Arctikkat

Wow, dude, if you're taking my well thought out and reasonable response, complete with suggestions and recommendations as a rude attack, I would suggest you find a new hobby because attitudes like yours won't get you far. You're welcome for my effort to attempt to educate and inform you BTW. Saturation isn't a problem, self entitled people like you are. If you're intent on looking for crows, look in the mirror. Honestly, I think you're an exaggerating whiner, I can't find anyone in your area with 150 hides. Maybe you could show us your proof? Not that it matters, I just want to see if you'll go to the same effort and respect us enough to research your response rather than spout off a bunch of whining crap. I guess you just should have been the inventor of geocaching, that way you'd have ALL the power. Grow Up. Here's a suggestion, and the last one you'll ever get from me. Find someplace else to Geocache if the one you're in doesn't suit you, I think there's room at the North Pole. re: Guidlines. Kiss My a** you whiner. There's your personal attack for ya.

ROFL, Hi five.

I follow one of four main criteria for my hides: Location - The location of the cache may dictate the size of the cache, so, by necessity, it may have to be a film canister of keyminder. Difficulty - Sometimes, to make a hide more of a challenge, the cach must be small. Cache Size - If I can hide a lock 'n lock, I will, but: The Journey - I plan to create a power trail one day. To me it's the pleasure of the hike, not the cache every 161 metres that is the purpose. A quality lock 'n lock with contents runs about 5 bucks, and honestly, on a power trail, 100 lock 'n locks full of trinkets can get kinda lame. Using 90 cheap (free) film canisters or pill bottles cleverly hidden with a few lock 'n locks interspersed sounds like a better plan to me. Hmm, I might be getting a little off the topic with this post, so, to comment on OZ2CPU's comment, the only response I have is that distance may not be a factor if you have a custodian to care for your cache, but I agree, it drives me nuts when a cache needs maintenance and the owner can't do it because he's 500kms away. I admit, I'm still learning about geocaching, so I'm like Eralon, I'm still learning what makes a quality cache. Some of my hides are extremely easy, like my unsung heros cache, if only because it's the location that matters in this instance, not the cache, and given the lack of hiding spots and high muggle situation, it was better to hide the cache in plain sight. On the other hand, "What FOWL place is this" and "Don't feed the troll" are quite well camouflaged, yet a lock 'n lock would be too easy. "Just in Case' and "Two Birds" had ample space to hide a lock 'n lock, yet be quick finds.

Well, one must consider that this hobby has been around for 12 years, there are about 5,000,000 people who started this before you did. If they hadn't hid these caches then what incentive would you have had to join. More cache saturation means more hunters coming to enjoy the hobby. As you've no doubt discovered, hunting for a cache is only half the fun, having people locate yours is also part of the game. You need to do some serious research before going off the handle,such as: How long have these other cachers been hiding theirs? Maybe they've been at it for years and kept hiding them to maintain interest in the hobby. In my situation I can't go out and hunt as often as I'd like because there are very few caches in my area, so I hide them instead to increase interest in my area. Perhaps these people put together a power trail. Are ALL of their caches in one area? They might have 150 caches spread out all over Hell's half acre...ie 100s of square kms. One rule I do live by when hiding a cache is that "If the cache is the only reason to bring a hunter there, then it's a bad reason" I guess it all sums up to the fact that there is no limit to the number of hides a member can have, and as far as I'm concerned, I would appreciate their effort and expense for hiding them and providing me with a means to enjoy a hobby rather than moan that I have no place to hide mine. You realise they are paying good money to hide these caches and I doubt they are going to the expense of saturating an area just to ruin your day. Maybe talk to some of them and ask them if you can adopt their caches. Finally, if you hide a cache within the distance restriction you can make a note to the reviewer regarding your reasons for the placement, often it will be approved. Edit: After a review of your finds and the available caches in the area, I can see that there are a few power trails there. Also, it's hardly saturated, there are many locations that appear to be available for a resourceful person. I've also looked over some of the hides there: First number is finds, the second, hides. Tabbywmn – 13,000 - 63 Enkenstein 39 – 3 Amboguy 277 – 57 Canadazuuk – 500 – 71 Teskelly – 1457 - 96 I haven't found anyone with 150 hides yet, but look at TesKelly for example, over half of those hides are archived., T@bbywmn has over 50 favorite points amongst her 63 caches. Really, if you have an issue you should suggest a rule change to the powers that be...perhaps a maximum 1 hide for every 10 finds, but then, how fun would that be? Personally, I wish I had the cache saturation that you do.

I wonder if either of these bodies were found by someone seeking the cache....here we thought that hiding a cache in garbage was going to be a problem.

It may be wise to inform the police of the existence of your cache. If they searched the area for evidence they may have discovered it.

Yeah, use a flashlight.

I came across one like that out here. We had to fill a tube with water to get the sealed cache to float to the top where we could reach it.

I've been having problems too but it's only because OSM just doesn't have detailed maps for more rural areas. Here is Mapquest: Here is OSM:

As a medical professional I must warn against picking up dirty needles though. Check with your local Ambulance Service or Fire Dept. They usually have a program in place for you to call in and advise them of the needles so they can be retrieved and disposed of properly.

You shouldn't have much difficulty in finding the caches, I'd taken printouts of the caches I wanted to visit along just in case the iphone didn't work there and computer access was limited. Cubanet is about as slow as dial up, or worse. Honestly, I didn't need a GPS at all.

I took an iphone with me as well as my Suunto Ambit: http://www.suunto.com/global/en/Product-Families/suunto-ambit It looks like a wristwatch, so it never got a second glance....then again, nothing I took got a second glance. Absolutely nothing, and I have a pelican case full of electronic equipment with me when I travel. Cameras, Scuba computers, PDA, and more, I even smuggled in two jugs of Clamato Juice, although I guess since it is legal it wasn't technically smuggling. I just snuck it in with my scuba gear which the airline doesn't appreciate all that much. I'd be pretty comfortable in taking a GPS and openly using it in Cuba, just maybe not near a military installation. I also left a travel bug, I see it's over in Germany now, so I'm glad that worked out. http://www.geocaching.com/track/details.aspx?guid=9a069672-42af-4667-b6d6-73149fad3420 Where you staying? We were at the Riu Varadero. If you like to use wash cloths when you wash your face you'd better take some with you.

I would suggest going through the cache logs in the area and comparing how many visitors they receive. Start with something that a tourist would be most likely to visit, such as Parliment Hill.

My wife and I are headed for Varadero in February and I have a travel bug and a geocoin that I plan to plant into the geocaches there. I am a little concerned though, the terms state that anyone planting a Geocache has to be available to maintain it. Does anyone know how many of these caches are actually maintained and how many are just planted by tourists who may or may not visit the location again? I know of one at least.