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1. Firecrackers
2. .22 rounds
3. Golf balls (why?)
➡ (if you are a cacher, do you have time to golf?)

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@sweech wrote:

~swag
~tweezers (or swiss army knife type thing)
~kleenex
~hand sanitizer
~OFF wipes
~mini flashlight
~a couple 35mm canisters (in case)

These are what I think of off the top of my head that are in my bag.

Munchies, water.
The BIG go bag.
The little go bag.
And, the bag with the ‘other’ stuff in.
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@JimandLinda wrote:

We carry a few strange things in the car that are probably not “survival gear”!

1) 75 feet of nylon rope (it was 100).
2) Camo, brown, and silver duct tape.
3) Matchstick holders (they keep disappearing), no matches!
4) Little zip-lock baggies.
5) Digital camera (ALRs are OK).
6) 3 pairs of dry socks.

We are good with all that.
For us add:

1. Snowshoes (two pairs)
2. Metal detector.
3. Cammo parachute cord.
4. GSAK 8)
5. Laptop computer
6. Two Garmin iQue 3600’s (Palm)
7. A new geo 4×4
8. RAM mounts for the bike, snowmobile and boat.
9. Three sets of tires for the last geo-mobile. ❗
10. A geo ready bag.
11. DeLorme for Wisconsin, Wyoming, etc.
12. Two entrenching tools. 😛
13. Snow probes.
14. Snake bite kit.
15. A rattle snake stick. (A tire “thumper” from a Utah gas station (GCMZHF)
16. MapSource
17. CacheMate
18. A dental inspection mirror.
19. Two Garmin GPSr
20. Flashlights (mini-mags) (8-D cell monsters) 🙄

OK, the list kinda goes on, and on, but this will give you a brief idea.

But, compared to the stuff I have for fishing, the geo-stuff seems pretty reasonable……all things considered.

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OMG ❗
Finally, I can share. And, like Team Black Cat (Brian) I have had my share of mishaps. Although I am ever vigilant and saftey minded,
Scheiße happens. 🙄

My all time geo incident happen along the beautiful Root River bike trail in SE Minnesota after doing a series of caches in May 2006.

After completing “Half way between here and there” (GCPE06) we were going down hill at a nice breezy clip when a fallen branch flipped up into the bikes pedal crank and jammed the pedals. Then BAM!

Soon in what seemed like slow motion I was going up and over the handle bars as the bike pivoted on the front wheel sending me up and over the handle bars ❗

➡ Now, let me tell you the FALL is not what hurts.

It is the LANDING!

And, the pain that does not come right at the start, first you think some weird things, so as I lay there, my first thought was I hope the Blondie Bloodhound did not have to see me do that! (Luckily, she did not.) Then it was did my bike shoes come out of the pedals? (they did) and then it was hey did the Garmin stay in the RAM mount? (it did).

Yikes! Then the pain came. Then, I noticed my Trek was kinda trashed and then, I started to do a primary assessment of my own damage.

The dislocated finger in my bike glove seemed kinda of odd, the pain in the rib cage sharp and severe, the shoulder pain noticeable and oh my…. the knee cap looks a little bloody. Yikes!

Out came the first aid kit. The butterfly closure strips were most helpful as the Blondie Bloodhound got a crash course in field dressing.

And, as my luck would go, we were literally, “Half way between here and there ( thus the name of the cache) so we had a 3 mile walk/limp to the geo mobile to put the bikes back on. It took awhile. It wasn’t pretty. But we got there.

(And there was no way I was going to call 9-1-1 because at that point all I wanted to do was get back to the B&B in Lanesboro and take a couple of Rx vikes and soak in the hot tub.)

Anyway, the Garmin has a real nifty feature (POI’s) that told us where the nearest ER was (I would have settled for a Vet at that point) and that ER would be in Winona, MN… just a short 40 minute drive away for the BB at the wheel. (A shout out here to the kind ladies that help put our bikes on the rack).

Now, we made it to a beautiful Winona Hospital with a very impressive Emergency Care Department that provided excellent immediate care.

(Four fractured ribs, dislocated finger and several sutures and bruises contusions, etc etc). Anyway, I have done worst but not geocaching.

OBTW
The ER doc said another doctor had been in the ER the week before after a bike accident and this poor guy ended up with a fractured neck. Yikes!

As the ER was doing my sutures (for some reason the Blondie Bloodhound took great interest in watching this and the Doc got her a front row seat) after straightening out my finger (just a little tug here) the Doc wanted to know if I had any questions. OK>
“So, where did you go to Med School?”
The U- Dub Madison was his reply and a wave of relief overcame me as I knew I’d be in good hands with a fellow Badger. 😆

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Kudos!

Don’t you ever stay home ❗ ❗ ❓ ❓

Congrats on a HUGE milestone!

SGH & BB

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Kudos Lisa!
Loved the pix and the posting very nice.
Sue and I are looking forward to your adventures out to the Wild, Wild West as you grab a couple more states.

Cache on Curly Girls.

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Kudos to Team Black Cat
Brian, a great cache to do for a milestone!

WTG

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@RSplash40 wrote:

brain with a question mark in it: A “Try and figure out what I’m thinking to solve this!” Puzzle

Ditto.

Or, how about a symbol for, “my final coords are still going to be 70 – 150 feet off from GZ (plus or minus) one you do get that solved.”

Maybe something like a GPSr that is split in half with jagged edges or something. Just a thought.

Then again, I like that animated head banging graphic in front of the computer.

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marc

Thanks for drawing that to our attention. And, I now know that 8.03 percent of “Finds by Owner” are yours.

Which puts you at the top of the stat chart as we have found 107 of your caches!

And now, after our Tour de Calumet County, we are at 127 of marc’s caches …or 9.16 percent of our total finds!

At the top of the leader board.

A great macro for stats! TFTC marc

SGH & BB
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Yeah ❗
Congrats on joining the 1K club.
SGH & BB

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Welcome to the wacky world of geocaching and the WGA.

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Way to go Frizz!!!!!

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Congratulations!

1.5k

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Congratulations! Welcome to the 1K Club ❗

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@bartrod wrote:

There was a nice piece about geocaching in the May/June issue of Wisconsin Trails Magazine by Jerry Luterman. He makes mention of it too in his Mar. 11 blog at http://www.wisconsintrails.com/content/117.php

Thanks for posting this topic bartrod. I had been meaning to do the same since the Wisconsin Trails issue arrived in the mail.

The article “Stash the Cache!” (pgs 40-41) written by Michael Brie, offers a nice overview of geocaching.

And, it features some nice quotes by (our very own) Becky Waldmann, president of the Wisconsin Geocaching Assoication along with some from members of the UW-Stevens Point Geocaching Club and others.

Also, nice to have included in the article is mention of the need for the WDNR notification form for hiding a cache.

(There is also a video on geocaching on wisconsintrails.com click on Multimedia”)

Props to all for taking the time and effort to help bring this story to the readers of Wisconsin Trails magazine.

As ‘they say’ “You can’t buy PR like this!”

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