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    Mind If I Rant?!!

    in General geocaching topics

    Posted

    One of the caches I found quite a few political leaflets in it. The logs don't state who left them in there. I personally don't think caches should be an avenue for someone's political venue. 90 % of all the stuff found in caches are for kids. Us as adults usually just sign the log unless we leave something and/or trade up.

     

    Do these people really think they are going to change our minds on how we are going to vote? Do you really want to subject you children to this drivel?

     

    I realize that this is a free country all I am asking is that you refrain from these political statements in caches. If you need to place political statements in a cache start your own cache and theme it as such.

     

    Thank you all for letting me vent.

     

    Ken

    Well Done and I agree.

    Topo Maps

    in How do I...?

    Posted

    I can't remember where I used to get online topo maps for free. It was a place like mapquest or something like there. May have even ben mapquest. Where can I get online printable topo maps for free?

    Which Gps Is Best For Newby?

    in How do I...?

    Posted

    indeed. The Legend is a very good place to start. It was my first unit. I have since upgraded to the Garmin 60cs. The Legend will get you to all your caches with out any trouble, although some may disagree I thikn the patch style antennea is more than adequite for most situations. I thnk it's smart of you to not jump in and buy a top of the line unit like the 60cs. Not untill you really get into the sport and see if you really like it.. I've meet alot of poeple that were all gung hoe the first few weeks and then dropped the sport all together. I don't see how they could not get addicted but it does happen. Other things to think about while choosing your fist unit is do you polan on using it for more than geocaching? Will you use it in your car or to help plan trips. You may want to look into a autorouting GPSr if so. Also do you want to load alot of maps. The legend only hold 8mb worth of maps. Just some stuff to think about. The legend is a great first unit tho. You won't be disappointed. By the way welcome to the Sport/addiction.

     

    Cache you on the trail.

    Avatar Creation Requests, Submissions, And Help.

    in General geocaching topics

    Posted · Edited by Team FUBAR

    How about getting me one. I don't have any real ideas. I'm defiantly a Chevy Truck guy and I like to off road. Maybe something with the chevy Bowtie or a truck. I don't know what I really want. Just something. You all are doing really amazing jobs with the ones you have allready created. Can you help me out? You can se I've tried to make my own but I'm not happy with it.

    Ftf Question?

    in General geocaching topics

    Posted

    People may just not want to claim finds. Some people don't believe in logging finds because they don't believe in this sport becoming competitive. They could have also simply clicked the wrong tab instead of selecting found it.

    Cache ya on the trail -Bill

    Garmin 60cs, Geocaching & Multi-display 4 Lat/lon

    in GPS technology and devices

    Posted

    Go to your TRIP COMPUTER page. you can then highlight any of the fields and select it. You can change each of them to read what ever you want. So change one to CURRENT POSITION and another to DESTINATION you can then just look at that one screen and have both LON/LAT readings. David has a good point tho if your using it to find a cache, much easier way. But if your looking to get actual readings whe your allready found it this is the way to do it.

    I Must Be The Worst!!!

    in How do I...?

    Posted

    Heres a dumb question that kinda relates to this topic: Should I attempt to hunt caches at night? I know if parks say they are closed dusk to dawn it night not be a good idea, but in open areas and regular woods should I hunt at night?

    Your thoughts?

     

    GlacierSki

    I prefer to cache at night. Just something about it I really like. I would recomend if your going to cache at night tho invest in a good quality flashlight. You don't have to go out and spend $150 on one like I did(my life depends on a good light while at work) but get a good one that has a good solid penetrating beam Like a surefire G2. You can pick one up at a shooting supply center or sorting goods store for qbout $35. It'll help light up everytihng in those dense woods. And a powerful beam means you can use it for emergency signaling if you get into trouble, or even as a self defence weapon by using it to blind someone if you need to while on the trail. I would also recomend getting a blue filter for that light. It won't kill your night vision so you can still switch your light on and off and walk the trail by the moon light. Also make sure you mark your vehicle when you night cache. Even for experianced outdoorsman it's easy to get turned around and loose your bearing in the woods. Especially when your hunting for a cache. Just use common sense, and keep an extra eye open while caching at night. Also make sure you tell someone where you'l be going.

    Cache you on the trail. Enjoy

    What's The Best Flashlight

    in General geocaching topics

    Posted

    I'll throw my 2 cents in here. I used to use streamlights and I thought those were top of the line. Then my local gun shop talked me into a sirefire. WOW can;t believe how much better they are. I have a 9an Commander Rechargable and it's a truly amazing light. It's also nice because it has a high and low power to it. I also bought my fiancae a G2 to keep in her purse. It's agood solid very bright(65 lumens) and very small and lite. My latest purchase was A avaitor. I'm currently looking into a Streamlight Luminax L7. I'm a little leary of buying a all led light. They say it's rated for tactical use at 65 lumens. I just don't know. It's alot of money to drop on another light, just worried about it penetrating as far as a xenon bulb does at distance. Anybody have any experiance with this light.

    Are We Allowed?

    in General geocaching topics

    Posted

    I agree that a pre-exhisting hole is ok to hide in. But this is clear that somebody took a cordless drill out into this park and drilled out the trunk of the tree. It's bad enuf to drill into a live tree, but to walk around a park in this day and age with a cordless drill. That's just asking for trouble. I think this should be added to the rules, but I also thnk people should have thought of that before they made a big hole. I mean come on this sport is all about nature and things that are good for the inviroment like CITO. Not destruction.

    Where Else Do You Use Your Gpsr

    in General geocaching topics

    Posted

    ok I got one for ya. I think this is kindof neat actually. I have a few accounts that I snowplow in the winter. These are huge parking lots like malls and I even do one that's basically the sizre of a airport. So anyways I go out in the summer right before the snow falls and I mark things like holes, downed light poles, concrete barriers, driveways, anything that might hurt if I hit it in the middle of the night cause I can't see it under the snow. Then I use the mapping mode in my truck so I always have a moving map of where I am in the lot and what I have to be careful around. Not a bad idea for all you other guys.

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