E-trexer

Anyone ever been hurt by an animal while caching?

Don't know if I'll ever fish again after hearing about what it feels like to be hooked! I guess I should donate a dollar to the "save the fish foundation" for every fish I've ever caught to in some way make ammends. I was wincing all the way through the story so I'd definitely give you the geocacher's "purple heart award" for injuries received while answering the call of duty (geocaching). Hopefully that will be the most severe accident of your life (by far)!

We'd like to hear about it.

I enjoy the cemetery caches since they're easy and normally secluded. I wouldn't like it if all the caches were in cemeteries, but it's nice to be able to encourage myself after a bunch of DNF's in a row by going after a nice, hopefully easy, and secluded cemetery cache. It has an almost soothing effect on me.

This guy's unconquerable!

I'm still relatively new at geocaching. I just found my first multi-cache today. It was in a woods which required some off-trail hiking and wading a river. Just as I was getting to the first stage, I made the mistake of grabbing a weed which had these hairy, sticky quills which were sharp as a razor. Ouch, that hurt! It skinned my knuckle pretty nicely. I'm sure some of you have had accidents which would make that seem like nothing. What type of accidents have you had? Do you think they were unavoidable or could you have prevented them? This is a discussion of geocaching accidents and injuries.

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Set your location manually for whichever city you're in and then give it some time. If that doesn't work it definitely is a rebel.

My e-trex venture is at 25,859.95 mi.

Landrover Defender Tdi: The vehicle you need when Jeep is stuck in the mud!

"Why are you comparing a sub-$200 consumer GPS and a $22,000 aeronautical navigation device?" If CheshireFrog doesn't consider this a difference in price, I'd love to see his six-digit salary!

This is just what we want on this forum!

After using my e-trex venture for a long time and then switching to a Garmin 500 for aeronautical navigation, I would say that there is a difference in the accuracy between models of greater price difference. The most noticeable difference to me, is the ease which the data is accessed. On the E-trex it's on a little 3"x1.5" screen, on the G500 it's on a mini-tv sized screen. The essential data is able to be depicted all on one screen on the G500, where it takes three screens to provide the essential data on the E-trex venture. I can find any of the data I want instantly on the G500 while the e-trex venture takes additional time to find the correct screen. However, I still prefer the e-trex for stuff like geocaching since it's more practical. I was just trying to show that a more advanced unit provides for more precision to the people who need to be able to concentrate on other things.

The Garmin E-trex series has to be the best GPS models for geocaching. I use the E-trex venture, but the more expensive the model you go with, the more precise your geocaching will become. If you are looking to purchase a GPS for geocaching, avoid the plain yellow E-trex. Try to find a bargain on one of the ones which feature mapping abilities. The E-trex Venture does this in the most basic sense. It has a map which just shows waypoints, routes, and tracks. The E-trex Vista is the premier E-trex model as it has color mapping with city/streets display. Try to go for the nicest unit you can find. Remember, internet auction places like e-bay are the best places to find GPS units. Do not, however, make the mistake of getting a unit which cannot be handheld. Sticking with the Garmin E-trex series is the best way to get going with geocaching!