Brian - Team A.I.

My eTrex Vista has been as close as 8' accuracy, and that being without a WAAS lock. But when you're in a fairly open area, anything <30' accuracy is going to get your pretty close to your objective. Brian Team A.I.

There *is* always this option: Free AMMO Can Cache Brian Team A.I.

Vulture Peak (Arizona) Mesa Minerals (Arizona) Lost Ark (Arizona) A plane crashed about 500' from this cache not too long ago, so scars of this misfortune will still be evident for sometime. RTW-1 Good caches to look at. Brian Team A.I.

I too, would like a copy of the show, or link to a download. Brian Team A.I.

When I started shopping for a new GPS, I had a Magellan Pioneer (my son used it), and I owned a GPS III. My primary reason for going for the Vista is size/features. I had the ability to simply upload/download waypoints to the III, but no maps, making it inadequate for my needs. It's size was also prohibitive when out in the rough caching. Now that I have the windshield mount/power, I can't do without. I'm going to be working on a contraption that allows the Vista to 'mount' to my wrist that I can use while climbing.

I agree on the battery life of the Vista. It's not great, but that's what the power cable for the auto is for. I run the GPS off that for the entire drive, then run batteries after I've arrived in the vicinity. Granted, on more rural caches, I could chew through batteries in 1.5 days or so, but it's ok. The feature gain from my upgrade of the GPS III to a Vista is well worth it.

Not more than 2 years ago, for a brief time I paid $.89/gallon in the East Valley (Phoenix). Oh, those were the days.

Obviously when leaving items, discretion is a MUST. To the person placing the questionable item, their intentions may be good, but at the same time, common sense must come into play. Several months ago, I was out caching off of Hwy 88 (Arizona), and found 2 WWII era weapons clips with 5 LIVE rounds of rifle ammunition in each. Keep in mind, these rounds were manufactured over 50 years ago, adding to the "Oh My God" reaction when I found these in the cache. I took both out of the caches, without leaving an item because I felt this to be entirely unsafe. Who would be to blame if one of those rounds fell and fired, killing someone?

There may not be enough storage space or bandwidth to handle a database that large.

Personally, I'm biased toward the eTrex Vista, but it's a $300 unit (depending on where you look)

tremmy, I do see your point with regards to the petroglyph, but the statements made by many others seem to hold a more solid ground when it comes to 'common sense'. As it was explained by Ken (WhereRWee?), the location in the photo was in an area completely unrestricted, and was the main pathway in the area. Had this been an item they truly did not want touched by passers-by, then measures should have been in place to prevent such contact. One could make a case that the casual rub of denim jeans as patrons passed by this rock over the next 75,000 years could ultimately result in their destruction or fading away into an ever distant memory. The only misunderstandings in this (from my perspective) were on the part of the people employeed at the DVRAC. They not only failed to educate themselves on what a virtual cache really was, but also ignored the fact that it brought them patronage due to some blind rage over the photo that didn't appear to violate any of their policies (since it was openly accessible). Whoever said ignorance was bliss? (not referring to you, tremmy)