Mostly Moose

Hello, I've been a big fan of Wherigo Kit for several years and own several geocaches based on this user-friendly tool. Thank you for creating it. But lately, I have not been able to make updates. When I make changes and try to upload the update to Wherigo.com, I get the error message quoted below, and the cartridge does not update. What could I be doing wrong? The passsword I'm using is certainly correct. The cache I'd like to update is https://coord.info/GC67X8N. Thanks in advance for you thoughts and/or guidance. Best wishes Morten (Mostly Moose) Oslo, Norway This is the message I get: Error<br><br>Was your password correct? Please visit the previous page and enter your password again.<br><br>The request failed with an empty response.<br><br> at System.Web.Services.Protocols.SoapHttpClientProtocol.ReadResponse(SoapClientMessage message, WebResponse response, Stream responseStream, Boolean asyncCall) at System.Web.Services.Protocols.SoapHttpClientProtocol.Invoke(String methodName, Object[] parameters) at RangerFox.Wherigo.Kit.UI.WherigoUpload.CartridgeUpload.UploadGWZFile(String CartridgeID, Byte[] cartridgeFile, String username, String password, String note) in F:\webshare\Wherigo Kit\WherigoKit\WherigoKit\Web References\WherigoUpload\Reference.cs:line 78 at RangerFox.Wherigo.Kit.UI.Carts.Download.ProcessRequest(HttpContext context) in F:\webshare\Wherigo Kit\WherigoKit\WherigoKit\Cartridges\Download.ashx.cs:line 201 Thread was being aborted. at System.Threading.Thread.AbortInternal() at System.Threading.Thread.Abort(Object stateInfo) at System.Web.HttpResponse.AbortCurrentThread() at System.Web.HttpResponse.End() at RangerFox.Wherigo.Kit.UI.Carts.Download.ProcessRequest(HttpContext context) in F:\webshare\Wherigo Kit\WherigoKit\WherigoKit\Cartridges\Download.ashx.cs:line 226

I could not find neither Spouting Horn nor Blueroom as I lacked hints for those. Make sure you bring the hints. Some memorable caches I can recommend are * MFTC (great view) * Red dirt (very red dirt and nice view * Whale watching at Ninini point (probably no whales now but worth the walk anyway for planespotting and the lighthouse) * Anini beach cache - not really on the beach, but my favorite in Kaua'i. Have fun! M.M.

I could not find neither Spouting Horn nor Blueroom as I lacked hints for those. Make sure you bring the hints. Some memorable caches I can recommend are * MFTC (great view) * Red dirt (very red dirt and nice view * Whale watching at Ninini point (probably no whales now but worth the walk anyway for planespotting and the lighthouse) * Anini beach cache - not really on the beach, but my favorite in Kaua'i. Have fun! M.M.

Hello, I will be goping to Seoul on business shortly and I hope to so some geocaching, too. On Sunday 25 February I plan to look for the Olympic Park caches and maybe some others, too. If anyone would like to join, please send a mail. "Happy hunting" to all geocachers in Korea. Rgds Morten (Mostly Moose) Oslo, Norway

I recently spent some time in two Chinese cities and had great fun hunting for a few *real* (traditional) caches. In Beijing I found three, which are all in the same suburb, plus I had a no-find in another suburb. The downtown ones are all virtual. Some recent caches in Beijing have been muggled rather quickly.There appears to be only two local geocachers in Beijing, MAPGPS and chendivid. They did not respond to emails. In Guangzhou the picture is similar. I found one traditional one in a city park, while the other traditional ones are way off. Despite the lack of traditional caches, I was able to drop off several TBs in Beijing, move others between Beijing and Guangzhou, and bring yet a few more with me out of the country. I take this opportunity to thank our geocaching friends in China a lot of fun. Thank you for your efforts, and good luck with your future projects. Mostly Moose Oslo, Norway

Just got back from a brief business trip to Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City, and I was SO happy that there was at least one *real* (traditional) cache available to me in HCMC, the "Saigon's First Micro". But that's all there is, the next traditional one is a long way out of town. In Hanoi it is even worse, the only traditonal cache is a long way into the countryside and it appears to be lost. fortunately, I was able to do a few virtuals, but it's just not the same and I want to move TBs. So my answer to your question is that the easier the access, the more visits your caches will have, and you'll make more people happy! It's so nice to be able to do some geocaching on business trips, but most such travelers have very limited time on their hands. In more touristic locations I guess it's another story. If I were to place caches in areas like that, I'd go for a few easy ones and then some that require serious hiking. Good luck with your caches. Mostly Moose

Hi Hong Kong geocachers! I am headed for Hong Kong, first half of December. I am looking forward to log some of the many peak and scenery caches, but I also have a wish: A new urban cache, or maybe a couple. I was so sorry to see Kowloon II go missing. Regards M.M.

Hi all Geocachers in Norway, Sweden and Japan are using their travel bugs to raise funds for the victims of the conflict in Darfur, Sudan. In preparation for the upcoming Osaka Oslo Open Micro Bug Race, we have all paid a starting fee equivalent of 15 USD , which will go to the aid efforts by the Red Cross in Darfur. We call it Bug Aid. The race is almost underway, and the money was transferred to the Red Cross in Norway today. With only a handful of participants it doesn't amount to very much, but could still do some good for those unfortunate people in Africa. However, if a hundred or a thousand races are organised for this purpose, it could really make a difference. As we see in the GC listings every day, geocachers tend to be men and women with great ideas. Like CITO, Bug Aid could be a way to make our gecocaching passion work for a good cause. Please visit the race homepage: http://www.kjentmannsmerket.org/Bugaid2004.htm Sincerely Morten Most (Mostly Moose) Oslo, Norway [/b]

Hello I am going to Osaka and Kyoto plus other Japanese cities in September, planning a travel bug drop-off (possibly start a travel bug race Osaka to Oslo). Can anyone recommend a good cache? It must be - safe - easy to find - spacious - visited fairly often Thank you for your attention to my posting! Morten Most (Mostly Moose) Oslo, Norway

I am reading this with great interest as my TB Micro-Moose Norvegicus (http://www.geocaching.com/track/details.aspx?ID=40618) has gone missing in the Seattle area. Last seen in a cache called Malcontent's beach. It has not been logged, though. If anyone has seen it I'd be happy to hear about it. Kind regards Morten, Oslo, Norway

Multi-lingual caches are very nice and underline the global nature of geocaching. Being the the only real world language, there should be at least some English in cache descriptions. I was very disappointed by all the Dutch-only caches while visiting Holland recently. Cache descriptions in a local language only means fewer visits to the cache. That's normally not why people set up caches, is it? Using a foreign language in a log posted in an English-language cache is downright rude, methinks. Perfect English skills are certainly not needed. These days, more non-native English speakers learn English to communicate with other non-native English speakers than there are native English speakers communicating with other native English speakers, and there are more non-native English speaking English teachers than native ones. Ugh. I have told. Mostly Moose

Hi all<BR> From Frankfurt, Germany, comes thesad tidings of yet another TB hotel confiscated by airport security. It certainly has happened before and will happen again in times like these. Strangers with hi-tech gizmos lurking around and taking ammo boxes out of secret hides are bound to arouse suspicion.<BR> All of which begs the question: How to set up a perfectly safe TB hotel so close to an airport that air travelers can visit it, without getting into conflict with (highly necessary) airport security? Can anyone offer som qualified advice, particularly on international airports? Kind regards M.M.

Hi all Can anyone recommend a bug hotel/TB dropoff point in Amsterdam? I am on my way, but am having a hard time making sense of all those Dutch-only caches there. Funny, our Dutch friends speak English so well... Kind regards Morten, Oslo

There are in fact several of these fine places around the world. I visited a very busy one near San Francisco airport, the Es Effo Bug Hotel. It inspireds me to create the Holmenkollen Jumpoff Bug Hotel here in Oslo. There is also a bug exchange in Stockholm and several in London. Kind regards Morten in Oslo