splicingdan
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Does SplicingDan still have all those extreme Terracaches on Staten Island? Not exactly 5 star terrain though, they don't call it that over on that website.
Yup.
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I have Maltby Hollow listed in my profile as one of my favorites. Its one of the most remote caches in the entire state.
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Ready for Saturday, all?
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Ah yes, the resemblance is striking...
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FEAR is one of the finest caches on the east coast. It is a shame that because of the difficulty, people shy away from it. I am heartened to hear that interest is being shown for this cache. This is an adventure that belongs in the same class as Melvin's, Blood & Guts and Choreographed Chaos and Spooky Island Cache.
After you complete FEAR, SD has some additional caches on terracaching.com that are outstanding.
No wonder....
The cache suddenly had more views in one day than it had in entire months.
I did check on some of it's various parts not too long ago and everything was fine.
The only part that I worry about is at the listed coordinates - for obvious reasons. It would have to be a malicious act because there's no way someone will stumble upon it.
In all honesty though, Fear will be easy compared to some of my others:
Rust & Balls
Penetrating Susan
Close To Heaven
Closer To Hell
Kber is the only person to have found them all (and he's provided me with detailed reports of each adventure - which is priceless stuff).
Here's his log for Penetrating Susan:
This Terracache only begs one question. Who is the greater senseless bastard. SplicingDan for placing this cache, or I for seeking it.
Without a doubt, this is the most horrifying cache I have completed to date. It was unnerving, yet eminently satisfying.
One should only attempt this cache, with proper planning, through assessment and mitigation for risk.
I will long remember this intimidating, awesome experience. Thank you.
(I left the $20, for the next foolhardy finder)
I laugh everytime I read it.
Oh yeah, don't forget about Combination Wreckage either - it's in NJ.
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WHY in the world would they pick Earthcache.org?
That's nobody's business but the Turks.
I hope that they know to look for the culprits in Istanbul (Not Constantinople).
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Veteran of the Year & Cache Logger:
Kber, hands down.
When he's done playing tiddlywinks over here, he steps on over to the dark side for his fix.
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Mercifully, The Scotsman Goes South has been archived.
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Dan, didn't we log one of your caches there?!?
Close...about 5 blocks east.
If you recall, it was in front of Seward Park.
I just find it strange that a bus would stop there.
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Yikes!
88 East Broadway is in the heart of Chinatown - underneath the Manhattan Bridge.
It's like a giant bucket of slime there - fish markets on top of produce markets on top of more fish markets and absolutely jammed with people.
Are you sure that the bus stop is there?
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Definitely NOT a Terracache. There's none listed even close to the coordinates.
Since you state that "Geocaching Log Sheet" is written on the log sheet, I believe that you've found your answer.
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I live in south Jersey and this past winter I moved back here from the eastern Tennessee/ Western NCarolina area. I learned to rappell and spelunk while down south and havent been able to do it recently. I would like to visit some areas to climb/ rappell and explore caves if possible. If anyone can recommend and post some good areas or caches in north/central Jersey where I could do this I would greatly appreciate it. I dont usually venture much past Trenton with the price of gas being what it is, but if there is some caving or climbing to be done I'm there!
Thanks!
Although Hartclimbs' cache is probably good, he states in a note that it doesn't require any gear.
I believe that the only true climbing cache in the area is Vertical Limit.
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Hey all of you New Yorkers!
I need to know if there is reception for GPS on Manhattan Island and in NYC downtown areas????
It depends on the type of GPS.
I used to own a Garmin Vista which has an internal antenna and was NEVER able to get a signal amongst the buildings.
My 60CS works well enough to navigate around but still lags when trying to pinpoint something.
I'd suspect that a remote antenna would work best.
Although...the perimeter of the island gets fine reception.
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I was feeling left-out, so I just got back from the pharmacy with my own 3 week supply of doxy.
I've been experiencing the "general malaise" that seems to occur. No rash, just a low-grade fever and some minor soreness.
Undoubtedly, if my tests do come back positive, the source was Wharton SF while visiting the various stages of 'Choreographed Chaos'. I recall during one field challenge, I easily pulled-off more than a hundred of the little bastards. Chances are that I missed one or two.
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That's great. It's the exact sort of move that makes the game fun. That must have been some killer hike.
Although...Bear Mountain is not the highest point in CT. Mount Frissell is.
Actually, he said highest summit in ct, not point-
Bear Mt. is the highest peak ENTIRELY within CT, although the stone marker at the top of Bear's summit incorrectly states that it is indeed the CT highpoint.
Ok, enough nit picking...
Frissell - South Slope and Boundary Peak, Nevada are the only states with highpoints on the slopes of mountains in that summit in other states. Both states are not thrilled about the distinction and do everything to minimize this fact and both highpoints are among the least visited in the country.Hmm, so it seems that this is true.
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That's great. It's the exact sort of move that makes the game fun. That must have been some killer hike.
Although...Bear Mountain is not the highest point in CT. Mount Frissell is.
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Try the Adoptions page.
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How would we go about getting the abandoned caches archived so we can start up a new and improved round of caches?
Contact New York Admin.
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What would you do with Central Park?
I have thought about placing one in the park but 1) It's saturated and 2) It would have be devious. And I'd bet that I'd run into similar problems as I did with 'My Monkey'.
I'm talking about the constant badgering from tourists and some locals who's only intent is to add 1 to their find count and have zero interest in putting any effort into finding a cache.
I agree with you, Harry. Central Park definitely deserves a few caches it's an awesome place.
If the problem caches that have been mentioned are archived, I would condsider it further.
Also, the owner of the other two caches that you've mentioned, Central Park Highpoint (which is not despite the name) and Central Park Guardian, seems to have abandoned his caches in Queens so I would guess that these are also.
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The unmaintained caches: Swamp Gas, TONY, In the Ramble? (Are they maintained at all?) would be best archived, IMHO. Muggled, but maintained caches (Lakeside View, The Arch, Here By the Meer) are up to the maintainers. All good caches!
The problem with Central Park is the sheer volume of muggles. They're all over the place! Anything will be found eventually. CP caches are special. But what they do need is almost constant maintenance. Time Out New York has not been in geocaching in over a year. Archive TONY. It's had a good run, but ...
There probably isn't anywhere in the park that you can put a cache that it won't get muggled. With the possible exception of itty bitty.
Just my opinion.
The Arch went missing 9 days after placement, then it was replaced, went missing again 4 days later, then replaced by Avroair.
The log book has been full for months and its owner has done nothing about it.
Lakeside View was replaced for the 5th time in April. There's obviously a problem with the choice of placement.
Here By The Meer was confirmed missing on April 16th and has yet to be replaced.
Itty Bitty has defied time. Its been in place for 3.5 years. But...it's a vacation cache and the existence and condition of a log book has been sporadic at best.
In The Ramble - vacation cache.
Flowers From Tennesee - vacation cache. Letterbox with no stamp.
The Castle - vacation cache.
Stone Face - vacation cache, plus there's no accurate answer for the confirmation.
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The problem isn't with the park itself, to be exact, Julz.
It's with the junk that people have placed there. Numerous vacation caches, missing owners, and crappy containers.
And then there's the people who are determined to replace missing caches (even though they've been abandoned) instead of letting them get archived.
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Again, it's adults playing responsibly.
OK Pollyanna.
LOL.
Well, prove me wrong and then I'll change my view, Momus.
All I've done is peek over a friend's shoulder to look at the terracaches near me, so I can't judge how things are in, say, New Jersey or New York. But I will tell you that what I saw listed in my area was a big turnoff. At that time, there were three cross-listed caches, which Terracaching trumpets as being forbidden or strongly discouraged. I hear that they've since disappeared, so that's good... but dang, they got listed. I also saw a cache that had been archived at this site when it became apparent that it was hidden beneath a bridge on a four-lane, limited access highway. Such caches are a prime cause of bomb scares, and for that reason the guidelines here prohibit such placements. But dang, it got listed over there.
If the first wave of caches had been quality hides, like something from Quest Master in the Laurel Highlands or from Ian5281 in Allegheny National Forest, I might be persuaded to follow suit. But cross-listings and immigrant park and grabs? Sounds just like Navicache.
Looks like this is the cache that you mention.
In all fairness, all of the mapping services plot the coordinates near, but not under the highway.
Do you know for a fact that it is under? Or are you looking over your friend's shoulder again?
Seems that the cache is located on a very steep hillside. Under, over, or adjacent will be very tough to call from a map due to the sharp elevation change.
I think that the owner's mistake was to ignore the concerns of Keystone Approver.
Whatever the case, caches on any site are going to slip through.
For instance, which situation would you like me to point out for a cache listed here on GC.com?
-One of the many located as close (or even closer) as the cache in question to a highway in and around NYC?
-Directly on the concrete support structure of a roadway bridge in NJ?
-Attached to the underside of a US mailbox in Manhattan?
-One of the numerous caches attached to privately owned payphones?
-A recently approved cache in a Federal park here on SI?
Hate to tell you, but even the almighty guidelines here can prove to be ineffective.
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Again, it's adults playing responsibly.
OK Pollyanna.
LOL.
Well, prove me wrong and then I'll change my view, Momus.
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Thanks for the suggestions.
When I solve the problem, I'll post it here.
Extreme caches near New York City
in Northeast
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Haha....that's funny. You're right. My last post was precisely about the same topic.
Thanks for the publicity!
Most of my caches are very lonely, but that's OK. I kinda like it that way.
I'll check on Fear when tick season starts subsiding. Besides, the cache has been reported missing several times before.
Penetrating Susan, Rust & Balls, Close To Heaven, Closer To Hell are all risky caches - if that's what you're looking for, Autorita.
My Monkey and iPoint's Revenge bring back some great memories, eh Harry?