42at42
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I'm sorry if you think its a bit crass. I don't think it would be possible to find the family as they live in Colorado and I live in New York.
I would think it would be a great idea to honour this girl in this way, but I would definately get the blessing from the family.
If that's not possible you should make it a memorial to missing children everywhere. If asked 'why', then you can explain the story of the girl by email.
Putting a picture of this girl on or in this cache without the family knowing might be wrong.
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You put some sort of bogus coords at the top. They should be within 2 miles of the actual cache. In the Waypoints tool, you put the actual cache coords.
Here's a link to the Knowledge Books about using the waypoints tool
Thanks!!
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When submitting a puzzle cache, do you put the actual coords on the top of the page or do you put them below in the reviewer notes?
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Was it tough terrain or the fact that he was injured when he slipped? What cache was he after?
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A 70 Y.O. man slipped and popped his hip and had to be rescued. Geocaching makes the news!
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BC, Canada - 5c pop can, (10c for liquor can, liquor stores only or the 5c applies), 10c for 1 litre plastic bottle, 20c for 2 litre. Glass wobbly pop bottles - again liquor stores pay more than bottle depots, but not sure the amount. We save gas and do all the recycling at the bottle depot. Doesn't pay much though, does it?
No tax if you win the lottery here! I wish I had some better ideas for the OP.
In Ontario Canada. No deposit on pop (soda) cans. Buy them here and return them to the States for 5c a can. Beer bottles in New York 5c per bottle, return them in Ontario for 10c per bottle.
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Up in snow country, if the cache hasn't been found since November, it probably mean it is not winter friendly. If it has been found in the last month, it usually means you can find it in the ice and snow.
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I am looking to buy a gps. The Delorme pn 40 seems interesting. Just wondering if it is as easy to use with geochacing.com as the Garmins seem to be and if it works well in Canada. (Map issues)
thanks
I am in Canada. I use the PN-30. The maps for Canada are good. They even work for turn-by-turn directions to get you to the cache.
As stated above GSAK works great with downloading geocaches. 'Send to GPS' on GC.com works great for 1 OR 2 new caches.
I am hoping the aerial imagery maps will be out soon for Canada.
I really like my PN.
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Is there an expected date of arrival for the aerial maps for the Delorme Pn-series?
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If you have access to the States, I use the Delorme PN-30. You can get it from AMAZON.
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Yes I used two of these for hides and both were leaking ina month's time. Had much better luck with match tubes, .99 each and allow larger scrolls. Just my personal experiences.
I agree. I have a few of these out. Easy to camo, and you don't need tweezers to get the log out.
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My favourite is the ammo can under the lampskirt.
I don't even know who Earl Pitts is, so I will just smile and pretend I get the joke.
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I guess to add some "evil" into a hide, you can construct a pile of sticks, then hide the cache somewhere else.
Or construct 20 piles for that semi-NIH hide.
I like this idea.
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North Korea?
Dear Leader would not approve of his people wasting their time looking for the North Korean version of Tupperware when they could be building the proletarian society and making a few more nukes.
Things are looking up in North Korea, they have resumed work on his 100 story hotel again, after construction stopped for 15 years.
Yes, I'm quite sure ecanderson meant North Korea, and not North Vietnam. I've never seen this question regarding North Korea, but it comes up for Cuba all the time, and GPS is not allowed there. But us Americans are not allowed in either Country. But the whole world is not us Americans.
There are geocaches in Cuba though. I guess the goal is not to get caught.
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It is either a pile of sticks or an animal carcass. My vote is for the sticks.
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Are you trying for the record of longest time for an FTF? I think the cache on the ISS would be found before someone would even look at this one.
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My first hide was too soon. After about 10 finds. I could have done it better. It is still there and still being found. It is a great location, but not well hidden, even though it is a bit of a challenge to some. Now with a few more finds, I have more ideas of ways to hide.
After about 30 finds you will have seen a variety of good and not so good hides. It will give you a good idea of what to do.
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I'm with 40th Mountainview in St. Catharines. I was wondering who would be interested in placing Scouts/Cubs only caches in Wetaskewin. We can put up a private page on Facebook to record caches and finds. Between the groups we can organize who hides where. I hope Scouts Canada would be OK with this since it won't be open to the public.
This would teach the Scouts geocaching without the fear of them becoming muggles on the general geocaches.
I have spoken to the Camp Manager and he gave the go ahead.
Just a thought.
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Not allowed in my version of the game. But then I wouldn't know unless the seeker bragged about it in his log. I suggest if that's what you (the collective you) do, keep it hush. I've only done it, with much guilt and angst, once in my 3500 finds. But the cache was embedded in ice and I had no tools along.
I think if removing the container from a block of ice with a rock is going to damage the container, I would leave it where it is and log the find.
I would write a note in the 'found' log explainng the reason. I would send a message to the CO to explain. If I was the CO I'd appreciate that I didn't have to go and replace a smashed container. If the CO doesn't feel the same way and deletes the find, so be it. I wouldn't go back with a hammer just to access the log book. This is just common sense (the least used of al senses).
On the weekend, I had to DNF's because the rocks covering the cache were frozen solid. I couldn't even get to the container to see it.
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Why doesn't Mr. Spock have a sense of humour? Is it because he is always jealous of Cap't Kirk. Maybe he wishes he had an accent like Scottie.
Couldn't find a proper forum for this question so I thought I'd post it here.
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I would like to see the multi-caches set up so you would get credit for a find at each cache. I just finished a multi-cache series which required 40 some miles of driving to hit 5 different cache requirements. If I am going to drive this kind of miles I would like credit for 5 caches. Won't pay for the gas but it would make me feel better.
Did you have fun? Did you do other caches within the 40 miles of driving? If you didn't maybe you should plan to do this next time.
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There are plenty in Short Hills Park in Niagara. I've heard them, they are spooky. I've seen evidence of them, unfortunate deer and droppings. I hike the trails quite a bit and have never seen one.
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Pens ... I'm always losing pens. Now I keep them in a special place.
What sort of special place?
Loaded question
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I lost my glasses once. I was in very thick brush just before sunset when a branch caught my glasses and flicked them off my face. In normal light I can't see 10 feet and in the fading light it was impossible. I didn't want to move in fear I'd step on them. I started searching with my hands close to me and then got on my hands and knees and increased the circle. After ten minutes I found them.
This past weekend doing a multi I lost ONE YakTrax. I never notice until I got back to the van. This multi took me in 3 directions, there was no way I was retracing my steps.
Memorial Cache? Any Help Will Be Appreciated
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If you can't contact the family, that should be the end of the line. She was their child, not yours. Putting her name and/or picture on a memorial without their permission is invasion of privacy.