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I tend to agree with what everypaying is saying here. I would like to know ahead of time if I have to pay to enter a park, but don't think it should be required either. Especially since it's pretty standard for parks to have a fee. I also tend to be one of those people who digs out the map, plans my routes and checks websites if I see the local is a state/national/city park that may have fees. **Try something 3 times before giving up on it! The 1st time may be bad weather, the 2nd may be dead GPS batteries, the 3rd you may spot that hiding spot!!**

Well there are 9 people watching it now... see what you started! =-) quote:Originally posted by Markwell:I was just responding to a request for the Geocaching map of the world when I came across http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.asp?ID=22531. Wow. Anyone up for some frigid temps??? Can't see anyone getting to this one with regularity, and yet there's four watching it. **Try something 3 times before giving up on it! The 1st time may be bad weather, the 2nd may be dead GPS batteries, the 3rd you may spot that hiding spot!!**

Well there are 9 people watching it now... see what you started! =-) quote:Originally posted by Markwell:I was just responding to a request for the Geocaching map of the world when I came across http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.asp?ID=22531. Wow. Anyone up for some frigid temps??? Can't see anyone getting to this one with regularity, and yet there's four watching it. **Try something 3 times before giving up on it! The 1st time may be bad weather, the 2nd may be dead GPS batteries, the 3rd you may spot that hiding spot!!**

Wouldn't it be safer to leave out the matches and add some sort of flint stick or perhaps firestarters? I'd still go with the flint sticks as they would take a little work to get an actual light from but are less dangerous then matches in case of an accident. It's always wiser to be safer then regret something later. quote:Originally posted by WildwoodBob:

Wouldn't it be safer to leave out the matches and add some sort of flint stick or perhaps firestarters? I'd still go with the flint sticks as they would take a little work to get an actual light from but are less dangerous then matches in case of an accident. It's always wiser to be safer then regret something later. quote:Originally posted by WildwoodBob:

I may be new to this, but I certainly don't expect everybody's reading to be the same. I figure I'll only make a remark about it I have to search 100ft or more from the point they've given. Unless there is already some note about it being off, or your having to do math to solve for the coords (which mean it's probably just me I believe calculators were invented for a reason.) So far I've been lucky. My GPS315 has gotten me almost on top of the caches I've hunted for so far. But like I said above, I just started and I started with easy ones! =-) **Try something 3 times before giving up on it! The 1st time may be bad weather, the 2nd may be dead GPS batteries, the 3rd you may spot that hiding spot!!**

I may be new to this, but I certainly don't expect everybody's reading to be the same. I figure I'll only make a remark about it I have to search 100ft or more from the point they've given. Unless there is already some note about it being off, or your having to do math to solve for the coords (which mean it's probably just me I believe calculators were invented for a reason.) So far I've been lucky. My GPS315 has gotten me almost on top of the caches I've hunted for so far. But like I said above, I just started and I started with easy ones! =-) **Try something 3 times before giving up on it! The 1st time may be bad weather, the 2nd may be dead GPS batteries, the 3rd you may spot that hiding spot!!**

quote:Originally posted by Cachier: quote:Originally posted by wcgreen: quote:Originally posted by thejohnsonz:I recently placed a cache on a hilltop near my home. After I got back, I realized that I can see the hilltop from the top of my back yard. In fact, with the help of a telescope, I can see the trail near the cache quite well. My problem is that I'd like to figure out a way to interact with folks at the cache site. How about a tripwire on the trail hooked to a mechanism that will send an electric pulse into the ground? I read in a history of telegraphy that electricity will travel a fair distance through the ground (don't remember how far, though). If it's far enough, sensors in your backyard will pick it up and you can rush to your telescope in time to see people leaving their used golf balls If you don't like the idea of tripping fellow geocachers, you could rig it as a doorbell by your cache. wcgreen -- Wendy Chatley Green wcgreen@eudoramail.com The only problem I can see with this scenario is the cost of running an extension cord to the hilltop may be prohibitive. Not to mention, frying the cache seeker. Perhaps a signal drum...hey it worked for the African Natives. A more technologically advanced approach would be to use the airwaves, a cheap FRS radio and a fresh set of batteries. _Watson, come here I need you"_ "When you find it, its always in the last place you look." Why not just use one of those driveway sensors? You put one box at the end of your driveway(or at the cache) and when the laser is cut it rings the bell in the box inside your house. I don't know the range of them, but some of them are pretty far I'm sure. Then you just have to make sure the batteries are fresh. And the bonus... NO TRIPPING CACHERS!! **Try something 3 times before giving up on it! The 1st time may be bad weather, the 2nd may be dead GPS batteries, the 3rd you may spot that hiding spot!!**

quote:Originally posted by Cachier: quote:Originally posted by wcgreen: quote:Originally posted by thejohnsonz:I recently placed a cache on a hilltop near my home. After I got back, I realized that I can see the hilltop from the top of my back yard. In fact, with the help of a telescope, I can see the trail near the cache quite well. My problem is that I'd like to figure out a way to interact with folks at the cache site. How about a tripwire on the trail hooked to a mechanism that will send an electric pulse into the ground? I read in a history of telegraphy that electricity will travel a fair distance through the ground (don't remember how far, though). If it's far enough, sensors in your backyard will pick it up and you can rush to your telescope in time to see people leaving their used golf balls If you don't like the idea of tripping fellow geocachers, you could rig it as a doorbell by your cache. wcgreen -- Wendy Chatley Green wcgreen@eudoramail.com The only problem I can see with this scenario is the cost of running an extension cord to the hilltop may be prohibitive. Not to mention, frying the cache seeker. Perhaps a signal drum...hey it worked for the African Natives. A more technologically advanced approach would be to use the airwaves, a cheap FRS radio and a fresh set of batteries. _Watson, come here I need you"_ "When you find it, its always in the last place you look." Why not just use one of those driveway sensors? You put one box at the end of your driveway(or at the cache) and when the laser is cut it rings the bell in the box inside your house. I don't know the range of them, but some of them are pretty far I'm sure. Then you just have to make sure the batteries are fresh. And the bonus... NO TRIPPING CACHERS!! **Try something 3 times before giving up on it! The 1st time may be bad weather, the 2nd may be dead GPS batteries, the 3rd you may spot that hiding spot!!**

Umm... where do I point my digital watch?? ::Looking at her watch for hands:: How about if I just yell really really loud and hope you hear me?? =-)

Oo I'm close to this one! female engaged 27 (fiancee is same age) 0 children 2! robotic pets! hehe I just HAD to get the mouse so my cat could chase something. I haven't found my first cache yet, but I'm waiting for my GPS to arrive in the mail.. then off I go! quote:Originally posted by Egnix:Last time I checked I was: male single 29 0 children 1 robotic pet

Oo I'm close to this one! female engaged 27 (fiancee is same age) 0 children 2! robotic pets! hehe I just HAD to get the mouse so my cat could chase something. I haven't found my first cache yet, but I'm waiting for my GPS to arrive in the mail.. then off I go! quote:Originally posted by Egnix:Last time I checked I was: male single 29 0 children 1 robotic pet