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    One of the Sickest Caches in North America, With a Big Cash Prize!

    in General geocaching topics

    Posted · Edited by vyper4

    Local cachers go watch! I gots to know!

     

    If I was a local, I'd be sitting on the bank chewing on a sandwich right now.

     

    Several of you have requested to have a local spy on Vinny while he does one of his maintenance visits. That is just what I did on Thursday, not because I wanted to see his methods first hand, but because my team (Team Psycho) was going for this cache early Saturday morning and knowing the exact cache placement was highly critical to our endeavors. Below are four photographs of Vinny performing his maintenance run, which I shot from a secret location overlooking the Potomac River and the cache site.

     

    I could not figure how to make the images appear in the post so here are the links.

     

    Picture 4

     

    Picture 7

     

    Picture 14

     

    Picture 21

     

    Enjoy

    One of the Sickest Caches in North America, With a Big Cash Prize!

    in General geocaching topics

    Posted

    Lastly, if worst comes to worst and you cannot get the cache and its weights back to its spot atop the plateau, notify me immediately and return the cache assembly to me, and I will replace it on the plateau.

     

    If you can get the cache, I cannot imagine not being able to put it back.

     

    My congratulations go out to the person or team who got the yellow line up there, you were really close. Hopefully, I will get to make an attempt soon, I just wish I were 60lbs lighter.

    Event caches with "requirements"

    in General geocaching topics

    Posted

    I guess what is missing here is that the CAM picnic really is not the event, the event is getting together with your good caching buddies, and setting off on an epic journey across the state of Maryland. The picnic, well that is just a bonus, a time for us all to reflect on the journey we chose to undertake, the true treasure is the journey itself. Would I partake in CAM if the event was not listed, of course, but if CAM were not list on GC.com then it would truly limit these events to just those who are members of the Maryland Geocaching Society. Instead by it being listing on GC.com the event is open to anyone willing and able to partake in the journey.

    Event caches with "requirements"

    in General geocaching topics

    Posted

    If CAM is popular, then hey, that's cool, far be it from me to object to their event if it works for them. But, it didn't work here - in an area that regularly draws 50-100 teams to the local events, I think only 11 (or something like that) logged this one (when I asked people if they were going, most said, "um, no."). :laughing:

     

    Popular, yes, this years the CAM had 75 attended logs, compared to the last two picnics I have attended which only had 50 and 61 attended logs.

    Event caches with "requirements"

    in General geocaching topics

    Posted

    To quote the guidelines on event caches:

    Event caches are gatherings that are open to all geocachers and which are organized by geocachers.

     

    I've seen event caches that require attendees to go find x number of traditional caches in order to attend the event. The coords to the event cache can only be obtained if you find all the required traditional caches before the event, and, according to one particular cache page, "To attend this event, you must find all 10 caches." (This is just one example, there are many others I'm sure)

     

    The guidelines clearly state that event caches are "open to all geocachers". Do such requirements for events go against this guideline? It can be argued that "open to all geocachers" means that anyone is free to hunt for the prerequisite caches therefore the guideline is met, or it can be argued that such an event isn't open to all geocachers, because some folks may simply be unable to score all the prerequisite finds and are therefore excluded, even if they'd otherwise be able to attend the event.

     

    Now, if such a prerequisite is acceptable, how about one which states "you must have at least 2000 finds to attend this event"? Is that prerequisite still acceptable, and "open to all geocachers"? What's the difference if the requirements are to find 10 caches, 100 caches, to have 2000 finds, or to own 50 or more hides? What if the requirement was that you "need to have been caching for 5 years or more"? If there's a line as to what's acceptable as "open to all" and what isn't, where is that line drawn?

     

    Edit: minor clarification

     

    My recommendation would be to take your appeal for an exemption to TPTB just as the MGS did. If TPTB feel your event meets the spirit of the guidelines as the CAM did, it will be approved.

    Html Cache Listings

    in How do I...?

    Posted

    Copy all the code between the <body> </body> tags (not including the <body> </body> tags) and paste it in the description, click edit listing and you are done. Remember only HTML will work no JAVA or other script, enjoy.

    Puzzle Caches

    in Northeast

    Posted

    Sorry Hobo Dude, but my next cache is going to be a puzzle. But for this one I am going to be placing a solution card into another cache. Additionally as with all my puzzles, since this game is “supposed” to be fun all you have to do is ask and I can help.

     

    I tend to lean towards puzzles, because of the fun I have creating and solving them.

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