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Just because you can hide a cache, doesn't mean you can maintain one. some people are not in one place long enough to take care of a cache. Military personal, some over the road truck drivers, those who must travel for their jobs. There have been numerous reasons here in the forums that some cannot maintain a cache, therefore do not want to put one out. I don't want anyone to hide a cache because they feel they have to. Calling anyone a leech because they don't is extremely rude. And yes making people feel they have to run out and hide a cache will result in more junk caches. (doesn't have to, but it will)

I don't see anyway of naming the files before loading them with GSAK.

I have had rotten luck trying to use macros in GSAK, but I will play around with this and see if I can make it work. Just seems to me there should be a better way. My 60CSx is simple and easy, never had these problems.

Using GSAK to load caches into my 62s. When I load some new caches into the thing, the caches already in there disappear. Had about ten caches in the Geocache file, loaded two more in, and ended up with just the two. So I went back and loaded the ten back in, now the two are gone, but the ten are there??? I'm thinking I may have made a mistake buying this unit. I love my 60CSx, but wanted the paperless. I'm having nothing but trouble trying to make this thing work. If I can figure out another way to go paperless, I would dump the 62s in a second.

I final remark and I hope I'm through with this topic. I believe you missed my point, so I'll try to be clearer. It's not that I think a cache container is capable of removing a hook protector. It's that people remove hook protectors. Why would anyone take a cork protector off a hook, then leave the hook in a cache? I don't see that as a problem, might happen, but would be so rare as to negate the argument. NanCycle has seen it twice (post 37). I believe it. Argument un-negated! Did you see someone take a cork off a hook then throw the hook back in the cache? Or did you see a cork, off the hook laying in the cache? One would be idiocy the other poor protection. Unless I saw someone take the cork off, I would have to assume the cork wasn't properly fastened to begin with. I personally would not trust to just a cork, if I were to leave a hook in a cache it would be in some kind of small hard sided plastic container. I have several small plastic cases I have put my lures in over the years. Never used just a cork. I like the hard plastic container. I assume that you can either see what's inside or it's clearly labeled. I just wonder if any items banned from caches because of an immediate physical hazard -- like knives -- would now be okay under the same reasoning. Is a knife now good swag as long as it's in a hard plastic case??? Knives are banned because many land managers object to them, not because they might be dangerous. If park and recreation managers didn't want fish hooks in caches on their lands TPTB would ban them.

I final remark and I hope I'm through with this topic. I believe you missed my point, so I'll try to be clearer. It's not that I think a cache container is capable of removing a hook protector. It's that people remove hook protectors. Why would anyone take a cork protector off a hook, then leave the hook in a cache? I don't see that as a problem, might happen, but would be so rare as to negate the argument. NanCycle has seen it twice (post 37). I believe it. Argument un-negated! Did you see someone take a cork off a hook then throw the hook back in the cache? Or did you see a cork, off the hook laying in the cache? One would be idiocy the other poor protection. Unless I saw someone take the cork off, I would have to assume the cork wasn't properly fastened to begin with. I personally would not trust to just a cork, if I were to leave a hook in a cache it would be in some kind of small hard sided plastic container. I have several small plastic cases I have put my lures in over the years. Never used just a cork.

You really don't understand age... but you will in the future! I am also 68 and I am about a 50/50 solo cacher also and I love it. This year I have gone places that no one of any age should go solo. Arizona forests, fresh bear scat on the long trail, mountain lion country with fresh sightings, a long night cache. And mountain lion meetings, bad neighborhoods, narrow log bridges to cross over raging winter streams. I don't do this because I am super cool. In fact, I am usually dealing with my fear levels, but there is a cache out there that must be found! You will be pleasantly surprised when you reach this age and discover that you don't feel as old as you thought you would when you were the age that you are now. Everyone ages differently. I find, at 66, I'm not as agile as I used to be. Minor inner ear problems means I'm not quite as steady crossing a log, or wandering off trail on a hill. Certainly I can't push myself like I could when I was younger. I really do feel I should go with a partner more often. However, I do prefer going solo, or just with the dogs.

I final remark and I hope I'm through with this topic. I believe you missed my point, so I'll try to be clearer. It's not that I think a cache container is capable of removing a hook protector. It's that people remove hook protectors. Why would anyone take a cork protector off a hook, then leave the hook in a cache? I don't see that as a problem, might happen, but would be so rare as to negate the argument.

This actually raises a fair question. Do we have an unbiased estimate of what % of the caching community wants these? Besides the 10 fanatics in this thread, I mean. Well, as far as I can tell, if people wanted them they wouldn't be sitting in the cache long enough to get rusty. So the people on this thread who want them are fanatics?? We talked about hooks and lures as swag at an event I once went to. The event must have been for fanatics only, as everyone thought the idea was fine, as long as you take strong precautions to protect them.

Setup -> Heading -> Compass -> Off Thank you. I do plan to try out the electronic compass on this GPS as it looks like it works better. (don't have to hold it flat) But I'm glad to know I can turn it off if it I don't like it. You shouldn't have to hold it flat -- it's a three axis compass meaning you can hold it at different angles and it will still point in the right direction. Older devices only had a two axis compass that required you to hold it flat. I was talking about the compass in the 60CSx, that you have to hold flat. (which is the main reason I didn't use the electronic compass.) The three axis compass, on the 62s, seems to be much easier to use.

If someone finds the cache, they can sign it. Don't have to be a member, don't even have to be looking for the cache. I've found a couple caches that were signed by someone who accidently found the thing, and only knew what it was because of the cache note. I was out on a trail one day to find a few caches. I stopped to rest for a few minutes, before going off trail a bit to find a cache. While sitting there, a couple of mothers with five kids and two dogs came along. They looked at me strange, so I explained what I was doing. One mother told the kids "oh that's what you're aunt does", and the kids wanted to help. They all had a blast looking, and one of them found it first. Then they all wanted to sign the log. Great day, lots of fun, and the kids had a blast. I think it meant a lot to them to be able to sign it after we found it.

The 62s is $199.95 at GPScity.com. Here in Ontario, I've ordered many items from their Canadian counterpart and have been very pleased with their service. I got my 62s at Amazon.com for $227.00.

Setup -> Heading -> Compass -> Off Thank you. I do plan to try out the electronic compass on this GPS as it looks like it works better. (don't have to hold it flat) But I'm glad to know I can turn it off if it I don't like it.

You will get a lot of different opinions on the electronic compass, but it does seem to be a matter of choice. I used, (and will still use) a 60CSx, and I always kept the electronic compass shut off. I don't really like it when Geocaching. I just bought a 62s, and it looks like I will have to learn to like it, as I see no way to turn the electronic compass off.

If you do the business cards, get a laminator and laminate them. In most caches a business card unprotected soon turns to mush.

Thank you, that worked great. The built in manual for this unit is really bad. Hard to figure anything out with it. I'm glad to see it won't show the hint until you ask for it. I generally like to try to find a cache without the hint, only looking at it before giving up.

I selected go, and called up the cache page, no hints. I see you said "call up the hints". Is there something else I need to push, or should the hint appear with the rest of the cache page?

I just bought a Garmin 62s to replace my 60CSx. The main, (and really only) reason I got it was for the paperless feature. However, I don't seem to be getting any hints. The rest of the cache page and last few logs show up just fine, but no hints. Also I tried to download the Northwest trail maps into it, but cannot figure out how to get the program into the unit, nor how to show the maps when I do. Any help on either of these would be great.

Do I really sound that selfish? If so, I'm sorry. I thought that I started with the phrase that "my caches go in two languages" and we're now communicating in the language which is more comfortable to you then me. I can definitely see both sides of this argument. However, I can't imagine thinking that someone who went to the effort to hide and maintain a cache was somehow selfish. I think that I must have a bit of "Entitlement" regarding logs as well. I don't place guard rail caches or skirt lifters. I have gone to a reasonable effort to hide each of my caches. A "tftc" or similar actually makes me feel unappreciated (and slightly angry). Good think most logs on my caches are better than that, or I would have stopped hiding them a long time ago. Hoping for a nice log written on a cache you've taken time to hide is not a sense of "entitlement". Wanting a visitor who does not write in your language to log in other than his own language, does sound like a sense of entitlement.

I only speak, and write English, all my logs will be written in that language. I've had a couple of logs written on my caches in language other than English. Never had a problem with running them through a Bing translation, and getting the gist of the log. I write the online log for the cache owner's benefit as well as mine, but I don't expect anyone to learn a new language in order to log my cache, and I won't learn a new language to log yours.

You can contact Groundspeak and they will delete it for you. At the time they wouldn't(or couldn't)Delete it, if they will now I will give it a shot.

This is one reason I've never cared for the idea of the souvenirs. Back when they were still a new feature, I logged a will attend on an event, then wasn't able to make it after all. I never did log that I attended, but I still have a souvenir for that event. (10/10/10, event.) I don't know if they ever changed it, but at the time there was no way for me to get rid of the souvenir. Now when I look at my souvenirs I see that and know I didn't do it. That makes the rest of mine somewhat useless to me. What good are they if I never earned them?

I come across all kinds of names I can't pronounce. Geocaching or otherwise. Can't say as it bothers me much. If I'm talking to them, I ask. If I'm reading the name, I just guess. If it looks like an actual word I might even try looking it up.

If you live in a subdivision, be sure the general public is allowed to use the parks and greenbelts. In many places, residents only are allowed to use them, others allow residents to invite others in and will allow a Geocache in those places. Some have no restrictions, as the parks and greenbelts are "public". If you need to get permission from your HOA, be sure to note that in your cache description.

Just a heads-up here--Saying "anywho" is not original, and your way of wording things is not cute. Your mommy may think so, but nobody else does. (Note: if anybody here does, please speak up and I'll rescind the comment.) +1 Couldn't have said it better myself.