goldfinch180
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I'm interested in hiding a bird song related puzzle cache, and need some way to either make Mp3s available for download on the cache page, or be able to play the songs on the page itself. Any way of doing this?
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I've heard this term before, but what exactly does it mean?
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It doesn't sound like that would be 5 star terrain in summer. As I suggested, assuming you can get permission and a maintenance plan that provides a means to maintain it in summer, a two part multi with the first stage on the top of the mountain and the final half way down would require a hike to the top of the mountain and back to the bottom to complete the cache. A long time I ago I was in Jackson Hole, Wyoming a couple of weeks after the small resort in town had closed. A friend of mine and I hiked to the top of the mountain (about 1000' vertical feet) and took in the views for awhile before skiing down. Our figure 8 tracks could be seen from anywhere in town for a week and a half. I wish I would have started caching a couple of years earlier than I did. About two years before I started caching I skied Le Brevant in Chamonix, France. The cable car starts in town and goes up about 4200 vertical feet to the top where there are several caches in the area and a spectacular view of Mont Blanc (the highest mountain in Europe). I've skied Butternut. Probably 3 star terrain at most. Sure if skis are required it would be special skill/equipment, making it a 5, but there is only snow a few months out of the year. I think terrain should be based on conditions that people are most likely to encounter, which means no snow at a place like Butternut. Looking at it the other way though...its a hike up a hill, a huge, steep hill...maybe a 4? It's steep but not excessively so. It's also a smooth, grassy slope. If it were my cache I'd rate it a 3. Same slope but on a rocky trail, then maybe a 3.5. The definition of 4 star terrain is Experienced outdoor enthusiasts only. Terrain is probably off-trail. Will have one or more of the following: very heavy overgrowth, very steep elevation (requiring use of hands), or more than a 10 mile hike. May require an overnight stay. I don't think any of that applies on a well manicured ski trail. Well it won't really matter at all if I can't find someone to help with maintinence and get permission first...
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It doesn't sound like that would be 5 star terrain in summer. As I suggested, assuming you can get permission and a maintenance plan that provides a means to maintain it in summer, a two part multi with the first stage on the top of the mountain and the final half way down would require a hike to the top of the mountain and back to the bottom to complete the cache. A long time I ago I was in Jackson Hole, Wyoming a couple of weeks after the small resort in town had closed. A friend of mine and I hiked to the top of the mountain (about 1000' vertical feet) and took in the views for awhile before skiing down. Our figure 8 tracks could be seen from anywhere in town for a week and a half. I wish I would have started caching a couple of years earlier than I did. About two years before I started caching I skied Le Brevant in Chamonix, France. The cable car starts in town and goes up about 4200 vertical feet to the top where there are several caches in the area and a spectacular view of Mont Blanc (the highest mountain in Europe). I've skied Butternut. Probably 3 star terrain at most. Sure if skis are required it would be special skill/equipment, making it a 5, but there is only snow a few months out of the year. I think terrain should be based on conditions that people are most likely to encounter, which means no snow at a place like Butternut. Looking at it the other way though...its a hike up a hill, a huge, steep hill...maybe a 4?
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Actually, I think the mountain is open for hikers and moutain bikers to use during the off season. They attach bike racks to the back of the chair lifts and bring them up so people can go down. You have to pay to do this? I can't imagine they just open up the slopes, and it's free, and they are free of any liability. I still say no way at a privately ski facility without permission. Don't be fooled by the fact we know almost no one has permission to hide caches in store parking lots, and they get away with it. This ain't no parking lot. Now I could be very wrong here, but in Lake Tahoe, most of the ski resorts are part of the national forest. In the summer time, you can hike and bike all you want for no charge, unless you choose to use the lifts. It's pretty cool actually, if I'm right that is Turns out they don't have it, I was thinking of another place...No you do have to pay, well...you don't if you're just a hiker. When skiing down I see people snowshoing up, and they don't need to pay because if you're not using the lifts...you don't need a LIFT ticket! Anyway I have the full intent of getting permission, but now that I think about it it might be a problem for their liability claims, supposing so dumb person stops to find it and stands in an unsafe spot, some speeding nut smashes into them and now ski patrol as a bloody mess..since the mountain is technically closed during the off season, I suppose it might be a problem if someone goes looking in the summer and gets hurt...
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Actually, I think the mountain is open for hikers and moutain bikers to use during the off season. They attach bike racks to the back of the chair lifts and bring them up so people can go down. You have to pay to do this? I can't imagine they just open up the slopes, and it's free, and they are free of any liability. I still say no way at a privately ski facility without permission. Don't be fooled by the fact we know almost no one has permission to hide caches in store parking lots, and they get away with it. This ain't no parking lot. Turns out they don't have it, I was thinking of another place...No you do have to pay, well...you don't if you're just a hiker. When skiing down I see people snowshoing up, and they don't need to pay because if you're not using the lifts...you don't need a LIFT ticket! Anyway I have the full intent of getting permission, but now that I think about it it might be a problem for their liability claims, supposing so dumb person stops to find it and stands in an unsafe spot, some speeding nut smashes into them and now ski patrol as a bloody mess...
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Actually, I think the mountain is open for hikers and moutain bikers to use during the off season. They attach bike racks to the back of the chair lifts and bring them up so people can go down.
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It's a bit more than 100 miles but Tuckermans Ravine might qualify, especially in the winter because it isn't service by a chairlift. A two part multi with the first stage at the time might elevate the terrain rating as well. Coincidentally, I'm going to be at Squaw Valley next week where I pretty much learned out to ski and have skied runs like the west face of KT-22, the north face of Headwall, and a run off the back side of Emigrant into Granite chief are all longer and steeper than anything I've seen in NY. Obviously, I won't be doing any skiing but there are a few caches on the mountain, including one at the to of the KT-22 lift. I thought it would be kinda like caches on islands...if you need the ability to control a boat (extra knowledge) it would be a terrain 5. I you need to be a acomplished skier, terrain 5? It is a relatively easy mountain, but this trail is VERY steep, enough for a much younger me to chicken out on it many times. Out of curiosity, where is this very steep run? From what I have seen most ski resorts tend to rate their runs relative to all the other runs at the result. A black diamond run at Squaw Valley like Chute 75 on KT-22 might be a *lot* more difficult than a black diamond run at a small eastern resort with only 3-4 lifts. BTW, most caches on islands which require a boat to access the location and are rated 5 star terrain do not require accomplished boating skills. I've seen quite a few of them that could be done with a $20 inflatable boat by someone with little to no paddling experience. I think what Brian is getting at is that most ski runs are not long and steep enough to warrant a 5 star terrain when there isn't any snow on the ground. A 5 star terrain rating for a cache that does not require special equipment or skills ought to require a long hike and a steep elevation change. Butternut in Great Barrington MA. It's a very easy mountain, I like it for the friendly atmosphere. Off topic...lol. It would be on the most difficult trail, excluding the mogul course.
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It's a bit more than 100 miles but Tuckermans Ravine might qualify, especially in the winter because it isn't service by a chairlift. A two part multi with the first stage at the time might elevate the terrain rating as well. Coincidentally, I'm going to be at Squaw Valley next week where I pretty much learned out to ski and have skied runs like the west face of KT-22, the north face of Headwall, and a run off the back side of Emigrant into Granite chief are all longer and steeper than anything I've seen in NY. Obviously, I won't be doing any skiing but there are a few caches on the mountain, including one at the to of the KT-22 lift. I thought it would be kinda like caches on islands...if you need the ability to control a boat (extra knowledge) it would be a terrain 5. I you need to be a acomplished skier, terrain 5? It is a relatively easy mountain, but this trail is VERY steep, enough for a much younger me to chicken out on it many times.
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I would really love to post a good geocache at a ski mountain I go to frequently in the winter. I want to hide it in the middle of a Black Diamond trail, so that it can be a terrain 5 in the winter and in the summer, because skiing down and climbing up would both be difficult. I would also like to place some other caches at this mountain in other interesting spots. I doubt I would be unable to get permission because hey-more people buying lift tickets. The problem is that it's 100 miles from where I live, and I only go during the winter months. Is it possible for me to hide the cache, but during the off season have a local cacher deal with the problems? How so if it is?
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My philosophy is this: Uninteresting place, interesting cache. Uninteresting cache, interesting place.
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Anything can go wrong when out caching. You may have enterd the coords correct, but not hit "go to" and thus you were sent to a different waypoint. Maybe your GPSr was low on batteries and couldn't keep a signal, or couldn't find sattilites. Anything's possible!
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goldfinch180 replied to St.Matthew's topic in General geocaching topics
I'm thinking the lackeys are lazy...not really, just a little late. They must have been too busy partying up a storm at the block party to work on it... -
Geocaching day was yesterday, the 20th of August. In groundspeaks weekly newsletter they said you would get a special souveneir for logging a cache that day. I logged 3 and alas, no souveneir. Am I missing something?
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Hi. I've recently decided to hide an evil 5 star difficulty multi cache in my hometown. I would like to reward those who find it with a special geocoin. I do not have experiences with these so I need some help. I did a little research but found that the cost per geocoin is WAAAAAAAAYYY out of my budget for the cache. Can someone please reccomend a site that I can mint a lot of the coins cheap? Some helpful alternatives to keep the cost down? Can they be made of plastic? And do the coins need to have active tracking codes or even tracking codes at all? Thank you, -goldfinch180
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I found out about geocaching recently, and decided to try it out. I use a Garmin Nuvi GPS that is traditionally used to find adresses but has a function for latitude and longitude points. I have now tried to locate 3 caches, all with a difficulty of 2. I searched each area for an hour and still could'nt find ANYTHING. Is this because of my lousy GPS or my own clumsiness? Oh and one of the cache hints said something about a "benchmark". What is that? Thanks for your help in advance.