mtbikernate

It depends on the cache rating, the cache owner, and the local environment. Cache owner hasn't logged in for months (or years), I'm quick to NA, but will post a NM log first and give the CO time to address it. Maintenance problems documented for an extended period, especially through previous NM logs - quick to NA. Documented troubles with muggles, nearby landowners, etc - quick to NA (a local cache was like that - logs mention landowner irate about a cache. I did a ride-by on my bicycle with GPS in hand to confirm the cache was on private property - right against the building no less - just in case the cache was just across a fence or something, and then posted NA on it) 6 DNF logs on a frequently found "easy" cache - NM first to give the CO heads-up. 6 DNF logs on a tougher cache - I'll post my own DNF and try again. The following happens in remote areas around me often a visit to a cache site that would normally result in simply a DNF since the last log was a "found it" shows that the area in the vicinity of the cache has recently been burned. Especially when all underbrush and downed wood are gone. Automatic NM to an active CO. Automatic NA for known inactive CO's

Found it. http://coord.info/GC2K7KW

yeah, I'd unbury it and put it back in a place where it's a similar depth underwater, adjusting the coordinates as necessary. it's kinda like a big tree falling onto a cache...except you can possibly recover this one.

never heard of such a thing - but it appears I just don't live in an area where such a thing is done.

If it was an expensive hide, I'd archive it after it went missing the first time. If the hide was pretty inexpensive, I'd replace it like-for-like once. If it happened again quickly, I'd archive. If it took awhile for the 2nd time, I'd possibly look at investing more time (maybe more money) into the hide to make it more difficult for it to turn up missing. I'm working on a cache that when finished will probably take heavy equipment to move. That one had better not turn up missing!

I have used the satellite maps on the GC iOS app on my ipod touch (no GPS dongle) to find a couple of urban caches. Out in the woods...have fun with that one.

Prior to publishing - IF they have the answers is tricky. I do think it's tacky, but they do have the answers. Assuming you did your job as CO and made it so the answers are not Google-able, then I'd personally let it go. However, without the answers, I would not let the log stand. That's the whole point of the EC. Agreed. I have logged virts before that were at locations I visited post-publication and I learned that I had met the requirements for logging after I got home. IMO, what's it matter to the CO why I visited a site? As long as I meet the requirements and I was actually there, I'll log it. It's not like I'm a big numbers hound or anything (92 caches since 2001 - that must be a low for active cachers).

I think GS needs to implement a penalty to people for doing this lest it get out of control and eliminate ANY value of the system. Say, for every verified report of a favorite point solicitation (cache page, forwarded e-mail), GS will REMOVE a favorite point? I think I have a feedback post to make.

the "food" requirement should be expanded to include ALL animal products as an express prohibition. I found a moldy rawhide dog bone in a flooded ammo can over the weekend. And in a pretty new cache in the same park I found a partially-used pack of gum.

It would certainly result in lower cache saturation. But it would also open the door for free competitors to make up market share and that wouldn't necessarily be a good thing. Right now, people can choose services based on who offers the most and cost isn't a factor for the most part. If GS started charging everyone, it's clear many people would no longer use this site, and a lot of them would migrate to other free sites that may not have the features.

It was a joke! I promise... That's good...but apparently not unreasonable enough because a few people still thought your plan was a good idea.

I do believe the world would end if all these "rules" became enacted. My response to the OP: F#$@ NO!

This would probably be a good suggestion. While I love a good multi (just did a good one today, even though a recent forest fire burned up the final - at least the container was an ammocan, not tupperware, and I could put a signed piece of paper in it to log my find, along with a NM). I have a 3 stage multi and it just doesn't get found often. Those who do find it seem to enjoy it well enough, so it'll stay put. But I do have to do more maintenance work on it than any other cache. If you really want a long multi, though, I'd say go for it. If it's really good (the destinations don't necessarily need to rock my world, but the journey needs to be good), then I'd totally do it and if you keep it in tip top shape, I bet it will slowly become a destination cache for those who enjoy seeking long multis.

I know a guy who found the trail cameras of a friend's master's research. he mooned the camera, but I don't think it got a picture of it because I don't recall my friend ever saying anything about it. If you see one of these, chances are your picture has already been taken...then you have to contend with a delay between the next shot. Sometimes that delay can be only a minute...sometimes up to an hour. It depends on the camera settings. From one of mine: birds at the water garden by mtbikernate, on Flickr Red Fox by mtbikernate, on Flickr I've had cameras tampered with and stolen (I have two of my own and used 62 of them for my research) and you absolutely have to lock them down (and in some cases, use a second lock to lock the control panel closed). Sometimes even then people won't respect your equipment and they will try to smash your camera just to be destructive. Hiding a camera can be more challenging than hiding a geocache, but sometimes that works. I've seen where researchers hid the camera (from the wildlife) inside piles of rocks and stuff. Sometimes it helps discourage people from stealing your cameras if you make official-looking durable stickers that claim there is a GPS tracking device on the camera (because frankly, most people won't know any better) but nothing will be 100%. If you put cameras where people go and they can see them, some people will mess with them with malicious intent.

You need a chirp compatible device to program the chirp to do anything. I suppose if you had a friend with a chirp-compatible device you could enlist their help to program it for you, but that's all I can come up with other than selling it or raffling it off. My chirp cache has been well-received, so it seems there's some subset of cachers who enjoy them.

I have one of these out as a stage in a multi and it has held up surprisingly well. I didn't buy it on ebay, though, so I'm not sure if there's variation in quality on these sorts of things. It is pretty well sheltered, though, and maybe that makes a difference. I think whether it works or not depends on exactly how you've placed it and the environment of the area.

so is there anything in feedback right now about allowing CO's to select more attributes for their caches? because as it is now, when I select attributes for mine, there are usually more attributes that apply than I am permitted to select. so adding more attributes does nobody any good in those cases.

In the mountain bike community, we've long used the acronym 'STIL' - Steeper Than It Looks to indicate that the slope has been inadequately captured in pixels. To get a real perspective of slope, you need to get one of a couple particular angles and from the top looking down is not one of them. I'd definitely have worn a helmet for that.

How do you know it's this one? There seems to be a million caches in that area. Read the last note. I have the log book in my garage, thanks to the cacher that found the cache after I replaced it. I have the feeling you haven't traveled the internet enough to understand/"get" the hilarity in these faces? If someone did this to my cache I would not stop talking about it for years, and I'd be dead on the floor laughing. If you didn't understand the face's (most especially the troll face) I suggest you look up, "internet faces" and possibly "troll science" one to get the faces, and one to get the "Problem." (Keep in mind there are some "bad words" on troll science pictures, which I'm surprised weren't included in this.) Otherwise, you're probably just upset you got muggled again. Bwahahahaha Thank you for enlightening me to this meme. I've seen a lot of memes...but this one is new to me.

I've got a puzzle in my front yard and I'm planning to swap it out for one that I think will have more impact on the locals. Nothing in the office, however, except occasionally my GPS or this website on my 2nd monitor.

can't understand the troubles...I honestly haven't had a single problem with beta maps since the latest site upgrade. it just works. Win7 Ultimate x64, running Chrome.

I use GSAK, but haven't gone into macros. For more general mapping purposes, I use Topofusion Pro. Comes with several overlays pre-programmed into it, and you have the capability to add more from IMS overlays. Plus, you can overlay essentially unlimited GPS data from multiple file formats, as well as shapefiles. It will geotag photos from a GPS track. It has some nice analysis and display features, too.

Please don't. We've come a long way since Geocities in 1995 and we don't need to bring back the supremely annoying HTML tags from the day (marquee and blink). I actually get pretty annoyed by cache pages that use obnoxious anything. Judicious use of text size, color, and formatting is okay, but I primarily use HTML on my cache pages in order to arrange text and graphic elements. Most of the text on my cache pages is in simple Arial or Times 10-12pt font. A puzzle cache has a little more leeway where you might use the HTML on the cache page as part of the puzzle (and where you will be working to figure it out at home before you go into the field, anyway).

I was planning to use powdered stain. Thinking of mixing one shade into the material I use and then using another to toss onto the surface to provide the color variation. It won't roll. I made it with a very well-defined flat bottom so I can rake away any debris or vegetation from the ground that will then be used to hide the bottom edge. Plus, the hide location is flat enough that there will be no rolling downhill. I highly doubt anyone will be able to tip it over on its side, anyway.

Haven't decided yet. Terrain will be low because access will be pretty easy (I anticipate this thing being heavy enough to require heavy equipment to move once it's finished, so I'll have to put the final layer on in place). Difficulty will depend on how good I am at obscuring the bucket access. I am shooting for somewhere in the 3-4 range. Once someone gets FTF I'll put some pics in the CCC thread.