Colonial Cats

Exactly... they have every right to express their views on any cache find, but the unfortunate fact is that the pitiful views which they have deigned to share with us in these log entries betrays a bizarre mindset of sense of entitlement and whininess, and simultaneously serve as yet one more sign that geocaching is going down the tubes. I hate to sound like a repetitive doomsday fanatic, but, as with other recent cases cited on the forums, I see the two log entries in question as yet one more sign of the beginning of the End of Days for geocaching -- and likely for the entire world as well -- as our sport becomes more and more "dumbed down" due to the unceasing influx into this sport of vast hordes of the unwashed lumpen proletariat masses, who simply do not know any better, whose IQ falls in the single-digit range, who were raised on a cultural diet consisting solely of episodes of the Jerry Springer Show and the TV-mediated pseudo-sagacity of the ultimate buffoon, the unlicensed sensationalistic TV shrink Dr. Phil McGraw, and who believe that happiness comes from taking pills, from shopping compulsively, and/or from finding hundreds of lame urban micros in a week. I feel that this was a great sport when it was smaller and was largely the province of a rather elite and specialized group of aficionados, but now that the idiots have started to enter our ranks in droves due to the increasing popularity of geocaching, we are witnessing the inevitable regression toward the lowest common denominator -- much as we have already seen happen with evening-time network television shows -- in this sport, where lame urban lamppost micros are bizarrely held up as the ultimate standard by which all other caches are to be measured. I fear that the End is near and that at any moment now we shall start receiving reports of sightings across the world of the Six Horsemen of the Apocalypse, named War, Famine, Pestilence, Death, Lame Urban Micros and Numbers Caching. Glad to see you are keeping a positve attitude! Caching is for everybody; just choose the caches you want to do. We all can have fun.

I disagree. "Micro" does not adequately cover the "nano size". They are 2 different animals with different techniques for looking for them. We recently adopted 3 nano caches and we changed the container size on the web pages from "micro" to "?". Yes, a nano cache size is needed.

OK, so we are not that adventurous!

Double entry; never mind.

We have our own nontractable geocoin we use for FTFs and other special events and recognitions. You can see it on our profile page.

We have Coleman Trekking Poles. You can get them at K-Mart or at this link: http://www.amazon.com/Coleman-802-251T-Tre...8920&sr=1-1 They are good for stability, stepping over logs, pushing away brush and vines, poking in holes, etc. They even have a small compass in the handle! Great all around lightweight poles.

It all depends on how serious you will be in geocaching and what features appeal to you. Myself, I am willing to pay the $100 (USA) extra for a color screen. Also, do you want more detailed maps? It might be better to pay a little more to get the options you want. On the other hand, you can start out with something basic and then keep it as a back-up or loaner GPSr when you upgrade. I can almost guarantee that you will want to upgrade if you stick with geocaching. Was that clear as mud ?

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This is another great example of why you should only ask for permission when necessary. A public park should not require explicit permission. Now it is possibly ruined in that park for everyone. The fact that there have been caches there for 6 years should be considered appropriate permission. So frustrating... I have to disagree. The fact that there's been caches there for 6 years just mean hiders have not asked for permission for 6 years. It's my understanding that we should ask for and receive permission from a groundskeeper, superintendent, director, etc. prior to placing the cache. In WV you must apply for a permit to hide a cache in a state park or wildlife management area. If the application is approved, your hide is good for one year and must then be archived. If I ( and/or others) decided to hide a cache in a WV state park based on assumed permission because other caches were hidden there, I (we) could possibly get caching in state parks banned. In the Army I operated by the motto, "It's easier to ask for forgiveness than it is for permission." It's how I got things done. I believe "It's better to ask for permission than for forgiveness." when hiding caches. It keeps the cachers free from harassment by LEOs and landowners and makes our hobby's reputation shine. Amen to that. We must be totally above board. It leaves a bad impression when park rangers realize that they don't know what's going on in their park! Currently I'm working on getting permission to place caches in a county park system and it is taking some time. Park officials had to research geocaching (with my help), check with other park systems (with my help), and get a policy through legal. The approval should come any day. I've built a rapport with the county officials so when their policy does go into effect, everything will be in place for placing future caches. One official is thinking about trying geocaching himself.

I agree with getting a Lowrance. I recommend a Lowrance iFinder Expedition C Plus GPS. The Plus version has the detailed maps, SD Memory Card and Card Reader. If you shop around, you can pick this up for under $400. Check out this link - http://www.amazon.com/Lowrance-iFinder-Exp...0397&sr=8-8. The Lowrance H2O C Plus GPS is slightly cheaper without the electronic compass, altimeter, and mp3 capability. Most people do not use these features anyway. Check out the various GPSs at http://www.lowrance.com. For truth in advertising, there is one negative about lowrance GPSs. They use a different software system for waypoints than the Garmins and the garmin system is pretty much standard. I use a conversion program with no problem.

We give up! We confess! We have not been logging our DNFs! Our system was to give it 3 tries before logging a DNF. We learned this from other cachers. Some folks do not log DNFs since it is hard to admit defeat. We now realize from this thread that a DNF is not an admission of defeat. A DNF is an honest assessment of your hunt that can aid other cachers and the cache owner. From this point on, we resolve to post a DNF after a thorough search.

We would order some plates. Can we get permission to use the official Geocaching logo without using the slogan "Geocaching.com". Instead we could use something like "Let's Go Geocaching".

I also didn't see anything wrong except for political correctness run amonk. You have means to fight this. Here is guidence from Geocaching.com listing Guidelines: If, after exchanging emails with the reviewer, you still feel your cache has been misjudged, your next option is to ask the volunteer to post the cache for all of the reviewers to see in their private discussion forum. Sometimes a second opinion from someone else who has seen a similar situation can help in suggesting a way for the cache to be published. Next, you should feel free to post a message in the “Geocaching Topics” section of the Groundspeak Forums to see what the geocaching community thinks. If the majority believes that it should be published, then Groundspeak administrators and volunteers may review the submission and your cache may be unarchived. Finally, if you believe that the reviewer has acted inappropriately, you may send an e-mail with complete details, waypoint name (GC****) and a link to the cache, to Groundspeak’s special address for this purpose: appeals@geocaching.com. You may need to appeal.