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Geo-caching is an activity that gets attached to another activity.... such as hiking, biking... grocery shopping... etc. Just pack for the main activity, add your GPS and your set. Set with the basics, at-least. As you get more experienced you will decide what else might be worth bringing... swag, compass, magnet, string, duct-tape, etc.

I get what your saying, but you are subjected to advertisements on the site. I wouldn't use the derogatory "freeloading" unless your running an adblocker.

I use Geocache Navigator... I find it's useful as an accompaniment to my regular GPS. I use it to grab information that for some reason my blackberry doesn't display (logs, size, etc). I have used it alone to find caches and it works "ok" for that. I think it costs 19.99 now, in the blackberry "app world". There are a few free programs for the blackberry. I've used BlackStar as well, and it's not bad... but to me it was worth paying the extra money to use a program that was easier to use.

I don't know what your going on about, but the "right click", "Save image as" works perfectly for me under Firefox on my XP and my Vista computer.

It works for me on Windows XP SP3 with IE8 or FF3.5. What Browser/OS/Printer are you using?

Use a third party image host and leave a link to it in the reviewer's note. Personally, I use http://www.expono.com/, but theirs nothing wrong with the others mentioned in this thread.

I like the idea of adding an option to find caches that "I have logged a DNF" on. I don't want to ignore them... I might want to come back and try them again.

I like the idea of having the visitors logs of "not present in cache" mean something.... maybe have it grey the bug out on the list and add an asterisk. I understand the problems inherent with letting random people modify the bug, but I think the risk could be mitigated by a few tactics: 1. Weight the log by some combination of the time find count/experiance. 2. Weight the log by how long it has been since last activity on the bug 3. Weight lots of logs in a short period of time lower 4. A discovery resets all counts/progressions 5. Have a built in minimum wait of 7 days from the date of the first "bug not present" log before it will be marked missing. Meh.... Maybe it's too complicated to be worthwhile.

Or you can buy a single number conveniently stamped onto a slip of metal. Just don't send out the dogtag while the item with the number is out in the field.

That's fine, but it might be a good idea to limit your request for hints to a few a week per cache-owner. Happy Caching!

I haven't ever heard of a reviewer visiting a cache before publishing it, but I do know that many of them go out geocaching like regular folks - they just log their finds under a different account.

No, they axe murdered. You could also interpret that the plaque was erected by Joshua Browning and John Tucker... True - Hadn't looked at it that way. After some quick goggling I found this: http://www.theledger.com/article/20091025/...layings-in-1918

There are a lot of people (myself included) that have dedicated quite a bit of time working on Wikipedia to try to make it an excellent resource. I'm not asking for an apology, but I would appreciate it if you spent a little bit of time learning about the process and people involved in Wikipedia before you insulted the entire group. There are thousands of dedicated hard working volunteers and hundreds of thousands excellent, well-sourced articles. No, of course it's not a good final source for scholarly research, but it's great as a jumping off point or a quick and easy resource for more casual research.

May I use that line? Only if you miss-quote it.

This is very unfortunate. It's sad to see someone pass away who is part of our community. Well, that's not a terrible summary, at-least.

No, they axe murdered.

Along a .5 mile long trail, this was between two caches. I don't recall the exact coords where I took this picture, but it's near GCV6C8.

An unpaid member doesn't need to ignore PMO caches. They don't show up in searches and its not like they are going to do a Pocket Query. Actually, they do show up in searches. I meant "ignore" in the classic sense of "pay no attention too."

Meh.

That's kind of what I was driving at.

Sounds like a great idea.

As far as I know the Google maps API is free to use so long as your not charging for whatever your doing with the API. See here: http://code.google.com/apis/maps/ The TOS will also have useful information: http://code.google.com/apis/maps/terms.html Does GC.com pay for the API? Not sure... but maybe.

Anti spyware/adware programs will remove cookies. I have no doubt that active protection programs will clean up on a regular basis. Do you have anything that might fit the bill?

A single cache at the end of a two mile hike, perhaps?

There is also some concern about residual food smells. They can be cleaned out, but you need to take extra effort to do it right.... and why worry about it when a more suitable container is only a few dollars?