stingray and butterfly

I use the Stinger- and it's amazing- and since it's rechargable, I don't have to run out for batteries all of the time,(makes the price a bit easier to swallow) and the charge lasts for a long time. I have friends who have the big D cell maglights- and my little stinger out shines theirs. http://www.streamlight.com/sting_hp_info.htm

Yes, we get first aid, cpr and wilderness first aid qualified The first aid topics we covered were: Wilderness First Aid vs. Urban First Aid Principle Body Systems - Homeostasis Shock & Backcountry Management of Shock Emergency Action Principles - Accessing E.M.S. - Primary Survey Obstructed Airways (Adult, Child, Infant) Rescue Breathing (Adult, Child, Infant) CPR (Adult, Child, Infant) CPR in the wilderness Secondary Survey - Assessment & SOAPing First Aid kits and Supplies Soft Tissue Injuries - Wounds & Cleaning - Burns/ Blisters Environmental Emergencies -Thermoregulation - Hypothermia and Hyperthermia - Cold Related Injuries - Water Related Injuries - Lightning Head and Spinal Cord Injury Management - Immobilization and Evacuation Issues Minor Head Injuries - Eyes, Ears, Nose, Mouth, Dental Musculoskeletal Injuries - Sprains, Strains, Fractures - Reduction and Improvised splinting Medical Conditions - Poisoning, Allergic reactions - Seizures, Diabetes, Stroke - Gastrointestinal vs. Acute Abdominal Backcountry water disinfecting Second Aid and Evacuation

Hello, I just wanted to let you folks know about the great course I just went on. A three day course on Wilderness First Aid : http://users.eastlink.ca/~adventure/wilder...e_first_aid.htm This course was 3 days long, which included overnight camping. We had everything from classroom learning to very realistic scenarios. We also were given alot of info on what to bring in a survival kit such as: knife, compass, rope, cup, firestarter(dryer lint), magnesium lighting stick, space blanket, weatherproof matches, candle, soup mix, jello, toilet paper, sewing kit, safety pins, bug spray, tarp, socks, hat, pocket saw, piece of webbing, flagging tape, extra batteries, whistle, flashlight, signal mirror, first aid kit: first aid form w/grease pen, gloves, cpr mask, bandaids, cut anything scissors, tensor bandage, thermometer, gauze, afterbite, roller gauze, mole skin, second skin, water gel, tweezers, syringe, triangle bandage, baggies, exlax, immodium, pepto bismol, tums, benadryl, tylenol,ibuprofen, asprin, chapstick, razors, clear medical tape, polysporin, iodine tink, antiseptic wipes, splint if there is anything else that you think would be great to bring- please let me know- -Stingray

what do you need? let me know and I will see what I can do -Stingray

Thanks so much! we made the 100 club on our one year ann. of caching - so that worked out pretty well. -Stingray

now on to 200!

We just passed our 100 finds mark this weekend- a trip to cache thick New Brun filled in the final 12! -Stingray and Butterfly

The cruise ships usually dock at Pier 21, and those two caches are easily within walking distance, for the First Post just stick to the boardwalk for a great view of the Harbour, and then walk up to the location. Also, for about $1.50 you can cross the harbour on the 5-10min ferry ride to Dartmouth and hit a multi cache (micro) that is within walking distance fm the ferry terminal... I think it's called "it's up hill from here", and about 1 mile fm the Dartmouth Ferry Terminal is "Old MdDonald(micro)- a great walk across the bridge. The good thing about these two is that they are both in the same direction. To check the caches- a close postal code is "b3j 1k8" -Stingray

What is "Streets and Trips" ?

I think that is the one- tks -Stingray

Hi, I know I read it here some where before, but I can't find it now. Road trips are coming up this summer and I want to search for caches along the route. The site I went to before was a map that I could zoom in on and click on the cache locations that brought me to their page. Thanks for any info -Stingray

I know there was a thread earlier- but what about a geocaching logo ring, or necklace pendant.

Bugs arrived today!!! now that is quick service. we will be releasing our first bug ever this weekend for the big race -Stingray

Dragonfly and Redfox- Thank-you so much for your great offer- but I got ahold of them today and there was a mixup with the order- and they are sending the bugs down today-overnight- so it looks like I will be ready to go for the big race on Saturday! I mentioned all the good comments from folks who have used their services and they were pleased to hear that you like dealing with them. looks like I have a new place to get lots of cool goodies!!

ok- thanks for the info- I will have to try and call them tmrw during the day -stingray

No prob with cc and I tried calling at supper time here- which I thought would be a good time out there with with the time diff- but I have left a message. I just did not know anyone who has dealt with them before- -tks

Hello, I was wondering what sort of time it took for anyone who ordered travel bugs from gps central. I have paid by credit card- and ground FedEx. I have ordered the travelbugs over 2 weeks ago and I need them for the big race this Saturday. Anyone else have any issues with their delivery... thanks- -Stingray

Hello, I have three- Animal Planet- animal toys or anything doing with animals, School Daze- school supplies and Super Cache- superhero / comic themes. Alot of people have followed the theme- and others have not- and I don't see this as a problem- as long as they enjoy the trip and the kids enjoy the goodies. -Stingray

Hello, I was wondering if anyone has taken a Search and Rescue course to help them with their basic knowledge? Our local search and rescue in Nova Scotia is offering two courses- map/compass and a GPS navigation course- I wanted to hear if people took them and what they thought of them? their website has info on their training programs. http://www.hrsar.ca/ -tks

I would like to help as well. As for events, I would like to wait until we were out of the snow season to make travel a bit safer. -Stingray

Merry Christmas from the East Coast (Dartmouth, Nova Scotia) - not a white Christmas...it's actually an unheard of 11 degrees! Hope everyone has a happy, healthy and fun holiday -Stingray and Butterfly....my 6 year old daughter who now wants to be called "rockstar"..sigh... growing up way too fast

ok, that's easy, I just thought that there was more to that- that the co-ords were not added in the 10's but something else tks -Stingray

I have been doing this for a little bit, but I have a question when it comes to adding Lats or Longs. On many mulit-caches you have to add up various numbers to get the final co-ords.... so what is the basic rule of thumb when doing this? tks Stingray

Does anyone have ideas on what snacks they take on their searches? any special homemade trail mix? I am looking for new ideas to pack to keep the 4 hungry kids I bring with me full and not begging to stop at the corner store or McDonalds! -Stingray

I am glad you asked, I thought it was something that I did wrong when I uploaded my pic of a stingray....thought I might of had mislabeled the file.. or something I messed up. Stingray