WIZARDMASTER

Why isn't GC7572 eligible to win. You said it was entered. If it crosses the finish line first, while transporting, it's a tie. If it crosses the finish line first and it is empty it wins. Seems reasonable.

Either the 22nd or 23rd of May will do for me Mike. Thanks, Wiz

Spent some time looking for just the right racer. I never imagined entering a motorcycle but as soon as I saw it's name, Triumph, I knew I had to enter it. Cannonball has grabbed it and we are awaiting the start of the race. Good luck to all. Happy Hunting!!! or in this case Happy Racing!!! Wizardmaster

Hope I can make it this year. I won't cast a vote on the date, as my schedule in the summer is very dynamic. Any weekend is probably good. Better Saturdays than Sundays. As for the place, I understand that the vast majority of cachers are south of me (Elkins) so I am willing to travel. But the sport is indeed growing in the north and it would be nice if we could make a compromise and try to split the difference. At least for one of the annual events. At any rate, I won't make any waves, you plan it and I'll do my best to get there. Maybe WVDAN will try to set up another one in Elkins this spring to make it easier for the northern crowd to get to. If not then maybe I will. Happy Hunting!!! Wizardmaster

Sounds fun and possible, have it in Elkins. What are the details?

I can't speak for everyne but I like to do both. I think most people in geocaching are map lovers and I'm no exception. I love to use topographic maps to navigate and I like my GPSr also. Geocahing in it's puriest form would include maps I'm sure, but if you are familiar with the area chasing the cache with nothing but coordinates can be an exciting way to spend the day. But it can be frustrating also. I have gone out without even the cache printout and had my share of find problems, because of accuracy issues, but in the long run geocaching isn't really designed to be too hardcore. If you want to really get invovled with serious mapping and GIS/GPS type hobbies find out about your local orienteering club.

Well, there are ceratainly issues that need to be addressed by the administration. Not having seen the actual submission or having previous knowledge or experience with Eric the question that needs to be addressed first is Who or What is the problem in this instance? It sounds as though Eric is being a little hard on your cache's but why? Is it personal, is it a communicatiion problem, a misunderstanding of the criteria by one or both of you or one of many other possible problems? I suggest contacting Groundspeak and having an open discussion between all parties. This may be a simple solution that can be rectified without further incident or hard feelings. You sound open minded and willing to understand and/or make whatever changes needed to bring this matter to a close. If Eric is reasonable there shouldn't be a problem finding a solution. Wish I could tell you more about the avenues of of arbitration but I do not know them well enough to speculate. You will have to do some research and contacting Groundspeak would be your first step.

Well I doubt if looking for caches has any commercial value that someone may be willing to pay you for, but there is an extremely small possibilty that the USGS might grant you a small contract or give you some temporary employment to find and record benchmarks........good luck. Virtual caches may have value to someone with more money than smarts. If you figure out how to spend your days geocaching for a living please let me know.

The best laid plans of mice and men......... If you play the game long enough things like this will happen.......it's part of the adventure. Just have fun. Happy Hunting!!!

I LOVE THE WATCH LIST FEATURE. I USE IT TO KEEP TRACK OF THE CACHES THAT I WANT TO GET IN THE FUTURE BUT MAY NOT BE ABLE TO GET FOR AWHILE. IT KEEPS ME FROM WADING THROUGH ALL THE CACHES AND LOCATIONLESS CACHES TO GET TO A CERTAIN ONE. HOWEVER I DO NOT NEED TO GET AN EMAIL EVERYTIME SOMEONE POSTS A FIND.....THERE GETTING TO BE A PROBLEM! IT WOULD BE NICE TO HAVE THIS WATCH LIST FEATURE WITHOUT THE EMAILS TO GO ALONG WITH IT. IS THIS POSSIBLE IN THE FUTURE?

Well I'm no where near Monterey but I do SCUBA and I think it's a great idea. Problem is there are few geocachers around here and even fewer divers. If I'm ever around Monterey I'll certainly check it out.