Mredria

You say that you think that they are disrespectful, but what I am reading is that you're afraid of cemetaries. I think if you were more honest with yourself about this, you might have a different attitude.

I agree that this forum can be a little hostile, but it's by far one of the nicer forums on the internet. I get a little culture shock either way something, either coming from 4chan(HELL) or the forum I help moderate (super-clean-friendly-happy-time). A good rule in any forum, if you don't want flames, Lurk More, and you'll learn what is acceptable and unacceptable in this board's "culture".

Cemetery caches are my favorite caches. I love swag but I still like them even though they're usually small. I haven't seen one placed disrespectfully (yet). The one's I've been to either bring attention to a smaller, little known cemeteries, historical cemeteries, or military graves. I think they're super cool, they remind us to tread softly, and not disturb muggles.

What you're not understanding is that if someone aspires to make money off of a job that they love, they must be evil, because money's evil. Right, comrades?

Don't feel like quoting, on the person poo-pooing over the counter medication... Benedryl is EXTREMELY important to have in MOST situations. I've had to give benedryl to my dog on the fly when she started poofing up like a balloon. Nipped that in the bud. We also use it when anyone gets a bite of anything. My brother is extremely allergic to most things, and we're not interested in trying to open his swollen airway in-field with, perhaps, a knife and some rope. Benedryl all the way. Steri-strips have also come in handy.

I hate competition, so I don't go for FTFs. I think that should be your policy if you're not interested in fighting other people for something. On the other hand, seeing the same 3 names with a billionteenth finds getting most of the FTFs in the area is probably intimidating to a new cacher who is interested in trying to get FTFs. The solution to that is not politely asking everyone to stay home. It's getting more people to do events and inviting noobs TO events(and you noobs. Go to events) so they can meet people, talk about tips and tricks, and learn that the people who get FTFs aren't magicians.

Are you serious?

So, how much fun did the kids have telling the story at school?

Only three so far, one that I places, one that I was present for, and one that I found on accident and had been purposefully avoiding because I wasn't interested in fullfilling the log requirements. That was kind of irritating, but it taught me not to load and go.

no, i'd have found some other dumb-butted thing to be doing. if you hide a cache where someone might trip on the edge of the sidewalk, there's potential for someone to be injured. what if i get tetanus or hep-c at an urban micro? if you're going to place caches, you have to just place caches. people WILL get hurt. not at every cache, but people will get hurt. i may be more accident prone than most, but i managed to break my collarbone twice one year. ...walking. no risky behavior, just walking. fall down, go boom. twice. that lady who ran over me on route 2? not her fault. sure, she felt bad to have done it, but she moved on, i hope. that guy whose cache i was looking for in december? not his fault. not the cache's fault. pure dumb luck. equally lucky i didn't die. what's a little backcountry rescue between friends? the first thing the guys who were with me said when they came in to see me in the ER was "we got to ride in a firetruck!!" and "we got FREE COFFEE!" THOSE are guys with the proper perspective on life. For sure. But I'd still feel bad. There's no need to try to convince me not to, that's just how I am. Sorry to hijack the thread, back on topic!

i am not sure why it matters if a person gets hurt looking for a cache at night or not. nighttime is a perfectly acceptable time for recreational activities. night skiing, night mountain biking, night hikes. camping fer pete's sake! people get hurt while engaged in recreational activities during both night and day. with only a few exceptions, every time i've been hauled off in an ambulance, it's been on account of a recreational activity. i am accustomed to risk-assumed sports. it's my responsibility to have and use proper gear. if i get hurt while looking for a geocache, it's MY fault. if the hider has made adequate warnings about known hazards, i am informed as to the risks and it's not the hider's problem. sometimes people get hurt. had i died as a result of my december cache adventure, it would have been sad, but it wouldn't have been the hider's fault. people should not be looking for caches during closed hours. it's less about safety than it is about respecting the land managers. Sure, it wouldn't be the hider's fault. But if your decemeber cache had been my cache and you'd died, I'd be pretty torn up about it. You wouldn't have been out there if it weren't for my hide, right? And I think that it's much easier to avoid snakes/tripping/other hazards in the daytime than the night time. usually.

Congrats.

Outside of the argument, I'd just say that if I placed a cache in a time restricted area and someone got hurt going after it at night, I would feel really really bad, regardless of whether they were a jackass for going after it outside of hours.

I didn't find most of the ones I went after when I started too. It gets easier once you've found a few, because you'll know what to look for. Lots of people have their walk off, the ones that don't walk off don't because they're kind of difficult to find! Read the logs too, if it's been found in the past few days there's a good chance it's still hanging around.

My suggestion is that you keep your femur head for your copy TB and have a cast and resin copy made of it and send that along. Then you'll be sending along something that animals wont want to nomnomnom and you'll have the memento to keep in case some nutter takes your fem-cap AWOL.

This sounds kind of fun. Vroom vroom!

I do this too. Mine's a small black book, though. It goes well with my fancy fountain pen. I like the versatility. From Banks to Cemetaries, people can imagine you're doing whatever it is appropriate to do in those places.

I second the G1. T-mobile's been good to us. We rattled some branches and got our whole family outfitted with 'em for 56$ each or something equally ridiculous. The geodroid app is 9.99 now, but it works good and he updates it all the time.

You sayin' you got a problem with my GPS bling? I'll have you know that Hello! Kitty can be VERY rugged.

There's a lot of border from Brownsville to El Paso, so I can't be just sure, but my family lives in the area and says that the border is becoming increasingly unsafe. My family is from Mexico and currently living in San Benito and since the crime has been so terrible lately, they have refused to go into Mexico at Matamoros or anywhere near Laredo. Mostly, they are not going into Mexico at all unless they have a good reason(read; medications). My cousin is an EMT in McAllen and says that the gang violence near the border is getting worse all the time. You should keep the risk in mind if you're going. It is probably safe for people going across to get medications and buy things, but geocaching has a wandering way about it, and if someone thinks your lost you can definitely be a target. Read the local newspapers wherever you're going and be very safe. However, if you're aware of that and still are interested in going... I've also never heard of a rental company that would allow their cars taken over the border. We've always walked over or driven in our own car. If you park just on the other side of the border, you can get a taxi inside and try to get very close to your cache and walk to it and then taxi back to the border. I don't know how fun that'd be though. If you have any family near the border your might enlist them for a day of fun and adventure and just borrow them and their car for the day.

The only time I've ever been REALLY lost in the woods was long before I started caching. Now that I cache I've started getting a better sense of direction and where I've been. I think that now that I cache I'm LESS likely to get lost. I've always blamed it on being a girl; my sense of direction is worthless. of course my definition of lost is not able to get home. If I can't find the thing i'm looking for than ITS lost, not me.

I r a girl and I'm having trouble getting my boyfriend completely on board.

I saw a skink once when I was pulling some leaves off a cache. I thought it was a snake for a second and screamed like a little girl and did the "icky" dance behind my brother. x_x icky icky icky. I learned a very good lesson about poking at things with sticks first.

My brother found one that was supposed to be a "Educational" cache, which my brother went to FTF, thinking it would have maybe some pamphlets or something in it. It had those little lube containers and condoms from Planned Parenthood. But it was listed in the notes that there might be some mature content. It was also in the logs. You could always look in the cache first.

Dude, did they use the can opener robot on it?