The NVG

Just color the code out with a black sharpie. Problem solved.

These two events turned 10 this year. IGO's Hike-N-Seek - GC44V80 MOGA - GC3Gn2E

1070 FTF's. No, I am not addicted. Well, ok, I am. It's the race that's fun. The best FTF's are the ones where you find the cache, sign the log, and walk away. Hey, where'd NVG go? That DRB! grrrrrrrr................

Alright, I have one for you guys. I don't look for a certain cache. I don't even think about a certain cache. I don't log the certain cache online. Is this legal according to the guidelines?

Hey, what's up with the personal attacks against me? And the State of Iowa? I thought that was against the rules. Don't worry, moderator, I got thick skin. Some people should try it in on to see if it fits. And don't claim a FTF when YOUR name wasn't first on the list. I know because it was my cache.

Atomic Goats Breathe is one of my favorites.

920 FTF's - 46 in one day. (And that's in Iowa!) Too say there's a Metro area in the state would be an overstatement. The first to find race is awesome. There are about 20 to 30 FTF hounds in the capital city of Des Moines. Every time a cache publishes, it is a race to sign your name first. (Pretty lame when you say it like this.) Even with all this competition, there is surprisingly a lot of sportsmanship among those hounds. Sometimes too much. The Iowa caching commmunity is pretty tight. Take a look at the new caches in Iowa and you have to get to the third page to actually get to a non-event cache. Our neighboring states have about half a page of events. We all enjoy the hobby and the other people that play. The ones that don't either quit the game or go into another form of finding stuff. A subgame of the FTF game (when people are NOT feeling very sportsmanlike) is BLOODLUSTING. Named after the infamous cacher who has since retired from the FTF game. In the subgame, you find the container, sign the log, and put it back without anyone seeing you do it. That, my friends, is very hard to do. But it certainly is a great burn. I think some of you forum flamers will love this tatic. I been on both ends of this tatic and it's funny and it sucks. But, it's just a game. Come to Iowa to cache. MOGA's here next year. MOGA Champ 2008, 2011 HNS Champ, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010

860 FTF's. THEY call ME....Mr. Inconsiderate! As well as, a lot of other things. It's a game.

I know joranda. One of THE best cachers in the WORLD. I do not say that lightly. His point is simply: what can I do about my logs being incorrectly deleted? SOLUTION: Log your finds on one of your own archived caches referencing the GC# Then Move on Life is too short You KNOW you found it and anyone who knows you in your local community knows you found it. Good luck, God bless, and we'll see you at Rend Lake.

Congratulations from Snowy Iowa!

Cached all New Year's weekend long. Once it gets below zero, I stop counting. Just add another layer! The snow makes it a little harder. Spent a good twenty minutes a piece on finding two ammo cans. Of course, following someone else's footprints evens that out.

Welcome to the OBSESSION! Post whenever you feel like it. Now, go get number two! Below zero here in Iowa and just got back in from nabbing one after ten. I'd keep playing I don't think the heavy stuff is coming down for a while.

Just signed up. Most anything that promotes "MY" hobby, I am down. TFTC is a great name. I have a lot of hides and unfortunately I see that a lot. Why does this place hate the FTF so much?

675

573 until the next one is published.

I have one LTF to go with my 373 FTF's.

I had a cache dedicated to prohibition. FTF prize was a bottle of Templeton Rye.

The cache at the center of this topic was a "puzzle" and not a "multi." The FTF'ers just used logic to deduce the final location. Eventually, you will figure this out and be able to beat those dastardly dudes to FTF!

I am. Over half of the bogus finds were MY CACHES. Oh, and It's MY hood not yours BD. I wasn't runnin' a bunch of PQ's and then being a nusance. I was busting a C H E A T E R. Not pointing out the obvious. Although, it should have been obvious to the KC phonies that they didn't find the caches.

It is pretty hard to cross T's and dot I's when you don't sign the log, find the cache, or even get out of your car.

You're a better man than me, if you do routine maintenance checks. I do maintence checks when I have a reason to believe a cache needs one, but there is nothing routine about it. However, I was actually referring to this event: That sounds as though a bunch of cachers went out and checked up on all of the cachers that this KC team claimed to have found. You are wrong about ONE thing. Not a "bunch" of cachers just one....me. Yes, way too much time on my hands, but the KC cachers were very indignant about me questioning them on the unsigned logs. One of the two emailed me how it really hurt to have me question them. Beautiful, cop an attitude to further discourage me from checking. On top of that, in one of the bogus logs, the other cacher quoted the previous finder (in September) about how the clues were still missing in the cache. Here is what went down with this cache: I disabled the cache because I had forgotten to replace clue like the KC cacher logged. But here's the thing...I had replaced the clues, but had forgotten I had done it. There was no need to disable it. But I redid the log, made more clues, and headed out for the cache to maintain. I get out there and see there are still plenty of clues in the cache and no signature from the KC cachers. Isn't that a nice touch? Lying and utlizing the previous finders log to further throw me off the case. These two totally knew and planned how they were going to try to pull this off. And the Polk County Cache Sheriff busted them! Don't mess with Central Iowa. 3AMT and Bucknuts checked their caches as well. In these two cachers case, the KC cachers didn't sign any of the seven logs. Five for 3AMT and two for bucknuts. Further note on how obsessive I am: About two years ago, I busted a board member of the Iowa Geocachers Organization logging caches he didn't find. He resigned for the board. Domino!

I can't believe that people would drive around and actually check the physical logs in their caches just to make sure that those that posted online had actually signed the log. That's crazier than logging a cache that you haven't found! Well, OK... maybe not if you only have one or two hides, and they're only blocks from your house, but otherwise... you have way too much time on your hands! Not too much time on my hands. Just not enough caches to find within a thirty mile radius. As to Crazy....Guilty as charged.

IGO (Iowa Geocachers Organization) has around 660 members. Last Sunday's event, had a little over 50 people there. Central Iowa has a monthly meeting. I would estimate that 80 to 90% of Central Iowa cachers belong to IGO.

ArcherDragon: The i-word? We love you guys to our north. You guys are just like a big brother on the top bunk. We know you guys are just committed to protecting this great game. It's not the heat, but the humidity. Right? Dry? We got a boatload of snow and NBC had some dude up in your state in front of a frozen ice wall. Now, that's a great place for a cache. Paint it white and nobody will ever find it. Make the cache water soluble and when it FINALLY heats up....no impact to our environment and the "wall" won't be hurt either.

They were from the Missouri side of KC. So, it would be... Show Me Your Corns!!!!!!