TheLoneGrangers
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yeah its funny cachemister lol
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Im jealous of some of your maps.
http://www.photoshop.com/users/granger1/assets/f6e17da9e5b54509886b5962fbd91fcc
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Honestly to me, even though your posts are well written and sound intelligent, you are not making any sense, who is to decide what is dangerous? If ground speak says a blind corner cache is dangerous to muggle motorists. Then rock climbing caches are dangerous to muggle rock climbers because the georockclimbers could get them killed by falling rocks or them falling on the innocent bystanders them self, or get themselves stranded and SAR teams could get themselves killed for attempting to rescue. We don't need ground speak to step in and be Big Brother.
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Because I use my logical skills I don't stick my hand blindly into holes or typically cache around things that produce electricity. I also wouldn't park or cache on a blind curve because as and adult I can look at that situation and think you know this isn't really safe or smart for me to do.
If someone lacks that ability to look at stuff like that recognize it's a bad choice that is no one's fault but their own. They don't need Groundspeak reviewers or the company in general to hold their hands because really they have bigger issues in life if they can't make a healthy choice.
Yes they should just ignore them and assume people will use their critical thinking skills and make better choices or learn by natural consequences. If someone is so lacking in foresight that they park or walk irresponsibly on a blind curve they are at risk. And if you stick your hand in a dark hold you may get bit or poked... there's not much hope for them in general real life.
And I know the next remark will be about children. I'm of the belief if one chooses to procreate and have children it is their responsibility to care for them. If they are going to engage in an activity which is outdoors which is inherently dangerous to children in itself then they need to use their logical thinking skills and protect their children and not expect the rest of us to bubble wrap the world and take the onus off of them to be a parent. People need to watch their own children. If that means holding their hand, walking them on a leash or in some other way making sure they don't run erratically and make stupid choices so be it.
Well said....I can sum this well written post into two words:
Personal Responsiblity
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i needed some magnets tied to about 8 feet of fishing line to grab a cache. Tried that idea in my area but all the fence posts are full of water at the bottom.
I take bug spray, a flash light and a notepad and pen. and trackables if i ahve any.
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great blog criminal!!! I really enjoyed reading some of them, specially liked the mt. zion one, and the one where you attempted to recover the owners pack. Very cool of you, is it possible for you to link the cache that was up there, i would like to read it.
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I would waymark if it was intergrated into the geocache site, much like benchmarking. I dont have the desire to use two different sites....and not getting a smiley on google maps sucks
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Dang that link is blocked here at work, looks cool from the name though.
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I really enjoy reading peoples trip reports (or the great logs of those epic caches) I thought it would be a good idea for people to share thier really good log entries of geocaches they had to hike to or backpack to get. It doesn't even have to be geocache specific, I'm sure many of you have great stories to share of your adventures. I will share mine, out of 400 finds, "Turtle Head Peak" Cache was my first real adventurous cache its located in Red Rock Canyon Nevada near Las Vegas...here is my log entry:
"Out of 400+ Geocaches grabbing a smiley for this one, has to be my first real challenging adventure.
I had orginally had leave planned for March, but work issues came up and I had to reschedule leave starting on Memorial Day weekend. Luckily for me it was duty related and the air lines reimbursied our tickets. Also very lucky it was well below normal temperatures, in the 80's and windy.
For me this 5 mile hike with 2300ft elevation gain, was going to be epic and challenging. Not because I am old or out of shape (I'm 35 and 215) it's because I've never hiked in the desert before, I've never climbed up a mountain before, and I have never gone hiking solo before. I've hiked alot of places in South Carolina in the forests and parks, and nothing has compared to this.
I was well prepared, and took all necessary precautions, I packed the "10 essentials" (minus shelter lol) in my camel pak. My wife knew which trail head I was starting at and each geocache I was going for, and a estimated time to the car. (cell phone does work in places on this trail) Well I thought I was well prepared, my 2 liters of water in the camel pak, ran out half way back down...it's really dry out here lol.
The first 1.5 miles is realtively flat and in a riverbed except for the detours to grab the other caches on the trail.(they all are must do's IMO) The scenery and views are just amazing. Once you get to the cache "Turtle Stop" is when the elevation starts to pick up and there really isn't a primary trail at this point, Alot of people have blazed thier own way up. There was some minor bouldering involved and some minor scrambling in places. (My bouldering was on the way back down, I picked the wrong way, and didn't want to go around.) So its not necessary. I climbed down with 3 Navy guys that beat me to the top by 10 feet...not cool.
Very Steep after you get to the saddle, I had to rest every 100 ft or so just to catch my breath! (give me a break I live at 250ft elevation) I went straight for the summit, at this point it was more of a reward then the cache. Amazing 360 degree views. Spent about 45 minutes at the top, rested, signed the summit registery, ate some cliff bars and jerky...and told the leader of the 3 Navy guys, that I came up here because of geocaching (had to explain it to him briefly) and he went with me to find it. (I offered them a ride to thier car as they were parked on the other side of the park) I told him I wasn't coming up here and NOT get it, so they could wait for me here, wait for me at the bottom or come find it with me. The guy that went with me didn't seem very interested in it, even though he found it before I could! lol I offered to him to sign the log and he declined.
I was stationed at Nellis from 96-99 so before geocaching, but I had only came up to Red Rock one time, and I drove around the loop and that was it. The Navy guy said at the top "Most people just drive around the road and take pictures, we are at the top" that sums up my experiance...I used to just drive around and take pictures.
I started off about 1030 got to the top around 4, got back to the car a little after 5...got 9 caches in total...didnt find "Turtle Stop", I didn't go for "Avengers Realm Cache #7" (I felt it was too risky alone), and discovered that a new cache "The Burning Bush" was placed the day before my hike, and my files were from the day before that. To think I could of had a FTF!
Thank you for placing a cache up here, this was a very rewarding hike and I am very proud of accomplishing it. Next year I would like to get to the top of Le Madre, but I don't want to do that one solo. I will add some photos later when I get home from work"
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You can say (and probably will) that I am only saying this because I've already got the icon, but I say the cache was about a lot more than the icon.
It was the last of it's kind in the US, the second last in the world.
It was nice that it was a hike to get there, through beautiful woods, and soon would have been a hike through a tunnel once again.
Still there's something more about that cache than the icon, than the hike and great scenery, than the metal container with the ape painted on it.
It may have started out as just an advertisement, but it has grown into a sort of geocaching mecca.
I really doubt that people were willing to spend thousands to get there from Europe for just an icon. It was more than that.
We need our destinations. We need our meccas. We need special places to travel to.
Maybe it's just an excuse to see new places, but in a way that's what all geocaches are anyway. A good excuse to get outdoors, explore and see something new.
These special caches get people farther to see something new.
I think we should try for a plaque.
If Jeremy says it shouldn't get the icon, that's fine. I have no problem with that.
Let's get the plaque anyway.
If people were only traveling for the icon, then they won't come. But if it was more, then they will still have their mecca.
I vote for a plaque with no icon.
Let's have this continue any way we can.
And then it should be a bit safer from Cache maggots, and the maggot would not have won.
We need destination caches.
THIS!
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Entire thread +1 LOL
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If they are like Earthcaches they may be able to succeed. If not they may quickly go on my ignore list.
And, if they are like some of the Earthcaches out there, where I have to write a term paper in order to log them, they will go on my Ignore list.
Or have to pay to visit like some EC's and virtuals are. I ignore them too.
+100
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There is this really special telephone pool down the street from my house, I CANT WAIT to make it a virtual, its a really special pole to me, I mean i wreaked my car on it and survived (ok not really but its funny) (to me) lol
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wish link worked at work. sadly the air force doesnt allow to read blog related sites lol
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So I thought I was just doing my job logging a few NM an NA logs. I logged one NA log for a cache I could not find which hadn't been found in over 1.5 years and had 2 other NM logs with no CO response. Then he gets on and logs a note flaming me for asking to archive his hide. Specifically, he wants to know why it should be archived. I thought I made it clear in the previous NA log in which I stated "no CO response and hasn't been found in over a year and a half"
Are you looking for a serious answer? Or just to have your cache police attitude reinforced? (Okay. That was harsh.) How do you know the cache needed NA? Was the tree cut down? Is the field now a WalMart? Or you just could not find it? Not enough information here. There are lots of NM for stupid reasons. I see lots for "I could not find it. It must be missing." A CO is not required to perform maintenance just because someone could not find it, and posted NM. "no CO response and hasn't been found in over a year and a half" is NOT a valid reason for NA. Many COs know their caches (not to say all).
So explain in realistic terms why you thought the cache deserved NA. You have not given a good reason yet.
Yes. There are cranky COs who never do maintenance. Does this CO have such a record?
I agree
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Ticks and ran into a gator sunning near the trail
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by reading some of these comments I imagine some of you dont like virtuals lol
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heres a little frustrating story. My wife and I went camping a couple weeks ago, first time for us, first time since we were both teenagers, we are in our 30s. Went on the hike to get the 7 caches on the trail, some were 4 star terrain. All were gone, cache owner of two has already confirmed they are gone and disabled them, so i know they all were taken. it sucked bad lol
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My GeoJeep 2007 Wrangler Unlimited
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knock on wood, but i have only had minor scrapes and scratches, and so far this spring 3 run ins with poison ivy, i know what it looks like i just get focused on the cache! lol
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Has anyone ever seen a light bulb cache?
Yes...search LBC? no pictures I am afraid though
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you didn't waste your time or 4 bucks in gas, you would go find it if it was a FTF or a 3 year old cache
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we are issued permethrin in the military when we deployed and we are required to use it, you are suppose to soak your clothes in it, best in a trash bag tied up and placed outside.
Bad cache - log etiquette?
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I once put a log entry on a cache that was in someones front yard....I hated it, i felt i had to find it, but i was to uncomfortable searching in someones front yard for a cache. I was pretty rude in my DNF Log, the owner sent me an email said it was for her grandmom who couldn't cache anymore, so she could see/talk to other cachers when they came to find it (didnt say in description)...I felt like the lowiest person on earth, I apologized, and changed the log entry...then ignored it so i wouldn't see it on the map or pq anymore.