sparklehorse

I agree with Navdog. Depending on the area, bushwhacking in places like the desert might be just fine but I don't much care for it in places like Forest Park. Besides potentially leading people into little nasties like poison oak and bees' nests, trampling sensitive vegetation is exactly the kind of behavior that can give geocaching a bad name. There's no reason why caches can't be placed very close to the main trail or along a side trail to minimize the impact on the area. The trick is in making the effort to find a good hiding spot and being specific enough with the hints. Even then a certain amount of impact is going to occur as happened at Tryon Creek with Patrick and Shirley's cache despite their adamant plea not go off the trail. One thing that might help would be more emphasis on this issue in the cache hiding guidlines; at the moment there's barely any mention of it. sparklehorse ---------------------------------------------------- This message has been edited to fit your TV screen. ----------------------------------------------------

Are you sure that's not just a police mug shot of Pee Wee Herman? [This message was edited by sparklehorse on January 07, 2003 at 11:25 AM.]

Leave the sample bottles of shampoo at home. Leave the sample bottles of booze in the cache. They're quite helpful on these cold winter days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ "I know how hard it is to put food on your family." - George "dubya" Bush, 2000 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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This is only a test. Had this been a real post you would have heard a strange screaching sound and been directed to the appropriate forum topic for your area. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ "I know how hard it is to put food on your family." - George "dubya" Bush, 2000 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

FYI, the geocode.com coords are NAD-27. Don't forget to switch your GPSr to that datum before entering coords from that site. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- "I know how hard it is to put food on your family."?George "dubya" Bush, 2000 -------------------------------------------------------------------------

WAY off topic... logscaler wrote: quote: Just ask any of those tree hugging bunny lovers why Western Juniper is not considered Old Growth even if the trees are over 400 years old and there are tens of thousands of acres of it. OK logscaler, I'll bite. You've got me very curious about this and I can't find Trey Arrow's phone number anywhere. So why is this? Does it have to do with the fact that there's not much commercial demand for Western Juniper? ------------------------------------------------------------------------- I loved a bunny once but she broke my heart. -------------------------------------------------------------------------

Among the things recently seen floating around in my car are: The Doves, Screaming Blue Messiahs, Morcheeba, Miles Davis, Reverend Horton Heat, L7, Arab Strap, Morphine, John Lee Hooker, Ry Cooder, Elvis Costello, Link Wray, Poi Dog Pondering, White Stripes, Sparklehorse (of course! of course!), Radiohead, The The, Neil Young, Cibo Matto, Southern Culture on the Skids, Tom Waits, Johnny Cash, Howlin' Wolf, Bo Diddley, Low, Del Fuegos, Butthole Surfers, Beth Orton, The Boss, Latin Playboys, Old 97's, Wilco, Lemmonjelly, Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet, Spoon, Tenacious D and Herb Alpert to name a few. But sadly this past week it's been a one-man show: Joe Strummer. We lost one of the all-time greats recently at a far-too-young age and I'm sipping a Guiness right now in his honor. RIP Joe. You'll be greatly missed. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- I lost my mind a while back. Please email me the coords if you see it. Thanks. -------------------------------------------------------------------------

FireCacher wrote: quote: This garbage about caches not being closer than .1 miles is just that, garbage. What's the point of a rule like that? Good cache locations are never closer than .1 mile. Ha, somebody better tell mother nature about the new rules, because I don't think she heard that one either. This may seem like a silly question, but why would you even want to place a cache that close to an existing cache? Is that the only cool place you know of? Last time I checked .1 miles is a tad over 500 feet for crissakes. It's a big world out there; go out and find a really cool spot that no one's thought of yet. Like anything else in life good caches require some work. The effort you put into placing a cache, or lack of it, quickly becomes apparent to those who find it. And the first thing they'll notice is that you just plunked your cache down right next to an existing one. How creative is that? sparklehorse ------------------------------------------------------------------------- I lost my mind a while back. Please email me the coords if you see it. Thanks. -------------------------------------------------------------------------

Here's one if you don't mind a little snowshoeing:Icefield Discovery You'll need a few candy bars. I lost my mind a while back. If you find it please email me the coords.

Alkalines may be more energy dense than NiMH, but the bottom line is how things work in the Real World. I'm not an electrical engineer, but here's what I've found using the handy battery timer on my GPSV: Lithium: No question, these are king. They are the lightest weight-wise and on average last 22-24 hours in my GPSV. NiMH: Good 1800 mah batteries last about as long as the best alkalines - about 12-13 hours. The charger seems to be a factor, as some chargers are fast but don't give a complete charge. I'm using the Maha C204F charger and so far very happy with it. No memory issues, but these due self discharge within a month or two. Alkaline: Duracell Ultra, Energizer E2 Titanium, etc., all these top-of-the-line alkalines last about as long as good 1800 mah NiMH: 12-13 hours. No significant difference between the brands as far as I can tell. Surprisingly, the cheap generic store brand alkalines I get here locally are about half the price of the top-of-the-line alkalines but last an impressive 11-12 hours. These certainly are a better deal in terms of dollars per hour of usage. NiCad: Haven't tried these in the GPS and see no reason to. Hope that helps! sparklehorse "I don't know if I can face the future knowing there's eight quarts of THESE pickles in it!" -Barney Fife-