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Wow! They sold out! They sure didn't last very long. Sorry folks.

Vancouver Island GPS (vigps.com) has a new geocoin and it's available for pre-ordering now! The Caching Place The vigps.com 2005 coin is in the 'Preorder Coin Gallery' of The Caching Place and they are going FAST - there are only 63 left!

Brian wants ALL cachers to present their thoughts on the BC Parks policy. So additional representatives are not required. We can ALL post our proposals in these forums. BC Parks will monitor the forums, and all voices will be heard.

Brian's response follows. He asks that people do not email him directly. While he does want to hear cachers opinions, he does not want a whack of emails flooding his inbox. Please post your responses in this forum so he may read them.

Here is a copy of the message I sent to Brian Bawtinheimer of PC Parks:

According to an article published in the Victoria Times Colonist, the BC Parks representative is Brian Bawtinheimer.

We would probably take 5, but like Gorak mentioned, it would depend upon the final design.

It's getting close to membership renewal time....Will the new BCGA executive be giving consideration to family memberships? I'm guessing the the current $1 per month covers only one of us who cache under the "jrav" name.

Here are the caches near the Cruise ship terminal in Victoria: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/nearest.asp...&submit3=Submit You will want to avoid the first two multi's that appear on the list.

Like these? We've placed about a hundred in caches and people seem to pick them up pretty quick. The camo bags are the most popular.

Who should I contact regarding a cache in BC?

Our bug was placed in Film Crew on Location in Water World but the page for Canadian Red Bear doesn't show him as being at that cache. How can we fix this?

Wasn't us. All Geodesy V members present and accounted for.

Our team is also competing in the cache mentioned by Curious George, and require this same bit of information. If you are interested in helping us out, please contact me and I can provide more details.

quote:High tech no help for hikers By Paul Rudan Three Victoria hikers equipped with high-tech navigation equipment still managed to get lost in the dense woods of Strathcona Park. No, they were not lost. They knew exactly where they were, and where they were headed. They had however, not anticipated the time it would take to traverse the terrain, given continuous rain and snowpack. quote:The three men were found safe and sound Monday, three days after they had set out on a modern, technology-enhanced scavenger hunt known as geocaching. “They were well-prepared with tarps for shelter and GPS receivers and laptop computers with navigational software, but unfortunately they had the wrong information from the beginning,” said Dan McManus, information officer for Campbell River Search and Rescue. Yes, they had tarps, GPS receivers and computers, but also had paper maps and compasses. The “wrong information from the beginning” refers to an incorrectly projected waypoint. quote:“The men hiked for several hours before they realized it wasn’t what they expected,” McManus said. “The terrain was very rough and the tree cover was dense. They became delayed to the point where they were 24 hours overdue and scrambled around in the bush trying to find a route out. The men became exhausted and decided to wait at a lake they came across.” The fact that they were 24 hours overdue from their expected return time is correct, but the remainder is not. They did not “scramble around in the bush trying to find a route out”. The lake they were stopped at is a campsite - they were camping. This article contains much erroneous information, also neglected to mention many facts that are both interesting, and truthful. The three men have over a 100 years of combined backcountry experience. One has served as a Search and Rescue technician. One has had extensive training in wilderness survival. One has extensive training in map reading and navigation. All had enough food for 4 more days. They were never in any danger, and were never off their intended route, or lost. They knew they were over 24 hours overdue, and every good backpacker knows they should have someone responsible aware of their plans and intended return date. As expected, the RCMP was contacted once this time period had passed. As expected, the SAR helicopter could be heard dropping off ground crew. So they prepared for the “rescue” by arranging the tarps to reflect light, placing pine boughs in a large arrow on a snow covered hillside, and stood by with flairs at the ready for when the helicopter was within sighting range. There is no doubt that the drastic change in weather and unexpected soft snowpack impeded their progress, causing them to fall behind schedule. However, their preplanning with food, shelter, emergency equipment and numerous packets of fresh batteries, ensured that this was far from a life threatening experience. This article does not reflect the experience.

quote:High tech no help for hikers By Paul Rudan Three Victoria hikers equipped with high-tech navigation equipment still managed to get lost in the dense woods of Strathcona Park. No, they were not lost. They knew exactly where they were, and where they were headed. They had however, not anticipated the time it would take to traverse the terrain, given continuous rain and snowpack. quote:The three men were found safe and sound Monday, three days after they had set out on a modern, technology-enhanced scavenger hunt known as geocaching. “They were well-prepared with tarps for shelter and GPS receivers and laptop computers with navigational software, but unfortunately they had the wrong information from the beginning,” said Dan McManus, information officer for Campbell River Search and Rescue. Yes, they had tarps, GPS receivers and computers, but also had paper maps and compasses. The “wrong information from the beginning” refers to an incorrectly projected waypoint. quote:“The men hiked for several hours before they realized it wasn’t what they expected,” McManus said. “The terrain was very rough and the tree cover was dense. They became delayed to the point where they were 24 hours overdue and scrambled around in the bush trying to find a route out. The men became exhausted and decided to wait at a lake they came across.” The fact that they were 24 hours overdue from their expected return time is correct, but the remainder is not. They did not “scramble around in the bush trying to find a route out”. The lake they were stopped at is a campsite - they were camping. This article contains much erroneous information, also neglected to mention many facts that are both interesting, and truthful. The three men have over a 100 years of combined backcountry experience. One has served as a Search and Rescue technician. One has had extensive training in wilderness survival. One has extensive training in map reading and navigation. All had enough food for 4 more days. They were never in any danger, and were never off their intended route, or lost. They knew they were over 24 hours overdue, and every good backpacker knows they should have someone responsible aware of their plans and intended return date. As expected, the RCMP was contacted once this time period had passed. As expected, the SAR helicopter could be heard dropping off ground crew. So they prepared for the “rescue” by arranging the tarps to reflect light, placing pine boughs in a large arrow on a snow covered hillside, and stood by with flairs at the ready for when the helicopter was within sighting range. There is no doubt that the drastic change in weather and unexpected soft snowpack impeded their progress, causing them to fall behind schedule. However, their preplanning with food, shelter, emergency equipment and numerous packets of fresh batteries, ensured that this was far from a life threatening experience. This article does not reflect the experience.

Since 23 Aug 02, there have been 417 caches placed on Vancouver Island alone. The chart below shows the number of caches placed per month on Vancouver Island. As you can see, we are way off the trend for this month.

Count this duet in....although the 7th thru 10th won't work for us. So...where do we send the $20?

Wow - you must have dug deep in the pile to dredge up this thread. My database tells me that the at the end of December 2001, there were 30 caches on Vancouver Island. There were 13 caches in the Victoria area: Building42 - Herbie and Irvings Revenge Building42 - Portage Zydeco Christmas in July Teddy Bears Picnic Anderson Hill SLC 2002 Olympic Cache (Archived) Mt. Doug Lone Tree Cache Gowland Ridge Peaceful Waters Cougar cache Mackenzie Bight By land or Water John Dean Horth Sooke and west (Juan de Fuca) had 8 plantman caches. Up Island, there were 6 caches: Waterfalls of Rain Great Central Treasure Little Mountain Cache Mr. Happy Cache on the Cape The White Collection The adjacent islands had 3 caches: Baileys Pender Island Portage Galiano Island Cache As of today, there are 244 active caches on Vancouver Island, and 52 archived. Thats about $1000 worth of plastic containers bought in one year.

One of the many great things about Geocaching is that you do not HAVE to do the types of caches you do not enjoy. If you don't like the Team KFWB caches, then don't do them. Personally, I'm not a fan of Virtuals, or the type of caches where a dozen can be logged in one day. There are plenty of regular caches in the area. I located a few that you (MarinerBC) have not yet visited and they sound like great hikes! There are two by GoldGuru that sound interesting: Mt Bolduc Mount Empress Caches by Dagg are always worthy of the visit: Obsessed with Punishment Rednecks & Wildflowers Although we have been successful in locating the treasure in the Team KFWB caches, it is not all about the money. We have discovered some fantastic areas while doing their caches. One cache clue lead us to the base of a peak that looked too enticing to pass by, so up we went, spending about 4 hours in an area we otherwise would have not discovered. We have also taken waypoints at locations that we plan to explore in greater detail once spring returns. You should not feel the need to retire - just ignore the caches you do not want to do. You ignore the Team KFWB caches, I'll ignore the virtuals, and we'll both be happy cachers.

We are two adults with two GPS's, but we log under one account. The first finder gets a free meal at the restaurant of their choice.

We went to a cache last weekend that originally contained $100. Operation Western Command Those before us took $10 each and left their standard (worth much less than $10) trade items. We took $10 and left a cheapo pencil sharpener. As I noted in my log, it didn't feel right, but everyone else did it. We still feel guilty - just because everyone else does it doesn't make it the right thing to do, so we plan to go back this weekend to leave something nicer.

quote:Originally posted by Goldguru:i think i must agree with jrav.........does yers lock in inside your housse???? mine does........ gm100....Gg Yes! Our GM100 does indeed get a lock in the house....although we cannot navigate from the PC room to the kitchen.