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Find yourself a First Class Boy Scout and ask him how to estimate the height of that bluff.

Go to The Wisconsin Geocaching Association

RP, do you find the sticks with the vines strangling them, or do you wrap them yourself?

Rogheff's 200th Hide - A Typical Wisconsin Hide

I like your idea. I like anything strange and unusual. Kudos!

You've discovered Bigfoot scat

Obviously, as they were attacking us, they were attaching themselves to us. Either that or I just kant speil

What's the worst accident? I had two bad accidents while geocaching. My son and I were attached by a swarm of bees (you can't outrun a swarm if you're running up a hill btw) many, many, many, many, many stings. Trip to the ER The latest was a Timberwolf Attack Ended up with a broken leg, torn tendon, torn ligaments Trip to the ER

I have three sets of Cache to Eagle caches. That's an excellent idea JimyLee. Not only teaches Scouts about geocaching, but it gives them something to really look up to. Excellent!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I think that I've only had one really good FTF prize and that was a customized hiking stick. It was for a good reason, my 200th cache hide, which I wanted to be extra special in all ways. Some folks go crazy with FTF prizes and within a month, that ammo can is still filled with broken McToys, pinecones, golf balls and rocks.

The can is a great idea, but remember it is a prize, a gift. They can do with it as they please. Yeah they make great tool boxes or craft boxes. Don't assume it'll ever be used for geocaching!

Keep trying. Don't get discouraged. I hid four caches before one was finally hidden correctly.

There was once a similar series of caches in my neck of the woods. The difference was that the really interesting container survived for a very short time and was replaced with a generic container. But a one time shot, found once then archived would be a temporary cache. Those are not allowed to be listed on this website. Other sites would allow this type, but I wonder why you'd want it listed in the first place? Why not just give a bunch of people some coords and have them go look?

Does your local Council have any geocaches set up at it's camps? Many Council Camps are starting to get private caches (open to Scouts only) set up for the purpose of rank advancement. I have private caches set up at my Council Camp designed around hiking requirments, plant and animal identification requirements. Check into your Council.

The Geocaching Wheypoint regularly has a Coffee Cluth meeting. Every week. I wouldn't miss it.

The cache hunter is at the mercy of the cache hider. But as others have stated so nicely, filter out the types you dislike. I have hidden a bunch of caches. I may feel the need to be highly creative , so I hide a heavily camoed cache container. Maybe it's an ammo can that blends in, maybe it's a peanut butter jar or lock-n-lock that matches it's environment. Some days I feel evil and hide a horrible micro. Maybe I want you to find it, maybe I don't. You can probably expect a high difficulty rating on these. Sometimes I feel goofy and place a cache that's really off the wall and spin some goofy yarn on the cache page to go with it. Sometimes I like the "What the...........???" factor. Many times, I want to showcase a location (like my Cache to Eagle series) and the container is secondary. It'll be easy to find.

I live near a state line, there is one in each state that I belong to. My favorite club though, is a very local club that has regular coffee clutch meetings. Sitting down and spinning yarns, sipping a cup of coffee and eating a cinnamon roll are wonderful ways to make some great friends. I feel that my life has been enriched by these gatherings and I try to never miss them. I like the state and local clubs because it gives me the opportunity to get to know others who live a long distance from me. I like to pop into the online clubs from other states on occassion just to see what cachers are up to in other parts of the country as well.

If you've not found a night cache, I'd recommend that you do before placing yours. You'll get some valuable insight that way. One word of advice is to not make the firetacks too far apart. Not everybody caches at night with a million watt floodlight. I love the lazer idea by the way.

The most common: TNLN - Took nothing, left nothing FTF - First to Find FTP - First to Post

Interesting observation. I've noticed that when caching in the winter, how much use those geotrails get. I'm always amazed as to how much use the geotrails get by the little fuzzy critters in our woods. Many times, the only tracks breaking the snow cover are the rabbits, squirrels and deer on the geotrails.

Boy Scouts skinny dipping? Yikes, that makes me shutter in today's world. I want no part of my Scouts skinny dipping. "Put your swimming trunks on!" Sounds like you had a Scoutmaster who was involved for the right reasons. My viewpoint is that first and foremost - a Scout should have fun! That's why geocaching is such a good addition to the Scouting program. By the way, years ago, I noticed that in most of his photos, Lord Baden-Powell had a hiking staff in his hand. I also noticed it was never the same staff. I did a bunch of research and got his recommendations for making a staff. Then I really hunted for clear photos showing that staff. Then I made what I felt was a staff that he would carry. It is not the most comfortable staff I have ever created. I'd be interested in how close it is to the staff you made those many years ago.

I actually think the longer a cache is out there, the less evidence of a trail becomes. When a cache is first placed, the FTF hounds rush out and trample a path, subsequent seekers for the next several months increase the geotrail. Once all the "locals" have cleared that cache off their list, my caches see little action. Nature reclaims the area. The occassional cacher from out of town, or a new local cacher don't increase the geotrail as much as when the cache was first placed. A cache near a busy highway or other high traffic area excluded as they would draw more out of town cachers.

I admit that I pretended to be a muggle once to toy with a geocacher.

You should do more research before making these comments.

I've been really hesitant about buying an LED light becasue they simply didn't impress me at night. I was in Lowe's a couple of months ago and came across a special on "Task Force" mini LED flashlights. Mine is roughly 4 inches long and holds one AA battery. I have been so impressed that it rarely leaves my hip. It's the brightest LED that I've seen. It is so much better than my mini ag light. I find that I use it all the time now.