V-I-cacher encuraged me to write something in to this thread.
I am a hot air balloon pilot since August 1988 and became a commercial balloonist in 1990. My first GPSr was a Garmin 45 XL – and I have it still in use! In late spring 2004 I noticed about geocaching the first time (lesure magazine in bavarian television). I choose „LORbit“ as my geocaching nick name because I like to be a bit in low orbit (definitely below the GPS satellite orbit). Since summer 2004 I frequently visit the fresh foundet event cache „Stammtisch“ (GCJAHB).
The most active geocachers here in my home area have fun by setting really tricky multi stared caches. But especially when I am abroad I prefer searching the drive in caches (which also costs me at least 30 minutes usually). Due to my job I come arround and enjoy logging geocaches on the way to or nearby my airwork area. But I also have allready fund geocaches physikly in three different continents on my holydays (e. g. Kenya in Africa and Kappadokia in Turey). Sometimes I take crewmen or friends whith me when I do geocaching. I also joyned other geocachers for some hunts. But the most time I exersize my hobby on my own. In the fast growing geocaching community here in northern Bavaria I am the only hot air balloon pilot as far as I know.
Off course I do ballooning in almost every of my vacations and I still prefer ballooning far more than geocaching. But when the weather is not good enough for ballooning I find some additional time for geocaching. Bad weather also spoils the outdoor activities for the most muggles. So I can do my stash hunts almost undisturbt!
I never tried to reach a geocache by balloon, but I know one that would be a nice task: GCAF4A http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_detai...10-4ff18140f57f
When I found Travelbugs I try to take them with me by at least one balloon ride and take air born pictures from them for there TBs logs. I resume that all geocachers aprichiate those extra journeys of there Travelbugs. Off course I bring the Travelbugs back to geocaches after those hot air balloon rides. I never lost such a Travelbug!
And when the wind gently passes me by a recognizebal cache I like to make pictures for there geocaching web sites. Of course I do not release real spoiling pictures and so the cache owners are also pleased to see there cache locations from such rather unusual perspectives.
As I have no balloon by my own I do not know about transmitting a single picture. Of course I can e-mail you half a dozend pics from different balloons I have flown with in the last 12 months. Intrested? But I think you (Ballooner) will find suitable pictures for your article in my gallery http://www.geocaching.com/profile/Default....bf-602b6d2692db .
