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Our plan is 96 finds this weekend. I'm also looking for a place to put out a large geocache.

No ooops I mean it used to be No, I did not know they changed the rules on username change. Sorry

Why would you want to delete Geocaches? Geocaches are deleted automatically as you mark them found. Geocaches that are not marked found stay on you Oregon until you overwrite them with a new GPX file. Remember you can only dump one GPX file into your Oregon. If you use GSAK and have multiple databases setup to accommodate multiple PQ's you'll need to create a master database where you can copy and paste all of your data base's into. Then you can dump the one master database into your Oregon, up to I believe 5000 geocaches. I update mine once a week, (Fri. evening or Sat. morning), and I dump in about 3000 geocaches. I upload my field notes at the end of every caching day and then delete the field note file off of the Oregon, then I reset the cache count in my Oregon to zero. This way I'm ready for the next caching day.

Everyone has their own favorite aspect of Geocaching. We all have a slightly different view of what quality is. Many state that swag is not what the sport is about, and that's cool...but. I disagree, If you watch the video of the very first Geocache being described and put together by Dave Ulmer, The very first thing Dave shows is the swag that he is loading up in a 5 gal bucket. We place small, regular, and large caches just for the purpose of a place to hold lots of swag. I love swag. I not only monitor the contents of my own caches and keep them free of junk, I always carry a bag of fresh NEW swag to replenish them with. If you place a Geocache that is large enough for trade items then I feel you have a responsibility to keep the contents inviting and in good shape. All Geocaches should be clean and dry, placed in quality locations and made of quality materials. Swag is not just for the kids either, way more adults cache than children. We save all of our trades and have a very nice collection, we like showing our treasure to others it's fun and we feel an integral part of the sport. We all have a responsibility to make Geocaching high quality. We can't be upset though, it's just a game, forget the bad and try to be the best Geocachers you can and have a blast. Oh yea and trade up! and happy cachin'! Items I place in geocaches: polished rocks, little bags of fossil shark teeth, cache containers, bags of small ziplock bags, puzzles, DVD's, interesting toys, light sticks, carabiners, small camp supplies, craft kits, old stamps, old coins, to name a few.

We'll be out geocaching tomorrow and will keep an eye out for a balloon.

Very precise mathematical algorithms are used to balance helicopter blades, no balanced blade, no fly. There is nothing wrong with debating this, actually it's kind of fun, (to a point). BUT, I'll give in, I do now believe! Congratulations to those that accomplished this amazing feat! I've been thinking and studying this and actually spoke with another world class geocacher, (in top twenty), who vouched for the record. I think that naysayers put themselves in some else's shoes, knowing personally themselves could not do this so no one else should be able to do it either. Climbing Mt. Everest is an amazing feat and there is no way I could do it, (and I have some climbing experience), and even to me it appears impossible but others do it all the time.

The problem with "Do the Math" is that it doesn't prove a thing. By math a bee and helicopter "can't" fly - but they do. And without detailed route info, how can you "do the math"? VK (and the others): Great job! I hope you had a blast. oh contraire! math does prove things. Helicopters fly because of math. Time and speed are constants, it's the human factor that is the variable. Going the other direction what does Murphys law state "if it can go wrong it will"

One mile between each cache, if you were able to drive that mile at 60 MPH that's 1 min. you were able to get out of the vehicle find cache, sign log, replace cache in 2 min 18 sec non stop for 24 hours? You had to get gas at least once, several bathroom breaks, mapping errors, to name a few, just speeding up and slowing down to 60 mph will rob you of another 30 sec per cache at least. That's less than 2 min per cache and then add in taking pictures, shooting video. One of your pictures looked like you walked a good distance from the vehicle. You would literally have to run fast to and from each cache. At least or close to it half your finds were in the dark, that at least doubles the degree of difficulty for the find. Looking at your profile you guys are without a doubt world class geocachers, I'm diffidently impressed with your stats. I would love to hear some more fine details for pulling this off.

Or a cinderblock! It's amazing to see it has moved over 12,500 miles! http://www.geocaching.com/track/details.aspx?id=27797 Thats got to be the funniest thing I've ever seen, I laughed till I cried looking at Cindys gallery. I put her on my watchlist hopefully it will get dropped close by. Very Cool!

I don't think I'm repeating anyone so I'll go ahead and give my opinion on this issue. If your going to do any serious caching you must use a handheld. That said I would never go caching without my Nuvi. I download all the caches of the area that I'm caching in for the day in my Nuvi. This way my Nuvi informs me when I'm close to caches and I can either tell nuvi to drive me to the cache or I can at least see the roads to the cache, this way I save time and gasoline. Then when I park I use my handheld to take me to ground zero.

OK, I've got the answer everyone is looking for. I've been trying to figure out why regardless of how many logs I tell GSAK to send to my cachemate program on my PDA all I ever see is one log. Here is the answer. Goto >Past Logs, in cachemate on your PDA, and what you see is one log, this is where everyone stops and says I only see one log, thats because cachemate only shows one log at a time, all your logs that you downloaded are there, just slightly hidden, what you have to do is look at the "log date" there is a down arrow beside the date, select the down arrow and you will see multiple dates, those dates represent each log, when you chose a different date, your choosing a different log to display on cachemate, when you select a date the different log will now be displayed. Depending on how many logs are originally posted at geocaching.com for that particular cache, and how many logs you tell GSAK to send to you PDA, will depend on how many different dates that will be listed.

Man, I really feel bad for some of you folks! Here's mine, Huber Heights Ohio 05:152 10:612 25:2091 50:3527

I'm creating my PQ's to reflect what cache's I want to search for. I have a PQ that only shows Micro's. My next PQ only shows smalls & regular. Then I have one just for large. I have one that shows everything, then I filter that PQ down in GSAK before transfering to my unit. I have some PQ's that are setup just for specific towns. A PQ for just TB's is handy. This way whatever mood I'm in or whatever time I have I have to cache a PQ is ready that meets my needs. You could just have one large PQ containing all types of cache's and again just do your filtering in GSAK. Also I adjust my PQ to always show as close 500 waypoints as possible. For example my micro PQ is set for 10 miles from home and hits 500 waypoints easy, but I have my large PQ set for 25 miles and only has around 300 waypoints. The combinations are enless and should reflect what meets your needs and wants.

My Legend HCx does not like the city very much, I'm able to find coords I'm looking for but does act bit crazy occasionally. Once my HCx showed my at a location half way across the state everything was out of sync. I re booted and all was fine and back to normal, except ten minutes later my batteries went dead. Possible low batteries could be causing some odd symptoms to occur. Also I can tell you the the Legend HCx likes to be moving fast it seems that the faster it is moving the more acurate the pointer is. Slow walking = slow pointer I've learned to slow down with it. All that said I love this unit and would advise anyone to purchase one.