bream_rockmetteller

Straight from the CO: "Nothing you did. I'm just getting bored with the micros and I'm archiving them as they start having problems." Hmmm... I do know where a couple of his other micros are...

Regarding that spoiler photo... Yes, I have deleted it, but only because I was unaware beforehand of my sheer incompetence! I wanted to show the photo here on the forum to indicate the muggle-free nature of the location. Due to the fact that I have a 28k connection, a lot of the javascript goodies simply time out before I get to see them (as do most pages in general, so it can take a while to actually see a complete page). So, I didn't see a way to attach a photo to the actual post, but did see that I could include a url to an image. Anyway, after poking around for a half hour or so (it's a DAMNED slow connection) I finally managed to upload the photo to what I thought was my gallery, not realizing I had sent it as part of the cache log! I linked to the image url for the posting, then when I started to see comments about spoiler pictures in the log, it didn't quite hit me immediately that I had blundered somewhere along the way. After realizing the error of my way, I removed the photo from the log, but I still can't figure out how to add a photo to my gallery or to attach one to a posting, so, if you missed it, it's gone now. Somehow it strikes me that you used to be able to attach a photo or upload one directly to your gallery. Did that change with the site re-design or am I thinking of another forum that also uses the same identical phpbb layout? I think I'll switch to the lo-fi version anyway...

Yeah, I've got one TB that finally moved along after a month or so, and it's been moved a great distance from my home location (yay!). But, it's in a remote mountainous area that gets only infrequent visits (waaah!). I'm sure it'll be happy lounging there for however long it takes, but it kinda eliminates the option of rescuing it if necessary. Back on topic, I've asked the CO if I had done anything to prompt him to archive the cache. As I'm sure he's out cacheing, I don't expect a reply until tomorrow at the earliest. And there's one of those unexpected cacheing things again... who would have guessed that this thread would have turned out like this? Surprised the heck out of me!

The photo I posted today couldn't have been responsible for archiving the cache a couple of days ago. Also, regarding the photo as a spoiler, imagine, if you will, arriving at the cache location. For at least a hundred yards in every direction you see nothing but grass and harvested fields. You know you're looking for a magnetic key holder. You whip out the GPS and the arrow is pointing right at the single lone metal fence post in sight. You walk up to it, stop at the edge of the road, the arrow is still pointing at the post with a distance of four feet indicated. This is truly how accurate the coordinates were in this case, perhaps a fluke, but nonetheless that's really what happened! Anyway, the cache was not intended to be a tricky hide, it was to get you to go out and see this weird tunnel, and in that respect it was a complete success. So now that I feel like a low son of a bachelor unworthy of finding the meanest tramlaw LPC, I might just fire off a PM to the CO just to be sure I'm not responsible for the death of this cache. Having found several of his other caches and communicated with him previously, I know he'll be happy to let me know one way or the other. He's a really nice guy with a great reputation locally and I'm equally as sure that, had I been responsible for his action, he would have let me know right up front. Whatever the outcome, I still found it to be one of those odd, unexpected geocaching experiences, and the one thing I've come to expect with geocaching is the unexpected.

Although I appreciate your reasoning, in this instance it couldn't possibly be the case. This cache is on a remote rural road with no traffic and not a house in sight. The cache is a magnetic key holder, and there's only one possible hiding place at the location. It's been there for three years and only logged 34 finds. The CO has 68 other caches in the area, most of which are in much more scenic spots, are more challenging hides and are non-micros, so I suspect he felt it was just time to retire it. The log was getting a bit moldy anyway. Thanks for the input... I'll certainly keep it in mind. Here's a picture of mrs_rockmetteller inspecting the log next to the hiding spot.

So far, I haven't been too successful with the FTF achievement (only one, and I suspect it was planted for me). But I've just accomplished an unexpected new recognition... LTF: Last To Find! Last week I planned my route and, like so many others, set off on the holiday weekend hunt. Along the line, I found The Tunnel, and moved along. Today, the CO archived the cache. No explanation, just "archived". Entirely his option. No reason given. It's gone. So, do I get to say "woo hoo! LTF!"? It's kind of an odd feeling, knowing that no one will find that cache again. Waddaya think?

I think we're very lucky here in eastern Washington to not have the problem you describe. There is an enormous number of cachers here and a continuous stream of travellers. Just for kicks, I receive notifications of all finds and hides in a 50-mile radius of my home location and, although I actually read very few of them, they are usually very up-beat even when logging DNFs. The local group is always working on ways to "raise the bar"... almost every other new hide is described as "a tricky new kind of cache." Yet, the same folks will rush out quite literally in the middle of the night to get a FTF on the latest magnetic keyholder on a guard rail, and post a pleasant log about it! I read some of the rants in these forums and just scratch my head and wonder...

I'm using iGeoCacher and it's great! I've loaded the GPX file from a pocket query today to find eight caches. The text is easily readable, but any maps or images are accessible only if you've got a WiFi connection. Very easy to set up from a Mac... don't know how well it plays with a PC. Definitely better than using MacCaching with an old 3rd generation iPod.

I Like it! It would help remind me of all the caches I need to back and look for again and make it easier to plan a day around that task.

On the benchmark details pages (such as this one), the box to the right that shows the map overlaps the body text that follows (in Safari and Firefox... works fine in IE5). You may need to clear floats after the div of class "widget-greybox" to keep the next page element pushed down, or perhaps investigate how the left-margin is set up on that div. Just a thought...

On the benchmark details pages (such as this one), the box to the right that shows the map overlaps the body text that follows (in Safari and Firefox... haven't checked it in IE). You may need to clear floats after the div of class "widget-greybox" to keep the next page element pushed down, or perhaps investigate how the left-margin is set up on that div. Just a thought...

So, I guess I'll ask again... Could the OP please post a link to the cache listing? I'm intrigued...

I'd be interested in looking at the cache page just to see if I could solve the puzzle myself, even though I'll never go looking for the cache. Would you mind sharing the name and number of the cache?

There's an individual in this area who lives for the FTF. The chances of her getting the FTF spot are so high that I left a special FTF prize in my latest cache that I knew she would particularly enjoy (I'm sure others would have liked it too, but might have been a bit perplexed). The publication notice popped up on her Blackberry while she was standing in a check-out line and she almost just bailed out to get to the cache! Calmly, she completed her purchase, drove home to get her GPS, then drove the 20 miles to the cache. It was an easy one, and she had signed the log probably within a half hour of the cache publication. She's logged finds as early as 5:30am. Recently she had hidden one that was right on my way to work. I figured I had a chance, so I went for it at 7:45am only to find that another very vigorous cacher had been there an hour and a half before me. I'm not that determined and will take any find whenever I can, but she was nice enough to hide a cache in my neighborhood that I couldn't fail to get the FTF (unless I had been out of town or something). It may be my one and only, but you never know, when the timing is just right...

If you're ordering mirugai in a sushi joint, be sure to slap the whole animal on the counter first! If he contracts, you know he's still alive and let the slicing begin! If he lays there like a braunschweiger, head for the door! (it IS gooeyduck, BTW...)

I've placed one hide. It was immediately pounced upon by one of our more vigorous local cachers who also hid one nearby. There have been a few more finders, but, as it's a bit out of the way, I don't expect too many. Some have found mine but didn't go for hers, only a few hundred yards up the road. Some have found hers but passed mine up even though they'd have to drive right past mine to get to hers. It's just a matter of taste in some cases, or a matter of filtering (mine's a micro, hers is a regular). That's the way it goes! Don't take it personally!

I'm a big P.G. Wodehouse fan, am a member of The Society, and frequent a fan newsgroup. Both in the society and the newsgroup (and now a Yahoo! forum), members are encouraged to use the name of a Wodehouse character. Since these organizations have been around for a long time, the more famous character names have been claimed. So, I chose one that's about as obscure as they come; Bream Rockmetteller was mentioned in one short story and one novel, never made an actual appearance and never spoke a single line! I now find that the name was used by Robert Smythe Hichens in his novel "The Londoners", written in 1898... 30 years before Wodehouse "created" the character! Wodehouse was born in 1881, so it seems likely that he may have read Hichens' work. Anyway, I've been using it practically everywhere. It's shocking to see what pops up on a Google search!

Very nice! I recently placed one that uses a similar concept. You can see the details on the page I posted for the reviewer (I have no problem revealing the hide. It's a simple one, doesn't get much traffic and was really just to see if I could make it work).

My vehicle is a travel bug, and I drop and retrieve him at most caches I find. I'm not sure why I don't do that at every cache I find, though... I guess it's just the goofy kind of thing to do that tweaks the geek in me!

This one (GC19YWY) is very clearly visible on Google Earth. In fact, due to the nature of the terrain, you really don't even need a GPS to find it!

I'm using GE version 4.3.7191.6508 (beta), which seems to be the latest version for the Mac. I get the cache names from the GPX file in the My Places list but not the cache owner name. I haven't found any setting to change this behavior, but it sounds as if you're somehow picking up the <desc> field instead of the <urlname> field, and what you really want is the <name> field. Looking through many of the resources in the app, I can't find anything that might control this. I'll keep looking... Let us know if you figure anything out!

In Walla Walla, Wa, there's GCNCGN. I haven't looked for it yet, but it seems to be a popular one...

Agreed! I like to download the cache coordinates from the geocaching.com web site and open the text file in MacGPS Pro to see where they're located (I guess that's sort of cheating, isn't it? ) Then MacGPS Pro will transfer the waypoints to my Garmin GPS Map 60CSx. I've thought about taking the laptop with me, but that's just too much fragile stuff to lug around! I've downloaded MacCaching but haven't tried it yet... perhaps this weekend?