DisQuoi
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I don't follow. There's a bridge/boardwalk in the middle of a wetland and no trail leading to it? Please link the cache to this thread ... I'd like to see this for myself.
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I don't follow. There's a bridge/boardwalk in the middle of a wetland and no trail leading to it? Please link the cache to this thread ... I'd like to see this for myself.
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As I sat down with pencil and paper, I came to a stop when I had the same question as Greg. The fact that all of the pieces ended up at elev=200' does not mean that they all had the same fall time (i.e., that they all hit the ground at the same moment). I'm pretty sure that this problem is not designed to require a three-dimensional analysis of the explosion. Simply add the word "simulateously" to the statement that all of the pieces landed at the same elevation.
By the way, I think this is a great way to lay out a cache. While some people see this as merely a "word problem", it is very much unlike many caches that require that you solve a problem that has nothing to do with navigation or geometry which is inherent in global positioning. "Why is this a cache?" ... I'm sure I can guess what type of caches appeal to persons who would ask this ... the kind that I find too simple and not very challenging.
Well done!
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Originally posted by Jeremy Irish:Religious tracts and other ads are the same as brochures for a travel resort. Remove the tracts and any other items.
Honestly, a bible in a cache is not a big deal but Jehovah's witness in a can is a bit much.
Jeremy Irish
I have to disagree with you on this one. If the "religious" material contains advertisments (BIBLES! BIBLES! BIBLES! ALL FOR UNDER $10!) then remove them. However, if it's like most (or all) of the ones I've seen in Virginia, it's not commercial in nature but rather an expression of someone's beliefs (ones that they probably hold dear to them). The value that they see in these leaflets is no better or worse that the thousand plus CCCooper throw-away keychains I find in every cache I visit (someone feels there's intrinsic value in them). When I see these keychains or leaflets I roll my eyes and leave them there (expect one leaflet that I found to be terribly funny, I couldn't resist taking it for a laugh ... ). As far as someone deciding that a Bible has less reason to be in a cache than a dog-chewed tennis ball and "simply" removing it, do you take the Bibles out of every hotel/motel you stay in? Take off your cache-police-hat and ignore things that don't interest you ... someone else might want it
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Pleace use a cpell checker.
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Man, that extra wolf is like walking around with toilet paper stuck to your shoe.
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Post the cache ... state that due to complexity, it may have bugs, and let those who responded earlier (me) have an opportunity to beta test the cache "in place".
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One great thing I like about geocaching is the wide range of mental and physical challenge. I suggest that you place caches that will challenge people the way you would like to be challenged.
If you make one with a difficulty level such that one will need to have served in the US Army Rangers for 6 years, you will be giving that group of people a fun day or two which is the point.
However, if you want to build enthusiasm in your city, you might want to appeal to the masses first, then cater to the Seals.
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One great thing I like about geocaching is the wide range of mental and physical challenge. I suggest that you place caches that will challenge people the way you would like to be challenged.
If you make one with a difficulty level such that one will need to have served in the US Army Rangers for 6 years, you will be giving that group of people a fun day or two which is the point.
However, if you want to build enthusiasm in your city, you might want to appeal to the masses first, then cater to the Seals.
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Every person who places a cache (no matter how lame) is responsible for the great success of geocaching's growth). Also, Jeremy has developed a great tool for organizing the data. I believe that there's a certain critical mass (as measured in density of cache placement) that is required for this game to catch on in any given area. It's just not worth making this a hobby if there are only five caches within a hundred miles of your house. In northen Virginia, I can expect new caches within 15 miles of my house just about every weekend. Without that growth, the fun would quickly turn into long drives and reduced enthuiasm.
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Originally posted by joedohn:I think it's generous of Jeremy (or current modifier of this thread) to allow the posting of a sales pitch from a commercial geocaching site.
[Previously posted personal comment deleted, I apologize]
I appreciate that LovinPPL took the time to explain away much of what has been dispiuted here. I doubt Jeremy is concerned that another commercial geocaching site is being discussed here. I did not interpret LovinPPL's post as a "sales" pitch. If you interpreted it that way, then stop reading this thread. THE TOPIC IS INHERENTLY ABOUT GEOGAMERS.
[This message was edited by DisQuoi on June 18, 2002 at 07:33 AM.]
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I'd rather buy one of these ...
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I bought my Vasque hiking boots because I judge them to be the best I can afford. They have an excellent history of quality and durability. But I'd bet that someone on the payroll at Redwing has a design degree and his job is to make them look pretty (men's and women's styles). Show me any brand of boot or show where fashion wasn't considered in the design and I'll show you a boot or shoe that doesn't sell very well.
You may pay more for a pair of Nike than you should but you're buying a name. When you buy a name, you're getting more than a vinyl swoosh glued to your shoe ... Nike will go to great lengths to satify you ... replacing shoes that don't meet your expectations, etc. Case in point, I once owned a pair of Nike hiking shoes. I loved them! They were freakishly comfortable. After several years, the sole started to come off. I was able to het them replaced for free. You might not get this kind of service with "non-fashionable" shoes.
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I bought my Vasque hiking boots because I judge them to be the best I can afford. They have an excellent history of quality and durability. But I'd bet that someone on the payroll at Redwing has a design degree and his job is to make them look pretty (men's and women's styles). Show me any brand of boot or show where fashion wasn't considered in the design and I'll show you a boot or shoe that doesn't sell very well.
You may pay more for a pair of Nike than you should but you're buying a name. When you buy a name, you're getting more than a vinyl swoosh glued to your shoe ... Nike will go to great lengths to satify you ... replacing shoes that don't meet your expectations, etc. Case in point, I once owned a pair of Nike hiking shoes. I loved them! They were freakishly comfortable. After several years, the sole started to come off. I was able to het them replaced for free. You might not get this kind of service with "non-fashionable" shoes.
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Originally posted by Neuman:I can't believe they wasted so much time and energy arguing about a virtual!!
I make a distiction between "virtuals" and "locationless" caches.
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That may work well for you, but in my area where caches have been plundered, hiding it in an obvious spot does not work well.Point well taken. Let me clarify that to me "obvious" does not mean "in plain view". I hide all of my caches out of sight of potential passersby. But if you walk until your GPSr tells you that you're there, you'll look around you and before you start turning over habitats, you'll probably look in the huge hollow tree or fallen log.
I won't say which one it is but there's a great cache in Maryland that is a cloth wine bottle bag hanging up inside a walk-in hollow tree. You can't see it without a flashlight. But I must say, it was an "obvious" hiding spot ... which is good because it's located near the banks of the Potomac River in a park full of rocks and leaves.
Perhaps one question I'd ask is, when you (not you, cachew nut, specifically) place a cache, you you decide the coordinates first, or do you look for great places to hide something? I've found caches where I've passed scores of cool hiding spots just to find the cache on the ground under piles of branches or leaves. Very dissapointing and a bad trend in my oppinion.
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From geocaching.com ...
"Off-limit (Physical) Caches:
Caches will be quickly archived if we see the following (which is not inclusive):
Caches hidden by active railroad tracks"
'Nuff said ... Just kidding, I hate when people say that.
You saw a train pass? Are you sure that they're active tracks?
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From geocaching.com ...
"Off-limit (Physical) Caches:
Caches will be quickly archived if we see the following (which is not inclusive):
Caches hidden by active railroad tracks"
'Nuff said ... Just kidding, I hate when people say that.
You saw a train pass? Are you sure that they're active tracks?
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Another reason to eliminate locationless caches ...
But if you really want my opinion, you're initial post was a bit uncalled for. He should have cited his source for declaring the largest McDonalds and you should have had that conversation before posting.
I guess in the end all agreed that he found the largest "McDonalds & Playhouse" (or whatever) and you found the largest "McDonalds". If I were you, and someone had already posted the largest "McDonalds & Playhouse", I'd have passed on the largest Mcdonalds. Aren't there a zillion other large things to locate near you?
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Which is better, the drive to the Easter-egg hunt or the Easter-egg hunt itself.If done in an interesting way, having to find the hunt can be as fun as finding the eggs ... Grasshopper
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About the issue of expecting few hits ... I agree. I have a cache in Virginia that required at minimum that the searcher rent a canoe (or pay a boat launch fee maybe if they own a boat). It also requires doing some research and even breaking out the protractor and a map. It also requires some driving not to mention it's in a fairly remote part of the state. It is logged about once a month at best, usually less (5 attempts in as many months ... 4 finds, 1 failure). I don't mind a bit. It took alot of effort to plan and set-up. I believe that the enjoyment factor and sense of challenge makes it a memorable one to those who attempt it.
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I would love to try this cache. Just curious ... apart from normal costs (gasoline, batteries, snacks, entrance fees), what is the basis of your estimate of $50 spent? I live in Northern Virginia (Reston which is better than Herndon
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I would love to try this cache. Just curious ... apart from normal costs (gasoline, batteries, snacks, entrance fees), what is the basis of your estimate of $50 spent? I live in Northern Virginia (Reston which is better than Herndon
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When I hide a cache, I make a point to place it in an obvious spot. If you arrive in the vicinity, it'll be in one of the fist two or three places you look.
That said, I have been frustrated by people who want to add to the level of difficulty by placing the caches in holes in the ground or crevaces covered by leavess. This kind of hiding only invites the searcher to disrupt 3,000 square-feet of ground cover.
I think it is more responsible (environmentally speaking) to make the cache difficult to get to but not find once you're there. Some caches can take 30-60 minutes to find ... all the while one or two people are walking around in circles kicking layers of leaves and turning over rocks ... it's terrible.
Geocaching related anecdote - maybe true
in General geocaching topics
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... and I can verify the statue and niche, if it exists.