Kit Fox
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Just to see what side of issue people fall on this issue. Also to see how think on this matches the community, I'll ask you this.
All of these assume that the cache is present and in good repair.
If you go out and try to find a cache and you don't like the cache because of where it brought you, who's to blame?
I research all caches I hunt, if the cache takes me to an unpleasant spot, I blame myself.
The owner if he fails to mention this on the cache page. Some degree of mystery should be expected when hunting multis and mystery caches.If you go to a cache and find that you can't complete the cache because it requires extra work or puzzle or so on, who's to blame.
Myself if I failed to research the cache first.If you go to a cache and it note your style so you don't like it, who's to blame?
Myself.If you go to a cache without reading the cache page and don't like the cache, who's to blame?How much does the CO need to tell you about the cache? Some information is appreciated, however I don't need my hand held to find caches.
To satisfy my own caching ethics, I do lots of research.How much does the cacher need to do before going after caches?
Depends on the cacher.Does the CO owe the cacher anything or is it 'cacher' beware? -
I rated one as high difficulty because it requried identifying the layering of the rocks, then measuring the strike and dip of them. I though the concept of visualizing the horizontal and the 3 dimentional plane of the rock beds would be quite difficult for most people.
http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GC1ABZY
A nearby one I also rated as high because of the technical jargon I used in the question and having to relate the pictures (that are always drawn so perfectly) to the messy real world example.
http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GC1AAAP
Yes! That's pretty much the kind of tasks I was thinking of, TerryDad!
How do people manage to solve them or do people have problems of any kind? I was looking at some kind of mapping exercise before, on the 'back spine' of Qatar, but my stay there was running out and I didn't even start testing how people could measure angles without having any equipment (I thought about providing a plan for building that from cardboard).
Being the person that has adopted the first cache on this list, I can vouch for its difficulty. I get many answers from finders, the majority of the answers are way off.
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Anyone else notice the "cancer" of short, uninspired logs, has sadly spread to remote, and high terrain caches also?
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Am I the only person, who can no longer read logs on my caches now the "logbook" feature was enabled?
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I carry within the National Forest areas. It is nearly impossible to acquire a CWP in LA County.
Reasons I carry:
Predators (Coyote packs) Black Bears, Mountain Lions, Humans.
I've stumbled upon black drip line (at the end of a Marijuana Grow once).
To protect my wife and kids.
I carry Bear Spray, multiple knives, and a .357
“I believe that a person moral compass can be determined by how he references free men the right to defend themselves. The second amendment to me is so obvious to me, its insane that there is an argument. Let’s pretend there is no document. Let’s pretend brave families didn’t leave the tyrants and slave drivers of Europe, so that they could practise the religion of their choice, they could speak out without being murdered, that they could produce wool without the King’s men coming and taking it from them every season of harvest. Lets pretend none of this happened. Lets just pretend that this guy named Ted Nugent, parachuted down to earth and woke up one morning and saw all of these wonderful resources and had dreams of excellence and being the best that I could be. I don’t need a document and I don’t need another man to explain to me that I have the right to defend my gift of life. And that there is an argument in America from Hilary Clinton, from Barbara Boxer, Diane Feist, from a whole gaggle of numbnuts, who would try to tell me they will dictate where how and if, I can defend myself. I find that preposterous, I find that unacceptable and I will not accept it. I am a free man, DON’T Tread on Me, a good law abiding citizen, not convicted of a felony. The 2nd amendment of our bill of rights is my concealed weapons permit. PERIOD. That’s it.
"Ted Nugent"
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I grew very tired of lame TFTC caches, so I went out of my way, and archived many of my easy access caches. This has reduced my lame log emails tremendously.
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I no longer search for high visibility caches, in public areas (don't care for them). However, back when I did, I preferred not to be discreet. If someone puts a 35mm canister, under a lamp post, in full view of the general public, they should expect it to disappear on occasion.
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Nobody in this thread (unless I missed it) mentioned the fact that there are still plenty of geocaches that were hidden, well before attributes were even available. Many of the cache pages have never been edited.
I used to use the old 9Key Selector, before they were made available on the cache page.
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My Geocaching Bag A snapshot and a list
whats in your geocaching bag ?, i'm shocked at mine
This is an old picture, I added a bunch more to my kit.
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I've actually pondered archiving all of my 1 to 2 star terrain hides, so I don't receive any more park & grab logs.
I've already begun that process.
That's not necessarily a bad thing.
I would gladly read nice logs like these, versus one hundred thousand "TFTC" logs.
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I've always believed that, in general, you can determine the quality of a cache hide by the average length of the logs. Really great caches seldom get "TFTC" logs. Throw down caches, parking log caches, or power trail caches often have nothing unique to remember them by so they get the short logs.
Want a longer cache log? Hide a really great cache.
Sadly, many of the nice caches are being found by "copy & paste" cachers also. Once you weed through their lame logs, you can tell if the cache is worthwhile to find.
Logging Etiquette: Geocache hiders sometimes go through a great deal of planning to place their caches. As a result, they'd like to hear your feedback on whether you liked or disliked any aspect of the hide, or if you feel that some cache maintenance is required. Single word, acronym, or emoticon logs may be easier when you have a lot of caches to log, but it doesn't tell the hider or other finders anything about your adventure (or lack thereof) in finding the cache. Please keep this in mind when entering your log.
Here is a little blurb our provinical caching group came up to be included in the description of the caches that get a lot of "TFTC" or
I like it a whole bunch.
Thanks to the spew of lame cut & paste logs, and "blank" logs, I stopped hiding any easy caches. All my future caches will be 3 1/2 terrain or higher. I've actually pondered archiving all of my 1 to 2 star terrain hides, so I don't receive any more park & grab logs.
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I'm two months away from 7 years of geocaching. I can't wait to be an old timer.
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In my limited experience, any cacher dedicated enough to run out and be FTF will probably be very respectful of the recommended ethics and values laid out by the geocaching community.
Maybe in your area.
I've watched FTFers tear places up, just trying to make a find "quickly". The end results: Mulch on the sidewalk/road, damaged plants/shrubs, disassembled bricks (even after the cache advised that it was not hidden in any of those places).
FTFers also hop fences, and ignore hours of operation signs. No offense intended but, your experience isn't the norm.
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Some geocachers should visit these giant trails, and permanently anchor all the film canisters. This would tick off the Leapsters, and swappers.
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LeapFrogging and Container Swapping need to be officially added to the list of shameful logging practices.
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Leap frogging and container swapping are new, and very shameful additions that should be added to The New Numbers Game thread.
Both practices are nothing more than a new way for "couch potato cachers" to inflate their find stats, and flood cache pages with those "glorious" cut & paste logs.
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I've noticed that most "other," and "not chosen" caches are nano sized micros. I once hid a bison capsule inside of a 30lb rock, and didn't think micro was an accurate description, and large would have made it a dead giveaway. I used "not chosen" for the size.
A while back, their was a thread about unscrupulous cache owners realized people were skipping their "nano-micro" hides, so they started mislabeling their micros as smalls.
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I have a problem with everyone complaining that they lower the quality of the game, shouldn't be allowed, should have an easy way to ignore ones you don't like, etc. If you don't like them, don't find them. There is an ignore list to get them out of the PQ and other lists. Use it.
Have you ever put 800 to 1000 caches on your ignore list?
Honestly, it sounds to me like the people who want the easy way to ignore ones they don't like are the lazy ones - not those of us who like to have lots of different caches to find, easy or hard.Lazy, because we want tools to better enjoy geocaching, that does not require hours of tedious ignoring of geocaches?
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My most remote cache The Last Flight of the Hercules has two different routes.
Start at the Alimony Truck Trail, and hike East along the mountain range, until you're close to the drop in point. Distance 9+ miles R/T. Gain: 3600' total, 2600' out plus 1000' on return. This road used to be a passageway to Littlerock Dam via Juniper Hills. Park near the locked gate, and head up and to the East. This was my chosen route.
Start at Buckhorn Campground (possible closure, increasing hiked distance).
Hike north down the Burkhart Trail (10W02) about 2 miles to where the Cooper Canyon Trail comes in from the west.
Follow the combined trails upstream (east) 1/3 mile and cross the creek (5600') and proceed 100' to a trail junction with the Rattlesnake Trail (signed).
Follow this trail upstream to the north and continue on to Burkhart Saddle.
Hike west up a steep use trail to the summit of Will Thrall Peak.
Continue northwest along the ridge to a saddle. Then follow the trail on the south slope of the ridge to a point where the trail is only 20' below the ridge; here climb up to the ridge and follow it to the summit. Distance Hiked = Approximately 15 miles R/T +/-. Gain: 3600' total, 2600' out plus 1000' on return
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Has anybody ever been approached by a cop and asked him, "Hey, are you a Leo?"
I can spot them fairly easily:
I don't care to share the techniques though.
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Is the Tunnel of Light APE cache really 240 times better than GC1HQBR which is a short distance away?
Anyway we can discuss the merits of the system in that other thread.
I wouldn't say 240 times better (I found both mentioned caches). The Ape is going to be more popular because it gives you the "APE ICON." Throwing out the Ape Icon, I truly enjoyed the amazing hike and journey, when I made my find, on the Tunnel of Light cache. The scenery along the trail is amazing. The sad part are all the lame "park & grab / cut & paste" logs that "power cachers" leave for the Tunnel of Light cache.
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Why would the FTF game be important on an earthcache? How about, First to Answer the questions?
Night cache ideas.
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I've used three volt, blinking red, LEDs, in one night cache. I powered them with four C batteries, and they blinked for over a year. Combining the 35mm canister, and the blinking LED, would certainly prevent the trail from being visible from other directions.