Ike 13
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The picnic was a great success today as it became a Mega Event. A great time was had by all. Ref: GC3DART
It was a great event. Attendance was probably lower than expected due to Hatfield and McCoy. I bet it's huge next year.
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Long ago someone in our group got blanket permission. If approached now the official in charge may not know that was the policy and say that they have never been asked.
In your situation I would volunteer to become the contact between the parks and the local geocachers. Explain that there policy is ineffective because the right people (the reviewers) don't know about. Also set that positive tone. Let them know that pretty much every geocacher wants to work within the rules and that the rare plant incident was probably an honest mistake (I know I couldn't identify a rare plant). The 6 month max is really the opposite of cache permanence. Most parks have a 1 or 2 year permit that you can reapply for so the cache could last a decade if you're active and it doesn't cause any damage to that area. See if you can work with them to set a policy that is good for Geocachers and good for the parks. More and more parks are working with Geocachers and getting positive results.
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http://coord.info/GC32RAJ Fantastic Four - 2 Day Challenge
Unfound since 8/22/11
Unloved - It's just hard IMO. Benchmarks are the hardest to find. Trackables can be also because most of the time they aren't in the listed caches.
I did this task otw back from the GS Block party last year, while driving, with only a cell phone!
NOW that's a challenge, AND you're in the west. I could see that being easier in the northeast, but still tough!
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Cache: Order of Operations
Last found: 4/20/12
Reason: I don't know it's an easy multi that may take 5 minutes in the largest shopping area in Columbia. It was PMO but I removed that recently. Only a few locals go after things outside of park and grab traditionals
Consider this. A lot of people do not like field puzzle multicaches. If someone is looking at your cache description and they don't understand the example problem, why bother trying the multi,
My 'puzzle' is just knowing the order of operations (PEMDAS) I have 6 slips of paper with each symbol and a number. For example ()= 3 You just put them in order. I never thought about people assuming it would be more math-y like the one on the page. Thanks for that insight!
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If I see 80 finds with No DNFs followed by 4 DNFs then it's gone. But if you see that DNFs do happen then it's just a hard cache
It highly varies if the owner is active (they've logged in in the past month)and it only has 3 or 4 recent DNFs I might just post a NM. Then wait a month and if the owner has down nothing (no note, not disabled) then I log a NA.
If the owner has not logged in and I see a string of DNFs (on an easy cache) over a month then I usually check with a previous finder (or if I found it go out and check) and then hit the NA.
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But if they are recieving FTF notifications they should recieve your mail. So go ahead and send them a message.
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Party City isanother good place to get unique cheap swag. I try to do a good job as a cache owner and refill swag when I do maintenance every year. It's a challenge to keep a cache well stocked.
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This isn't the first and won't be the last. I forget which state it was in but in 2005 a law maker proposed a bill that would ban geocaches in all cemeteries, archeological sites, and historical properties statewide. A bunch of geocachers from that state worked tirelessly to make sure that the bill would not passed in to law and they succeeded. It takes a lot of time and effort to get a government to listen to reason but if you get organized it can be done.
That was SC. The law as proposed would have forbidden use of GPS in these areas. So I think technically you couldn't use a Nuvi in downtown Charleston. Oh and the event that caused that to happen wasn't caused by cachers we were just blamed because there was a cache nearby.
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Thanks D&D!!! I have no idea why I never thought to look in OZguff territory
Just did a PQ of NC puzzles and those are the only two with "Z" and within the date you want.
Yea there was one in Greensboro that was on my list and it was archived. I feel bad for asking because I should have been able to find those lol
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Thanks D&D!!! I have no idea why I never thought to look in OZguff territory
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There is 4 of them in Oregon but thats too far away for you. I got the whole state on my GSAK database. This is one reason why I got a huge database so I can find caches to do challenges.
Go ahead and post them. I'd like to come out in the next couple of summers.
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So I've been 1 cache away from finishing a challenge cache for awhile. It's a pain finding an active cache that fits the requirements using the website and as you cannot download a PQ for all puzzles in the US I need your help.
I need a
- Puzzle cache
- Published on or before 07/13/2009
- That starts with the letter Z
- Preferably in the Southeast US
If you have any that fit that criteria in your area please let me know! I am aware of 1 in Mississippi (http://coord.info/GC1CD5X), 1 in Florida (http://coord.info/GC1RVW7), and 2 in Maryland (http://coord.info/GC1F2VD and http://coord.info/GC1A7P4).
- Puzzle cache
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Sandy I agree with the no spoilers guideline but wouldn't niraD's excellent post that he posts in almost every thread like this be great to sticky at the top of this forum, the How To and Getting started forums as well. Those forums average 1 puzzle help thread a week.
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I only buy coins I love. They go into my personal collection. I've realeased a few trackables that I have won in raffles and such and all but 1 has gone missing within the first 6 months. Would I rather find the actual coin? Yes. But I'm okay with finding nice proxies. I'm not a huge fan of the keychain type you pictured. The best proxy I have found was cut in the shape of the coin into a piece of wood with a nice laminated picture on both sides. It was also enlarged to about 3 times the original size.
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The best thing to do is work with the organization before bans come down. Work with them on coming up with rules for placing a cache on their property that lets them feel safe and gives us some leeway. I'm not going to cry over losing caches on guardrails on the side of the road. It is a shame they are no longer allowing them at rest stops. I can see them not wanting people to walk across the entrance where cars come speeding in, but I don't see why you have to elminate them completly.
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Wouldn't that be a cache with an agenda?
If you give the historical facts on Armstoring I don't see how it is. That would be like claiming that most my caches have the agenda of teaching math.
Sorry, I was kidding. In reality, I think the idea of not allowing agenda caches has been taken too far. I'll stop stirring the pot for the rest of the day.
Ah I thought that may be the case. I suggest
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Wouldn't that be a cache with an agenda?
If you give the historical facts on Armstoring I don't see how it is. That would be like claiming that most my caches have the agenda of teaching math.
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Wouldn't that defeat the purpose? FTF is a race and if you choose to play then that's what it takes beating everyone. Eventually the stars may align and you're in the right place at the right time. I got plenty of FTFs before getting a smart phone and just would luck out that one published nearby when I was off work.
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Cache: Order of Operations
Last found: 4/20/12
Reason: I don't know it's an easy multi that may take 5 minutes in the largest shopping area in Columbia. It was PMO but I removed that recently. Only a few locals go after things outside of park and grab traditionals
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http://www.geocaching.com/seek/nearest.aspx?u=T%40J Use this view. IMO: If you have can't keep up with what caches need maintenance you probably own too many.
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It's a problem with generic names/puns. More and more people are placing caches just for the sake of placing caches. When the only thing special about your micro is the location they come up with something generic. I doubt I'll have any caches in my local area that replicate any of my cache names.
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He posted a NA so the reviewer will double check. I think going to the park and having them confirm it's on Public property would be best. The park map seems weird since there are no trails to that lake so I guess it may be a newer addition not fully developed.
If they are on private property move them in the park, it looks to have plenty of room.
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I have an issue with the fact that handling geocaching as a business and the accompying tendency to expand and increase the number of geocachers endagers geocaching.
Cezanne
So you're saying that you don't want to see Groundspeak start advertising the hobby in mass media. I agree with that I hope it doesn't go that direction where there are TV commercials and print ads in newspapers.
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It happens to all of us. Sometimes what seems like a great spot turns out bad. I had one in a park that was completly bulldozed days later to start renovations. I had one in a great area by a creek between a couple hospital buildings, it had a ton of sand dumped on it for no reason. I've had containers stolen within the first few weeks while others lasted a couple years before going missing. I always HATE when a cache goes missing with a trackable. BUT every trackable owner knows that is a possibility.
for sarcasm instead of Ninjafrog
Reviewers asking for too much info?
in General geocaching topics
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AT Geowoodstock the local reviewers mentioned that they started doing this so if local authorities had any questions or concerns about suspicious packages or the like they could easily look at the reviewer notes and tell them exactly where and how the cache is hidden plus what it should look like. Plus I bet most violations are due to ignorance and by pointing out common issues a new hider can learn.
If my local reviewer started doing this I'd be fine with it (most my listings already have what type of container to look for). I think the thing that would irritate me is the 'boilerplate' response, BUT as someone who does have to do a lot of emails it makes it quicker so I see both sides. I think in this case if you simply sent a reply back that answered those questions and said in a nonchalant way "hey what's going on, you know I've got lots of successful hides and would never do A, B, C". They would probably have just sent back a "Yea I want to make sure all future listings have A, B, C double checked because we've had lots of guideline issues in the area recently. It is nothing personal but if you ask one person to do A, B, C it is only fair to ask everyone." type response.