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... and I would warn anyone against trying to use that in a cache page. The code word creates is soooo messy and uses so much useless code, half of it would probably get stripped out by Groundspeak. DCC

Strangely enough, the only one of these I ever participated in was at a large Geocaching event that shall remain nameless. It was even worded carefully (you weren't buying in... it was a "donation") because the city said it was gambling. DCC

I've had exactly the same thing happen. We went and found a cache just after we started caching that was up a steep fire road that I'd always seen, but had never explored. While logging our find, we had that "I wonder what's further on out this road" feeling. We returned a number of months later with new caches in hand to encourage people to walk this wonderful ridgeline road from one town to the next. I even gave detailed coordinates for parking at either end of the hike. To this day, not a single person has made the hike. They all found a residential street (where I thought there was a fence) made a short jaunt to the cache locations and went back to the car. Well, they didn't get the experience I wanted to provide, but they have enjoyed the caches, and I guess that will just have to be enough for me too. I'd assume that requiring a specific approach would constitute an "additional logging requirement" which makes the cache something other than a traditional, which works too, but might cut down the number of visitors (which could be good or bad, depending on your perspective). DCC

Hmmmm.... If we're following our own rules... If permission has been granted by the University, then there's no need for deception. If there's no permission granted, then they should toss that litter. DCC

How about this guy... I found his quest very compelling: Mike Haugen's 50 States in 50 days challenge. He summited the highest point in each of the 50 States in just under 46 days! (that's just climbing time, not travel time). Pretty cool! DCC

I've always had the feeling that everyone loses when we just allow poor behavior to go on un-called and un-checked. It's sad that this topic comes up as often as it does. DCC

One of our local cachers is frequently seen in an reflective orange vest (the highway worker type), and carrying a clipboard. He says it makes him virtually invisible in an urban environment. DCC

I almost always cache with a buddy and sometimes there's three or four of us. Usually one of us signs the log for everyone, and not a "team name" the acutal ID of each cacher present. We will then log online, each of us individually.

I think if it was my cache, I'd spend more time being excited that a whole bunch of people wanted to (and ultimately did) find my cache! DCC

Actually, pathtags are not "trackables". You "log" them at pathtags.com, but they do not track like travel bugs or geocoins. They're really just "sig items" for the finders to collect. I love mine! DCC

Knowing when to walk away... priceless. DCC

The cut-and-paste answer to the virtual question... straight from Jeremy. DCC

I think that pretty much hits it right on the head. DCC

GPS City is announcing the new Garmin "Oregon". <<link removed>> DCC

I've got a small credit card sized Nikon in my cache pack, but you're more likely to find me carying a Nikon D100 and somewhere between 2 and 4 big heavy lenses. Nikon has the best glass in the business. I'd still rather be shooting with my old Rolleiflex 2.8F TLR. DCC

Found 71 with two other cachers on the Sunday following GW6. We had a lot of fun, and I enjoyed myself, but I don't think I'll be aiming to beat that number anytime soon. It wouldn't be fun to cache that way every day. Once in a while, but not every day. DCC

We have a local cacher who goes after the urban caches while wearing the "orange reflective vest" (like the highway workers) and carries a clipboard. He claims it makes him nearly invisible in most urban environments. It is absolutely true that if you walk into an environment like you own the place, most people wouldn't give you a second glance. DCC

I agree 100% We have a local cacher who despite departing this world, still exists here. MotoGrrl... her profile still shows her last login as Tuesday, May 16, 2006. She was involved in a "truck vs. motorcycle" accident that evening and never made it home that night to log that day's finds. Wouldn't want to see her Geocaching history taken away. And it would be incredibly disturbing to see that login name start appearing again in the hands of a newbie (or anyone else). DCC

Fixed. When I moved from California to Virginia, I put out for adoption 19 of my caches. They don't show in my Cache Hides list anymore, but I still consider them as My Hides. I created a bookmark list of all my hides and use the PQ from that list to run the caching karma stat. Now that's usin' the ol' head! We are a clever bunch. DCC

Someone told me lately that if you're worried about your "hide stats" that disabled caches still count as hides for you, whereas if you adopt a cache out, it leaves your hide count and goes with it's new adopted owner. To people that are calculating their "caching karma" (ratio between your finds and finds on your hides) this will make a difference. For most of us, it's irrelevant. DCC

My best day was 5... and we didn't set out to be FTF on any of them... it just kinda happened! We were participating in a Geocaching "Road Rally" event and there were dozens of new caches published the night before the event. It just so happened that the route we took hadn't been "picked over" yet, which was surprising since many of the new caches were found in the wee hours of the morning by one of our local FTF hounds Then he didn't even attend the event the next morning, probably due to being so worn out from hunting FTF's all night ! DCC

When I attended GW6 recently, I had the opportunity to make a run at my "most finds in a day" record (I broke it, I found over 70!). As we did nothing but cache for 3 days straight, by the time I got home, I had a whole lotta loggin' to do! I too am adamant about writing an individual log for each find, but I found myself running into trouble as there were many which just involved a shrub alongside a dirt road, or a micro hidden on a fencepost along a dirt road. Never once in all those logs did I resort to "TFTC"... I wrote out "Thanks for the hide" or "Thanks for the cache" for every single one, along with some comments about the fantastic folks I was with, the fact that we were having a blast visiting GW6 etc. In my opinion, even the simplest, mundane cache deserves more than an acronym. DCC

I've got a very good friend (and fellow geocacher) who competes in shooting events and he had no problem carrying a handgun into Canada He said the Canadian border guards didn't even make him open the case. I wouldn't suggest just showing up at the border with a firearm, but it is possible to cross into Canada with one. BTW... he placed very well in the Canadian Nationals! DCC

I designed a special GW6 pathtag for my GeoWoodstock experience. There were only 50 of them and they went into caches around the event site!

If you can't (or are unwilling) to meet the logging requirements, there's plenty of other caches. DCC