cache_us_if_you_can
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There are a couple of local "Geotrails" That give you a geocoin when you complete a series of caches. I was wondering how common that is- links?
http://enchantedmountains.com/trails/geotr...estern-new-york
Not sure if you'd call it a geotrail or not, and not quite coins, but one of our local cachers did a series of 60 caches called It's A Number. They're all on one road, and the last one, #60, is full of personal collector pins for those few that make it all the way.
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I have been enjoying reading about everyone's worst cache finds, and I'm now really curious to know what people think are their favorite finds!
My personal favorite is called "Pipe Nightmares" GCWQ2M. It's a very well executed multi in a beautiful area near where we live. We honestly have never had more fun finding a cache. It had everything going for it: a nice walk, fun container, nice size final, decent swag, a dry logbook, and waypoints with a challenge to them. Just wonderful
I have a few that I'm really fond of:
Kokopeli's It's A Number series (60 caches in all) stands out as being my favorite series. These caches have a mix of everything (except a lamp post) and made for two awesome days. If anyone has an extra day or two while in far northern California, I can not stress how fun these were.
The Desert(B)Rats' Saddlesore has to be my favorite Multi. It took me 3 day long day trips and a broken mtn bike to finally get this one. Great views, great hike/ride and great swag.
In the Middle of Nowhere Somewhere in the Rocks by NR_Teacher has got to be one of my favorite outings with the wife. It was and all day adventure that we use as a personal benchmark to compare to when exploring and caching. And we were FTF!
And then we have Me 2 by Olcowboy. Just a simple off the highway micro, but it struck me just right and I fell in love with it. Walked away from it with a real smile.
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Your post:
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3# Hard cach's eq* vandalised landscaping and destroyed items, bricks, tree's landscaping, flowers Think on how hard you are making this. This really need to be this hard? NO it don't Remember post 1# KID FRIENDLY,
4# geocaching is supposed to be family friendly *ALL CACHING EVERY CACH* kids stands there crying it cant find it, im sorry honey you cant find it, maybe we cant because the landscaping it trashed, NORTH scottsdale yesterday i came across a cach location that was a four stars it was detroyed so bad i left so i was not to blame, bricks rocks, plants, People do get tired of looking after several days, I have had many people mention to me oh cachers vandalise. as we progress in to the future more yes it's happening more and more ive noticed and i would say 9 out of 10 are because people make the cachs to hard!
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My two cents
And your GC profile:
*Motto*DNF
1# first time look for about 40 minutes, then dnf*
2# secont time, look again sometimes your mind thinks it knows what your looking for, Hope you find it for, Wich i have so far!
3# Third time, *NO RULES* tear the plants out, break branches to get to anything, tear the ground cover off, Whatever it takes, never gotten to this stage,
Hmm. You complain about vandalized and destroyed landscaping, and then you state that you yourself would tear out plants and destroy things to find a cache. Maybe you should take a moment to think about this....
Just my two cents worth.
EDITED to highlight areas of text
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On a final note, I invite those who like serial caching to check out the relatively new series of 60 caches placed on Gilman Rd on Lake Shasta by Kokopeli in Far Northern California. This series offers it ALL. Numbers, Variety, Unparalleled views, and Terrain/Difficulty that cover the spectrum from 1's to 4's. This is a MUST DO series.
Once we came down to the power tower where we saw Humboldt and Psychopedics, we were excited to meet another team having fun in the desert on the second of April. Personally, was elated to run into Psychopedics! We talked about another cacher from his area, Big Bear, who had come here before us. Still have family ties to Psychopedics area so it's a small geocaching world. Thanks for the Gilman Rd point out too in this thread. Worked one summer at Lakeview Resort where our family kept our boat, so know that area well.
Kinda sorry I missed making it to the ToTG series. Was looking forward to trying it out with a few other cachers this fall.
Psychopedics is right about the Shasta Lake/Gilman Road series. Very fun, and it has a little of something for everyone.... Here's a link for anyone interested: GC247WN
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A cell phone. Even unactivated you can call 911.
This works if you're in range of a tower.
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There will be an event in June, the new caches along the highway will not be published until just before the event. I'm sure that after the event, there will be a bookmark made for these.
When will the June event be? (GC# or link please)
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I think y'all are missing a terrific opportunity up there. If it were me, I'd hide a series of caches dedicated to her. The Forest Defender series!
Don't put any TB's in them, knowing they'll be muggled. But hide a bunch in the woods, name them after her, leave notes in each one thanking her for increasing the challenge and popularity of the geocaching in your area. Or telling her how far you drove in your SUV to get there.
And then make a whole sub-game out of seeing who can rush out and find them before she can. Wholesome fun for the whole family!
If you can't beat 'em, mess with 'em.
This is one of my favorite ideas by far
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PS Did I miss the picture of this thing?
So glad I asked.....
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It's also best on a moutain bike, in my opinion. Racing bikes with narrow wheels seem to take a lot of damage. I have a Mongoose with quick release front/rear wheels as well as front/rear disc brakes. It is easy to stow away in the car trunk, and assembles in a minute or so without needing a bike carrier.
I prefer hybrid bikes for urban caching for two reasons : they're lighter than mountain bikes but more rugged than racers / road bikes, and because I have a hybrid but not a mountain bike
My road bike is 20 pounds, my mtn bike is 21, so weight wasn't an issue for me to decide. I went with the GPS mount on my mountain bike because it's a lot more versatile and can take more of a beating.
I also find that the bike gives me "cover" while searching. I can lean it against something and then paw through that something without attracting attention. I can also place it so as to interfere with peoples' view of me when I'm looking low. It beats the heck out of tying my shoes.It provides great cover: You can always find lots of things to pretend to adjust on a bicycle!
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sounds like sour milk to me. 20 minutes to a cache is not that short a period of time before attempting a DNF these days with apps on Droid and iPhones. And if the cacher was at an event and gave the coords to others at the event and they found it, then in my opinion its fair game. In the grand scheme of things, its just a smiley, there is more to the game than being an FTF
Also, there are times where caches are hidden in honor of an event and don't get published in time and the event organizers give out hand outs of the coords., I don't think that's cheating either
We had something like this happen here locally a week or two ago at a CITO event. The people hosting the event placed 30 new caches in the area and worked with the review to postpone publishing any of the listings until the morning AFTER the CITO event. At the end of the CITO they handed out prizes to everyone that helped, and then passed out a list of the 30 caches to anyone that wanted it. The 30 FTF's were a bonus reward from the CO's to any of the people that helped who wanted to go looking. As the owners, it was up to them how they wanted to play, so I don't see it as cheating either.
Had something similar happen here last weekend. There was a CITO event, that I was unable to attend due to prior family obligations where a 2 (I guess that is the difference between caching here and in California) new caches were placed to be found by those that attended the event. One of them was an unknown cache that was found during the event by 26 teams, many of which claiming to be part of the FTF group. I really don't care about getting FTF on a cache, but because I had real life obligations I will have to actually solve the puzzle, and actually find the cache on my own to get credit for the find while 26 others basically just had the cache handed to them.
This was a little higher than normal number released in our area and the caches placed by the host of the event were spread out over 30-some miles. They didn't want to "hand" anyone the FTFs, so all they gave the early hunters of these caches was the GC#, coordinates and star ratings. No sizes, descriptions or hints were given.
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Check out this post from the "Read First! Geocaching Frequently Asked Questions" thread stickied at the top of this Getting Started forum section for instructions.
http://forums.Groundspeak.com/GC/index.php...p;#entry3032392
While this link is very helpful if you are changing your caching name, the OP may have a different issue (ie: child of a cacher/spouse/team mate forming their own new account). If this is the case NordicMan is correct, and there is no easy way to re-log your finds. Just a lot of work re-logging on the same date as the original.
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sounds like sour milk to me. 20 minutes to a cache is not that short a period of time before attempting a DNF these days with apps on Droid and iPhones. And if the cacher was at an event and gave the coords to others at the event and they found it, then in my opinion its fair game. In the grand scheme of things, its just a smiley, there is more to the game than being an FTF
Also, there are times where caches are hidden in honor of an event and don't get published in time and the event organizers give out hand outs of the coords., I don't think that's cheating either
We had something like this happen here locally a week or two ago at a CITO event. The people hosting the event placed 30 new caches in the area and worked with the review to postpone publishing any of the listings until the morning AFTER the CITO event. At the end of the CITO they handed out prizes to everyone that helped, and then passed out a list of the 30 caches to anyone that wanted it. The 30 FTF's were a bonus reward from the CO's to any of the people that helped who wanted to go looking. As the owners, it was up to them how they wanted to play, so I don't see it as cheating either.
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Not to give too much away, but a hint on many of these is usually Lift or Skirt.
Hope that helps, and welcome to the world of geocaching :
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My question is, (as long as i can prove the robot found the cache, like leaving a sticker or something) if i could send the robot geocaching? Would this be allowed?
I see nothing in the rules saying it isn't allowed.... but, depending on the robot, your local Law Enforcement might have other ideas.
And as a cache owner, providing proof of said visit (ie a stamp/sticker/mark of some kind in the log book from a robot or a ROV), I'd welcome the log.
PS Did I miss the picture of this thing?
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When I saw M & J, I immediately thought Marky and Joani, my geobuds from the Bay Area. I checked the OP's profile to see where they cache, and yep, it's in Marky and Joani territory. M & J style could mean a few things, mostly sneaky, well-camoed caches. Or it could mean it's a nano cache.
That's what came to mind to me too.
Most often, when you read a log about a "_fill in the blank_" style cache, it's in reference to how one of the areas cachers may hides caches. These sometimes change meanings over time. The first few years I was caching, when I read logs about one of the locals "style" of cache I knew I'd be somewhere with a lot of poison oak, and the cache in the middle of it all. Now when I read the same note about this cacher in a log, I know I'll be looking for something new or different to most caches in our area. If in doubt, you can always ask the person who used the term what he or she meant.
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Hey guys, got another newbie question that I'd love to get a consensus on.
What's considered reasonable and timely in regards to submitting logs to the web site? Does your answer change if it's an FTF log?
I'm curious because I generally strive for a 24 hour turnaround where possible, but I was told that wasn't fast enough. (And yeah, it involved an FTF, which I suspect means that what I was told is probably a bit irrational.)
Thanks in advance.
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I usually try to log my finds within 24-48 hours. If I've gone out for a FTF, I usually try to log that online as soon as I can, but sometimes even that's not possible until later in the day. The basic rule of thumb I'd follow is to just log them as soon as practical for you.
FTF is not part of the geocaching game.It may not be an official part of the game, but it can still a part. All depends on the cacher.
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We were there for the 10 Years! Event and went through the Adventure Maze Exhibit too. It was a lot of fun and I'd recommended it to anyone interested in caching. Heck, I'd go ahead and recommend it to anyone in general. Also lot's of fun seeing so many cachers all in one place. I was lucky enough to not only meet and talk to Jeremy at the event, but to also win one of his Bad Jeremy geocoins!
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I joined too
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While I agree completely with preserving the log history on the site, I would point out that most of the responses have been directed at "0-hide, 0-find" users. What log of theirs is it we are trying to preserve???
I agree with the proposed screening and purging of "the zeroes" who haven't logged on in...say 2 years.
They may have zero hides and finds listed, but some of those cachers have logged notes, which don't show up on their profile listing. (One of our local cachers used to only log his finds as notes.... Just sayin')
Most of the 0 find 0 hide accounts I've seen are one day visits, people just signing up for a free account on the internet. For example, I replied to Cowboy camper's post. I clicked on his profile, changed the URL by one digit, and voila, the guy who joined about 2 seconds before him in 2008 is such an account: here.
I've become totally convinced it's a "we have 3,000,000 accounts" thing. Especially since just within the past couple of weeks, the bottom of the main page of Geocaching.com has verbage saying there are an estimated 3,000,000-4,000,000 Geocachers worldwide.
I was thinking about this some more and can think of another legitimate reason why the zero-hides/zero-finds/only-on-one-or-two-days should be preserved: Some of these accounts may have been set up by land owners and managers (the very same ones we get permission from when hiding) to watch a cache that has been placed on their property. They may set up the account and click 'watch this cache' to get the email notices, but never feel the need to log back in as long as things are on the up and up.
Not archiving barely or unused accounts is a courtesy we extend our users. They might return some day and want to reclaim their original handle. Yahoo may delete them due to inactivity but they also have orders of magnitude greater number of users.
Sorry TWU, I know how you feel.
And that's the best reason of all: Because they're nice
*EDIT: I hadn't noticed Nate's Post*
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While I agree completely with preserving the log history on the site, I would point out that most of the responses have been directed at "0-hide, 0-find" users. What log of theirs is it we are trying to preserve???
I agree with the proposed screening and purging of "the zeroes" who haven't logged on in...say 2 years.
They may have zero hides and finds listed, but some of those cachers have logged notes, which don't show up on their profile listing. (One of our local cachers used to only log his finds as notes.... Just sayin')
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I've had this happen a few times and we usually end up looking for the cache together. The last time this happens, it wasn't just running into one cacher at the cache, but 4 cachers all running into each other! Totally random that we were all out and about and hit the same cache at the same time.... but we were all happy that we were there together. The extra eyes really paid off, as we had all been to this cache at least 3 times and missed it!
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I prefer geocoins. I have about 20 of them at the moment, my two favorites being my Nevada Desert Caching coin and a Moun10Bike geocoin passed to me.
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Depending on cost, i'd be interested in one of each.
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I was just thinking .05% of the post in the forums will ask "Why does my post say Ringbone."