South Lyon Trekkers
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In Michigan we know our two reviewers. They do have separate accounts since their caching account names are for teams. They are quite active and we seem them at events regularly. Their reviewer accounts are quite helpful too. Our reviewers are -Rusty- and -Tiki- (the hyphens are part of thier caching names.
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I have mine on my laptop. My students see it and ask about the stickers. Are there still stickers? I received my gold pin, but not my gold sticker. I figured the practice had stopped.
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I was rooting around and reading the different geocache types. There are two sections: Geocache Types and Grandfathered Cache Types. A.P.E. Project caches are NOT in the grandfathered section. Is this an oversight (which I assume) or is there a reason behind it? Could we expect something similar in the future as far as a new cache type?
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As a cacher who is at platinum level (Did you get my submission geoaware?), I liked the different levels. I like working toward something. I have some ideas for some more EarthCaches, but I admit I am a little bit less motivated now. I enjoy making them, but they do take a lot of work to create.
I like the "specialist" idea. It could be broken down in different ways. In Michigan, our EarthCaches are almost all glacier or water related. (My last one was about oil.) I could see folks here becoming specialists in glacial EarthCaches. I another area of the country there may be different specialists.
Honoring those who have found many could be signified with a "Platinum +50" (finds) pin, "Gold +10" (created). I like the idea of finding caches in other states and countries: "International Platinum" for five or more EarthCache finds in other countries. Or, "Platinum USA Traveler" for finding EarthCaches in 10 or more states.
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I didn't see this posted on GC.com and debated which forum to put it in. Move if needed. This was a neat story posted on the MiGO forums.
A cache from over by Milwaukee (GC1440Z Long Island Iced Tea) went missing end of May-beginning of June. Some cachers in Ludington, MI found it after is washed ashore in mid July.
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Not sure if this has been mentioned, but since the change, my TBs have had their names displayed incorrectly. I use quotation marks around part of the names of some of my TBs like: SLT's "South Africa" Signal Geocoin 03-2007. Since the web site change my TB e-mail has referenced the TBs with quotes like: SLT's "South Africa" Signal Geocoin 03-2007. The names are displayed correctly on the TBs' web page. I'd like the issue fixed. I'm patient. I just wanted to post this issue for the TPTB to be notified.
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It's gone now. I was going to take a screen shot and it's gone.
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It's listed under the Hazards section, first one in the section, above Poison Plants.
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I just noticed an attribute for "cactus." Is this new? I don't recall seeing it before. It appeared as a choice for a CITO event I am doing.
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It seems that my OP is getting a little misunderstood. Parabola seemed to have a good idea of it in his first post. My thinking behind a Challenge Cache icon is to: 1) differentiate it from puzzles and 2) Make completing the challenge the culmination. It would not be used as a merit badge for finds or hides. A Delorme or county challenge covers a large geographic area (in most states), a lot of time, and, now, a lot of money for gas. It is usually not done all at once, but over time and is a significant accomplishment. The same could be said for the Fizzy Challenge. The recognition of the accomplishment would be signified by a Challenge Cache icon. It would not culminate when a the corresponding puzzle cache is found on the other side of the state as is the current situation. I am all for making stringent guidelines for the creation of a Challenge Cache. It would neat to have a local or state organization having to sponsor it. Maybe certain types of challenges would be accepted by GC.com and limited to those challenges. The three aforementioned challenges would be good ones to start with.
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I have heard of many different caches based on challenges. The Fizzy Challange, The Delorme Challenge, state county challenges, ABC challenges (cache and city name), and so on. They are usually listed as unknown caches, but require caches to be found in other places, like the Fizzy Challange which requires a cache found at each D/T combination. I'd like to see GC.com create a Challenge Cache type for these. Creation of the cache type might have more strict requirements so they are not created on a whim and do offer a good challenge. Maybe even make these cache types sponsored by local or state organizations or GC.com. This cache type would show completion of the challenge and not necessitate an actual cache whose location could be some distance within the state or country. Since this is a challenge, the completion of the challenge is what would count and not the find of a cache that is to represent the completion.
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Up here in Michigan we are plugging away at the events. Our GC.com state page lists 20 between now and June 21. I know there are four events not published yet that will fall into that date range and there are a couple beyond that. Some of those events are a weekend long. We like our events up here. Anyone one come join is welcome.
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I've noticed that the search engine on GC.com is not very forgiving and, while I am not trying to make light of your misspelling, the word is spelled "cemetery," all E's. This can make difference in searching on the web site. And, I agree, more combos for searching would help.
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It's not like I want to start stalking my local reviewer. In fact, our local reviewers are very accessible. It would be neat, interesting, and sometimes helpful if there was a list of the reviewers. A map with areas covered would be even better. If this already exists, please tell me where.
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Does this help? I have a copy of this map as originals are no longer printed.
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I have read, on another forum, that all events are now being approved by Groundspeak Lackeys. AND, once they are submitted, they may not be edited? Is there anything official on this?
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The site is very slow now and was last night too. Some pages eventually pop up, but most the time I get the Signal error page. Forums seem to work OK though.
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I could do with less PQs per day, but raise the cache limit to 1000. That is the Garmin limit isn't it? I could do with 10 PQs per week as a limit.
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I see how it could be useful and I know how it bothers me. So, a option to turn it off and on would be great.
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I saw the other thread. The html was the culprit. As soon as I found out I logged my findings on that thread. Thanks for the help!
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I just posted this problem too.
Someone wrote that it might be the html code (assuming I was using it, and I was). I typed in the name of the trackable and left off the mission and description blank. It went through each time after that. Then I went back to enter the mission and description with html. It worked.
For those trackables with the missing launch info, just reactivate the coin or TB. It will take you back through the same screens.
I hope this helps.
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I thought I'd try a travel bug. The first one I did worked, but the rest have resulted the same as the geocoins.
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This is the second post for this thread. The first didn't finish the post and is missing.
I am trying to activate some geocoins. I can activate it, enter info for it, but when clicking the button "Edit Trackable Item's Detail" I am taken to a page with a giant Geocaching.com logo, Signal looking at a paper, and a message stating: "Sorry! We encountered an error when requesting that page!"
I have tried two different coins. I tried using the latest version of Firefox, 2.0.0.11, on a Vista laptop. I also tried on an iMac running OSX 10.5 with Safari, version 3.0.4. The same thing happens each time.
Any help would be appreciated.
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GSAK may be my best bet. I am trying to find this information so I can create bookmarks for the oldest cache in each Michigan county. It's a fun thing to do, but not too important. Keep the ideas coming!
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We reached Platinum status this past summer. We have 85 finds and 3 hides. Currently we are working on getting to our 100th find, but the EarthCaches are getting farther and farther from home. I have a bunch in the works, but winter has kept me from publishing some of them. I hope to get them ready for the spring.