tanisdad

This one gets my vote

I guess that when you look at the question, Is a cache dangerous? You have to put it in perspective. Is it dangerous to walk in the desert? Is it dangerous to drive on the interstate? Is it dangerous to eat chinese food? Is it dangerous to swim in the ocean? Yes? they can all be dangerous. You have to wiegh the need or enjoyment against the risk or you would never leave the house and would live in a bubble. When someone places a cache they do not force you to go do look for it. They provide you with the location and what information they have but you are responsible for deciding if you want to do it. When making this desicion you decide if you know how to survive in the area where the cache is. You decide if you have the knowledge and skills to attempt the find. Basically you are responsible for yourself.

Since Divining rods appear to use distubances in the ground to work( ie lower density soil locations or maybe magnetic interference) , it is hard to imagine that they would be able to "divine " the location of a cache. Now I shall put my aluminum foil hat away.

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Quote by (CoyoteRed @ Jul 24 2005, 02:16 PM ) But, let's just leave it with "where did you 3/3 or 4/4 from?" You know good and well that has nothing to do with what I said. Besides, if you had been paying attention in the forums it's been said and acknowledge at least a half dozen times in past couple or three years that a hard hunt at the end of hard hike in is frowned upon. How does that equate to what you asked me? I haven't the foggiest. End Quote I have two comments on this topic. The first comment concerns the above quote. People that post in these forums are a minority in the geocaching community. The ones that post most often are probably type "A" personalities and like to express thier opinions. Unless official action is taken on an opinion by the powers that be it is not a guideline or a rule. The second comment is ------ variety is the spice of life ------ Hide it and they will come. I enjoy all caches hard or simple alike. Depending on my mood I enjoy all caches easy or hard, micro or regular. I even enjoy virtuals. The fun is getting out and doining it not complaining about how other people do it.

Nothing is ever to hard, It is just a challenge that must be accomplished. Oh Yes it must be accomplished

I havn't been caching long, but with the weather we have in New Mexico, I would expect caching year round is going to be what I do. It gets a little hot in the summer, but with low humidity. Snow is fairly uncommon in the winter and a good jacket usually keeps you nice and toasty.

Yesterday while out caching, I hiked to a cache where the last log shown was November of 2004. Prior to leaving I read the previous log where people talked about what they left and what they took. When I get to the cache I begin to read the log book and notice that the cache was found in May 05. The finder took a Susan B. Anthony Dollar and a TB and left a hotel pen. ( Not quite trading even or up). On the way back I got to thinking what if I inventoried the caches and included the inventory in my found log. Would this be helpful? Would it be a waste of time? I know I have read that cache owners can send a TB to grave yard - would this help remove those travel bugs that have been lost from the data base or would it cause increased confusion? Let me know what you think and please don't turn this into a SWAG Bashing thread. Tanisdad

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HD you should stay away from those vicious caterpillars. They can be very dangerous.

#1, I am #1.

oops goofed

Mine has two names one for when the kids are with me and one for when they are not.

Broken computer parts. I once hiked about 2 miles to cache in the mountains to find a computer fan and old hard drive.

Each type of cache has their place. The key is to use the proper type in the proper place. This does not mean that traditionals should always be placed in sparsly populated areas ar should always be used in forests and deserts where ther is almost no population. Micro's do not need to be used in only urban settings. In my opinion it is the responsability of the cacher hiding the cache to create something unique, exciting or just plain fun. I have been to caches that were far from civilaization that showed me something I didn't know existed and a micro was hidden there. The sites made it well worth the effort of searching for the micro. I have also found some nice ammo cans hidden in urban parks or drainage areas or flood control areas. These have also been fun to find. As with all things geo caching it is the responsibilty of the cachers to determine the best location and provide the best experience.

By just archiving a cache are you creating Geotrash? It is appareant that you cannot get hold of the owner and it can be assumed that the owner will not collect the existing cache. So know the cache in still in a location and a new cache can be set up near that same location. IMHO it would appear to be better to allow someone who wants to adapt the cache the chance to adopt it. It is my understanding that caches are often moved a small distance and the coordinates updated for various reasons ( geotrail being created etc.) If the new owner believes the cache needs to be modified couldn't he do something along these lines?

Tanis was a half elf in the Dragon Lance fantasy series. Me and my wife liked the name and named our son Tanis and I am his Dad So Tanisdad.

Thank You, I thought it might be something like that but wasn't sure.

I am watching the last cache of a multi. I have looked for the cache and not found it . Two other cachers have looked and logged DNF's . Today I recieved an e-mail that states easy find and provides links to the cache page and the log. When I go to the log it say cannot read archived logs and when I go to the cache page the log does not show up. Could someone explaine whats up. Thanks Tanisdad

I am fairly new to the geocaching scene but would like to put my two cents in on this topic. I had been caching approximately one month when I went on a buisness trip to Dallas Texas. On this trip I decided to do a little caching but did not have a rental car to drive to many caches. The majority of caches within walking distance of my hotel were virtuals. Having been to Dallas numerous times I did not expect to find anything spectacular or that I hadn't already seen. I was very supprised to locate two virtuals that were really impressive. I am willing to bet that many people living and working in that part of Dallas did not no that these sites existed. These virtuals just added to my appreciation of caching. If I were to rank my caching experience I would rank these two virtuals in my top caches. They were much more exiting to find and view than many ammo cans tucked under a tree with McJunk inside it. I also do lots of caching with my Kids and it never hurts to show them an historic place, nice piece of Art or engineering or even a view. I do not understand the problem with posting a virtual while on vacation. It is fairly obvious that something has changed at the site if several DNF occur in a row and in MHO a virtual is less likely to go missing that any traditional cache. I believe that with a little effort and ingenuity a a virtual can be just as difficult to find ( or the information used to verify the virtual) Just like any other cache the more thought put into it the better the experience. Tanisdad

Ditto:

Lets just say that I'm 6'2" tall and there is plenty of me to go round (290 lbs). I like think it is pure muscle, but my wife keeps me grounded and informs me it isn't.

Have been caching for two months and met fellow cachers twice in that time period. Met the first ones out in the open spaces outside of town. He had his son and were just putting the cache back as we walked over a little rise. He didn't seem to have the location for many caches so I gave him a few more to look for. The second time was durring lunch when I was looking for a micro. A gentleman was smoking a cigarette outside the building and spoke to me saying that I would find it. After looking for a few minutes I went over and spoke to him and found out he was the person who had hid it.

I'm 40 wife is 35 and kids 8 and 10