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Show me what you got, I am always running out of ink and paper.
Whooo… Whoo! too cool. and the whole family was there too. Kudos.
Kudos Uncle Fun. While the aura of Newbie will never go away [ain’t it great?] it is starting to dim as you chalk up those miles. Keep on caching and keep it fun.
tbCongratulations folks.. Have to tell you, in our caching circles there is a classic tag phrase: “Trudy, Trudy, we have your phone” You know the story. Thanks again and special kudos from T&tb.
In general, National forests are geocaching friendly, National Parks are not.
In all cases seek permission from the appropriate authority before you place the cache and this question will be answered for the specific location you are considering.
Ken is so right:
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Originally posted by kbraband:
…it’s dangerous to start naming names because you just can’t name them all…
The few that I named are but a few examples to the people that have been so inspiring to us. Unfortunately, I do not have the energy to name ALL that have been so instramental in making Wisconsin Geocaching what it is today. I acknowledge the contributions of the others named above and many more that have not been named here. Kudos to every Wisconsin cacher, you are what this sport is about. ~tb
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Originally posted by Jonathan F. Gorton:
If I have my way, I’ll be logging my 1200th. by the end of this year! Thanks for the prediction!
Socko
I haven’t ruled this out, and this would satisfy my prediction.
This would be a stellar achievement with each of your teammates on a different schedule. Go get ‘m Socko.
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Originally posted by fishcachers:
I’m hoping to be one of those you mention in #7!~mama fishcacher
You are on track. Add the WGA Picnic and the WGA camp out to your 2004 calendar and you will surely go over the top.
I would like to echo Jeff’s comments. This is an absolutely amazing activity. It seems to have something for everyone but the couch potatoes. Jeff was the 300th active cacher that I was able to identify from available logs one year ago today. Happy anniversary Jeff. I lost count of active cachers in mid October when our numbers were in excess of 1000. Today there are scores of new cachers that I have not even been able to name. This growth is due to what each of you has brought to the game. We may never be able to individually bring as much to the game as some of our Icons have.. Ken Braband, Jeff Thorson, John Carvin to name a few and we are deeply grateful for their contributions. Happy New Year to each and every one of you. We love you.
Keep on caching,
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Originally posted by Cathunter:
I’d come, but the thought of The Beast in swimwear is toooo scary!
What’s swimwear?
12/31/2003 at 1:28 am in reply to: “Exactly as you found it” vs. “the way it was originally hid #1746057We have seen it as well. Rottenstump wound up being in a different place twice during it’s tenure in Highland Woods. It was a challenge to do cache maintenance because it wasn’t where we left it. I am sure there was no malicious intent by it’s finders. The simply found better digs for the cache in the same neighborhood.
With some caches, the placement can be mor critical. It can actually have a significant impact on the difficulty. Diamond in the rough is one of those caches. If the first WP is not replaced exactly as it was originally placed, the difficulty could go from a rating of one to five. We have seen both situations. We have resorted to rechecking it after every find. Since it is only about three miles from our home, this isn’t really a problem.
A photograph in the cache may have helped with Rottenstump, but this would be difficult with a micro. Some micros can be placed in a manner that there is no concern at all… Where’s Waldo or Bird on a wire – Detroit.
Some caches are more sensitive to placement than others. The cache owner is the one who has to decide on the level of vigalence required to maintain it’s integrity.
tb
Hummmm… 100 caches in 60 days, that’s sounding a lot like CatHunter or Cashing Out. Is there some sort of cloning going on?
Kudos MadisonJoe.
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That’s 500 caches in just under a year.
This is Wisconsin’s 4th most active caching rate at 1.39 caches per day.
I want to share part of an e-mail message I got from Jeff.
===============Thank you for the congrats message.
The top of Mt. LeConte has the state line running through it. I was 10 feet into North Carolina for number 500. I did do numbers 499, 501, 502, 503 and 504 in Tennessee though. As I probably mentioned, this was the favorite place of my late mother. She would hike to the top with my dad when they were 67 and 69 just to have lunch. It is a rather extreme hike but she loved it. So all the planning for 500 worked out great.
It is rated a 4 1/2 terrain and perhaps we should make everyone do this one before they rate their terrains and they might change their standard. Due to ice and snow we took the “easy way” to the top – 11 miles starting at 2900 feet to 6600+. The trails were coated in ice and we considered turning around but kept at it. On the cliff trails with dropoffs that were coated with ice, there are steel cables in the rockface to hold onto. More then once these cables prevented a quick trip down. My newest son-in-law decided that we were all nuts but he struggled through the hike.So 500 was very special and I am sure number 1000 will be also.
We will be there…
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