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Got my Corvette squad car all washed and gas’d up, ready to go. Beware of me and watch your speed!!!
WTG!
(I think Jim had way too much coffee this morning!)
Welcome to this crazy sport!!
One advantage that I have found of caching alone, is that the wildlife is less likely to be scared off as soon. I once had a group of sandhill cranes ‘escort’ me down the trail towards the cache. They just kept about 100′ in front of me. So Cool!!
I guess I am one of those that taks the middle ground. While I do like a good ‘numbers run’ from time to time, I also do like to find the good old ammo can in the woods that has not been muggled. I just went and added “Beverly” (GC28) to my list of smilies and had to smile that a cache this old is still around.
I do agree that caching alone is sometimes not as much fun as having someone along with you.
Thanks MG!!
Would love to do this one, but it is a 2.5 hour drive from my work and even farther from home. I will have to think on this one some more. Very tempting as it would add another country to my list.
@CodeJunkie wrote:
I’m thinking of attempting a 100+ day “just because”. My best day is only 30 something, but there are a few areas where 100+ should be easily doable. I’ve been working on a few friends to have a driver, navigator, and cache grabber/signer. It would be mostly non-descript P&G caches, but with the friends I’m thinking about it would be a fun day.
Let me know when and where you are thinking of your cache raid run. I might like to join you, as I am trying to best last years total of 800 finds. I already have 706 to date.
@Captain and Mate wrote:
So, let’s say one does do 100+ finds in a day. Doing the logs is a pain, even with copying and pasting. We’ve seen references to using a GSAK feature (macro?) that can expedite this process. Can anyone shed some light on exactly how this is done?
When I did my 150 cache day, which included the pumpkin trail, I had all of my logging done on my GPS. After loading them up to GC, it saved time because I had my checklist on the screen. I now think that using an app like c:geo would have been even better use of my time. I could have gotten my route to the next cache and also logged the last cache in real time to the GC site.
Small correction to GC page:
The winners will be crowned at the 2012 WGA Picnic!
s/b 2013
Just had one that I suspected was taken, found miles from GZ at another cache site up the bike trail. Another cacher found it and thought it was one of the Barn Quilt caches, until he opened it and found papers about the other cache. He contacted me and told me he hid it nearby.
Do not know why it was grabbed and dumped or if they even knew that they left it at a cache site.
I have a nice small Rayovac light that I bought at Menards for about $25. Nice and bright for 2 AA batteries. Has a wrist strap and a button on the back for momentary lighting.
When I night cache, they are ones that can be found during the day. Those can be tough also. The ones made for nighttime are very cool also.
How would that affect any existing bike paths on lands that they grab?
Start with urban caches. I have cached at night after doing my 4th of July show for the past couple years. It is in Milwaukee and I hunt until sunrise. The urban caches will get you used to hunting at night. Get a good compact led light so that you can see well and it is not cumbersome.
First, Welcome to this crazy sport and even crazier gang of very helpful clowns. 😆
I currently am using a Delorme PN-60 and love it. I used to use a Garmin, but went to this for the paperless caching and metter map options. I just started using c:geo, but not for finding the cache. More for instant information and logging caches on the go. At Cache Ba$h, I logged all my cache in the field with it. Gave me more time to chat and such at night.
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