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I just solved that one a week or two ago. Will’s maybe a little young to remember the original versions, but I had a blast. Hope you did too….the milestone makes it worth it. Congrats!

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Congratulations to you both!

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Cool stuff….congratulations on the milestone!

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Congratulations Dave (and I assume Terri was along, too). It was indeed a really windy day, so you really earned this one!

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My understanding is that waymarking, which is now separate, replaced the locationless caches. I like it for those places I’ve visited overseas that I wasn’t caching, cause I kept journals and have photos of dates and presence.

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I have seen Mrs. TE find a pine tree hide, at dusk, a bison with NO GPS! No wonder she likes them!

But I agree, I’m not a fan of standing in full view of everyone digging in a metal rail. I’ll do it, but I won’t love it! LOL I know some enjoy the stealth aspect. Not us. If we find ourselves in such a situation, we just tell people what we’re up to and invite them to join in the hunt.

I kind of see a distinction between just plain nasty evil hides and tough hides that are truly clever. We’ve seen way more of the former than we care to, but truly enjoy the latter. We’d rather DNF those and try again another time, than get hints or such. If it’s truly clever, we want to have the surprise to ourselves. Trekkin’ has somewhat slowed down the FTF stuff, but he will still say the main reason he likes them is he gets to discover the hide as the owner intended. Seth joined us for a brilliant tough multi a couple years ago, one where we’d tried before and missed the first stage. It was amazing. Lots of folks are finding that cache now, and you just know it’s due to PAF or hints from other finders. We got to enjoy the cleverness and make our own discoveries. Those are the ones we live for.

The cache in question is called Gauntlet: Seldon’s Century Hide. Highly recommend it. We went strictly with our own wits to figure it all out, and had a blast in the process.
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Using phone a friend would just cheat you out of the wonderful aha moments we enjoyed along the way. Everyone plays their own way, and that’s the fun of the game. This is how we choose to play it. In the end, decide what you want and play it your way. There’s no rule that says anyone needs to get them all.

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The better question might be, Black Cat…..who would go to places like that to look for said evil caches multiple times?

I seem to recall finding myself there myself a couple times.

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Congratulations….we’re all toast however once DB gets around to logging his finds. I’m guessing he’s got at least 300 up his sleeve, as I know he’s been out with others who’ve logged their finds.

The sneak! Again, enjoy the ride!

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The deadline has come and gone. Thanks for all the creative ideas, and keep an eye out for the winning design soon!

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We’ll try them all, and often spend a long time trying to find it. I did just this yesterday with one in the Madison area, and posted my sad face when I couldn’t locate it. Next time I’ll bring Trekkin’, who will find it in two minutes, LOL.

Neither of the types you mentioned are among our favorites, but if they are in a pleasant location…the one yesterday was close to a stream….we don’t mind a tough hide and the time spent hunting. I will more likely pass up nondescript guardrails and dead ends, even though they’re usually a gimme. We don’t cache for numbers, but for the fun, challenge and new places we discover. So the needle in a haystack ones can be okay, though like Energy Saver, sometimes you just scratch your head and wonder why these tiny things are placed where something more substantial could be. There’s something for everyone to enjoy in this hobby.

And if you want to discover a true needle in a haystack, look up one of Da Bloodhound’s by that name.

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Oh my, that’s a serious situation for the Polish government. And tragic for all the families involved. It’s surprising that so many would travel on the same flight.

I grew up in a very Polish neighborhood in the Twin Cities. Nordeast Minneapolis, where half the kids got another day off school a week after Christmas and Easter breaks. And even us non-Polish kids all knew a kitska and how to use it. And who made the best kapustas.

Thanks for sharing this news.

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As of yesterday, Ralph shared that he had sent a follow up to the folks involved to see where we’re at with this. He had not heard anything back, at least as of his last update to the Board.

This is Ralph’s baby, so we can wait for him to chime in, but I just happened to be on here when I saw the question.

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Momentary hijack for huffinpuffin’s benefit….there actually IS a line of clothing, called BugOff. It’s really expensive, but used by the folks who need it and recommended highly. More than once, I’ve considered dropping the bucks to get at least the pants and a t-shirt for Trekkin’.

Now, back to parking coordinates. We do appreciate when the owner includes them as a waypoint, but have learned to read ahead and put them in manually if need be. Sometimes the challenge IS to find the access point or some other surprise. They are most helpful when they get you started in the right area and avoid trespassing or such, but as someone said, people often ignore them anyway.

Old fashioned maps can work wonders sometimes, too. 😈

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Thanks for sharing a peek inside “the beginning,” Jeff. I bought a pretty cool book earlier this year, Local Treasures, Geocaching Across America, and beside nice photos, the author talks about the things that led up to this goofy game we like playing. Nice to see the early stuff from someone I actually know!

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Congrats to the Math folks!

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