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Swamp-Thing

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  1. This wouldn't work for an account like mine. My regular account watches my cache and I keep tabs on it from that account, so I don't r log into GC.com for months at a time. It doesn't mean I am not keeping tabs on it though. This account isn't linked to my regular email account and the one I use for this cache I only check every month or three. I only use it for my one cache. I am alerted when a note or post is made to the cache page though. I agree with others though, only really cool or old caches should be adopted, otherwise let a reviewer archive it and put your own there.
  2. While I can't vouch for the Harbor Freight quality since I have never used that brand, I have used others for many years. Mostly at work to keep my welding rod dry. They work or we couldn't weld in construction here in the NW. Welding rod tube camoed and in the "Wild".: Mr. Thomas has been in the "Wild" in a swamp for over 6 1/2 years. While the outer appearance has deteriorated the inside stays dry as long as it isn't opened a long time in the rain. With over 300 finds it has never lost its O-ring either. Mr Thomas after his "Makeover" in May 2008. A Rite In The Rain notebook would help with the inevitable moisture you will get inside. I have found that not everyone will tighten the top enough to keep all moisture out and with our rain not everyone can keep the logbook and contents dry while signing. But then if it only gets a few visitors a year it may stay much dryer than one that gets more visits by groups of people that would let more water in. The logbooks in this one has been replaced twice in those 6 1/2 years and 300 finds.
  3. While not network news the Head did make an online news story: Geocaching site in Dupont offers a "Ghoulsih Treasure."
  4. I have done only a few in that area but I have some suggestions: Steelhead Falls I DNF'd this one because I didn't have my garmin GPS just the one I removed from my car. Monkey Misery This one is in Smith Rocks State Park and requires several hours hiking. There are a few cachers down there that will probably have more local knowledge that will comment in a few days.
  5. I better not catch you using one of those around my cache. I know for a fact Ellilydan would frown on anyone using a machete also.
  6. Swamp-Thing

    Allanon

    Its a sad night in the swamp tonight. I first met Brian in the middle of a swamp in the middle of the night in Oct. 2005. We met a few times more at other caches. He always had a smile, even while knee deep in mud and water. We will miss you. Swampy
  7. For some reason my soggy brain didn't pick up that the 4 days were the 5th, 6th, 7th and 8th. I was thinking month and day.
  8. Hmmmmm......... Since it is past May 8th (05-08) when you posted this I suppose you mean August 5th? You could walk to my cache from one of the Ft. Lewis gates. But then you won't find me there unless it is nighttime. Can you spot me before I spot you?
  9. I carry a hand pruner with me at all times on the trail - the non-native, invasive Himilayan Blackberry tend to choke out some trails, so I do some work to keep it in check. But that's along the trail, I don't use it to cut a way into a cache. Occasional pruning of the invasive Himalayan Blackberry (they are known to grow 6-10 feet per year per stem) in our part of the country is a good thing for trails. Knowing how to trim other plants can help save with trail maintenance, not knowing could do harm. Just be careful WHAT you trim! You never know where I may be lurking.
  10. Afraid to leave my house? Dude, I START caching at 11PM. I'm just missing that warm body to keep me IN the house at night. I've detected an overtly sarcastic and/or negative tone whenever you post on this forum. Is your life so bad that you have absolutely nothing positive to contribute? Is it possible that the reason you're "just missing that warm body to keep you IN the house at night" is because you have such a depressing outlook on life? It's the simple pleasures in life that add a little sparkle, and yet, all you've done, in your latest postings, is make every effort to belittle the simple pleasures that I, and people like me, look forward to on a daily basis. I pray that you find a reason to not be negative, because that's a terrible way to live your life. Our time on this planet is short, and I intend on trying to enjoy my life as much as possible, and I'm looking to bring as many people with me as I can. I consider this a personal attack. Actually, I read that as nothing more than personal observations. I don't read any attack motive into it in the least. You have whined to the mods for less. I take it then by your standards your last post was a personal attack.
  11. The thing you fail to mention here is the cache they were seeking was called "The bloated festering head of my first victim" The cache container is a decapitated head called Mr. Thomas. I wanted to go too but was laid up with the flu. Went and put out a new cache on halloween day though. Much less strenous plus I still got to bed on time. Made my fever go through the roof, but it was a lot of fun. They hadn't posted their log yet when I replied. Now they have logged and posted their photos: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/log.aspx?LU...fd-28ca3b7dc716 I have added some photos they didn't take: I should add it is almost 1/4 mile into a swamp.
  12. Xantos dared not do this one alone. Instead he brought his daughter as a sacrifice for his safety. I could hear your chatter for 30 minutes before you reached the heart of my lair. You didn't exactly "give" her to me but shoved her in front of me as you fled into the night. What you didn't realize is that Ellylidan and I don't molest children. It is Peg Powler who delights in pulling them under the mud of the bog. They are safe with us and I helped your daughter to find a safe passage back to the path home. As for the glowing eyes and skeleton maybe they were those of Ellylidan or possibly Fen Dweller. You decide: Xantos10, you were wise in running, Mr. Thomas needs a new head, this one is getting quite shabby. You remind me of him when his head was fresh. Ellylidan: "It was in this place that I took my first human victim, a portly balding gentleman strolling along the path. Peg grabbed his ankle and I leapt up out of the rushes. Oh that you could see the horror in his eyes! It was as pure as it was intense. " Should you decide to revisit beware lest your head is removed and others find it stuffed with treasures.
  13. I didn't find a cache tonight. I just laid in waiting for some unwary souls to seek my cache and scare the bejeebers out of them close to midnight.
  14. Ellylidan will be disappointed. I am sure he was looking forward to a tasty female snack. But then he is unpredictable in who he will let go and who he will chew the fat of. I heard screams the other night from Hoffman Hill area. He may have been lurking over there lately. Seems a group of Geocachers disappeared. It has been reported that nearby, Red Glowing Eyes, have been seen.
  15. Who said it would be easy????? There are no easy ways in. I have been there from all compass points. Few are dry, some are wetter than others. But then I bask in the moisture and sunlight. I just wish I had more of the sunlight at this time of year. Maybe I am like Sol Seeker. Will she venture into the darkness to seek my head????? Swampy
  16. Past your bedtime eh? There is no wading unless you choose the wrong way in. The shortest route is not always the best route. With a little thought, and some map Googleing you will find a good launching site.
  17. Because they are wusses and pansies. Afraid of the dark and will melt if they get wet. You must be "Da Man" to venture out alone in such a place and night ALONE!! Watch where you step lest Peg or Ellylidan grab you. I have seen the bones of those who didn't survive.
  18. If you look at the gallery you will see that a number of children have been to this cache and returned. But then I don't remember many of them doing it at night. I guess some may have NEVER made it out to get their picture published. Your kids may be too thin to have to worry about them getting eaten though. That and little trolls probably don't taste too good either.
  19. The water/mud is not waist deep. Check out the pics of children doing this cache. But then since Ellylidan seemed to have a preference for snacking on females I would see your reluctance to do this cache. There are some night caches for those that want to wimp out and be led through the woods by glowing fire tacks. But this one has no glowing fire tacks except for those of wild critters and creatures of the night. It looks like it may not rain but there will be no moonlight to illuminate your path. It seems that no one of late has dared to enter the swamp after dark.
  20. I dare you to go at night and ALONE !
  21. There is a new night cache in the Dupont area: A Dupont Night Cache This is NOT a dry year! Someone has moved the Head. I have replaced it to its original resting place and dried the contents once again. No one has mentioned the log book was full and falling apart so I didn't have one to replace it. Keep the cap on tight to prevent water from getting in. BEWARE Ellylidan still lurks somewhere.
  22. Miss Jenn won't reveal some of the "absurd" ALR caches because she is not going to single out cachers that have or may have attempted to do these and embarrass them. You aren't privy to the behind the scene meetings that take place between HQ and the reviewers and they aren't going to embarrass the players in this game. Thank you, Swamp-Thing. Sorry, but I want to know Where this rule CAME FROM! What Absurd ALR caches are there out there. Heck, Even PMs with just the GC Code will do. I'll read and respond individually... The Steaks If you had bothered to read this thread from the beginning you would have read the comments by a couple of reviewers on this sunject. It has been said by me and others including the OP that details of bad ALR's that never made to being published would be revealed in the forums. If YOU really need to know drive over to the Lily Pad have a nice visit with Miss Jenn sign the log on a cache (yes it is archived but the owner allows log finds) You may even get to meet the head frog his/herself. I am not going to go back and find the relevant posts my self If you want to know you do the required reading (no it is not suggested!)
  23. Because the twenty who have done my cache have sent me very nice emails about my cache. That is a 100% joy factor. If only 20 out of a 100 send me emails, then I only have 20% of the joy. The other 80 loggers just get a smily and I do not have the joy of meeting them. They do not want to share in my investment. I would rather have 20 people really enjoy my cache, rather than 80 who just want a smily. The 20 who email, I see as givers. The other 80 are just takers. I prefer the givers. The takers can take from somewhere else. I don't see your logic. 20 emails is 20 emails. If we use the ice cream analogy. You sell just 20 ice creams and 20 people like your nuts., or you sell 100 ice creams and 20 people lick your nuts. You still get your nuts licked by 20 people but you are selling way more ice cream! Or do you want to just control all the cachers ice cream buyers and have all 100 of them lik your nuts instead of the 20 that lik nuts?
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