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I believe that kind of Challenge (Worldwide) can only be created by Groundspeak at this time, based on what Jeremy said in the podcast interview. The photo and action ones are done at a specific location. HA! Really look at the latest activity. No I'll just list them here: http://www.geocaching.com/challenges/view.aspx?cx=CXD4 http://www.geocaching.com/challenges/view.aspx?cx=CX30 http://www.geocaching.com/challenges/view.aspx?cx=CX12 http://www.geocaching.com/challenges/view.aspx?cx=CX56 http://www.geocaching.com/challenges/view.aspx?cx=CXCF http://www.geocaching.com/challenges/view.aspx?cx=CX2E Yeah, I see that now. From Jeremy's description, I don't think that was the intent. But there you go.

Where are you guys seeing 100s and 1000s published?

I believe that kind of Challenge (Worldwide) can only be created by Groundspeak at this time, based on what Jeremy said in the podcast interview. The photo and action ones are done at a specific location.

I didn't hear the interview, but I wonder if it involves a community review of sorts, kind of like Waymarking. Crummy or excessive Challenges get voted down or out of existence.

How are 11 and 12 year olds expected to maintain their caches? Pre-16-year olds don't drive. Are the caches within easy walking distance of the camp? Are the children given time to go out to check on the caches when they come to camp for events? Are the children given supplies to maintain the cache or are they expected to provide their own supplies (swag, logbook, pencil, water tight container, baggies) Why can't a cache be within walking distance of your house if there's an appropriate spot? Or biking distance? I biked miles and miles every day at that age. Most people only venture to their caches when there's a reported issue. Where does it say the scout can't have a parent drive him as part of his submitted maintenance plan? I imagine they provide their own supplies, just like they do when they have to build a birdhouse or paint a picture or tie a fly. That it's not as easy as it seems? That it takes a lot of time and work, and there are rules you have to follow?

Anything at the Dollar Store. You haven't been to a Dollar Store for a while, have you? The last one I was in had prices all over the map, and not even rounded to the nearest dollar. They've gone the way of the dime stores of the past. Our dollar stores are mostly still the same. But this weekend, I saw a Five Below store for the first time -- that's an up-to-$5 store.

It seems to me the scouts are, at least on paper, doing far more to encourage understanding of the game and its methods than any other shmoe who comes here is going to hear. Read the rules, write out a maintenance plan. If we all had to do that, there'd be a monthly "Rules are killing geocaching" thread about it. As a scout leader, I'm a little offended by the implication in this thread that scouts and their leaders require more education in this activity than everyone else does. It's also worth mentioning that Boy Scouts begins in sixth grade, age 11 or 12, potential rare cases of 10 years. So this isn't encouraging 7 year olds to hide caches.

While driving down a dirt road to a park, I passed someone looking at a GPS. I stopped and leaped out of the car, and said something about getting close. The guy just looked at me. "Oh, you're not looking for a geocache?" No, he wasn't. Slink back to car, drive away. In my defense, this was 2003 when it was reasonable to assume someone with a GPS was geocaching. Another time I saw several people right at ground zero. I approached and said something to them, and they just scowled at me. Then I saw all the camera equipment -- not cachers. I lingered for a minute or two then decided to comeback another day. I don't think I ever did get that one.

Depends where it is exactly. National parks are public land, but caches are still forbidden on many of them.

I like powertrails by bike. But even then, I like some distance between. You can just about push off with your foot and coast 528 feet.

I agree after 20 or so The First Mate and I were bored to death with the Rte 66 series, hung in there until the next freeway on ramp and left. Just so you know it wasn't the location, we live only a couple of miles from Rte. 66 and love the desert. That's the impression the video gave me. More power to those who enjoy it, but myself, I'd rather take a hike with my friends.

As you are the only person I've ever heard of who has paid $10 for a year membership, I'd say yes, you are alone here.

That happened about 4 months after we started geocaching and if I remember it right there was about a month or two of warning, it wasn't like there was no knowledge of Locationless vanishing until Dec. 31, 2005 and then on Jan. 1, 2006 they were all locked. They stopped accepting new ones after about a week's notice, during which time they put it to a vote. It was some time later before they were completely removed.

I've done a handful. Some by topo, some by satellite pics, some using clues. In one case, I knew there was one in a particular park but no idea where. I walked in about a quarter mile, looked around for hiding spots within 100 feet of the trail, noticed a large dead tree, and walked right to the cache.

234 consecutive days without a find from 08/17/2010 to 04/08/2011 Good ol' yellow died. I've had a few multi-month slumps over the years -- I'm at 380 finds after 9.5 years.

Would that be music that you paid for and removed from other sources before leaving this behind? Or is it a copy of what you have? If the latter, it could be considered piracy. It's only "piracy" if somebody thinks they can get a conviction. One SD card worth of tunes that can never be tracked down will not a court case make. It's only a crime if you get caught?

Hey, the cache in question is only about ten miles from me! If it wouldn't take a half hour on these roads, I'd go grab it.

I could be wrong, but I think the phrase that's confusing the OP: harkens back to when GS banned using downloadables. Obviously most puzzles require outside information that isn't on the listing.

Maybe include in your note: "I will not respond to requests for help"

There's been some discussion on the Waymarking forum as to what this means to Waymarking. If people are going to decide not to waymark something because the new challenges let them share cool interesting places where they are too lazyunable to hide a cache, will there be a need for Waymarking? In particular, is there going to be a need for categories like Best Kept Secrets which was meant to address some complaints of why Waymarking categories didn't work for many places? I'll wait and see what the new challenges are like and whether they address the needs of those who wanted to share cool locations but didn't want to use Waymarking to do it. If this seems to work, I might just as well abandoned the Best Kept Secrets category and any hope that Groundspeak will do anything to save Waymarking from becoming a niche site for obsessive compulsive list makers. I'll have to go check that discussion. For me, Waymarking would still be valid. It's less about sharing places than about finding things wherever they are, i.e. just like Locationless.

About 8 years ago, I got a couple of smaller ammo cans for $1 each at a roadside market.

Exactly. (I don't like the viral +1 thing, so I refuse to use it). I've been around a while, and this thread has to have the lowest importance/angst ratio I've ever seen. Can we please just return to the regular schedule?

Hey, it's a regional dialect. It's no more wrong than you people who refer to pop as "soda".

I missed this the first time around. Too funny! jeek.com is available. I think this may have legs enough that Groundspeak should grab it.

Actually it has to do with the idea that many people don't see the harm in things if it is something they agree with but they might be more against things they do not agree with. A cross is not just a symbol for a religion the same as a swastika is not just a symbol of a political party. Neither symbol is universally accepted as a symbol of 'good'. To you a cross might bring to mind Jesus and Christianity whereas to someone else it might bring to mind fire and the KKK. Personally I might not have an issue with a cross in a cache but I might with a swastika in a cache. But since they both are legitimate symbols of both 'good' and 'evil' I don't think either should be used as swag. It is not 'fair' to allow one religious symbol but not another. But your argument applies to everything, not just religious items. You could leave a rainbow pin in a cache, and someone could start a thread about gay propaganda not being appropriate. A General Lee Matchbox car could be construed as racist. An American flag could enrage an anti-war activist. Conversely, you might leave something with non-religious intent that could be misconstrued as religious -- seashells, for instance. that's just it with the wide variety of people that cache it doesn't matter what you leave someone somewhere will find a problem with it. Right. So why single out religious items?