Tradboy

Here I sit, waiting for my flight to Phoenix. I'm bored, killing time reading old geocaching forum items. I have an extra Hard Rock $5 chip. Vegas Airport, Gate C1, bank of payphones....last phone nearest corner, $5 chip hidden under phone. Have fun. Reply if you score. Tradboy

Do you work? ;-)

While I agree with your statements, I question the motive...is this a rant? I don't think you needed answers to your 'couple of questions' so much as you wanted to blow that off your chest ;-) Tradboy

A couple weeks ago I found a cache in Michigan. (South Lake). The cache was in a great place, but there was a virtual expressway in the snow leading right to it. Also, all the little crappy things people leave (plastic coins, army men, etc) were all frozen to the bottom of the container.

You've found 800+ caches. (very impressive!) I would imagine that you have to drive at least 75 miles, maybe 85 to find a new cache. Well, honestly, you earned that right. I wouldn't be too worried about there not being enough caches, unless this is your livelihood ;-)

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Don, From my Google searches, looks like Fairplex isn't a city but some sort of venue in Pomona, CA. The Zip Code for Pomona (or at least one of the zip codes) is 91766. A search of caches in this zip code reveal 1792 caches within a 100 mile radius. If you are looking for caches *really* close, like, a few miles, looks like there's one at the Pomona College - http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?ID=19754 Mapquest shows that the Fairplex and Pomona College are about 5 miles apart. [This message was edited by Tradboy on February 21, 2003 at 07:52 AM.]

quote:Originally posted by georgeandmary: Don't worry about too many caches, right now I'm worried about too few. Really?!? There are 1370 within a hundred mile radius of my dwelling. Looking at a map of all caches in the world, you have a right to be worried about Siberia. In the US, Eastern Montana seems to have the least dense population of caches. Check out Las Vegas; it's ridiculous. I'm not saying that we need to remove any geocaches, or even slow the current rate. My point is that said rate is climbing. Take an integral, and there's a little bit of popularity acceleration going on here. Although this isn't an issue *now*, it might be an issue in the future.

I am very new at this (two weeks, five caches) but I'm excited about this new hobby. Already I've subscribed and been active on the website. It has occured to me, though, looking at the mass amount of geocaches (especially in SoCal) that this movement might burn itself out after awhile....everyone wants to hide their own cache, but there's limited space. Three years from now, looking at the current rate of cache placement, I'm going to be tripping over a cache while grocery shopping at Albertson's. I know of several areas already that have caches within a quarter mile of each other, and I probably have only seen the tip of the iceberg. Any other thoughts on this? Any crazy ideas out there? Maybe a more strict review system of new caches? Even more controversial, a removal of caches that are deemed too close together by some governing body? Anyone think I'm absolutely idiotic, and I should love the idea of fifty caches within fifty yards? Tradboy [This message was edited by Tradboy on February 20, 2003 at 09:10 PM.]

Seeing as I am a subscriber, I like the idea of being exclusive

I don't know about this. To me, the fun of geocaching is the knowing where it is, going to find it, finding it, and feeling like I accomplished something. It's sort of an isolated package deal. If it becomes something much bigger, it loses that self-contained fun aspect and becomes a vacation that someone else planned for you. This might appeal to some folks. Obviously, if you've set your mind, go for it - what could it hurt? I feel like it might be an immense amount of preparation, planning, and travel time for something that most people won't bother with. On the other hand, I could be full of ####.

I hope to make it.

nice.

It's sort of annoying when people who have random signature phrases attached to their posts, and one is not sure whether or not it's part of the post....

I use a relatively old Garmin 12 unit. It doesn't have a compass built in, but it gives you an arrow that I figure is within 25 degrees either way, if you are moving. If I am in rough terrain, I take a compass with me - that way, I can get the exact bearing.

Hey, that's the unit I use. Did you just wake up one day and it looked like that? Mine's aging more gracefully ;-)

...but there might be a problem with the GPS unit *staying* in TJ.

Hi y'all. I found my first geocache today and am sort of addicted already. I hope to become a regular member of this community.

Is there only one major SoCal geocaching organization? How often do you all get together? Found my first geocache today and am fully addicted from day 1....