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E-mail the cache owner, hopefully you can catch him before he moves on.

Translates to, who watches the watchers. For those of you who do not know latin.

Spend the money and go to sompleace like REI or EMS to get a good sleeping bag. A good bag will keep you warm and you'll get a good nights sleep.

Is anyone aware of knife with the same design as the one above with decent quality and not so pricey?

Are you promoting your blog or promoting a discussion?

Here's a good place for swag, Archie McPhee. Sometimes swag can become a siganture item because its unique and if you use it all the time people associate it with you.

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I'm using the same thing its a Molle Medic Bag. Very happy with it, versatile without being to big.

Pennsylvania State Parks and Forests have had a permit system, since 2003ish. Very reasonable, no fee and gives them away to know what is going on their land.

One thing you need to ask yourself will be how often are you going to be in a situation where you might need one. PLB's can be rented, I'm making plans for a hiking/Geocaching vacation this summer and will probably rent one for the one week I would really need it. So instead of purchasing you could rent it if you spend some time in a remote area. For most of my hiking needs I carry one of these, which can be heard from a distance of one mile. No batteries or subscriptions required.

You might also want to google, adventure racing.

On the other hand if some non-geocacher wants to find my cache using some other method and log it online on the Geocaching.com website, I don't see any reason to delete their bogus log. The fact that they want to play an alternative game using the same game pieces I placed for geocachers to find doesn't degrade geocaching one bit. I am sometimes impressed when some orienteerer is able to use their map and compass skills to find my cache. I am less impressed by those who find urban caches by looking on Google maps to see where the cache is hidden. But it seems like it could be almost as much fun as geocaching especially if you don't own a GPS unit. If they can find a Geocache with or without a GPS you are Geocaching, as the only goal is to find the cache. I have someone my area who only uses maps and compasses and has found 1800 caches. The way he does it is just as accurate as with a GPS. I had a cache that got washed away in a flood, he found it downstream and e-mailed me the coordinates based onhis maps and compass. Hos cordinates got me with 15' of the cache. Same level of accuracy as a GPS. Maps and compasses require more practice and knowledge than just pushing some buttons on a GPS.

BLM - Bearua of Land Management Docent - A volunteer. A term normally used in museum to refer to the people who man information desks and give tours Plinking - Target shooting

If I remember correctly Brian is close to that height.

If your looking for something the same size as a Camelback Commander the Mountainsmith pack Briansnat reccommends is very good. You may want to consider the 3 Day Assualt Pack. I'm sure the British Army has their own equivalent.

I have a cacher in my area, EdScott, who has found hundreds of caches in public areas and in the woods withnothing more than a map and compass. He uses topographical maps for the woods. Its a challenge, but a skill you can learn. As far as I am concerned if you can find a cache with or without a GPS you are Geocaching.

I've seen these used as caches, the latches break and the seal isn't very good.

In this thread Egami went from discussing a theory to using a specific example of how this can become a problem. However no one has verified that there is a problem or how pervasive it may really be. So far the ABDSP has made a vauge statement about major damage due to Geocaching. Which Geocachers crossed the line, can you give me an example? It might have happened, but there has been no verifiable evidence of this damage. No one is blaming management, they are asking for proof. Egami claims to be logical, so accepting a single statement by a park superintendent is highly illogical. About two years ago a state legislator in South Carolina attempted to have a state wide ban of Geocaching. Her proof of damage and disrespect by Geocachers included photographs of Geocachers laying next to headstones, pictures reportedly taken in a cemetary and log that appeared as if a Geocacher had urinated on a gravestone. At first viewing it was very disturbing evidence against Geocachers and after it was investigated none of it was what it appeared to be. Since that time I will not take claims made by anyone about damage caused by Geocaching until it has been investigated by someone other than the person making the claim. That is a logical choice.

I thought caches on bridges were a guideline violation?

More situations like ABDSP??? I am still waiting for an explanation, something more than Numerous/hundreds of caches that have been placed in sensitive areas. Exactly how many caches in a numerous? How many of the 358 caches that were in the ABDSP, were the hundreds located in sensitive areas. The ABDSP made a statement that implies there was major damage due to Geocaching with nothing to prove it. Just because a Park Superintendent makes claims of damage doesn't mean what he says should be taken at face value, otherwise it wouldn't be logical. In case you forgot there was a Geocaching policy created by the rangers at the ABDSP for 4 years and they benefited from a CITO every 6 months. So unless you have some inside information you would like to reveal about the actual problems surrounding the ABDSP its flawed logic on your part. All you are is a Geocacher in Iowa making illogical statements about a park in California you now nothing about.

A bottle of Grey Goose Vodka hidden in a stone wall.

Here are the details for GeoHo and Mopar. The wedding/event cache. Here is the original thread that shows how they met and the courtship, its a classic. Scroll down for Mopars first courtship post.

Yeah, you're funny! Stunod's Log CarleenP's Log I don't think to many cachers will be able to log tht cache in quite that manner.

Others will have better details, Snoogans met his wife through Geocaching and GeoHo met her husband through Geocaching. Their wedding was an event cache.

I guess if being sensible and logical is being deliberately one-sided on issues and unwilling to learn the other side of a story....then I'll gladly let that ship sail. As I have stated before I would be more than glad to learn about the ABDSP's side and since you can not reveal the contents of the e-mails you have, we are left with their "facts". According to the ABDSP there are numerous and/or hundreds of Geocaches that have been placed in areas that are environmentally or archaeological sensitive. Yet they have not provided the names, locations, or documentation of the damage of any of these Geocaches. So what exactly is their side of this? There was a Geocaching policy in place for 4 years and the park had a CITO every six months and yet no one at the ABDSP ws willing to contact the Geocachers they knew to work with them. At the very least they could have given everyone 30 days to remove their caches which would have saved the park money and manpower bynot using the rangers.