot in terrain with no snow.
Winter is often the time many cachers work on some of those puzzles that they don’t want to do in the nicer weather when they want to be outside on the trail instead of doing puzzles inside, some of them taking hours to do. I’ve seen puzzles logged lately by friends who solved them months ago and just now were able to add them to a route and actually make the find. I have some solved in towns I just haven’t gotten to for few months as I’ve been drawn in the direction of lonely cache concentrations and just haven’t been in those places for a while. Seems like it would be tough to have any blanket guideline on when to archive a cache as having “run its course” when there are new cachers just getting started all the time. About the only practical suggestion has been to post a note, or even edit the cache listing declaring a sunset on the cache so those looking at it can get out there and make the find or not bother starting to work on it. Those that miss out, if it’s a good cache, will still feel left out.
I’ve really enjoyed finding some of the properly maintained caches that have been around for several years and reading logs that go back that far, with identities that are still around and many that are not. I have a cache myself that I adopted and have upgraded with a bonus that has an original log book that goes back four years and had even survived a muggling some time before I adopted it. It’s a great log book to read with finders from the beginning of the game. It’s a tough call to make when to pull the plug. ‘Course, I’ve never archived a cache, just tweaked, upgraded, or moved them a bit to keep them safe or get them away from a geotrail that’s forming, so I might be biased on the side of keeping caches alive. Sorry, Marc, if that’s a bit off-topic, but it seems like each cache needs to be looked at individually considering all those factors and others. A good cache, puzzle or otherwise, is worth keeping around for visitors to the area and new faces in the game.
06/21/2008 at 11:41 am in reply to: Shake, Rattle & Roll -The Day Wells Shook #800 in Nevada #1891082It’s been fun to watch your game take off. I fully accept any share of the blame passed my way. 😉 Way to go, Robb and Sue!
Congrats, jamiy, on your first hundred, and a nice hide to go with it too!
Congratulations on the 1K! Another caching team out west for a milestone. What fun! Have had the pleasure of finding a number of your caches in central Wisconsin. Well done and much appreciated!
Golly, how did I miss those two lonely caches so close to home? What, they aren’t lonely? What’s seldom|seen doing logging them then? Oh, I get it, another new puzzle or PUC cache on the west side this time. Well, Alex, congrats on your consistent unpredictability and the #700, actually in keeping with your statement about milestones in general. Congrats again!
Ooops! Duplicates. How did that happen? Clicking too often. Thanks again!
Amen! The efforts for the game are much appreciated, if sometimes not recognized on individual cache issues.
Congrats on the 3K! Well done. Sounds like a great trip!
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