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There's sometimes a fine line between nastiness and constructive criticism...it all depends on how it's perceived by the listener...or how the critic words his opinion. Nastiness - Breaks the person down without fixing the problem. Constructive Criticism - Helps the person improve and encourages them to do better and fix the problem. If someone tells me that a cache could be better and gives me examples...cool...I'll try it. If someone tells me that my cache is a big pile of dung...I'll tell them to go shoot themselves in the face with a bazooka and live with it...and no improvments are made to the cache. Rodney

In my short experiance, I enjoyed Flame of Hope II way more then any other that I've done. And it was only a short Multi Cache. I can't wait to get started on a bigger one. A lot of times, the destination is only half as great as the roads you had to take to get there. Well, except on a US Naval Submarines...we don't use roads.

Well, I'm not the only one putting this thing together. There are others working on this one, plus, we're only in the planning stages. We're not looking at posting it until we get it absolutely 100% perfecto, which we’re looking at a minimum of six months to a year before it’s published. The others involved have way more experience then me, so don’t think that I’m only relying on my level of geocaching knowledge. It just happened to be my idea, and as much as I’d like to share the subject with you…I can’t.

Personaly...I'm more of a fan of in the woods multi's rather then in-town micro's. And as for the reason...Sorry, I can't give away the subject...well, not yet.

Okay, thanks to everyones advice, I think I'll place them all in the same park, as it is, the park I have in mind is way big enough to handle this. However, it would be completable with-in 2-3 hours in the same park, unless I make the puzzles a little harder. Which I really don't want to do. I would also like to give a big "THANK YOU!" to everyone for their help. Thanks again,

These would all be in park areas in Virginia Beach...not great distances.

I estimated the 10 minutes as a "Worst Possible Scenario” time frame. For most, the puzzles would take 5 minutes max. They wouldn’t be complex encryptions. However, having something to sit on would be nice…thanks for the advice.

I planned on placing the caches in locations out of sight of muggles, like a small forrest or woods. However, as for doing the encriptions, they would be easy...as I'm not the best at figuring out encriptions. I also planned on having all the tools to figure them out placed in each cache. I'd say that they would take no more then 10 minutes to figre out each puzzle. There will also be instructions on what to do if the book (or other key items) come up missing, which would give you the ability to complete the puzzle at home for the next cache.

I was planning on giving instruction that the book is to stay at the cache, to include, writing on the cover of the book, “DO NOT REMOVE FROM CACHE!” Other then that it would be up to me to maintain the cache. As for the driving between caches…that was one of the questions that I need an answer to as well. Is it feasible to drive from location to location? Hence, it could become a multi-day cache. Believe me…this would become an educational experience to most who go after it (Sorry, can’t give away the subject matter, however it would be rated - G).

I was thinking about doing a Multi Cache, but I was wondering, how many stages would be to many? I was thinking about a five stage cache that could take people more then a day to complete. But a friend of mine thought it may be a bit much and push people away. Thoughts? This is the format that I was thinking of using: 1. In the first cache you would find a list of questions that need to be answered to find the coordinates for the next cache in the series, a book would be provided in the cache to look up the answers. Once you get the answerer you write down the coordinates and go to the next cache. 2. Each cache will have a different type of encryption to figure out until you get to the fifth…which is the final cache. 3. I would only list the coordinates to the first cache on the cache page. Would this be too much, or is a good puzzle like this enjoyable?

Thanks, all, for your help.

Are the altimeter and electronic compass really that important for Geocaching? I mean are they really woth the extra money spent? BTW, I had trouble getting the FAQ.org thing to work for Garmin products.

I've been looking at buying a new Garmin, and doing my shopping on Shopzilla. One of the things that I've run into, is...What is the real diffrences between the 60Cx and the 60Csx? There's about a hundred dollor diffrence between the two, but the info given is not enough to see the diffrence in capability. Thanks!