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I agree - my wife carries hers that way - I did not like the feel of the weight on my neck but I did like the security and ease of letting go an getting it back in hand. ps - no rug rats to grab if slipping - she just likes the security. Incidentally (hmm... you might not have enought hands on second thought), I made her a walking stick and she loves it for security on the trail. And REALLY loves it when crossing streams on stones and logs and what have you. Was wondering if you had thought of one. cc\ I have a Garmin carrying case, and a neck lanyard for the Vista C, never even think about hurting the GPSr even if I slip. Have a walking stick in the other hand, and sometimes hold a dog leash in the other. The neck lanyard gives you nice security if you slip but don't completely fall on your face. But to protect the thing from scratches, etc. the case is great. And the buttons are accessible so I never had a complaint about the case.

One of these days, I'm going to create a thread with nothing but the Blatant Jackassery postings of Team Alpha Omega. This post as well as Micros are like the AIDS virus posts come to mind. You should definately start that thread. I'll back you up 100%, just to see the responses.

What is the exact definition of what an earth cache is. Is it really that close to a virtual, and can virtuals be so easily covered up by an earthcache name to slip through the system?

Question for multi. (Don't want to post a forum question over this silly question). Can you have a multi-cache that you have an option for when someone finds it, they place another stage to the cache and leave the coordinates in the cache before it. Like a multi-cache that keeps getting bigger and bigger.

I would too. Everytime I am out on a very long walk in search of, or returning from, a cache, I want to say over and over again, "Thank You, Thank You, Thank You." to everyone, and especially Jeremy, who makes this activity possible. Don't get me wrong, Jeremy is definately a person I would like to meet. My point before I realized the levels were actually "association" rather than "rank", was that a cacher is ranked more upon other things. Jeremy must be awesome, because he invested in a prime sport right here. Thanks alot Kit Fox!

I'm not a fan of anything that makes me leave solid ground. (IE Planes, Boats). I really appreciate people who do serve though!

talk to the original hider if you can. you could change it into a cache i suppose even without their permission after the contest if they "abadoned" it I suppose.

Uhhh....Ok.....What?

That idea would be great in a more "controlled" environment, but it's WAY to hard to keep up, especially if you own multiple caches.

I'm stumped.

My point was this, your "degree" in geocaching (ie first, second) has ABSOLUTELY NOTHING to do with who you have cached with or how many you have found. I think a person who has a broader knowledge base of hiking, local history of where you caching, etc. is a geocacher who is more "experienced". I really do not think any less of a cacher with 2 finds as opposed to a person with 2,000 and who has cached with the geocaching "Hall of Famers" , if you will, geocaching is very meticulate in the aspect that "numbers" have nothing to do with how great of a cacher you are. Hopefully, I emphasized the point I wanted to make before this time.

Cache what you want.

Jeremy is just another run of the mill GeoCacher, who owns all rights of the word. Do think any less of yourself as a cacher because you haven't cached with him, regardless of his status. I would much rather cache with Sir Tenzing Norgay or Edmund Hillary. Your "status-quote" should have nothing to do with who you have cached with, or even how many caches you have found, but by how much fun you have caching and how much general knowledge you have of hiking, geocaching, and "neat" places to go.

Buy an old junker car, strip it out, spray paint it camo, and make it a cache.

We're new to geocaching, but hiking wise, it's the greatest to hike when it's just cold enough to kill off all the jaggers but not snowing cold. Usually November, February, March are the best times to hike off trail, which is geocaching minus the treasure hunt, right?

I got a first to find. If you're friends with the hider it's fun to get one. I think it's better to get a "lonely" cache, one that hasn't been found in a few months. That shows it's harder to find so you exert a little bit more effort to find.

Terracaching is ridiculous, you need to get sponsored to get into a site that has like 12 caches in the United States. If one got stolen the whole 4 people that use that site would go into a frenzy. Geocaching is the best and will keep up top for a long time with competition like navicahing and terracaching.

It's a toy car.

I'll go with that.

Ok, I've seen enough threads started from "bomb-squad finds cache", "geocaching related to bombing in london". Start a thread when you find an article that we haven't see so many times before in different cities under the same circumstances.

Not too much, the weather is just a hazard, there is no bad weather, just people who dress bad for weather. Someone said that, I forget their name.

the same people putting experience are the ones hiding one micro per light in the Wal Mart parking lot. A have 400 hides all micros and each exactly 528 feet away.

Hide multi-puzzle caches, only dedicated cachers seem to do those ones. And if someone steals your frist stage, it's usually a micro anyways. My idea is that jerks go around looking to make people unhappy. I.E. Incident #1 and #2. Don't give up on, just find caches for a while, hide one later and have it well planned out so that it won't get muggled, so if infact it's destroyed you'll know it was a cacher for sure.

I think micros are a bad solution for bad swag.

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