Warturtle

I have never tried paperless caching, and I probably won't for a very long time. The cable is still in my GPS's box, but that would mean I have to walk all the way to the basement to get it. I just can't put forth that sort of effort. If I am doing 1-5 caches I just print every page. Any more, and I open up a Word document, and write down the Name, coords, d/t, and size of every cache. Then, if I need to, I can pull out my phone on the trail to get more info.

I answered the OP's question. Then he decided he didn't like my answer so he'd tell me I'm wrong. Groundspeak sells tracking numbers for geocoins, in groups of 50 or more. You cannot purchase one or two TB numbers to print on shirts and hats. First of all, even if you HAD answered his question, you did it in an extremely snarky and rude way. Second of all, you didn't answer his question. You CAN buy just trackable codes. Nowhere in his post did he say he only wanted one or two. Nowhere in your answer did you say you could only do it if you bought more than 50. All he asked is if it was possible, and all you answered was no. I don't consider that a correctly answered question. Now please stop prompting people to post "should kids be allowed on the forums?" type topics. A blanket ban like that would affect me too.

Thanks for the quick response. I notice that there are also some caches along the route that i made that do not have the bolt over them. Were they not added to the query because I hit the 500 max limit? In my experience, the route feature doesn't work very well, and skips some caches.

Can't see it because it hasn't been published yet. Is it yours? No, it's not mine. Nobody can see it, including me, but it has the page that indicates it's been posted, but not reviewed.

All it means is that the cache with the bolt over it was included in the pocket query.

Looks like it's been posted, it just needs to be reviewed! http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GC30000 For comparison, here is a page that hasn't been posted yet: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GC40000

I don't know what your reading, but nothing here that I have seen has been as vulgar as 4chan. I don't know what YOU'RE reading....YOU'RE not YOUR....makes me nuts.... Drives me nuts too, but when you type this fast you are bound to make a few mistakes! I fixed it. That was just the language arts teacher in me being frustrated by the lack of proper grammar and spelling on cache pages and in the forums...sorry if I attacked.... Some cache pages I have read are just awful...I wonder, would this horrible speller want to know that they look stupid/non-educated or do I just let it go? I have always just let it go.... Hard to say. Would you want someone to point out that this post makes you look like a know it all snob? Would you? But honestly, sometimes the amount of snark on these forums just kills me. Honestly. Yes, I would actually like to know if I make a grammar mistake. I'd have to say that making a post about it is probably not the best plan, but a PM would be appreciated.

I don't know what your reading, but nothing here that I have seen has been as vulgar as 4chan. I don't know what YOU'RE reading....YOU'RE not YOUR....makes me nuts.... Drives me nuts too, but when you type this fast you are bound to make a few mistakes! I fixed it.

What part of Idaho do you live in exactly? Soda Springs? I live in Logan, so I was wondering.

I just placed a new cache, GC2ZZ9E. It's not published yet, but I realized it's very close to GC30000! I'd guess we will make it by tonight, if not, by tomorrow!

You mean, like Facebook? Facebook will disable an account if it's found to be held by a minor, per their TOU. The same should apply here. If a poster admits openly to being under the minimum age in the TOU then the account should not be allowed to post- per the TOU. Until such time as an account is known to be under the minimum age then all the other rules in the TOU should apply- to all posters in all threads. Except the minimum age of Facebook is 13, not 18.

I don't know what you're reading, but nothing here that I have seen has been as vulgar as 4chan.

It might be cheaper to just buy the GPS, roaming charges are going to kill! If you are a scuba diver, don't waste your time geocaching. I love geocaching as much as the next guy, but the diving in Cozumel is FANTASTIC. I've been there, and I have the Dominican Republic and Bonaire to compare it to. If you don't scuba dive, then you will definitely want to rent a car for an excursion. Cozumel is a nice town and all, but it's not all that unique, and it's touristy. I think you would get more out of the island by driving down the West side, which looks to have about 5 caches.

The round ones are Premium Member Only.

I'm guessing he means a Designated Wilderness Area.

Absolutely not. I know that kids have become a problem here- I know exactly who you people are talking about. But a blanket ban is not how to deal with it. I myself would be banned from the forums under that rule. I see no reason I shouldn't be able to post here, I haven't posted anything most people would object to.

come and hunt me down, buddy. Apparently he really lives through the words of his signature.

I'd say that any large in a place where that is even a concern is probably going to get muggled pretty quick anyway. Could be done, but it's going to be pretty difficult.

There is no such things as too dangerous/gross on geocaching. They'll publish anything legal. There is a cache at an abandoned nuclear facility, as well as a cache on an island made entirely of bird poop. It's only a matter of whether or not you are allowed and willing to place it.

Normally lock n' locks are fine, but for that I'd use an ammo box. I'd assume that metal will hold up better in those conditions than plastic. The idea of putting one inside another sounds good.

I'd support requiring one find, but not 100. I placed my first after 40, and learned a lot more from placing one than finding 100. I don't like my first one, but my second came after about 60 and is really nice, I believe.

Some of us are still unclear of what your actual inquiry was. Was it simply your reviewer that declined your cache, and you want to escalate it from there, or was it actually Groundspeak's reviewer appeal process that rejected your idea? It was Groundspeak's appeal process.

I could probably afford to buy my own geocoin and not win one in a contest, but I'm too stingy for that.

We have one cacher around here (who has awesome caches) who checks every DNF within a few hours. He has 60+ caches. Of course, he is retired and really likes to ride his bike, but still. I have 4 caches, but all of them are so new that none have needed any maintenance.

If it was only four days ago, it might just be that the other person hasn't logged it yet.