Let's Look Over Thayer

We'd be happy to share, but there's not much of a story to tell...it's just a little word play.

Just for the sake of completeness... Another option that I've used successfully (with both compact cameras and SLRs) for many years is a "clampod". It's basically a C-clamp with pop-out legs and a tripod head. You can use it like the ultrapod or you can clamp it to things (trees, hiking staffs, trekking poles, car windows, mountain bikes, fences, ammo boxes, people, small animals and so-on.) You can usually find this item at camera stores.

I have a walking stick that can be used as a monopod. I got it at REI. The brand is "Tracks" and their web page is: www.trackspoles.com.

Hey! Congranulations on hitting 1K! (Only 218199 more caches to go... )

Digit Location GCNZVZ -- but it is disabled at the moment. (We were LTF... )

I was out hiking on my lunch break today (to a cache, of course!) and pondering C4's adventures. It occurred to me that while there's been a lot of discussion about being prepared (and valuable discussion it is), there is another aspect that also deserves mention. This other aspect is goal-itus. This is when achieving a goal trumps wisdom of turning around and trying again on another day. It can afflict even the most well prepared individual. Being well-prepared might (or might not) make the difference between surviving and not surviving an un-wise decision, but it doesn't prevent the decision in the first place. We have all, probably, been afflicted by it at one time or another. (I regret to say that I've made some poor decisions in this regard.) It's most likely to occur when we have an investment (financial, emotional, whatever) in achieving a goal. Goal-itus is a significant contributor to a large number of mountain climbing fatalities. It also figures in a high number of general aviation accidents. Let me end with this thought. When a peak is so close that you can almost touch it, it is very very difficult to turn around and give up all that hard won altitude -- even in the face of severe lightning storms. But when faced with this decision, keep in mind the following: you can descend and reclimb that mountain many times in your life. Continuing on in the face of adverse weather and/or darkness may be something that you only get to do once! (Now, if only I can remember to think about this when I'm the one making the decision to turn around... )

What?????? Santa doesn't exist? How can you even think it? Next you'll be telling us that the Cache Fairie doesn't create all these wonderful caches for us... I'm plugging my ears now...la, la, la, la, la, la, la...

No, that's not her. She doesn't wear glasses and her hair is a different color!

Golly! I do believe it is... (How could you tell from just the legs? )

Yes, definitely try them. They are "fun" in the same way as hitting yourself on the head with a piece of pipe... ...it feels good when you stop! (At least that's what I've been told. I haven't stopped yet... )

There seems to be a general problem with message delivery. I've also noticed delays with Pocket Queries and watchlist notifications. It's rather inconsistant because some things will come instantly and others will be delayed by hours.

Maybe "San Diego" should become its own region. (Can we secede from "West and Southwest"?)

You can always count on Dan-Oh to push the envelope when it comes to cammoflaging a cache! (I bet it's a large size ammo can just sitting right out in the open in the middle of the lawn... )

Absolutely. If it's missing, I want to know about it so I can remove it from the cache page (The coin is then placed in "Unknown" or in the Travel Bug Graveyard cache.) I don't want one of my coins to lure someone to a cache unless it's actually in the cache. The same goes for my TBs. If I find a cache and an "advertised" TB/coin is not there, I will notify the owner to let them know that their item is missing in action. I check the logs first. If the missing item has already been reported, I don't send a notification. And, if I find out that an item has been placed in one of my caches and has gone missing, I notify the owner. And if he/she/they don't remove it from the cache page, I do so myself (after a reasonable amount of time.)

Congranulations to Dr. Boggis and Passing Wind for bagging the FTF on the Yuokon! (PW, nice photos... )

And don't forget to read about Marguerite Thayer Palmer at our favorite SCC cache (The ol' No. 6...)

I had just returned home from pissing people off...remember Ooops! I hadn't read that thread yet when I wrote that...Sorry

Is that Dan-Oh (in the blue pants)?

Just saw that! Thanks, GoBolts! for the replacement! (Gotta wonder, though, about the time on that edit. What were you doing up at 3:18am??? )

Cute little bugger! Congrats, Dave! Oh sure, he looks cute now...but before you know it, he'll be hiding puzzle caches... ( Congrats! )

Chuy, Congranulations on 1900!

Thanks, everyone! To paraphrase QDMan, "We couldn't have done it without you." (And as it happens, that's literally true when referring to QDMan since we hit #700 at his cache Twoo Wuv #1 - Inigo Montoya!)

I'm waiting for when y'all have got the whole mountain covered with a 0.1 mi. grid of caches...

It certainly seems like Dr. HaZzMatT is one busy dude. I certainly hope that he doesn't try any of those Double Inverted Rolls on the days after he dives on the Yukon. Sounds like a good way to get bent! I've heard of Pitts, Citabrias, CAPs, Extras, Yaks, Sukhois and Zlins, but I am unfamiliar with an aerobatically rated aircraft called an "A9". Closest references I could come up with are: Lockheed A-9, a ground attack aircraft based on the YP-24 fighter prototype Grumman OA-9 "Goose" amphibious aircraft Northrop YA-9, a prototype attack aircraft developed for the USAF. Kuat Drive Yards A-9 Vigilance, a fictional fighter from Star Wars. None of these seem like candidates for a aerobatic "stunt plane". (For that matter, I've never heard anyone who flies aerobatics refer to their aircraft as a "stunt plane".) Edit: I did find an ag plane ("crop-duster") called an A-9. A modified A-9 might possibly be used for aerobatics. I didn't find any record of a patent for a "Hydrogen/Nitrogen Hot Air balloon" (whatever that means) on the USPTO web site. (But then, again, maybe it's one of those secret black balloons that none of us are supposed to know about. It would fit with his CIA training. )

Scent, cent, and sent That's all well and good... ...but how do you translate these into coordinates...?