[tntyz]

I have been looking at getting gsak, but can’t quite justify the (admittedly small) expense. I find Cachemate pretty easy to use with pocket queries. For those that have tried both, is GSAK a big help in using Cachemate?

[tntyz]

I use the Zire 31 with Cachemate. I agree with the comments about reading the screen. Direct sun is a problem. Cachemate is a great tool and well worth the small investment (shameless plug). I do not have any mapping software.

Paperless caching helped get me back involved in the sport. I used to spend a lot of time printing out cache pages or copying and pasting selected caches into a single document. This got to be a real pain. Whatever combination you end up with, you’ll like going paperless.

[tntyz]

Seems like it would be easy to set up a virtual cache for each county. They all have a county seat with a county courthouse. . . But this would definitely be more fun with actual caches. Which makes me wonder about the actual rules for successful completion of the 72 Counties (or 71 + 1) Cache. Would virtuals be allowed in the count? What about locationless caches? That could be a real bugger to administer.

As to the elitist argument against – When you think about it, just about every single cache is elitist by some definition. How many caches have you gone to that are truly accessible to each and every person? If some thing or activity isn’t available to all, doesn’t that make it elitist? Does anyone feel that caches requiring special gear (SCUBA, climbing equipment) should be dropped because they are elitist? IMHO, no cache should be barred because someone thinks that it’s out of reach for the typical caching public.

Tony

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