MartyFouts

quote:Originally posted by cache chasers:I was wondering what is the most caches found in a day. I average about 3 in a day after that the kids are ready to head home from all of the walking. More than 1 in a day with kids is very good. Marty Fouts ae6ip

let me see. i found a lot of caches. had a lot of fun. hiked too far into the woods a lot of times. and attended a great event cache. guess that makes my geocaching fullfilment quotient 100% cache on Marty Fouts ae6ip

A lot of caches have multiple approaches. And you forgot to include weather considerations. Marty Fouts ae6ip

I'm back from Montana and I've updated the cache entry for the Levin picnic/event. Let me know if the logistics are OK for people -- and if you think we should postpone because the weather is getting cooler. Also, tell the other cachers you know. A lot of people don't read the forums. I'll post the exact coordinates of the picnic tables in a day or two. Marty Marty Fouts ae6ip

I'm a Butte Boy (please don't hold it against me) who has lived in California for the last 20 years. I'm in Butte on a two week family business trip, and managed to get only one day to go geocaching. So I headed to Missoula, with information on 15 caches. A late start and a lot of road work meant I only got into town right around noon, so I only managed to visit 11 sites (of which I found 9 caches). I live near one of the highest cache densities in the US (and a pretty high population density). There are a lot of good creative cache hiders in my area, and I've enjoyed a wide range of adventures finding caches. Missoula caching is as good as any I've encountered, and I'd like to thank all of the Missoula geocache hihders who helped make my Thursday afternoon a pleasant range of geocaching activity. Marty Fouts ae6ip

quote:Originally posted by SuperGenius:I noticed your other post on bikeable caches, welcome back, that is if your back. Pepper Horizontals where it's at! thanks for the welcome, but i won't be back until sunday. right now i'm sitting around waiting for the arctic front that's due to drop our temperature about 40 degrees in a few hours Marty Fouts ae6ip

quote:Originally posted by kapow!:Hey folks, I've recently found myself without a car...so I'm getting around by bike. I'm dying to do some more caching, but I'm finding that quite a few of them are a bit out of reach. (Example: Many caches are in Tilden, which is a bit tough for me to get to on my bike--I don't have the legs to get it up that hill yet.) Anyhow, does anyone out there have some ideas of caches you could bike to? Or take BART and then bike to? East Bay locations are preferred, but I'm sure I could be coaxed into the other side of the bay as well. (Especially if I get really desperate!) Thanks look for caches hidden by bykenut, pedaler, or pedalman. they all hide caches that are meant for bike riders. All but one of my caches is reachable by caltrain/bike combination, and the one that's not merely requires a half mile hike on a trail that's not open to bikes. That should do for a starting point. Marty Fouts ae6ip

I've missed 1/1 caches that I can't imagine, upon returning how I missed. So, if I think I did a good job of searching, I log a DNF, indicating that it was probably my bad day and not a missing cache. To date, there's only one DNF on my list that *might* turn out to be an actual missing cache. (out of 8 that are still outstanding) Marty Fouts ae6ip

I don't get it. what is it. should i have it? if I had it what would i do with it? Marty (designing the computers used by extreme geeks since 1975) Marty Fouts ae6ip

quote:Originally posted by georgeandmary:Is anyone in there? george Pedal until your legs cramp up and then pedal some more. Alas, I am in Montana, miles and miles and miles from the nearest cache, and often from the nearest Internet link. But I'll be back in time to set up the picnic at Sam Levin Park Marty Fouts ae6ip

religious? gang? sheesh. *some* people need to get off the fora and go find some more caches. Marty Fouts ae6ip

Well, such overwhelming interest. There does seem to be enough interest to make it worth doing, so I'm going to create an event cache for it -- maybe I can get more people from this side of Sunol grade interested that way. Details to follow. Marty Fouts ae6ip

Well, such overwhelming interest. There does seem to be enough interest to make it worth doing, so I'm going to create an event cache for it -- maybe I can get more people from this side of Sunol grade interested that way. Details to follow. Marty Fouts ae6ip

How about Ed Levin Park in Milpitas on Saturday November 2? I'd pick an earlier date, but I'm out of town the next three weekends, and it'll take at least a month to get everyone to agree Marty Fouts ae6ip

How about Ed Levin Park in Milpitas on Saturday November 2? I'd pick an earlier date, but I'm out of town the next three weekends, and it'll take at least a month to get everyone to agree Marty Fouts ae6ip

quote:Originally posted by fizzymagic: quote:Originally posted by Marty Fouts: quote:Originally posted by fizzymagic:So who is "Chob?" Eric O'Conner, he of "mitsuko" fame. That would have been my guess. Sadly, I've never met him, although I've done a couple of his caches. Mostly, all I know is that he doesn't much care for Jeremy. I've met Eric. I like him OK, although I'm sorry to see the battle he's gotten into with Jeremy. When are y'all going to have another picnic or something so I can meet some of the other cachers in the area, anyway? Marty Fouts ae6ip

I'm sure that "place a cache to log a cache" is going to be abused as a concept by someone sooner or later, but I have to agree with those who've pointed out that Ron Streeter's caches and those who find them aren't the sort that will abuses this. I'm not one of the California Central Valley cachers in question, but I do admire them and all of their cleverly hidden caches. I can't imagine that group of people placing anything other than quality caches in response to Ron's Fac Pac cache. Marty Fouts ae6ip

quote:Originally posted by fizzymagic:*snort* So who is "Chob?" Eric O'Conner, he of "mitsuko" fame. Marty Fouts ae6ip

I have to apply my standard rant: 1) terrain difficulty varies seasonally 2) distance is hard to quantify. Do I get extra points for Tracy caches because I drove over from Mountain View to get them? 3) multicaches need a factor that takes into account the number of stages 4) 'difficulty' is very subjective. that said, i give you 9 of 10 for style. Marty Fouts ae6ip

I have to apply my standard rant: 1) terrain difficulty varies seasonally 2) distance is hard to quantify. Do I get extra points for Tracy caches because I drove over from Mountain View to get them? 3) multicaches need a factor that takes into account the number of stages 4) 'difficulty' is very subjective. that said, i give you 9 of 10 for style. Marty Fouts ae6ip

quote:Originally posted by umc:Well, if we're not trading then we're just Letterboxing. http://www.mi-geocaching.org/ of course, letterboxing requires a custom stamp, a stamp pad, and a notbook, and is more like orienteering than using a GPS, but yeah, 'just' letterboxing. Marty Fouts ae6ip

I was on my way over there to go after some of the caches on Monday, but had to change my plans because of the fire. I was down that way today, but didn't want to go get in the way of the fire crews, so it's hard to tell, but the fire seems pretty isolated, so far. Marty Fouts ae6ip

we hashed this out on the usenet newsgroup alt.rec.geocaching just before Chob put that web page up. I think there's a google newsgroup archive of the thread. in brief: I think formal expiration rules are a bad idea because by the time you made them comprehensive enough to be fair and cover all the cases, they'd make the tax code look simple. cache should stay in place so long as it doesn't cause environmental harm and the owner is maintaining it. Marty Fouts ae6ip

we hashed this out on the usenet newsgroup alt.rec.geocaching just before Chob put that web page up. I think there's a google newsgroup archive of the thread. in brief: I think formal expiration rules are a bad idea because by the time you made them comprehensive enough to be fair and cover all the cases, they'd make the tax code look simple. cache should stay in place so long as it doesn't cause environmental harm and the owner is maintaining it. Marty Fouts ae6ip

man, if it works for you, than do it, but if it doesn't, then don't make it part of your hobby. i try to leave kid-friendly stuff in caches, and sometimes i trade for stuff that i think might have some emotional value, but more often than not, i TNLN. except when i've got the granddaughter with me -- then i try to find kid friendly caches so she can trade. Marty Fouts ae6ip