Ike 13
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Some of the best caches I've ever done are multis. I even have one catered to kids: http://coord.info/GC3BD9F and I would hate to think of someone skipping it just because they never do nontraditional caches. You should at least begin occasionally looking at multis. There are two main types
Type1) The go here and gather information. The good ones of these are usually at historic or neat locations that may not be able to house a physical cache. These can be great spots to take kids as they can learn something about the history. Plus these usually make for good picture ops.
Type2) Find a container go to the next container. Just like traditionals but you have to do more than one to get to the final. If your kids like looking for stuff then these may be fun (of course anything over 3 stages becomes tiring sometimes).
On either of these a little research beforehand can weed out ones that seem long or boring but your kids may enjoy the change of pace. You'll never know unless you try.
As far as your cache. I highly doubt a rule that has been in place and worked well for 10 years will be changed. Almost all cache hiders have ran into a situation similar to this. I'm sure the reviewer or a local would be willing to help figure out which multi it is and maybe you could knock it off by yourself just to know where that stage is so you can move your cache. And yes leaving your container is like littering. Why not reuse if for a new hide.
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Look at the log and go to the profile of one of the names (preferably a low find account) See what cache they did on that day (or within a couple days if they forgot to change their online log date).
Or ask someone who's been around a long time who has found almost all local caches to look it up in their My Finds database.
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If it's more than 50 I usually add in coordinates. If it's not I just mention that my GPS said I was 30 feet away.
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The "needs maintenance" attribute is still set on both of the example caches. Around here (Ontario), that will eventually get a cache disabled with similar comments from our reviewers. I'm okay with that, and I certainly don't expect the reviewers to read through all of the logs to figure out how the attribute got set and whether it's valid or not. If it's set, it's up to the cache owner to remove it when appropriate. Many people filter out caches with this attribute set.
If that was the reason for disabling then the reviewer should use a seperate copy paste message stating that so that the owner knows the issue and can fix it.
Example: Hello I am going through local caches that have had a Needs Maintenance Icon set for more than one year. Please visit your cache and verify the cache is there, that the log is nice, dry and has plenty of room, and that the container is in good condition. Once this is comple please log a Owner Maintenance log followed by an Enable Cache listing log. This will clear the Need Maintenance icon. If you have questions please contact me via my profile and I will be happy to help!
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Looking at recent profiles, and wondering if we have something similar to this link for the US caches? or if anyone knows how to create one?
IMHO those are not pretty and I would not want them. But the concept is very similar to this http://badgegen.com/ which runs through GSAK. I have them on my profile.
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There is a bookmark list for caches placed within the first year: http://www.geocaching.com/bookmarks/view.aspx?guid=4ec75c1e-4a73-4d6b-b8ac-0e98ced144ff
If you don't want worldwide this one shows US Canada caches placed in 2000: http://www.geocaching.com/bookmarks/view.aspx?guid=4ec75c1e-4a73-4d6b-b8ac-0e98ced144ff
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GSAK will do it, I know there is a website that can do it and most GPS units have a way to do it but each is different.
Check out this site: http://www.geolifeline.com/projection.php
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What would aleviate things like this is that if the notifications were based on the actual coords of the real cache. Do not show the real coords on the map or tell the real coords in the email. But, "distance to" should be based on the real coords.
That would make puzzles way easier. I could set up 3 notifications for puzzles at 3 different locations all close together and use the distance to triangulate the position and never have to solve the actual puzzle. This is the system that has always been in place and if it's something that you dislike you can always choose not to be notified of unknown caches publishing.
Or if you look at the title of the email it will be labeled [GEO] Notify: LocalReviewer published Some New Cache (Unknown cache) it should also mention (Unknown cache) two more times in the actual email including the top line.
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Did a quick map search and found the series. Here's #1: http://coord.info/GC433ME and just looking at the first few they seem to be reasonably close and not 30 miles away. Maybe you mispunched?
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I've seen the one in NH where the art is no where near the final. I hope this does not become common. Stretching it to 3 miles or maybe even 5 may be acceptable because the geoart is a neat idea, but 50!
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I prefer LnL brand since they were really the first to use that style but then they stopped being carried in stores so I went to Rubbermaid I did not like their indented lids cause they can collect water. Then Wal Mart came out with their LnL clone and when I say clone they did everything but use the exact logos. Once every month or two woot.com will have a deal on LnL brand containers and recently I bought a set. I prefer them to the WalMart ones because they come in more varying sizes. So far all 3 brands have seemed to hold up about the same.
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Speed and caching shouldn't be together! I mean...anyone can do it the way they want...but anyone who rushes caching must rush everything and enjoy nothing!
So it has to be one or the other? There are days where I spend 12 hours working on 1 cache and I've done days where we hit 200. Each is a different type of challenge. Some people enjoy one or the other, some people enjoy both.
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I've done at least 13 power runs (100 in a day) not on powertrails. Some took only 9 hours others took 15. How? Lots of planning. Take a populated area and run a PQ for a 20 mile radius for caches 2/2 and under. I then used GSAK to look at caches that hadn't been found in awhile or had recent DNFs and elminated any that looked hard or to be missing. I then threw the remaining caches on to Google Earth and picked areas of concentration and tried to route the quickest way to 120 or so. I usually skipped parks and any other cache where we could not park within 50 feet. By the end I aimed for 120 easy caches. I also split this list up and each member would research a set of 20-40 caches and look at hints, logs, and pictures so we knew exactly what to look for and I could put that in our notes.
When actually caching you just need a team of about 4 people. The navigator should punch in the next cache and turn the car around if needed and be ready to go. The other 3 should jump out and all search for the cache. Once found help get your sticker on the log. Our pace was always looking for about 10-12 an hour. We never looked for more than 5 minutes so we had about a 10% DNF rate. It took a lot of effort but it's possible with determination, planning, and a good team.
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I've done 3 and they are generally well liked. Laminate the notes in the fakes so no one trys to log those. None of the ones that I've done has had an issue with replacement logs because all let you know in some way on the cache page what you're getting into.
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Okay. Thanks for looking into it. I was just playing around with it and didn't have all my questions ready so that was the issue.
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Alright I've spent the last hour building a cartridge and I went to get the GWC so I could test it out on my device soon and no matter what option I try I get this message
ErrorObject reference not set to an instance of an object.
at RangerFox.Wherigo.Kit.Cartridges.Zone.ToLua(String cartridgeName, String nextZoneLuaName, Int32& callbackFunctionCount, String& builderGeneratedFunction, String& callbackFunction, Dictionary`2& authorFunctions) in C:\Users\OWNER\Desktop\Wherigo Kit\WherigoKit\Cartridges\Zone.cs:line 325
at RangerFox.Wherigo.Kit.Data.Lua.LuaExporter.ToLua(Cartridge c) in C:\Users\OWNER\Desktop\Wherigo Kit\WherigoKit\Data\Lua\LuaExporter.cs:line 147
at RangerFox.Wherigo.Kit.Data.Lua.LuaExporter.ToGroundspeakBuilder(Cartridge c) in C:\Users\OWNER\Desktop\Wherigo Kit\WherigoKit\Data\Lua\LuaExporter.cs:line 38
at RangerFox.Wherigo.Kit.UI.Carts.Download.ProcessRequest(HttpContext context) in C:\Users\OWNER\Desktop\Wherigo Kit\WherigoKit\WherigoKit\Cartridges\Download.ashx.cs:
Did I mess up?
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No, I am not thinking about archiving and republishing some of my caches. The fact is that I found several caches and now they have been archived and republished in exactly the same location, just to make them appear as they had never been found. When I asked the owner, he told me that I can't log it as Found because I have to give the opportunity to other people to do the FTF.
The caches are the following:
GC405XP (identical to GC344P9)
GC405XZ (identical to GC345CV)
GC405XG (identical to GC345CE)
GC405XM (identical to GC345CQ)
GC405X0 (identical to GC345C2)
Jordi
Since this looks like 2 different owners where owner 1 archived all their caches, and owner 2 decided they were perfectly good spots and the cache was still there that they should get them back so more people could do them then yes it is okay that they were published.
But if you redo that hike and sign the 'new' cache the new owner cannot deny your find.
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I think it highly depends on how strict your reviewer is with the cache permanence guideline and why you are doing it. If it's just so everyone can log that LPC multiple times then I doubt the reviewer would be ok with that. If it's a completly different cache experience (maybe you found a spot for an ammo can that's 15 feet away) then they should be open to that.
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I've never had issues just reaching out to the CO or recent finder. A couple of guys were coming to my area during their quest to grab all counties and Delorme pages in my state and saw I had a lot of non-traditional hides with favorite points and reached out to me to get some more info on my hides and other hides in the area they wanted to hit. I helped them pick some good quality caches that would be quick to do and even hit a few caches with them.
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From my experience 90% of caches are rated within 1 star of their proper terrain. Difficulty is harder to judge. It is annoying that some really easy caches are over rated just so some people can get credit for a 5/5 more easily. If either is way off in my opinion I point it out clearly in my log, but I can only think of a handful off the top of my head that were grosly overrated. There is one semilocal who has a handful overrated but I think it's mainly due to the fact that he hid a bunch before he had found lots and didn't have good baseline. I want to send him to do some others of similiar D/T that I've done for Fizzy that show how badly off his are.
Also as others have pointed out the local ratings may be different. In the mountians a half mile uphill hike is normal and expected so may only get a 2 but to someone used to flat terrain that may be a 3. A 3 in the city means that you need to be much more prepared.
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For micros and really small smalls I use copy paper (unless the bison comes with RITR logs. For anything else I use small notepads. I've had a few issues with a couple containers where an o-ring failed and got the log wet, but I've had a matchstick that's been out for a couple years with standard copy paper and other than adding some new sheets it was doing fine.
The real issue is that either finders are not reporting these wet logs, or the owners are not maintaining their caches. If I see a find that mentions a wet log the cache will get a new log within a week. I would guess it's more of an issue with owners using substandard containers (cheap dollar tree tupperware, pill bottles, reused plastic food containers etc) and not maintaining their containers.
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When I teach kids that age about geocaching, I make a point either to use temporary caches that I've placed myself just for the class, or to take them on a geocaching hike well away from the local neighborhood. Even if I trust the kids I'm with completely, I don't necessarily trust their friends, or their friends' friends.
I've seen enough juvenile destruction of suburban caches already.
I think this is a great response. I have a few on a local neighborhood trail that borders houses and apartments. One was fine for 2 years then started getting removed the first time I figured an animal, but it consistently was taken off the zip tie or the root it was attached to would be ripped from the ground. Obviously one kid had found it and made it his/her mission to get rid of it. As soon as i moved it 50 feet away it was fine.
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Well it looks like my local reviewer isn't doing this yet (Which I'm very thankful for).
I have a few unpublished listings. A handful were for a geotour/coin trail we were trying to put together but no local group seemed interested. I created pages as spot holders and to play with the html. I may publish one or two as stand alone caches and plan to clear out the others and reuse the GC. Another is a challenge cache that I've been planning and just need to get it in place.
I see the point if a user has dozens or hasn't logged on in months but other than that I don't see the benefit
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I did a couple of his at woodstock and it seems like he has some cool stuff. His note was a bit rude because it is in no way your fault that a worker saw you and then they got the cache archived. Permission was probably granted but lots of things change in 8 years and I'm sure the person who gave permission is long gone.
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Proximity rule should not be affected by a multi-stage
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I just checked out your area. I see this one http://coord.info/GC2CZAC is in a park where you have another hide. So if this new cache was placed in Fallon Park I gurantee you were too close to one of the two stages.
This one http://coord.info/GCC92D also looks like it is in different parks around town. Judging by the favorite points it looks like a fun one.
It looks like you have some good multis in town that you should at least look at and that your kids may really enjoy