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We visited our timeshare in Kauai in September and found 9 of the 11 caches that were all placed, as far as I could tell, by other previous vacationers. We enjoyed finding new areas that we hadn't visited previously, even though this was our fourth trip. So much so, in fact, that we placed our own cache, so now there's 12. We even got an e-mail from someone planning their vacation in Kauai, because it appeared that they might be First Finders on our cache! Kauai is 553 square miles with only 12 caches. In my home area, there are hundreds of caches within a 50 mile radius. Most of the caches in Kauai get visited with far more frequency than some of the local out-of-the-way caches. The closest to seeing other geocachers was on Maui and they were only 30 minutes behind us. If geocachers post problems that they find with a cache, such as a cracked container, another geocacher who is planning to visit that cache will read the logs and know this prior to their visit and have the opportunity to replace the container.

We visited our timeshare in Kauai in September and found 9 of the 11 caches that were all placed, as far as I could tell, by other previous vacationers. We enjoyed finding new areas that we hadn't visited previously, even though this was our fourth trip. So much so, in fact, that we placed our own cache, so now there's 12. We even got an e-mail from someone planning their vacation in Kauai, because it appeared that they might be First Finders on our cache! Kauai is 553 square miles with only 12 caches. In my home area, there are hundreds of caches within a 50 mile radius. Most of the caches in Kauai get visited with far more frequency than some of the local out-of-the-way caches. The closest to seeing other geocachers was on Maui and they were only 30 minutes behind us. If geocachers post problems that they find with a cache, such as a cracked container, another geocacher who is planning to visit that cache will read the logs and know this prior to their visit and have the opportunity to replace the container.

... would be the "GPS Units and Software" Forum, since this is about software, after all!

quote:Originally posted by Vince D'Elia: Dan, The info for the Garmin GPS III+ looks correct. The current version number is 2.06. Vince KD5NVO 0H/7F I don't believe that all of the info is correct. The GPS III+ appears to use the Garmin 10 character set, as it includes the plus, minus, and space characters. I don't know what the maximum number of trackpoints is for a saved track, but I have a saved track with 425 points. I'm going to guess here, but I'll bet the max is 500 points. Everything else I verified to be correct.

quote:Originally posted by Vince D'Elia: Dan, The info for the Garmin GPS III+ looks correct. The current version number is 2.06. Vince KD5NVO 0H/7F I don't believe that all of the info is correct. The GPS III+ appears to use the Garmin 10 character set, as it includes the plus, minus, and space characters. I don't know what the maximum number of trackpoints is for a saved track, but I have a saved track with 425 points. I'm going to guess here, but I'll bet the max is 500 points. Everything else I verified to be correct.

The geocachers are puzzled because their GPS receiver is giving them really weird readings. Little do they know that there is a microwave transmitter (or radar unit) up on the hill that's screwing up their readings! (I don't know for a fact that this is possible, I'm just conjecturing on what the cartoonist is trying to convey.)

The geocachers are puzzled because their GPS receiver is giving them really weird readings. Little do they know that there is a microwave transmitter (or radar unit) up on the hill that's screwing up their readings! (I don't know for a fact that this is possible, I'm just conjecturing on what the cartoonist is trying to convey.)

My wife and I only started geocaching less than a month ago and have had a pretty good record. We've logged 17 finds and only one Not Found. We try not to use the encrypted clue, but if we've done a thorough search and still can't find it, we definitely use the clue. In some cases when we're not sure where to find the trailhead, we've read the clue and the clue has contained the location of the nearest trailhead. One particularly frustrating find seemed to indicate by the name of the cache that it was up in a fallen tree, but we couldn't find anything. We finally found it at the base of the fallen tree, well hidden on the down side of the trunk. Reading the logbook and the online log, we found out that it originally was up in the tree, but that many passersby saw the cache in plain sight, so someone hid it at the base of the trunk. So if you're having problems, read all of the logs and that will possibly give you a better idea where the cache is hidden or particular problems that other people had. My wife has an eagle eye and caches stand out to her like a sore thumb. Keep your eye out for anything that doesn't look quite right or natural. Many time the cache will be by the most prominent thing in the immediate vicinity. [This message was edited by TeeEff on September 22, 2002 at 12:27 AM.]

My wife and I started geocaching just shortly before our trip to Kauai. It made our hiking in Kauai more fun and we found Travel Bugs and GeoCoins, which made it even more fun! It inspired us to place our own cache on Kauai. I'm 51 and my wife is 34.

After re-submitting my new cache report, I didn't get a confirmation back, the page just came back blank. That's when I discovered this "fine print" near the top of the page: "You have a limited session timeframe (40 minutes). You'll need to enter your cache report within this time, or your session will end and your submission won't be sent. If you need more time, we suggest writing your report in a text editor and copying and pasting the text onto this page." Since I was looking through tour books to recreate the history of this site, I definitely went over the time limit. Fortunately, I saved all of the text, so it took only a couple of minutes to re-create the second time. So now the cache have been submitted and is waiting for approval. The number is GC90A1 and the URL is http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?id=37025. [This message was edited by TeeEff on September 20, 2002 at 03:46 PM.]

quote:Originally posted by BrianSnat:If your submission was successful, as soon as you hit "submit", you'll get a link asking if you want to go to your cache page. If you click on that, you should see the page. If you didn't get this, then something went haywire with your submission. "Life is a daring adventure, or it is nothing" - Helen Keller Well, I never saw that, so I guess it got lost in cyberspace! Disappointing, since I did a little bit of research which I'll have to gather up again.

If you go the main Geocaching home page and click on "Links", there is a link to an Excel spreadsheet that will encrypt/decrypt using ROT13. I like to take my Palm with me and use the Hint Decoder app to decrypt clues near the cache site if I have to. This way I don't spoil the hunt by decrypting the clue before printing out the cache sheet. I copy the encrypted clue into a Memo in the Palm Desktop program. The memo then gets transferred to the Palm at the next sync. A couple of strokes copies the encrypted clue from the memo to the Hint Decoder app. Tap on the "Decode" button and voila, a decrypted clue!

quote:Originally posted by ~erik~:Yes, we sometimes get a bit of a backlog on weekends, but if something has not been heard of for a week it's likely been archived. If a cache is archived you should get an e-mail letting you know that, and you should then be able to see why in an explanation in the archive log at the base of your cache page, as described here: http://www.geocaching.com/articles/requirements.asp When an admin archives a cache it shows up on their "My Cache Page" along with their found caches. I generally go back to the few I have to archive after a week or so and delete my achive note to remove the cache from my cache page. If that isn't done regularly I can't see any smiley faces any more and it gets depressing Anyway, if you'll send my the GCXXXX number or URL offline I'll be happy to see if I can answer your question. I have no Hawaiian archived caches on my "My Cache Page", though one of the other admins may still. ~erik~ Erik, thanks for the reply. I haven't received a e-mail indicating that it was archived. It has never shown up on My Cache Page. I can't send you the GCxxx number or URL since it's never shown up at all. I filled out the new cache form and clicked on the "Send Cache Report" button. Since then, nothing. It appears to have disappeared! I sent an e-mail to the "contact us" address yesterday with all of the details.

quote:Originally posted by ~erik~:Yes, we sometimes get a bit of a backlog on weekends, but if something has not been heard of for a week it's likely been archived. If a cache is archived you should get an e-mail letting you know that, and you should then be able to see why in an explanation in the archive log at the base of your cache page, as described here: http://www.geocaching.com/articles/requirements.asp When an admin archives a cache it shows up on their "My Cache Page" along with their found caches. I generally go back to the few I have to archive after a week or so and delete my achive note to remove the cache from my cache page. If that isn't done regularly I can't see any smiley faces any more and it gets depressing Anyway, if you'll send my the GCXXXX number or URL offline I'll be happy to see if I can answer your question. I have no Hawaiian archived caches on my "My Cache Page", though one of the other admins may still. ~erik~ Erik, thanks for the reply. I haven't received a e-mail indicating that it was archived. It has never shown up on My Cache Page. I can't send you the GCxxx number or URL since it's never shown up at all. I filled out the new cache form and clicked on the "Send Cache Report" button. Since then, nothing. It appears to have disappeared! I sent an e-mail to the "contact us" address yesterday with all of the details.

My wife and I just started geocaching a couple of weeks before our vacation in Kauai. We found nine caches on Kauai and two in Maui, including three Travel Bugs and three GeoCoins! We left one of the GeoCoins in a cache in Mauai (where it was promptly taken by another geocaching couple 30 minutes behind us!) and two of the GeoCoins in geocaches here in San Diego. GeoCoins and TBs really make finding a cache special!

quote:Something Must Be Wrong Thats way long. Is it still sitting in the approval queue (has the not yet approved message across the top of the page)? Most of the time, mine are approved in an hour or two, but it never takes more than a day. This appears likely at this point, since it doesn't show up on My Cache Page at all. I guess that I'll have to e-mail Jeremy or Erik. I hope that I don't have to recreate it, since it took me awhile to research the content for the description.

My wife and I placed our first cache in Kauai when were there on vacation a couple of weeks ago. We submitted the cache about a week ago but it still hasn't shown up yet. The confirmation page says that caches are normally approved in 24-48 hours, but I'm guessing that a lot more caches are being submitted now and it's taking longer. So how long is it taking?

If someone would please point me to somewhere that documents how this is done I would appreciate it. I've tried searching with Google, but all I come up with is the "Garmin Hacking Project" which doesn't mention it.

I now have a new appreciation for "being prepared". Duct tape on my "what to take" list doesn't seem so far-fetched. My wife and and I just returned from some local caches. For local caches we usually take just a fanny pack with two water bottle holders on it and a couple of zippered pockets, so we don't take a whole lot of stuff with us. After all, it's just a short, local cache At the second cache, the summit of a small hill, the toe on the right boot came completely separated from the upper. This was no doubt the result of several days of geocaching in Kauai and Maui where we found 11 geocaches, many on very muddy, very wet trails. As we started back down I caught the loose sole on a rock and the entire sole separated from the upper! Remember, this was just a short, local suburban cache, less than a mile, but we had ascended to a height of over 1100 feet. Luckily, I had my small, pocket-size First Aid kit with me and it had a decent size roll of adhesive tape. I bound the sole back on with the adhesive tape and made it down OK, but I'm sure glad that I didn't have to walk 3/4 mile down a steep, rocky trail with just a stockinged foot!

I now have a new appreciation for "being prepared". Duct tape on my "what to take" list doesn't seem so far-fetched. My wife and and I just returned from some local caches. For local caches we usually take just a fanny pack with two water bottle holders on it and a couple of zippered pockets, so we don't take a whole lot of stuff with us. After all, it's just a short, local cache At the second cache, the summit of a small hill, the toe on the right boot came completely separated from the upper. This was no doubt the result of several days of geocaching in Kauai and Maui where we found 11 geocaches, many on very muddy, very wet trails. As we started back down I caught the loose sole on a rock and the entire sole separated from the upper! Remember, this was just a short, local suburban cache, less than a mile, but we had ascended to a height of over 1100 feet. Luckily, I had my small, pocket-size First Aid kit with me and it had a decent size roll of adhesive tape. I bound the sole back on with the adhesive tape and made it down OK, but I'm sure glad that I didn't have to walk 3/4 mile down a steep, rocky trail with just a stockinged foot!

Would you take a Garmin III+ in trade (+ some differential cash)? My GPS III+ is about 3 years old and in perfect condition.