wildearth2001
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thanks for the info
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Is there any free software that can convert track information from National Geographic TOPO! .tpo format to something else that is useful if you don't have TOPO! (such as .GPX or .CSV)??
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I am not deaf but I have a friend who is and as such I use sign on a regular basis. I'm not anywhere near fluent but I know enough to carry on a conversation with my friend and others and i'm still learning...everything I have learned I have picked up just from hanging out with my friend. I'll follow this topic to see what comes up. ANd yes the "L handshape" held to the chin is the sign used to indicated lesbian...so that might not be a good idea to use for our sport.
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Woody,
If you can't find the disk, or enough of the disk to read the stamping, it can only be a Not Found with NGS. They insist on proof that the disk was the one on the datasheet.
There is one case the NGS will accept a "Destroyed" without a disk in hand, and that is when the structure that the disk was mounted on (say the side of a brick building) is demolished. Doctor's Hospital (KU1423) at 88th & East End Ave in Manhattan comes to mind. The hospital was torn down. Harry Dolphin got the mark declared destroyed last year.
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Ok I was just gonna ask a simmilar question. A BM near my home is listed as being set in 1951 in the headwall of a road bridge over a river. About 10 years ago a larger bridge was build adjacent to the bridge which had existed in 1951 and the older bridge was torn down. Can this mark be submitted as destroyed, or a Not Found with explanation?
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A few days ago I was looking for CZ0584. At the location I was expecting to find the mark, I found a broken concrete cylendar with an impression in the top the size of the standard CGS disk I was looking for. I am convinced that what I found was the destroyed mark. Should I submit this to the NGS as destroyed?
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Not much time to hunt today, I was working a bike race right in Superior. One of these marks was literally 20ft from the start/finish line and the other only 500m away.
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You don't; you pry open your wallet and plunk down $5 for a new ammo box.From my experience fires will destroy the contents and maybe the rubber seal but the can itself usually survives, then add a new logbook and seal and your good to go (a lot of caches I have visited, the owner leaves the burnt up crap in the cache for 'educational' reasons)
Huh. I didn't know that you could change out the gasket. Where do you buy new ones?
Still hoping someone can find a mil spec number on an ammo box.
That's what I thought, but Wildearth apparently has some experience in replacing the gasket, so more info is needed.
Sorry, I should have worded that better. I dont have any personal experience in repairing cans, only in finding ones after the fire goes over. I have heard of a seal being replaced, though I dont know if they meant buying a new one or just covering the old one with silicone. Although I was just thinking that maybe a rubber bead used to seal windows or something like that might work if needed (ie to cheap to buy a new can)
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From my experience fires will destroy the contents and maybe the rubber seal but the can itself usually survives, then add a new logbook and seal and your good to go (a lot of caches I have visited, the owner leaves the burnt up crap in the cache for 'educational' reasons)
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I caint get that file to open, I dont have excel only works spreedsheet (which usually opens .xls files no problem) and then works freezes up
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OK....I just noticed a problem I am having. I already have all the BMs for AZ loaded into a single database in GSAK. I am now trying to find the oldest BMs in a few counties (Pinal, Maricopa, I already know Pima) in order to determine which one to go for. What would thr easiest way for me to find this out considering that I dont really want to reload these counties into their own DB in GSAK as I have the unregistered version which takes 4 mins before I can do anything.
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NPS banned all physical caches on land administered by them, which does not necessarily mean all National Parks. Some National Parks and Monuments are still administered by BLM who allows caches. National Forests however are administered by the USDA Forest Service who generally are very friendly toward caches. THere are exceptions both ways, such as wilderness areas in National Forests are off limits and individual BLM administered parks and some National Forests have their own policys. In addition I have hear of some caches being allowed to be placed on NPS land with special permission from both the park service and Groundspeak.
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If you are only interesting in using your GPS coords to find your position on the map, you could make it even easier by learning advanced orienteering skills, once you get the hang of that stuff you dont even need a compass, just the map and your brain and you will always know where u are at. The downside is that this method is usless if you want to take your position off the map and put it into the GPS. As for a real answer to the OPs question, I personally use UTM if I am gonna use maps/gps together in the field but like everyone else has said get a good scale and Lat/Long works as well if you make sure to print the tic marks.
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You can, in the top right corner of the screen click on MY CONTROLS then scroll down and on the left side click on BOARD SETTINGS and then you will see a place to select your time zone.
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yeah the main page is down for me, I get error messages at the top of every page and I can only acess threads by going into the last active topics page
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I live near Tucson and have seen all of this first hand. One of my caches was placed on top of a hill which was covered by debris left by "Campers". Thankfully cachers worked to clean out the area and it is now trash free. Last summer while field checking an orienteering map in and area with several caches, I was busy mapping new "game trails" when I decided to sit down and take a break, in just 30mins sitting under this tree over 200 aliens walked down that trail, and I'm sure this isnt the only trail out there. Often I come across abandoned trucks with no license plate just sitting in the middle of the road, often with the tires blown out and have had to call 911 to get agents out there to remove the vehicle. I live adjacent to the Ironwood FOrest National Monument (which is where all of what I just descirbed happened) and the area is great for the local scout troops to camp, but most dont fell comfortable out there, and if they do camp they circle the trucks around the tents and a leader stays up all night. ITs crazy out here.
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I think the point is to have all that stuff available to you in the cachemobile.
When I pack for an extended trip, I attempt to parcel everything. I put one small package (things I would want for a break) into a larger package (things I would want for a stroll) into another package (things I would want for a day hike) in to another (things for an overnighter), etc.
Then, as Keystone illustrated, I have everything I need for most situations I will encounter. But the problem still lies in the discipline needed to choose the appropriate package.
That is exactly my strategy, unfortunately my packing ideas usually get skrewed up by my parents who cant think more than 2 steps infront of them. As for choosing the right pack to grab (I too leave all my bags fully packed) If the hike is under 2 hours I am usually way underprepared, despite being an Eagle Scout. Anything between 2-8hours I am way overprepared (enough food for the whole group for a whole day just in my pack) and for anything longer than that I am usually just prefectly prepared (ie. I have enough supplies left over to get me through an additional 3-6hours when Im done). First aid wise, I dont take much with me. Being a lifeguard with quite a bit of first aid training, above what is necessary for the job, my theory is that If the wound can be covered by a band-aide, it dont need covered. For more remote hikes I take some rolled guaze and comression bandages along with a small container of H202 (hydrogen peroxide) for sterilizing.
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You can lock the thread after I post the next cache name, because it IS the best name EVER!
I mean, what cache could be bad with the word "boobie" in it? I believe that my real name translated to Loopy Cootiesniffer for that cache.
Well...we better keep it open awhile longer because I think This Cache Name would be in the running!
I like how the GC# of that cache is GCPARY, which with that addition of one more letter would be gcPARTY
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I'm in (but I dont think I'll be very competative)
-jason
wildearth2001
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In fact, seen in the light in which I see it now, I can speculate that perhaps the seeker who eventually claimed a "find" was truly misled by, and puzzled by, the Terrain rating of 2, and thus may have (erroneously, in my mind) claimed a find thinking: "Well, I tried everything that a Terrain 2 cache would demand, and could not reach the cache, so this must qualify as a find!"
Our rating system must be different out here in Arizona. Last sunday we used 4 wheel drive to get to this 2.5 cache GCTD53. 1.5 sounds like a good rating for the cache in question to me.
I just bumped the rating up to 2.5 and may move up more later but I agree with Shoebugs that around here out terrain ratings are different than the rest of the country. One of my other caches is a steep but short hike up a rocky hill and I have it rated 3 for terrain, which is in line with other similar caches in the area, but I guess that I like comparing apples to oranges and Urban Micro to an Ammo Can in the desert.
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Someone just logged one of my caches with this log
We found it, but it was just a bit out of reach, so couldn't sign log.I see two problems with this. First he didnt sign the log, and second his log is a big hint which I dont want. I already encrypted it but should I delete it??. . .
2) I do have some concerns about your cache. It seems to have a Terrain rating of 2. If this were an adult cacher, and she/he reported that the cache was "a bit out of reach", then you may need to take a hard look at whether you need to change the Terrain rating, perhaps to 3.5 or 4. Something may be wrong with your curent Terrain rating.
As I stated eairler in this thread-here is a description of the cache, and my reasoning for the terrain rating-If I need to chage it I will.
THe cahce is on a big steal ramada type thing located right next to the road (kinda like an oversised bus stop but its not). You can walk on a sidewalk right to the base of the structure from several parking spaces within 0.25miles. I took advatage of the supporting I beams to conceal the cache (it is placed between two of them right where they converge. It is way up high and on the opposite side of the beams from where a searcher is likely to be standing. You have to stand on a wall and lean out to the side to retrieve the container from the other side of the I beam. I am 5'5" and am able to reach the cache. I figure I dont need to post a hight requirement because I am of 'average hight'. I also figured that it only deserved a terrain 2 because if it where at ground level it would be wheelchair acessable and only 0.25mile from parking which would be a 1 or 1.5. I then figured that climbing up on the wall is simple and esssentially just like standing on a chair to hang a picture at your house, no real 'skills' are required.
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Is there any program (free
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Why is it out of reach? Do you have to be 6 feet tall to retrieve it? Is there something wrong at the cache to prevent an average cacher from reaching it? It's a 2 star cache so it shouldn't be hard to get at, but I don't see anything in the description about a height requirement. Just curious to know the details before making a judgement.
It is held magnetically to the roof of a ramada type thing up high where you have to stand on a wall and lean out to the side to retrieve the container from the other side of a big I beam. I am 5'5" and am able to reach the cache. I figure I dont need to post a hight requirement because I am of 'average hight'.
I have more of an issue with not signing the log than I do with the spoiler in the log. Just reading some of the other logs, and there are plenty of spoilers in there as well:
[removed quotes to save space, feel free to look at the quoted post]
I too was more worried about the DNF v Found than the spoiler but since I already had to contact the owner/delete log I brought it up. Also it was a little more direct of a spoiler than the two you quoted, although the log with the 'flatland box' and 'looking up' words had me thinking for a while but then I decided to leave them. At least for this cache, right now my rule (subject to change) seams to be that if the spoiler is a creative part of their log or a simple and subtle oversight then I'll leave it but a more direct one needs changed.
BTW I emailed the cacher and she changed the log type and wording no problem. She did point out that I should add something to point out that the cache might not be accessable to all and then I looked at that cache page and noticed that somehow I had forgotten the no wheelchair attribute, which I have now added.
) that I can draw tracks and then load them into my Garmin Legend GPS? My normal mapping program is USAPhotoMaps but I cannot create tracks, only routes which can quickly use up my waypoint limits (or make searching for a nearby WP a BIG PROBLEM!!!)
Transfering Tracks
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I'm trying to transfer a track to my GPSr but every time it truncates the track and I can't figure out why. I cleared the memory so there should be plenty of room and the track is only like 520 points long. Any help?