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We are doing our 2nd Annual Event! This is a timed event where contestants must shoot and Geocache (not necessarily at the same time).
For those of you who missed last year, you can get a good look at what fun everyone had.
If you have any questions, please ask.
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If you have never Geocached the Carrizo Plain, you are missing out. Here is your excuse to come find out how awesome this place is.
There is plenty of work to do and we should have a good time. Afterwards, go enjoy the Geocaches of the Carrizo Plain.
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I am a history teacher and I made this cache.
However, I did it just for fun. Now one thing you will notice about the CA markers is their photos and descriptions are easily found online. So one could literally find all of the data they need from the desk chair. That is why I went and found numbers near the sites on telephone poles, road signs, and other spots to use in calculating my final coordinates. That way they have to go out and actually look in the right spot.
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My general Geocaching motto is, "Always cache armed!" In fact, I will go add that to my signature.
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Ok, so I have a question. What is the multi-cache with the most number of stages? I have The Historic 40 Stage Multi-Cache. Does anyone know of a multi cache with more stages? If not, does that make me the world record holder? SWEET!
After doing the Slutty Munchie Series in Southern California, I now have zero desire to do any power trails except the ones in my area just to clear them out as unfound caches. It just isn't my cup of tea. However, congratulations on your epic planning and execution. I know the fun involved in that. It is just too bad finding your caches doesn't seem nearly as fun and quite like work!
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The event will be published if it meets the listing guidelines. Those guidelines don't address the question of how many are expected to attend. Although an event is defined as "a gathering of geocachers", so I suppose in a very extreme case that a reviewer might question whether there would likely be more than attendees than the host.
Once published, it's not going to be re-examined over the question of the number of attendees.
I'm aware of 3 events that were only attended by one person. A CITO was archived by the event host & owner with no one logging an attended. He archived it as "not a success". Another was logged as attended by one person, not the event host, who didn't make it. That one required an overnight back packing trip.
And a third that was only attended by the host, who did log an Attended.
I made 25 events in August since there are no new caches in my area. Quite a few of them I was the only one to show up and attend. It still counted as a find and no one cares.
I still had fun at them all.
Heck, we even had one that no one attended at all. I was at the hospital with my newborn.
Don't forget the two week rule. If you don't plan it two weeks in advance, they won't let you publish it. Plan ahead.
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I am curious how you know when you create an event you will be the only one to attend. How do you stop yourself from being the only one there in order to save your integrity?
Well, you could hold it in a location where there are very few other geocachers like this one: GC489QE As the creator of the even posted, there aren't many geocachers in Ethiopia.
I wanted to attend that one but was on an airplane enroute to the location when the event occurred. The creator of the even was the only one that attended. There were no "will attend" logs posted for the event and only two other logs (one was mine).
I just clicked on that one and saw another link from that page to the 24 events in 24 hours. http://coord.info/GC47HE2
That is a cool concept. See I like things like that because it is a challenge to do. It isn't for everyone.
UPDATE: I thought it was possible that Team Foxlake might actually end up logging finds on all of his days after the fact and it appears he has. If you go look at his caches now, he has actually found caches on each of the days (with the exception of the 7th). He might have been scared that if he didn't log them on the actual day, they might not give him the souvenir, thus the phantom logs.
I personally can attest to the fact logs created a day after the find will still register the souvenir.
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Me too. I actually created events that people might enjoy and want to come to and I varied the type and nature of the events. So far I have spent some good time with other cachers talking about things we both enjoy.I had someone named "souvernir_bot" (or something like that) log a Mega Event cache that's still on my watchlist. I think they've been dealt with...
Team Foxlake did delete his log so he didn't claim a find he didn't make. However, I think it is pretty clear he made a test log just to get a souvenir so far he didn't seem to have earned.
Not a huge deal to me as Geocaching is what you make it. If you want the souvenirs at the expense of your integrity, go for it.
My own integrity wouldn't allow me to create events that have no purpose than to get me one of these silly souvenirs, especially events that only I attended.
I am curious how you know when you create an event you will be the only one to attend. How do you stop yourself from being the only one there in order to save your integrity?
You can do this kind of cheating without anyone finding out about it. We have found caches everyday so far. BUT A few days ago I wanted to see the next souvenir, so I logged a find for the next day on one of our archived caches. I then deleted it and no one was the wiser (except you all know now). I found a cache the next day.
If someone wants to play around with dates, it doesn't bother me. What bothers me more is posting an item about it and actually naming the cacher involved.
PAul
You can do this kind of cheating without anyone finding out about it. We have found caches everyday so far. BUT A few days ago I wanted to see the next souvenir, so I logged a find for the next day on one of our archived caches. I then deleted it and no one was the wiser (except you all know now). I found a cache the next day.
If someone wants to play around with dates, it doesn't bother me. What bothers me more is posting an item about it and actually naming the cacher involved.
PAul
Amen, that really bother me as well. Its like some cachers dont have anything better to do but put other cachers down.
You can see all of icon types from the calendar, so you don't have to log a find early to see the icon.
http://blog.geocaching.com/2013/07/31-days-of-geocaching-printable-calendar/
Putting other cachers down? Naming the cacher? This is nothing more than a report of facts. If the cacher is uncomfortable having his name put out there, then he should stop Geocaching with his Geocaching name.
I seriously doubt a guy in the Netherlands really cares what people are saying about him in English. And even if he reads this, now he realizes he can do the same thing without alerting anyone by using an old archived cache. Everyone wins!
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I had someone named "souvernir_bot" (or something like that) log a Mega Event cache that's still on my watchlist. I think they've been dealt with...
Team Foxlake did delete his log so he didn't claim a find he didn't make. However, I think it is pretty clear he made a test log just to get a souvenir so far he didn't seem to have earned.
Not a huge deal to me as Geocaching is what you make it. If you want the souvenirs at the expense of your integrity, go for it.
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I received this e-mail at 2 AM 8/9/13.
You are receiving this email because you are the owner of this listing.Location: California, United States
Team Foxlake attended Taft CITO #9: Adams Park (Cache In Trash Out Event) at 8/9/2013
Log Date: 8/9/2013
test log will be deleted
Visit this log entry at the below address:
Visit Taft CITO #9: Adams Park
Profile for Team Foxlake:
I went and checked their logs and they have finds on 8/1 through 8/4 in the Netherlands (my event is in California), but none since 8/4. Yet if you look at their souvenirs, sure enough they have them for the first 9 Days of August.
If we aren't concerned about cheating anymore, bring back the virtual caches!
Speaking of cheating, did I cheat by making an event cache in my town in every day of August (after the 4th because the idea didn't occur to me until two weeks before then)?
http://www.geocaching.com/seek/nearest.aspx?tx=69eb8534-b718-4b35-ae3c-a856a55b0874&u=elrojo14
I don't think I am cheating because I am actually going through and having all of these events (with the exception of last night's CITO I couldn't make it because my wife gave birth to our daughter yesterday, but I arranged for my sister to show up and run the event [and I still found a cache yesterday ] and this morning's Taft Rise and Shine #10 breakfast event I missed). I see it more as a creative way to make my finds in a town where I have found all of the caches within 17 miles from home.
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I did log one of my caches as found.
I saved the location for a find, but hadn't gotten around to getting the container out there. Some other cachers came along and planted a cache there and I was notified someone was looking to plant a cache in my saved spot. I went out and found their cache and just made it mine and published it. They were cool with it.
And then I have found my wife's caches that I have helped plant, but I have actually gone out to check on them and signed the log.
Generally on my own caches. It doesn't seem right.
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I am a bit of a hybrid copy and paster. I never copy and paste multiple logs from a day of Geocaching. I always write what I was up to and my experience. The only time I give a simple TFTC is if your cache sucked and I have nothing to say about it. Even then I will usually say why I didn't like it.
Where my cut and paste comes into play is at the end of the log. Here are some examples.
I rode my bicycle to the far trail and then made my way back to GZ. At first I was searching near the creek bottom, then realized I needed to be over more. Then I easily spotted the cache. I took down the number and decided I had to go up for it. I checked into the location on Facebook and said if I didn't report back in 15 minutes, I would be laid out at the bottom of this tree and to come get me. The climb up wasn't too bad, but getting the cache with one hand for a short guy was tough. I eventually got it, snapped a selfie, and then coming back down was much easier. No rain while I was up there, but man was it hot and humid. TFTC!Out on a late night/early morning Geocaching run. I had 11 finds with 1 FTF and two DNFs as I drove just about 100 miles to finish the prerequisites of the Scooby-Doo Mystery Series and work on my Pyramid Scheme - Base 10 http://coord.info/GC3AT1V requirements.
Notice I give a brief synopsis of the day at the end of the log.
Some more...
up the hill and I thought for sure he was going to jump into a yucca plant. He never did thankfully. After some searching around the rock without the hint, I eventually made the find. The hint wold have taken me right there had I bothered to read it on site. TFTC and the FTF!We had to march back down the road and call the dogs a bit before they came running back up the road. I was worried for a little bit, but not much.
EIEIO and the two pups and I headed up the hill to get some FTFs on a Monday day off. We found 11 Geocaches, 7 of which were FTFs.
Again, just a quick blurb at the end about the day in general.
Even on my longest day...
I really was getting tired of running pocket queries and seeing the Slutty Munchie and TOW Series all unfound and not that far from my house. So in my typical fashion, I decided if I was going to get them, I had better get them all in the same day. I left Taft at about 455 AM and got to my first cache at 535 AM. I then proceeded to Geocache all day long and finally stopped at about 745 PM and headed to Mountain Mike's for some dinner and refreshment. My quick reference says I found about 240 caches for the day and had about 17 DNFs.After finishing the Slutty Munchie series this morning, I was wondering how TOW was going to work out. Thankfully, TOW's containers and locations were just a little nicer so I actually enjoyed this series. It was less like work and more enjoyable over all. I think the containers is what made this series so fun. I knew what to look for, even though they weren't all the same. And the places they were hidden varied through out the day. I will definitely recommend it to others.
A nice spot to stop and use the restroom. I liked the easy to find container. Find #243 of the day. TFTC.
I did put my comments at the end for some reason, but I at least put a comment on each cache that day. If I couldn't remember the cache, I put I couldn't remember it. This is why I really didn't like doing two power trails in a day. I am more about the experience than just a bunch of numbers and my logs tend to reflect that.
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I thought it was lame at first, but figured then the challenge of doing a 31 day streak in August is pretty tough for a school teacher with a baby due August 15th.
Then I "cheated" and just make a ton of event caches in August.
http://www.geocaching.com/seek/nearest.aspx?tx=69eb8534-b718-4b35-ae3c-a856a55b0874&u=elrojo14
Doing a 31 day streak will be tough for me also.
I think what I'm going to do is hold an event each day of the month on my front lawn. Cachers will not only get an easy smilie, but a glass of lemonade for each day they pull at least 1 weed out of my front lawn. I'll call them the "31 days of weeding" events.
You are already way behind the game. You can't make your first event until August 11th because of the two week rule. That means 10 actual days of Geocaching not on your lawn in your underwear with a glass of lemonade.
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Man, some of you are making a big deal out of nothing. Geocaching is still the greatest game on earth because it is still what you make it. IF you don't like power trails, don't go get them. If you want to have the most caches found in history, go find them. If you just want to cache on vacation, then do that. IF you don't care about souvenirs, then continue to ignore that page none of us hardly look at.
Geocaching is not going to die and all the new light pole skirts in your neighborhood isn't going to kill Geocaching. No matter what people do, I will still plant my Geocaches in interesting places. If hardly anyone finds them, I didn't plan them for the numbers. I planted them for the experience. As long as there continues to be some Geocachers like me out there, I will continue to enjoy the game.
The 31 Days of August has no bearing on that. However, I did put together a bunch of unique and interesting events for it. I might be the only person at some of them. Again, I don't care. I am going to have fun with it.
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I thought it was lame at first, but figured then the challenge of doing a 31 day streak in August is pretty tough for a school teacher with a baby due August 15th.
Then I "cheated" and just make a ton of event caches in August.
http://www.geocaching.com/seek/nearest.aspx?tx=69eb8534-b718-4b35-ae3c-a856a55b0874&u=elrojo14
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Taking August off? I just planned an event for every day in August (that was available because I didn't get the idea until two weeks before the 5th)!
http://www.geocaching.com/seek/nearest.aspx?tx=69eb8534-b718-4b35-ae3c-a856a55b0874&u=elrojo14
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I decided to start finding benchmarks in town over the summer while I was riding my bicycle because I have all of the Geocaches and there is a challenge out there that requires me to find 100 benchmarks. I Googled "Geocaching benchmark iPhone" and this thread came up. I just downloaded the app and right off the bat this is excellent. I am going to go use it right now and will report back.
I would have just downloaded the .loc file to my Delorme PN-40, but it died on me on my epic Northern California Trip last week and with the iPhone, I am not sure if I am even going to bother buying a new GPS.
Okay I used the app all this last week to find 12 benchmarks. Here are my observations.
Pros:
Good maps
Complete data
Easy to use
Improvements I would like to see:
On the map, I would like to be able to search from map center (I could use the coordinates, but that takes time and is implicated)
This is really a great app and am so thankful you developed it. Thank you so much.
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I decided to start finding benchmarks in town over the summer while I was riding my bicycle because I have all of the Geocaches and there is a challenge out there that requires me to find 100 benchmarks. I Googled "Geocaching benchmark iPhone" and this thread came up. I just downloaded the app and right off the bat this is excellent. I am going to go use it right now and will report back.
I would have just downloaded the .loc file to my Delorme PN-40, but it died on me on my epic Northern California Trip last week and with the iPhone, I am not sure if I am even going to bother buying a new GPS.
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Less than a month away!!!
http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=0b332f95-4294-4abf-81dd-da0028203f98
I am getting everything all organized. It is coming along quite nicely. There will be a few creative hides for this one and the challenge in itself is going to be awesome. This is an event you do not want to miss!
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Please click the link for a much easier to read Geocache listing. Please feel free to share with your local Geocaching crews and be sure to represent your area with a team. This one should be fun!
All firearms and ammunition will be provided for your use with your registration fee (will be kept low just to cover ammunition and target costs).
This is the Taft Shooter's Challenge 2012 (TSC 2012)! This will be a challenging, timed Geocaching race where the fastest time wins!
Event Details
Shooter registration will begin at 7 AM and the first shooting will begin at 8 AM. Four wheel drive participants will not be allowed to register later than 12 PM and two wheel drive contestants cannot register later than 2 PM. The actual event will take place at Hot Stone Pizza at 407 Finley Drive in Taft. A no host dinner will start at Hot Stone Pizza at 5 PM and awards will begin at 6 PM.
The event will use a running clock format. Shooters will start at the Range Master Table (RMT) then proceed as a team to their first assigned shooting stage. One participant will shoot the stage and will not receive a stage envelope containing the stage Geocache coordinates until all targets are broken and/or knocked over. The team will then go find the Geocache, sign the log, grab a Geocache ticket, and return to the RMT to be assigned a new shooting stage. This will continue until all stages are complete.
After participants are finished, they are welcomed to Geocache beautiful Taft, CA and the surrounding area. The area is full of quality Geocaches just waiting for you to find. Additionally, once all participants have finished the shooting portion of the match, the range will be open to shoot the stages you were not able to shoot during the team phase. There will be plenty to do in this fun filled day.
Geocachers do not have to participate in the Taft Shooter's Challenge 2012 nor show up to the range to attend, sign the event log, and participate in the dinner event at Hot Stone Pizza.
Shooting Stages
All firearms used will be .22 LR in caliber. Rifles or pistols will have either iron sights, an electronic sight, or a conventional scope. Targets will include steel, clay targets, reactive targets, and whatever else we can think up between now and September 29, 2012. All targets will break or fall down. There will be no paper targets. Distances will vary from a few feet to a maximum of approximately 40 yards. Expect approximately 20 targets per stage.
Event Fees
Team entry fee is $40 per team
Dinner cost is variable. Please see menu.
There is no spectator cost for the shooting event nor the dinner event. Fees have been kept to a minimum to pay for range fees, target cost, ammunition cost, and awards and prizes.
You can pay the day of the match using cash or check. You can pre-pay using your credit card through Pay Pal for no additional charge.
Pay Now Through Pay Pal
Rules
Shooters must compete in teams of one to four participants. No age limit, but failure to safely handle firearms will result in disqualification of the entire team. All shooting will be from a stationary point. Please observe the 180 degree rule and the Four Rules of Gun Safety.
All ammunition and rifles will be provided for participant use. Participants will need some sort of GPS receiver or a mobile phone with GPS coordinate finding capabilies and some sort of transportation.
Every member of a team must shoot one of the stages. In teams of four, each member will shoot one stage. In teams of two or three shooters, the team may choose who will shoot twice. Single member teams will shoot all four stages.
Please observe all traffic laws and Geocache safely.
All shooters will start together at the Range Master Table (RMT), check in together after finding a stage Geocache at the RMT, and finish together at the RMT. Team members will not be allowed to work on more than one stage at a time (and actually this won't really be possible anyway).
Team time will be kept by a running clock displayed at the range. The safety officer of each stage will determine when a stage is safe to shoot with the start of a competition timer after the comands "shooter ready? Standy by...*beep*". In the case of ties, the team with the fastest overall shooting time as reported by the competition timer wins. If a team cannot start a shooting stage because of another team in front of them, their time will stop. Their time will restart when the stage is clear and the Range Master tells them to leave the RMT for their next stage.
Competition Divisions
There will be two competition divisions.
Two Wheel Drive Vehicle (any vehicle could make it)
Four Wheel Drive Vehicle (only a 4x4 or ATV or dirt bike will make it to the Geocaches)
Participants can enter both divisions, but they will have to pay two entry fees and complete both challenges. There will be four unique Geocaches for each division for a total of eight new Geocaches planted for this event. Participants can claim FTF (First to Find), so if you are on the FTF hunt, you will want to arrive early.
Safety officers and event staff will be allowed to compete the day before the match under full match rules, but will be ineligible for FTF prizes, can only enter one division, and will log the finds as beta finds (if they are even Geocachers). Only the Range Master is ineligible to participate.
Awards and Prizes
Each division will have 1st through 3rd place tophies. There will be FTF awards in the conatiners for each stage. Everyone who signs the event log at the awards dinner at Hot Stone Pizza will receive a raffle ticket for a prize table.
Post Match Shooting
If you would like to shoot any of the stages over again after all participants are finished shooting, the cost will be $5 per stage per person to cover ammo and target costs.
As more details about the match unfold, we will update this Event Listing. The match will be shot rain or shine! Do you have what it takes to win, let alone finish the Taft Shooter's Challenge 2012?
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Geocachers don't need to have a stamp for the log of a LBH cache. You can simply sign the log like a normal cache, and then log the find online.
Thank you! Glad to know that. I just didn't want to have bad letterbox etiquette. I better go FTF those caches now!
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Real quick question. Can I treat Letterbox as a traditional cache and claim them as a find without having a stamp and just signing the book? I see two letterbox hybrids that popped up in my stomping grounds and I would like to know the etiquette.
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I always cache armed. Just take a look at my gallery for proof of that.
http://www.geocaching.com/profile/?guid=cc37b420-54fe-45f4-a27a-4a294c5540e2
A firearm is a tool. I usually carry a rifle around the Carrizo Plain just because I can. No other reason. I hardly see anyone so there is nothing to be worried about, but with my rifle, I worry even less.
I do enjoy being able to Cache in any neighborhood because I pay attention and am usually armed.
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No we never made any coins.
Happy Birthday United States Marine Corps! EGA Geo Art!
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For you devil dogs out there, here is a cache series for you. For those of you like me who wish you had joined the Marines, you can go find it too.
http://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC4NDEK_eagle-globe-and-anchor
Brought to you courtesy of the Ojai Valley Cachers. https://www.facebook.com/groups/OjaiValleyCachers/