GeoReapers

I tend to operate in about the $2 range, but that is just us. We do carry stuff of slightly more value around, just in case, but really I think it is a "what is it worth to you" sort of a thing. If you are seeing the kind of SWAG that makes you think "wow, that is so cool, and very valuable to me" then return something of even value to you. A Mercedez that cost $20 is still a Mercedez.

I wonder if Groundspeak is going to work with the Google Motion™ technology on this. This is really a nice advance in cache logging, and will even out all those senseless TFTC only logs.

Any way you can get out to some events. Good way to make contacts. I was talking with a fellow cacher the other day around here, and he said there is this guy out here that does all his caching on a bike. I don't know what your cache saturation is, but that is an option too.

Tell them that you are doing independant work for USGS. There is some validation (of no real value).

You could be StoutHead. CreamyAndFillingHead doesn't work either, does it?

Do you have the GC Code for that? We are in Vancouver WA and would love to check that one out.

South America...preferrably somewhere occupied by a long forgotten Mayan civilization. Lacking that (the Mayan Civilization) just somewhere down there. Europe would be great too.

Don't think you can run it this way buddy. For Geocaching.com, there is a no commercial guideline that this would pretty much fall squarely into. As an aside: there is going to come a point where someone is going to really figure out how to commercialize Geocaching. At that point, the activity will go from playing in the back yard to being sponsored by Coke.

16 days, during Christmas. Ugh...I was jonesing

Mine is my family when we got our team shirts on Christmas. Creative, right?

When we first started GeoCaching, we had no idea where they would really be (never read the rules-so we carried a small shovel with us) and decided the best way to test out our GPS was to take it on a solid outdoor hike. We left for our full day of caching with 2 granola bars, 1 bottle of water and a half flask of Jim Beam. We headed into the Deschutes River valley to pick up several caches and after several quick finds, we headed for a longer hike of about three miles before we got to the cache. Without any real idea of where it was located (other than "that way") we headed up a small trail that lead up the mountain, initially big enough for both of us, but eventually only becoming practical for one traveler at a time-single file. The compass kept on pointing backwards and to our extreme left, so I was convinced that it was further up the hill that we were on. I convinced my girlfriend I was right, and with no discernable path to follow, we trekked up a mountainside to what seemed like the top (it wasn't the top; we just couldn't see the top from where we stood). As we ascended, 40-50MPH winds were starting to accost us (or dare us to move on, I can't recall which). Still with the compass pointing due east, we moved further up the pathless hill/mountainside convinced that we were getting closer (we kinda were). As we got to the midpoint of the mountain/hill, i looked at the GPS and saw it pointing about a mile off...on a trail that we had left two hours earlier. We started to descend, slipping on ground that hadn't been traversed in who knows how long, and trying to stay upright by wind that wanted to knock us down. We zigged and zagged and fell and finally came to decent place to hit the trail we need to be on, only to be confronted by a 20' of basalt that we had to climb around before trying to figure out how to hop the barbwire fence that we shouldn't have crossed to begin with. Down past the rocks, with the wind slightly less vicious and the barb wire crossed we arrived at the cache-which was down the path that we had left (convinced it shouldn't have been since the GPS pointed 'that way'). A beautiful sight, but we learned 2 valuable lessons: 1) Stay on the path (there is almost always a path) 2) Pack water.

So far, 25. We keep trying to break it to no avail.

With a slingshot and a lot of patience.

Feature it in a heavily promoted studio tentpole movie: 1) Hire Jerry Bruckheimer, Nick Cage (voice) and Michael Bay 2) make the cache sentient and have it discover that it is, in fact, locationless 3) let the cache have an identity crisis and go in search of its true home 4) at the same time, a giant asteroid is flying through deep space, aimed directly at a Boeing 747 filled with dangerous and possibly famous convicts that are about to be returned to Alcatraz island. 6) The cache discovers that its home, is actually, Alcatraz 7) Something to do with plot 8) Something to do with plot 9) The Cache realizes that everything it knew was a lie, and it was really a Virtual the entire time.

More than happy to oblige /bow

August 20th is the Groundspeak Block Party. Geowoodstock IX is in July.

We use two different Hyundai Elantra's (complete coincidence). Mine is a wagon, hers a sedan. We have progressively realized, though, that 4WD or AWD is rapidly becoming a necessity.

We have been trying to do the same universally. Spending a little more money getting sig items put together in one way or another that can also function as something cool. A lot of places will do personalized carbiners etc... for fairly decent prices. I try not to spend more than about 1.50 on a standard trade item, but we keep a few really cool things for special SWAG drops (we just dropped a multitool with an attached LED light the other day). I really believe if people see an overall increase in SWAG quality, others will follow along.

I know that cache! The CO has a series of creative ammo can hides. I wish we were in the area more often, I would love to find the rest. It was funny, after we loaded this one up, my girlfriend was reading the description and looks at me and says "honey, I think you are really going to like this guy". Honestly, if the rest are this interesting, I might just come up to the area to find those.

This is a favorite right now. I won't say where it is, but if you look, there is an ammo can disguised as a bird house. Brilliant.

I think you should mold them into whatever you think is appropriate. For higher traffic areas, increase the rating -if applicable- and give a hint. For others, just shift the rating etc.. to what you think would be appropriate if you had placed the cache yourself. just my 2¢

I used to read XKCD a lot, and one of the comics was for something called geohashing. From there, I learned about geocaching. One thing led to another and here I am today

Unfortunately upside down film canisters still get wet unless there is something in the container design that keep any water from getting to the area where the container meets the lid. In theory an upright film container should be more resistent to water and moisture than an inverted one since the lip of the lid overhangs the body of the container. And then there is the rain falling from the sky while the container is open and the log is being signed. He doesn't use the traditional film caniserts (with the overlap of the lip) but the ones where the lid is flush with the rest of the container. Naturally all these materials are permiable to a degree, but I have been pretty impressed with the overall resilience of these things. Just a wire hanger connected to a film cannister with tape.

About the only time I will contact someone that has logged one of my caches (and this has just happened a couple of times) is when it is their first find. I like to congratulate them and thank them and offer some advice of places to look for information. I don't really think it is necessary to talk with those that have logged your hides beyond that (unless, of course, there are other issues)

We have only recently been introduced to the idea of actually fixing a cache itself. I think it is up to the CO to place a container that is going to withstand whatever randomness may befall their cache in between maintenance cycles, so pretty much where I draw the line is with the log. From a strictly selfish perspective, if I can't sign the log, I feel like I have done something wrong and can't really "log it", so we keep a nice collection of micro logs with us at all times. We recently purchased a "cache repair kit" off EBay which, while it would be handy for maintaining our own caches (all five of them), they are sufficiently set that they don't need a ton of regular maintenance. However, we frequently find soaked logs via bad containers, and while I will indicate that a log needs squared away and that we offered a temporary replacement, I hope the CO will be conscientious enough to come out and try to settle the problem permanently. In the rain soaked PNW, a well constructed water abating micro is hard to find (although, I have been pleasantly surprised with one particular CO's innovation of hanging a film canister upside down-it works great), so we do what we can to help not only ourselves, but those coming after us.