lpyankeefan

He's tried....It took the members of Team Psycho eleven days to nail it! http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_detai...=y&decrypt= Oh yeah, he tried here also, it took members of Team eXtreme and Team Psycho dubbing themselves Team Extremely Psycho about seventeen hours to sign a pristine logbook. FTF is NICE!!! http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_detai...=y&decrypt= Dr. Evil.......er Vinny will keep placing them and we'll keep having fun. LPYF (thwarting Vinny's evil cache hides since August 25th, 2005!!!)

Sssshhhhh! PLEASE don't tell my daughter there's actually a way that she can get a pony by geocaching!!! She's six as of Monday past and we're having her party tomorrow at Chuck E Cheese..........and NO Vinny, there's NO event log for you to sign!!!

I was wondering why Vinny kept asking the manager to install a revolving door?!? Now I know, and for anyone who did attend the event, that may have been why the room was so cold!

Funny that......I've ALSO been to Hagerstown. AND I like pie ALSO!!! Amazing how little geographic boundaries affect how we feel. Make mine a warm cherry pie with a scoop of vanilla ice cream on the side!

Ummm.......I'll take a double scoop of Chocolate chip Cookie Dough.

For those who are keeping score, here's the tally on our five caches: GCRQ6F - Off Your Rocker in Chambersburg, PA - 118 happy cachers and 0 DNF's GCRQ6J - Off Your Rocker in Hagerstown, MD - 136 happy cachers and 4 DNF's GCRQ6K - Off Your Rocker in Frederick, MD - 120 happy cachers and 10 DNF's GCVF8N - Off Your Rocker In Martinsburg, WV - 146 happy cachers and 4 DNF's GC104JZ -Off Your Rocker In Winchester, VA - 60 happy cachers and 2 DNF's 580 happy cachers and 20 DNF's over the combined lifetime of these caches for a total find percentage of 97% We've even had actual travelers through our caches including coins, small bugs, and the Unite For Diabetes Travel Bugs. Some small SWAG has also seen it's way into the caches including MONEY! and other small items.

Not sure what to say here, except that we've had fun doing the OYR caches in this area, so much so that when two of the local ones were archived we decided to replace them with two more caches. Since then we've managed to add three more within our maintenance area, for a total of five OYR caches. I always liked the fact that they are available in all types of weather, and for all types of cachers. Handicapped or not. Some of the antiques used leave us guessing as to their intended purpose, AND a good meal (welcome change of pace from that Mc........place) is just a few steps away.

Wow! LOTS of angst here! As time goes on, I have heard tales of different types of caching aroud the country. For example, people who log numerous "attended" logs to one event so that they can get credit for multiple temporary caches placed the day of the event. While I may consider this cheesy because we choose not to practice this in our area, others may find it to be the norm in their part of the country. Some choose to log "attended" on event listings that they themselves have listed with the service. A slight variation on a theme, but one that we do follow in this part of the country. What would happen if I listed an event, but then for some reason was unable to attend? Would I log an "attended"? Absolutely NOT. I know of still others who only choose to log ALL finds on Geocaching.com as notes and not Found It, Did Not Find It, etc. etc. Their choice. I HAVE actually logged ONE cache that I HELPED to place. A friend of mine and I had the same idea for a cache and after much brainstorming decided to place the cache. He told me that I could list the cache, as well as maintain it. On the day the cache was placed, I might as well have been a rock. All I did was stand around and shout encouragement from far below. Never did see the can after it left my hands, he took the readings on the GPSr, secured the container where it was to be left, and proceeded to drop from the heavens afterward. After the cache was listed and others had found it, a group decided to attempt to "find" the cache after one of our meet and greets. Yes, I "Attended" that as well! Since I had never actually seen the hide and was only an owner of the listing, and with my friend's blessing I claimed a smiley! Well earned and until that time the toughest cache find physically that I've found. Just my two cents. FLAME ON!!!

Ssshhh! Don't let Keystone hear you talk about hamsters! He'll want one!!!

Its a Groundspeak problem, emails weren't bouncing from Gmail. Elias See......the people I work with say that I have problems, but that's another story. Thanks for the response Elias!

Chalk me up as another Gmail user who had to validate my account. I wondered why I wasn't receiving any coords when I clicked on local caches. Took a few moments to find out. All is good now, although I'm only running at 4% of my account capacity at G-mail, so I'd have to go Hhhmmmm! as to why e-mails might have bounced. Hhhmmmm.......

Hi there komebeaux (and Packanack also!) As Packanack has noted the C & O Canal is indeed National Park Property. As such, the blanket ban for geocaches is indeed in effect. Unfortunate for us, but someday, maybe they will change their minds. However......between Pittsburgh, PA and Washington D.C. there are numerous hiking and biking trails which are USUALLY state property. As such, as long as all permissions are obtained, caches are allowed. The Alleghany Highlands Trail and The Western Maryland Rail Trail are two prime examples. Hope this helps out, if you have any questions, please feel free to contact me. Larry (lpyankeefan)

Hi there Dreamcacher V, As ODragon has posted BOTH of the caches were archived late last year after they mysteriously disappeared within a few days of one another. The only two surviving APE caches are in Washington State and Brazil, South America. We were lucky enough to find the one near here in 2005, but others were not so lucky. Good luck! LPYF

Please let me know the next time you're going to post like this Keystone! I now have to clean my monitor of the beverage I WAS drinking. Be seeing you.

Eight down, two to go! Bring 'em on!!!

Check your junk mail folder. It's possible that it was sent there by your server. Good luck!

Hi there, While I've only done a few in Baltimore City, I think that Psycho Urban Cache #8 - Ghost in Ancient Citadel by Vinny & Sue Team (GCT66Z) is a GREAT cache. Check out the logs on it! Psycho Caching at it's best!

You're very naughty. But occasionally amusing Note to self: Must do this with Vinny's PUC #13 cache. NOPE! It's not this 100' tall stone pillar, it's the one ninty feet to the left!!!

Alright, you, that one needed a beverage alert!! Too late! Should have actually read all the posts below mine!

I found an easy way to deal with this. I Just drill a few holes in the ammo box and it will sink. No need for any weights. SOMEONE here owes me for a new computer monitor now!...and do you know how much Coca-Cola hurts when it's forcefully ejected through your nose?!?

This worked for us. We had a cache we wanted to place a few months ago, but didn't get around to completing it. Found that editing it and resubmitting as another cache. Now available ina new incarnation.

Virtual caches have enabled us to find spots that we otherwise wouldn't have found.....but then again geocaching in general has done this. If it doesn't have a checkmark next to it, it will eventually. I believe that there could be a revival of virtuals, but then again I would also like to see webcams and reverse locationles brought back also. Even though TPTB have decided to do away with them they had also decided to do away with earthcaches at one point. My $.02 would have been to keep ALL reverse locationless, webcams, and virts currently operating on the system active with a feature that would have allowed them to be adopted by local cachers if the owners didn't want to maintain them anymore. Yes, I know that GC.com allows them to be adopted by the cache owner voluntarily, but this is not always feasible. When we lose a game piece due to archival we lose it for good. Bad mojo! I know that while traveling we will seek out the cams, virts, and earthcaches first. We enjoy them. Oh well, perhaps there can be an approver for these three types of caches similar to the one responsible for earthcaches. LPYF Flame on.

You have a big mouth Vinny. This information was not meant to be leaked to the general public. You'd be surprised at what Vinny has squirreled away in the watershed northwest of Frederick! I think I did see a few extra large pods in his backyard though!

Well, I did go out to the PUC #14 cache site, in a snowstorm and 15 F temperatures, to watch GoGayleGo and Indy-MD tackle PUC #14! This morning I uploaded, to my 1/21/07 log entry on the cache listing page, three fotos of the pair rappelling down the cliff face to the cave where the cache container was in residence. I have reproduced one of those fotos here (below.) The photo below shows them at the cave mouth, suspended on their rappelling static lines on the sheer 66 foot vertical cliff face. LPyankeefan and Vyper4, both previous finders of this cache, were also on hand to watch and to help the duo. A fun and frigid time was had by all! After the adventure was over, we each faced a very long drive home on snow-covered roads in the area's first snowstorm of the year! Lots of fun had by all! GoGayleGo is a friend and has been there for Psycho caches quite a few times. Meeting Indy-Md was an added bonus! Nice to meet you Indy!!! RR, yes, the cache is three stages, each a non-pristine cave, and the final stage is in a cave located halfway up a 66 foot sheer vertical cliff, and so climbing (rappelling) gear is needed. And, of course, some minimal caving gear, such as coveralls or synthetic dry-fast clothing, a helmet with headlamp, and two waterproof flashlights are needed as well. Any coursework you take should be focused not on rock-climging in general, but rather specifically on how to put on your harness and on how to rappell down a sheer 66 foot cliff, and also on how to rig the rappelling static line by anchoring it to multiple trees (via slings) on the slope above. And, there are a number of past finders of this cache who may be willing and able to come out and help you to some extent if they know when you plan to tackle it, but they may not be in a postion to loan you any gear, since most of them own little gear. . . .Of course, you really[/i] know that all of our Psycho caches are actually tall tale caches, don't you? Vinny, vinny, vinny.......Now how do I prove that they're REAL caches!! Of course, I keep wondering why we keep running out every time a new one is published! Hey Rockin Roddy, PM me or send me an e-mail with particulars. I may be able to help out when you come to the area. Suggestions are free, as always! Good luck with custody.

We've hosted three breakfast events with each one getting more attendees. We outgrew Shoney's the first time we were ther, didn't learn our lesson and had a second event there. I won't say that they were less than cordial to me, but I did hear a few things from some of the people who attended afterwards. Our last event at the local Ryan's was GREAT. Private room with plenty of space!! Number four is on the 27th. If any of you would like to attend and then go for some Psycho Urban Caches afterwards let me know!!