Team Dragon

Exactly what I was looking for, thanks!

There are times I like to see the recent cache activity but the recent logs include all of the logs when I'm usually only interested in a certain area. If at all possible, I'd like the option to see recent (24 hr. or 50 entries, whichever is sooner?) activity for a specific state or country.

A members only cache has a small icon of what I suppose is a person, to the left of the cache name. To the right of the distance from wherever, it says "Members only" This is what the icon looks like:

quote:In boot camp, the miscreants and sociopaths have a way of floating to the top, where they get very special treatment from the D.I.'s. Having been through USMC boot camp, I feel that this person would be hearing a lot of: "There ain't no cache in that pit boy but we're gonna stay here until you find one."

quote:In boot camp, the miscreants and sociopaths have a way of floating to the top, where they get very special treatment from the D.I.'s. Having been through USMC boot camp, I feel that this person would be hearing a lot of: "There ain't no cache in that pit boy but we're gonna stay here until you find one."

What's a mosquito?

What's a mosquito?

It all depends on what "wheelchair accessable" means. I have a couple of caches that I would consider wheelchair accessable. They wouldn't be accessable from the chair itself but the person in the chair can get to the site and if they can get out of the chair and move to another location a foot or two away, the cache can be found. I have others where the person could get real close but may not be able to reach the cache itself unless they can stand or bend and reach. As was mentioned, there are various types of disabilities that cause someone to be in a wheelchair. If a cache has to be accessable by an 80 year old in a chair then forget it, none of mine fit. I prefer to base it around a reasonably healthy and fit person pushing their way along. Gravel on a slight hill is fine for my definition, as well as being able to get out of the chair for short periods of time. I also recognize that I may not set expectations properly but I try and haven't had wheelchair bound flame-mail yet.

quote:You were going to drive to an unfamiliar town to hunt for an urban cache. Would getting there then be part of hunting for the cache? Is getting there part of going grocery shopping? Is getting there part of going to work? In the case of geocaching, getting there may be part of the cache experience but again, I can't think of a single urban cache where that is the case. "Whee! Look at that tract house that looks like all the others around it!" "Look, two Circle-K stores at the same intersection." Getting there doesn't really have much to do with the topic of providing coordinates for parking.

quote:By the way, IrvingDog, could you get rid of the inline dog picture. Gets old after a while... If Mozilla is your browser, just right click on the picture you don't like and select "Block images from this server" in the menu that appears.

I can't think of a single urban cache where parking is a part of the hunt but there are plenty of suburban and rural ones where it is. IMO, if there is only one safe or legal way into the area then the hider should post the coordinates of the parking area to eliminate the potential for unsafe or illegal access by hunters.

I'd try two places Fry's and REI.

quote:Outlaw Frag stated:Apparently I hit a nerve with Libby Wolfb8.. ALL of their caches are now "Members" only caches.. something to hide ?? It looks like it... hmmm responsible geo cacher or a eco trasher ?? you decide She changed them to MO caches 12 hours before your post. For someone who has never found a cache, you pretend to know an awful lot about hers. The words on Hedpeth are a warning. What part of "at your own risk" don't you understand? Hmm, troll or troll? You decide.

If you get to the site and it's very hard to find, then the difficult goes up. If you get there and it's sitting out in the open, then it shouldn't have a high difficulty rating. A true 5/5 would be to climb three peaks, and using surveying equipment, triangulate the position of the cache on a 4th peak. The cache would then be hidden inside a hollow or fake stump in the middle of a bush.

If you get to the site and it's very hard to find, then the difficult goes up. If you get there and it's sitting out in the open, then it shouldn't have a high difficulty rating. A true 5/5 would be to climb three peaks, and using surveying equipment, triangulate the position of the cache on a 4th peak. The cache would then be hidden inside a hollow or fake stump in the middle of a bush.

A simple way to tell if the event cache should gain approval is to examine the event. If no geocachers show up, can the event continue on like nothing has happened? If the answer is yes, then it probably won't gain approval. Examples include a garage sale, and a ball game.

A simple way to tell if the event cache should gain approval is to examine the event. If no geocachers show up, can the event continue on like nothing has happened? If the answer is yes, then it probably won't gain approval. Examples include a garage sale, and a ball game.

I already require it with the American Cemetery cache.

quote: Wait until they encounter a bear or mountail lion, then there will be logs to read Or there won't.

quote: Wait until they encounter a bear or mountail lion, then there will be logs to read Or there won't.

Holy cow! I don't know which to be more suprised over, that you can watch 100 caches or that people are actually watching 100 caches. I now see where a chunk of the bandwidth goes. Maybe an increased value should be added for charter members and maybe a lower ceiling should be set for non-charter members. Any lower ceiling should grandfather in watched caches currently over that limit but not allow more. Maybe 150 for charter members and 25 for non-charter members.

quote: For me it was an article in USA Today... sometime last year on the front of the Life section. While I had heard of Geocaching late in 2000, the fact that there was only one cache at the time caused me to not be very interested. I saw the same article though, looked up the sport again and that's all she wrote.

Most people pay attention to things that interest them. Dogs, mountain biking, fishing, sunbathing, etc. are all things that could be accounted for. Where do you draw the line for expectations? While it would be nice for a hider to list all activities that are permitted at a particular park, it's not realistic and the finder needs to take the initiative to find out if anything beyond humans are allowed. Many park & rec dept. have web sites that list their rules.

quote: Just drop it in the plastic bins and send it through the x-ray machine - just like all electronic equipment be it a cell phone or laptop computer has to be pulled out of your carry-on for standalone x-ray. Not necessarily. Laptops are the only thing I have seen been required. I've flown better than 100k miles in the last year and haven't pulled my GPS out for solo scanning once, nor have I been asked to. I'd say leave it in unless you're asked to put it through alone or if a sign says to.

Whoever sees the number can pretend to have the bug. A fake log can be set so that the bug appears to be in a cache that it isn't in, set up by someone who has never been near the bug.