BigWhiteTruck

I haven't actually bought any. Normally I use the rechargable pack that came with my camera, because it charges in the camera when it's on the camera dock. I just recently used a set of lithium AAs because the battery pack was dead and I was on my way to a wedding so I grabbed some lithium AAs at the gas station. none of my other toys take AAs I used to do a lot of work for two major battery companies. At one of their plants, in their "retail lab" (which is a futuristic mock-up store for doing marketing research) I saw a prototype charger and batteries in packaging and everything. I actually stocked a display that I built with them. The guy said they weren't on the market yet so I souldn't have a set . When I posted earlier I just assumed they were on the market by now, because this was probably 9 months ago.

When do we get sql access to the database itself?

You have a camera that was designed to use Lithium or NiMH batteries only, not alkalines. A lot of people I have met complain about this, and then I flip their camera over and show them where it says right next to the battery door: "2 x AA : Li or NiMH ONLY" Some camera are designed to use alkalines, and they will work fine with them. You were giving advice about which batteries to use in a gps based on your experience with your camera? PS. If you really want long life in a high-power device like a digicam, try a set of lithium cells. They even make rechargeable ones. I just cleared off close to 400 pics from my 5 megapixel cam, most of them with a flash, all on the same set of batteries.

I hate that people consider a boat cache to be a terrain 5.

A lot of people get started before they have a gps. Overhead photos are accurate enough to find most caches. Some cachers find hundreds and never touch a gps

Sounds like your problem is based on a failed assumption. The site lists logs in chronological order based on the entered log date, and NOT in order that they were put into the site. If you want, go search my found page for Kent Pond Beaver Cut, which I logged online 3 months ago (and found in 2004)* *For posterity: This post was written in April 2006

1. If your have your pocket query set up for caches that you haven't found, caches that you own won't be included in your updates. You could make another pocket query and specify that you want caches that your own. 2. You can log any way you want, this isn't a competition

I think it would be nice if there was a description of each type of log right on the page where you write the log. When I was a noob, I posted a SBA on a cache because I found it opened and scattered about. I didn't know better, and I am sure that is what the problem is with other newbies.

TCM was unable to controll it? That's peculuar since the studies I've seen have shown effectiveness. Whatever works for you I suppose. Are you for real?

So you were "flying over" The Weed most of the time and then had to drop your stuff down into it? Man! For me that would be like dropping something into the bottomless pit!, Cause it is GONE! Oh, I knew it! I knew it would be as horrible as you could imagine! *shiver* I can't believe you did it! PS. Love the caps on "The Weed"!

Oh man! Are you gonna come clean my monitor now? I remember another bear attack years ago where a man ran to his car, picked up his .357 revolver and returned to the scene where he killed the bear before it could kill its intended victim. I considered carrying a pistol on hikes in North GA after a bear encounter, but you need at least a .357 to be effective ... these are large animals with heavy bones and thick layers of fat. I went so far as to talk to an expert about what would be an appropriate compact weapon, and he recommended a S&W .357 with at least a 4 inch barrel. He said a .45 or .40 would not penetrate well enough to be effective. I decided that the odds of bear attack were so low, especially in the winter when I do the most hiking, it was not worth the expense and effort. In the case of the girl recently killed in TN, a man shot the bear with a .380 pistol according to a news report. He is lucky it did not come for him, a .380 would not even slow it down. The noise probably scared it off, not the bullets. As for the bear rights issue ... almost all black bears in the wild will instinctively avoid people. Those that don't have this instinct or ignore it, for one reason or another, need to be destroyed. Its that simple. yeah yeah yeah any gun is better than no gun in that situation. I doubt that the "expert" ever did any studies on what was effective against a charging bear. The animal people would be all over them before they progressed beyond .32 cal! Basically, he thought of the most powerful handgun that is still commonly available and said that. I'll take a .380 over a pressurized seasoning can any day.

Okay, okay. You know that seaweed the grows in lakes and it's like a thin stalk with a puff of small leaves every six inches or so, and it grows in large patches from the bottom right up to the surface or just below? Scares the crap out of me and I have no idea why. If I was ever to have to swim through some of that, lets say, for example I was water skiing and happened to fall right in a forest of it, I think I would commit mental suicide through sheer force of will.

I am not afraid of anything that is common on cache hunts. Dangerous animals are very rare in my corner of the earth. There are no bears, snakes, or killer insects/arachnids in my area. As far as two-legged animals go, I am partially reassured by my size, and partially by the fact that I've never been attacked, so I lack a conditioned response of fear of people. I don't carry, but I am going to apply for my CCW very soon. I guess my biggest fear while caching is that I won't find it. I do have one fear, but it's too silly to mention.

I would just like to say that I really agree with this and your other posts on the subject.

Yep, I do this all the time. However for a thousand mile trip (which isn't even remotely along a straight line so using arcs and GSAK isn't an option), it's a pain generating all the necessary PQs to cover your route. Hence why I use the KML overlay, hence why I requested a way to filter out found caches using said KML. Umm, you have a lot of finds along that route already?

Holy crap. You could change your name to LittleWhiteTruck.

Find an old broom, cut off the broom head, wrap one end in cloth (medical, sports) tape for a handle. That's the best I got for you. You aren't willing to make one for yourself, but you aren't willing to pay more than $5? Who in the world is going to sell you one for $5 that they made themselves? Not me. I got a couple nice ones that you can buy for around $50. . .

I don't think it will get approved. It's too close to commercial in nature.

So, basically, you were looking for google earth?

You guys know that you can open up a .gpx file from your pocket query directly into google earth right? Just put the pocket query for unfound into GE and basically, you have it done. The KML viewer is useful for places that you don't have pocket queries

Seconded Is it a logistical thing? hard time deciding how to integrate it into the XML?

I've definately noticed that there are more men than women, although around my area it doesn't seem to be true. Here in Central New York, the most prolific hider is a woman. She has almost 300 hides and over 1000 finds to her name. Her dog (also a female) even has her own account and I think she has more finds than me! My wife is not into caching as much as I am either. I have gone out on my own, but I don't enjoy it as much as when she is with me. Usually if I do, it's because she is encouraging me to go, or if she is already gone somewhere else (like if I have the day off from work and she doesn't). It's pretty rare for me to go out caching and leave her alone at home. I can definately identify with you there. Hang in there, and maybe the hubby will come around. I bet he would like to hold the gps and lead the way, that seems to get my wife more excited about the whole thing. Yikes She already said she wouldn't feel right leaving her husband out. Bad Guys, lions, tigers and bears aren't bullet-proof either. Maybe you should carry some bullets to go with your pepper spray.

There is some good safety info here: http://cacheopedia.com/wiki/Category:Safety

Gimmick alert. Sorry folks, any tripod can stand on an uneven surface, that's why they have three legs. Three is the magic number because you can describe a plane using any three points in space.

I wouldn't advise it, because you would have to stick one side of the velcro onto the structure with adhesive. That's not cool. Besides, you are gonna spend a lot of money buying velcro that will hold up an ammo can