agilefox
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This is the reason* I don't run. You always hear in the news about joggers finding bodies.
*OK, not the only reason.
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Gold Five: Stay on target.
What target?
It's that exhaust port about two meters wide.
I used to bullseye womp rats in my T-16 back home. They weren't much bigger than this topic.
Then man your ships. And may the Force be with you.
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My favorite was GC1169 - Mission 9: Tunnel of Light. I was able to do this historic and unique cache before the tunnel was closed, and, beyond being the last A.P.E. cache in North America, it was definitely a first for this Kansas boy to emerge from the long, dark tunnel onto the side of a mountain with a waterfall next to me. Wish I could have shared this, but I was the only one sent to the conference I was skipping.
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I'm very impressed with the skill and effort that goes into these. These are wonderful!
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What about "Can I log my own hide?" - I pulled this one as a newbie and was given the concise response as well as links to the previous threads to read the opinions on both sides. I was then able to decide how much of an answer I was really looking for.
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...The coords for the final of a multi or puzzle would be a spoiler, but not a traditional...
That was my first thought when I read the post. There is a cache in town that has coordinates that are about 75' off (by my reckoning), but since it's a mystery cache with a really cool encoding method, I can't post updated coordinates without spoiling the cache. I've notified the CO in my log and by email, along with several other finders, but that's really all I can do.
One thing you could do is to post the delta (e.g. "subtract 0.012 from N minutes and add 0.015 to W minutes"). That wouldn't give away anything about the puzzle.
Nice! Thanks for the hint.
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...The coords for the final of a multi or puzzle would be a spoiler, but not a traditional...
That was my first thought when I read the post. There is a cache in town that has coordinates that are about 75' off (by my reckoning), but since it's a mystery cache with a really cool encoding method, I can't post updated coordinates without spoiling the cache. I've notified the CO in my log and by email, along with several other finders, but that's really all I can do.
On traditionals, especially if I am FTF, I post my coordinates if the posted coordinates are more than 50' off, knowing that most COs in our area appreciate the help.
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I tried making a burlap bag, into which I sewed bumps and other non-straight lines. I wove branches, needles and leaves into the fabric. It looked great as I left, but a week later it had all kinds of chew marks on it and two weeks later some critter took it for nesting. The can was left in the open and was eventually muggled.
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What about the Oregon geocoin from Garmin - I have contacts there and they don't know either.
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I am much more interested in quality than quantity - I'd rather a cacher not hide than to spew uninspired garbage. It takes more time to thoughtfully plan and execute an epic hide, but when I find one, I know it was worth the wait.
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Koyote Kountry was placed 2 years ago without thinking about the changes of the season. It was archived after about 7 months, and followed by Koyote Kountry II which definitely benefited from sad experience and is still active.
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We need a name for people who don't geocach but know about geocaching.
I think there might actually be several layers to muggledom. Here is one possible analysis, breaking "muggle" down into its various sub-components:
One whose non-caching status results from ignorance: Iggle
One whose non-caching status results from apathy: Apple
One whose non-caching status results from having been banned by Groundspeak: Bangle
One whose non-caching status results from fear of danger: Dangle
One whose non-caching status results from archiving all their caches and stomping off in a huff: Disgruntle
One whose non-caching status results from simply never being able to keep up with the rest of the caching crowd: Straggle
One whose non-caching status results from being dried-up and way too old: Haggle
One whose non-caching status is merely intermittent and depends on one’s wild mood swings: Fickle
One whose non-caching status results from over dependence on psycho-active drugs: Giggle
One whose non-caching status results from living too far from any existing hides: Jungle
One whose non-caching status results from owning a defective compass: Angle
One whose non-caching status results from having choked on their Garmin: Gargle
One whose non-caching status results from being a Magellan owner: Mangle (Or maybe just "Lost.")
One whose non-caching status results from having parked on the wrong side of the freeway at the last cache one ever attempted: Froggle
One whose non-caching status results from being born fifteen centuries too early: Medieval
One whose non-caching status results from being born five thousand centuries too early: Neander-tle
One whose non-caching status results from being entirely the wrong species: Seagull
One whose non-caching status results from accidentally becoming permanently stuck just inside a rock wall crevice: Spackle
KBI, you crack me up!
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There is a cacher out there, CapnChris, who used to be very active in the Kansas City area. A bit more than a year ago, he left for Arizona to be a "Balloon Flight Field Technician", which is to say, he chases weather balloons using his GPS and retrieves them from whereever they happen to land, more often than not in 5/5 areas.
While this isn't exactly being a pro geocacher, he is certainly using the skills and tools developed while geocaching to make his living. Good for him and tell him "hi" for us if you see him on the trails!
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I was researching a local state fishing lake for a Cub Scout campout, and there was a geocache at the lake. An icon on the page showed up whenever a geocache was at a state park - it was scooping data from Geocaching.com and so was later shut down, but at that time, it introduced me to the game.
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What makes caches hard for me are bad assumptions.
When I see a cache description and it says "magnetic" as the hint, I assume the magnet will be attached to the large metal structure near GZ. One cacher in the area put the magnetic in an easy hiding spot in a concrete wall near a metal railing and I had to go back three times to find it.
Another time, I walked to ground zero and saw a raised garden filled with rocks with a tree in the middle. I searched the rocks for more than an hour before the owner sitting across the street yelled "UP" - the cache was camouflaged into the tree above me.
Ah well, we all know what Felix Unger used to say about assumptions...
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I know Chris has already been mentioned, but I have to second Fox-and-the-Hound. Chris has helped me with logos, design and artwork tips, since my own color sense requires me to wear Garanimals to work (who remembers that reference?).
Also, RattlingCrew, Byonke, Ahwsome, Russ and Dana, and Boxstalker have been invaluable in our area bringing newbies into the fold with humor and grace and helping to convert many.
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My brother and his family (Team Nutty Dog) use a caribener shaped as a dog bone, with their caching name on it.
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Mrs. Agilefox is and has been a Neontal Intensive Care Unit nurse for the past 20+ years.
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I think most reviewers know this kind of thing happens and take a lot of factors into account when reviewing SBAs. My son posted an SBA for a cache by mistake when he was logging a find. The cache owner is a friend and was mortified, not knowing my son's handle, until we explained the situation. RattlingCrew, our reviewer (and best ever), had already made the connections and wasn't concerned. No harm, no foul.
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You probably didn't take it because you didn't have anything to trade up or trade even. What would that be?
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A couple of cachers and I went to a boat-only 5/5 cache to find an ammo can. Seems hunters found it first, took the geocoin, left a full beer and ziplock full of fish guts, logged about it, and then shot the can with a shotgun. With the rain we've had this year, the cache was underwater with all of the contents marinating. Disgusting.
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I think of the "kid friendly" designation as more of "kid oriented", that is, it is designed to appeal to young kids 4-11. That includes a less challenging terrain/difficulty as well as a safe environment, the swag, sights and theme of the cache. I would have a hard time describing a 2 mile hike as kid friendly, but I'm sure many kids enjoy it immensely.
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Cleared out everything within 17 miles (40 caches), and working on clearing 30 miles by the end of the summer (17 to go). That involves a LOT of driving, though. [
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Ewww.