Salvelinus

quote:Originally posted by MissJenn: EDIT: 3/24/02 It was approved! here is th link to http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.asp?ID=17643 ----- http://users.beanstalk.net/jsk/images/dartfrogsmall.jpg _Nothing is foolproof because fools are so ingenious._ [This message was edited by MissJenn on March 24, 2002 at 06:56 PM.] Wow! Your cache had a busy first day. I'll be sure to look for it next time I get down that way. I found three in the area on an earlier trip this winter. Keep em coming! Smoochnme

I do not have kids of my own and my nieces and nephews haven't been out with me enough yet. So I don't have a good opinion on your original post. I'm just glad to hear your son is enjoying the ring I left at the LOTR cache. It meant a lot to me too because I found it in my first cache and wore it around my neck as a good luck charm! I couldn't think of a better item to put in that cache.

Its a toss-up between these two: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.asp?ID=14444 http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.asp?ID=9822 The first is a multi-cache which was well conceived and planned. The second was in a fantastic location and was somewhat physically challenging.

How Ironic! I just got on the board to post a question concerning this very cacher(s). I too am within their local area and have wondered how in the heck do they do it. They truly do find alot of legimate caches and they seem to cache almost every day. However, they seem to add them up VERY quickly. They also live in a very cache rich area so high numbers of finds are possible. What I recently had a problem with is that their partner (The RealBug) recently placed three virtual caches withing several feet of each other. The cache page said their distances from me were (60.22 mi, 60.23 mi, and 60.25 mi). This action convinced me that virtual caches are being taken advantage of by these users and it may have turned me off of virtual caches completly. Naturally, CCCooper were the first to find all three of these virtual caches, thus easily increasing their numbers. To me, that's not what this game is all about. Another thing that bothers me is that I'm currently doing a multi-cache they have placed. The coordinates for one of the parts has been continously noted as being significantly off and they have never updated the coordinates or given notice that they have been updated. I'm glad to see that I haven't been the only one to notice their questionable activity. Besides, they can't be that good...they haven't found any of my caches yet! Smoochnme

How Ironic! I just got on the board to post a question concerning this very cacher(s). I too am within their local area and have wondered how in the heck do they do it. They truly do find alot of legimate caches and they seem to cache almost every day. However, they seem to add them up VERY quickly. They also live in a very cache rich area so high numbers of finds are possible. What I recently had a problem with is that their partner (The RealBug) recently placed three virtual caches withing several feet of each other. The cache page said their distances from me were (60.22 mi, 60.23 mi, and 60.25 mi). This action convinced me that virtual caches are being taken advantage of by these users and it may have turned me off of virtual caches completly. Naturally, CCCooper were the first to find all three of these virtual caches, thus easily increasing their numbers. To me, that's not what this game is all about. Another thing that bothers me is that I'm currently doing a multi-cache they have placed. The coordinates for one of the parts has been continously noted as being significantly off and they have never updated the coordinates or given notice that they have been updated. I'm glad to see that I haven't been the only one to notice their questionable activity. Besides, they can't be that good...they haven't found any of my caches yet! Smoochnme

If you think you have it tough, check out Central Pennsylvania. Harrisburg/Lancaster/York areas are loaded, but when time is a factor, the 1.5 hour drive can be too much. I'm planning on many mini-vacations to SE and SW PA this Spring, just to experience some of those caches. I've hid three caches near State College since Christmas (2 more are planned) and nobody else has hid any! I'm expecting more local ones as soon as we get some longer periods of decent weather.

Besides the security issues. I have found PVC pipe caches with screw on lids to be almost impossible to open in the Winter. One of my first finds was a 1.5 mile vertical hike up a mountain in late December. When I found the 4 inch PVC cache it was frozen shut! How frustrating is that! I ended up holding the end inside my jacket for 20 minutes until it thawed enough to open. Even then it wasn't easy.

I had a similar situation I posted about yesterday. I e-mailed the website explaining the problem and Jeremy transferred ownership to my account. If you haven't done so, I suggest you pursue this route. Your situation sounds even more severe than mine. Thanks for taking care of the cache. I know the local geocachers appreciate it.

On one of my earlier hunts, the weatherman was calling for 1 to 3 inches of snow. I figured "no big deal" and went on the hunt. By the time I found the cache on the top of a ridge in PA, there were 6 inches of snow on the ground and it was still snowing hard. "White out" conditions prevailed at times. Fortunatly I punched my car location as a waypoint and was able to navigate out using a different path. By the time I got home there were 12 inches of snow on the ground. It all turned out fine, but could have been worse! My biggest fear was that my GPS would not function in the storm. It did fine!

There is a local cache near me that I think is very appropriate for the area. When I first found it, the cache was very damp and the logbook was getting musty. After logging the find and mentioning the condition of the cache, I also attempted to e-mail the placers both via the website and their own personal website about the condition of the cache. I did not receive a response. Meanwhile, several finders after me also noted the bad condition of this cache and one finder even tried to fix it with duct tape. I again attempted to contact the placers and volunteered to maintain it for them if they had left the area. Still no response. I e-mailed the website and Jeremy correctly transferred control of this cache to my account, so I created a new cache and proceeded to the location. When I got to the cache I noticed that the origional placers had returned and put everything in a new container and left a message on the log book mentioning the new container. However, the cache still had water laying inside it as the new container still was not water-resistant at all. I proceeded with my origional plan and placed my new cache with all the old items included and removed the old container and logbook. I also altered the cache description to reflect the new cache but still left the origional placers names on the cache page. My problem is that I feel a bit uneasy about "taking over" a cache that someone seems to want to still maintain. On the other hand, the origional placers have not been adaquately maintaining the cache or communicated their intentions. I really wanted to see this cache remain and be attractive, so I got involved. I still haven't heard from them even after updating the cache. Here's the link to the cache page. http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.asp?ID=329 Sorry for the long post. Any thoughts to ease my uneasiness?

There is a local cache near me that I think is very appropriate for the area. When I first found it, the cache was very damp and the logbook was getting musty. After logging the find and mentioning the condition of the cache, I also attempted to e-mail the placers both via the website and their own personal website about the condition of the cache. I did not receive a response. Meanwhile, several finders after me also noted the bad condition of this cache and one finder even tried to fix it with duct tape. I again attempted to contact the placers and volunteered to maintain it for them if they had left the area. Still no response. I e-mailed the website and Jeremy correctly transferred control of this cache to my account, so I created a new cache and proceeded to the location. When I got to the cache I noticed that the origional placers had returned and put everything in a new container and left a message on the log book mentioning the new container. However, the cache still had water laying inside it as the new container still was not water-resistant at all. I proceeded with my origional plan and placed my new cache with all the old items included and removed the old container and logbook. I also altered the cache description to reflect the new cache but still left the origional placers names on the cache page. My problem is that I feel a bit uneasy about "taking over" a cache that someone seems to want to still maintain. On the other hand, the origional placers have not been adaquately maintaining the cache or communicated their intentions. I really wanted to see this cache remain and be attractive, so I got involved. I still haven't heard from them even after updating the cache. Here's the link to the cache page. http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.asp?ID=329 Sorry for the long post. Any thoughts to ease my uneasiness?