fuzziebear3

Once upon a time there was terracaching and opencaching, but I dont think those exist anymore. Letterboxing is another game, but is often done with clues rather than a GPS. Of course Adventure Labs and WhereIGos are other varieties of geocaching. Waymarking is another variation. Benchmarking could still be a thing, but is not supported by the geocaching platform any more. There are other GPS based games like munzee and foursquare. Probably others as well.

You set the D/T for the cache. If you think it requires special equipment to reach, then make it a T5. That doesn't mean someone else wont walk to it in summer. But at that point, they are also climbing a mountain, which could be a Terrain 5 hike. Sounds okay to me. I have found a couple caches while I was downhill skiing. Just make sure you have proper permission.

I'm a completionist, and they treasures annoy me. I need to travel farther to complete things; I end up not caching as much because I probably need to save that interesting cache because I will need it for some future treasure. And the daisy chaining makes it worse, as I have to complete something to work on something else. There is also randomness, if I find a cache that I think qualifies for one collection, it might be applied to a different collection and again reduce my available resources. The only time I get to cache freely is when I am on a long and far away trip to a place I am unlikely to visit again. So caching becomes more of a vacation activity than the fun daily hobby that I love.

Lets see, injuries and encounters from geocaching: Stung by a wasp Told to leave by a feral cat Thrown out of a tree i tried to climb Cuts and scratches from thorns, vines, branches, and barbed wire Pain and crying from stinging nettles itching and steroids from poison ivy chased by a mad dog greeted by a police officer

As you seem to have a strong fear of spiders, I think you should research more about them. Learn to identify them, so you will know if what you are looking at is a brown recluse, or just a harmless daddy long legs. Look before putting your hand in anywhere. Pay attention and be careful, if something feels dangerous to you, then don't go for that cache. There are many dangers and ways to get hurt --- from wildlife (including other people), from terrain, from nearby objects, to just stupidly tripping over your own feet and falling. Assess your risks and your abilities, and choose what things you are willing to attempt.

The 'friends' feature of geocaching isn't really used much and doesn't have a lot of functionality, so I think there is no harm in being friends. Just a quick link to their profile page or to send them a message, which is all part of publicly available functionality anyway.

In 2008, I was doing a random puzzle on webpbn. I solved it, it was a set of coordinates and www.geocaching.com. I went to the website and loved the idea. A friend had given us a GPS as a christmas gift just for the gadget factor. I saw there were some caches very near my house, and I set out to look for them. The first few took me a handful of tries, but I eventually found them, and I was in love with the game.

I like the layout of these 2 better, as they do not overlap, and the criteria can be stated simply. Yes, it does make me look for caches so I can complete the collections as quickly as possible. It also causes me to pull back and not go get other local caches, because I may need them for the upcoming treasures. I'm not a huge fan of them, but I do respond to them.

There is always the GIFF stuff -- some people like to do the videos.

Why not? As long as they are post dated with the actual date of DNF, it will be buried and not matter to the cache.

I've worked hard to complete the treasures so far. The last ones were an odd combination of D/T, that was not too easy to find, because it was a little odd, and I have already found most of the caches near me that would qualify. Now, I am saving caches / not going caching for the next couple weeks because they will probably be needed in the next set or future set of collections. So, again, this is causing me to change my caching behavior (less). I'm also not a fan when it has multiple requirements -- such as a letterbox with a difficulty >= 2. I think for those, just the type would have been sufficient. If these were challenge caches with these requirements, they wouldn't be allowed.

How long do we have to complete the collection? If I don't complete it by the end of the month, then what happens next month?

You can't hide a physical stage of your cache, within .1 miles of a physical stage of another cache. But virtual stages don't matter, and within your own multi, there is no required minimum distance between stages.

I did a google search, and recommended that I check for updates on my browser. After the update, now it works again.

In March, you had to complete the first one before starting on the second one. In April -- my first cache, which was a traditional 1.5/4, gave me the traditional egg. I really wanted it to give me one of the navigational aids treasures, as those are a bit more stringent on the requirements and I dont have as many options with them.

Using firefox browser (which I always have used), now when I click to view on the map and it tries to open the search map, I get an error about WebGL If I try the 'browse geocaches' as it mentions, it brings up my home coordinates, not the area of the cache I wanted to look at. This has always worked in the past. I often prefer the browse map, but sometimes like the search map as well because of the different filtering.

I thought it could be fun to have a PJ 'flash mob' event this day. Given what people wear these days, caching in PJs is no big deal. Back when FTF was more of a thing, I could imagine someone running out in their PJs.

Amusingly, I have a series of cache hides I call 'Hidden Gems'. They are all at small neighborhood parks (ie, hidden gems), and the containers are cute little gem shaped colored tubs. (Purchased from amazon, they were to hold lip gloss and stuff).

It would have been nice if they made the GCs hot linkable or mentioned so I didnt have to go figure out what they represented. My total number were down: 655 caches, and 78 days. But I did award 50 favorite points, so not too stingy, especially since that 655 had more adventure labs than anything else, which wouldnt even be eligible for FPs.

You will get a souvenir when you attend a community celebration event in 2025.

Depends on who sponsors them and how they are set up. There are a couple in our area (Ohio) that were done by chambers of commerce / visitors bureaus and whatnot, they are usually across one county or metro area. While I don't expect that I can complete them in a day, I expect that over a handful of outings I can get them done.

Besides the 'cool' factor of fortnight ... If I am fortunate enough to be on a European vacation, I'm pretty sure the vacation is longer than a week. With spotty coverage and more interesting things to do with my time, it may take me a fortnight before I get my photos loaded and sorted and my geocaching logs submitted.

First -- learn to identify it. At least then you know you have been exposed. In Ohio here, poison ivy is prevalent. Now, you still want to cache ... wear pants. Tread lightly when passing through, trying not to contact the plants. Know that you have anyway. Be conscious of touching your face or anywhere else. I go home and take a shower with Dawn dishwashing detergent. Tecnu would work, but I dont generally have it. Clothes go straight into the laundry. Dont even think of wearing them again until after laundry. If you develop a rash ... I try hydrocortisone cream first. If that is not working, I have a prescription steroid cream from a previous bout, and I use it. If really bad and not getting better, the doctor will prescribe you steroids.

You need to be there, and you need to contribute to the search. If that means you are the ground person while someone else actually does the climb, then go with your heart as to whether you sufficiently contributed. In many cases the support team is just as important as the climber, and I would have no problem with that.

There is also a trend of having adventure labs in airports, most airports I have passed through have at least 1. They are nice for travelers, usually pretty easy too.