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  1. Significantly less dramatic, but the results the same... I saw an alarming string of DNFs on a cache that I had recently hidden in a newly renovated lagoon park. Seems that the Beavers didn't care for the town's renovations, and decided to do thier own. Every bush with stumps less than 6 inches in diameter were removed. Someone cited that "beavers may be the culprit", but before I went to see for myself, I just laughed at that notion. When I went to check on it, there was literally hundreds of bushes removed, all with telltale chew marks. Then, there were drag-trails across the pathways, directly into the water. You suposed the beavers will log a find on this one?
  2. I am using GSAK to create waypoints for a class project, and I want to know if it is possible to create individual GPX files for those waypoints that my students can download before class as opposed to doing it manually during class time. I have created a series of waypoints in a "walking tour" and they appear in my GSAK program, but I don't know how/if I can isolate one waypoint and create a GPX for it. Any ideas?
  3. I have, on numerous occasions (before getting a palm pilot), searched for a cache container at stage I of a multi, not realizing that there was no container there. One time I spent about 45 minutes "interrogating" a gravestone in a very old cemetary. The headstone was loose, and I even tipped it slightly to look underneath it. I lifted the fake flowers out of the flowerpot, and goodness only knows what else I did. DOH!
  4. Perhaps and apology is in order for this one... but please understand my skepticism when it comes to the vast majority of cachers when it comes to exteme caches like this. I still stand by my original statement in that I think MOST cachers would fail to carry out the neccesary maintenance for this type of cache. *Tips my hat to the OP on this one. You're a better cacher than I*
  5. I had the same problem as eslfreak mentioned earlier. I loggeed a "discoverred it" note on the U4D section of the website, but it hasn't enterred my TB inventory, and now I can't "drop" it in the cache. If anyone is in the Rochester NY area, the TB is in the Crescent Valley Cache, GCMTB4, even though it doesn't appear in the inventory. I should email Groundspeak?
  6. Anyone ever give any thought to the maintenance requirements for this strenuous of a cache? 1000 ft. gain in 2 miles, sound like a real PITA for the OP. My guess it that after a year with one or two logs on it, the cache will deteriorate significantly, and the OP will be none the wiser until he checks on it in 3 more years.
  7. Around here, I think the coolest sig item belonged to a railroad afficianado, named Golden Spike. He collects railroad spikes and paints them gold, and drops them in caches. It's the only sig item I've ever collected from a cache!
  8. I am currently planning an event that will have several event-only caches hidden. What I want to know is, is there any free software that will allow me to write up a full cache description, and save it as a .gpx file so that people could download it before arriving to the event? Thanks!
  9. As a fairly new cacher, I opted to wait until I had logged 50 finds before hiding my first cache. I felt that 50 finds allowed me to get a "feel" for the sport before hiding anything that would be "against the rules". 50 finds also allowed me to get a feeling for the types of caches that were possible, allowed me to understand what types of caches I liked and what I didn't like, which is what I have used as a basis for the caches that I hide. I am not a fan of un-themed micro's in the middle of nothing to see. So I don't hide them. I prefer caches which use a great deal of creativity in the hide, and I enjoy caches that bring me to great spots. These have become my guidelines in my hides. But that's just me. I imposed my own limit of 50 caches. Nobody else told me when I was "good enough" to hide some tupperware.
  10. Didn't I mention that this site is located in the local landfill? Don't most municipalities build landfills near the closest natural ravine? I just thought it was normal. Anyway, I hope it works out as well as I THINK it will. I didn't get the chance to set it up this morning, as I ran into some other things I needed to do. BUT... It will go up. and hopefully soon!
  11. Ok, so I read this post with GREAT interest, and it just so happens that I have a similar, though not quite the same sort of situation. I am planning a hide in which the cache is DOWN at the bottom of a significantly impassable cliff (about 60ft straight drop, with a small stream at the bottom.) I have given this a lot of thought, and done some not-so-scientific tests using the rafters in my basement as tree branches, and my washer/dryer as a "cliff". Obviously you will need to use your imagination to picture REALLY little people standing on the washer! The diagram is below. Geopulley In this image, Pulley 1 is suspended from a tree branch which overhangs the creekbed/ravine. Pulley 2 is suspended overhead of the edge of the ravine. The Cache will be VISIBLE fro the top o the ravine (it is private property with permission). This is important, because I don't want people to think that they need to descend into the ravine. I plan to use white rope for the first 10 feet of the rope that leads from the cache to Pulley 1. The remainder of the rope will all be the ice fishing line mentioned above. All of the cord for Line 2 will be ice fishing line as well. As you see from the image, Line B goes from the cache, through Pulley B and to a counterweight, which will be a chunk of wood from the burn pile, no heavier than the weight of the cache. In order to retreive the cache, they need to visually trace the line fromthe cache, up through pulley 1, and back to the tree behind them where it is tied off. To begin, they will hoist that line, lifting the cache straight up until it is over thier head. In doing so, they will ALSO be lowering the counterweight so that it is within thier reach. Once they grab the counterweight (it might be best with 2 or more cachers), they can then pull the cache over dry land. I know it seems confusing, but I tried if many times in the basement, and tommorrow I will be setting it up for trial runs in the field. If, for some reason, it doesn't work, I won't use it, but I don't see any reason it wont. Oh, and just as an FYI, this will be an event only cache for an event coming up fairly soon, so I am not concerned about long term maintenance.
  12. ZOIKS! No sooner had I said that then I get a call from the local media asking what OUR CAMP was doing along the lines of Geocaching programs and Geocaching corporate teambuilding opportunities! I work for a 4-H Camp, and a regional corporate tourism magazine is writing an artical on natural reasons to bring your company to the Finger Lakes area of NY. Talk about a coincidence!! I hope I did alright! If I hear about it being published, I will try to post a link to the artical.
  13. You might also want to add something about the number of caches within 10 miles, or 15 miles or the home base for that paper, as the more local the information, the more "relevant" it will be perceived by the readers.
  14. Just read through the posts of this thread, and I decided to do the search for the "Best Jobs of a Geocacher". Find it here. Hope that worked? Haven't done any Markwelling before.
  15. My opinion would be to say no-go on this. As an avid camper, there are certain "rules" that campers follow too, and one of them is to never leave your site set up for more than a week or so in one spot. There are a host of reasons, one of which is that an unattended site is considerred by most to be "trash". Secondly, if you are setting up a "site", there will be a good amount of expense involved. I know that in MY campsite, I typically have tent, sleeping bag, pack, stove, water filter, etc... and it quickly add up to well over $500, maybe closer to $1000. Granted, I understand that you wouldn't need ALL that stuff to pull off the illusion, but still... unless you think that EVERY cacher in your area is perfectly moral (of course they are!), there would be a HUGE temptation for things to dissappear. When you set up a site, you are a "camper", and when campers leave sites unattended, they give campers a bad reputation. No site is EVER muggle free, perhaps muggle-unlikely, but never muggle free.
  16. Got mine about a week ago, and after a little work, it is ready to meet the world. I lost my father about a month ago now. Primarily cancer, but the diabetes complicated the issues. I had a wallet photo made from a picture I took of him 3 years ago, and I attached it to TB, along with a short bio of who he was, and what he meant to me. I hope someone will find it, and understand that there are names and faces that die from this disease. *feeling sad and lonely at the moment...*
  17. As a RELATIVELY new cacher, I would encourage that people consider archiving finds if they are moving away. I realize that many times, the cache is in good shape, and a perfect candidate for adotion, but I also know that, at least in cache-rich areas, it can be very difficult for new cachers to "lay claim" to a chunk of land, because there are already so many caches. Remember that finding caches is not the ONLY allure of the game. Some people really enjoy developing new hides, which can be really difficult if every block of public land is deep in caches already. To me, archiving a cache simply allows someone else the chance to farm the land. It also gives the "locals" a chance to find a new cache without driving 30+ miles. Now, that being said, if you have a really stellar cache that everyone LOVES, I would say adopt away. But in general, I prefer to see archived caches than seeing the same 1/1 caches exisitng forever in a location that would be a great site for a 3/4 cache. Just my opinion.
  18. I am hoping that you all can share your opinions on this one... I am planning my first event, but here's the catch. I work for a 4-H Camp and I want to hold it on my park land, and in order to do it "on the books" it needs to be done as a "camp program", which really doesn't mean much, except that I will need to bring an educational twist to it. So here is my though. I will hold many of the typical event activities, but in addition to all that, I am planning some guest speakers, and also openning to event up to the general public, advertising in the local papers and such. I will hold some "how-to-geocache" types of sessions aimed to introduce new people to the game. In your opinion, will the invitation to non-cachers to attend the event diminish the value of the event to cachers? I don't want to upset the caching community. Thanks for your input! Boots...
  19. Thats awesome! I was thinking along similar lines with gues speakers. I work with the Cooperative Extension, and I have contacted the Land Grant College (Cornell University in this case) to see if they would be willing to send a speaker from the College of Ag and Life Sciences, Mapping department to talk about big-picture application of GPS and GIS mapping technologies. I also have asked a couple of 4-H'ers out in the Buffalo area that have presented nationally about GIS to see if they can come in.
  20. Hey thanks. I will work on it, and let you know how it turns out. .tread lightly.
  21. I went to Evince to use the coordinate checker on my newest cache. I enterred my coords, and got the copy/paste html code and enterred as instructed, but I can't see anything about it in my cache page. Can someone just check this link to let me know if YOU see the Evince logo? A Cup & A Cache: The Grind Thanks! .tread lightly.
  22. Thanks for this awesome thread. I am planning my first event as well, and I will be re-visiting this page often. Thank!
  23. Ummm yeah... about that. I went out this afternoon and was quickly reminded WHY I do so many TNLNSL caches. Cause there is nothing in them other than mushy papers, golf balls, muddy lanyards and travel toothbrushes (does anyone EVER take a toothbrush from a cache???). I would like to rescind my stated resolution of no new TNLNSL caches. I can still do that. I got 23 hours and 53 minutes till the new year.
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