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    Georgia Appalachian Trail

    in South and Southeast

    Posted

    I'm going to be hiking the Georgia portion of the AT next month with a group of people, and I'm attempting to find a list of caches along the trail. I'm unfamiliar with the area and have yet to find a decent map so I can begin planning. I do know that we will be hiking from Unicoi to Woody Gap.

     

    Any help would be greatly appreciated.

     

    Neri

    Fort Walton Beach FL Cacher Available for Adoption

    in South and Southeast

    Posted

    I'm cute, funny, and adventurous, and getting more concerned about caching alone because I'm cute, funny, and adventurous.

     

    And modest.

     

    :wub:

     

    Anyhoo...

     

    I am most available on weekends, although with summer approaching, I can squeeze in some more evening caching.

     

    If you are looking for a cacher to adopt, please let me know.

     

    I'm also adorable. :lol:

    Caching without a GPS

    in How do I...?

    Posted

    That's how I got my start caching. I've probably found around 6-8 without a gps. Before I got the gps, I would use Google maps, switch to satellite view and zoom all the way in. The trick is locating landmarks you can find in the field. I've done a couple that were off hiking trails in heavily wooded areas as well, but I used landmarks such as lake docks and curves of the river to zero in, and sometimes I'd get lucky and use clues from the cache page, such as details or studying the photo gallery.

     

    It can be done... You'll just snag a whole lot more with a gps in hand. :unsure:

    Warning for Seekers of Water Caches in Cold Temperatures

    in General geocaching topics

    Posted · Edited by Pnerissa

    I live here in Florida and hid a cache just last weekend out on one of the islands. The water temp was 65, but I still wore my wetsuit while paddling my kayak. Mainly because I can't stand the cold and definitely didn't want to risk capsizing and being cold AND wet. I'm a southern girl, so I freeze below 70. I'd never make it in a northern state.

     

    And in reference to the comment from The Propers about falling out of a tree in any weather, yep, I pulled that feat off the weekend before last as well. Tried climbing a wet tree and fell smack out of it. Just got over-excited about inspecting my own cache. *sigh* Think I got a hairline fracture of the knee, but I'm okay. <_<

     

    Neri

    Why we all cache. Just curious

    in General geocaching topics

    Posted

    I like it because it lets me feed my secret desire to live the life of Indiana Jones, Laura Croft, Sydney Fox (Relic Hunter), or Flynn Carsen (The Librarian). Who can resist the urge to adventure for hidden "treasure"? Not I. So I may lead a boring M-F 8-5 job during the week, but come the weekend I am a daring adventurer on a quest for hidden treasure!!

     

    Nerissa

    Largest actually traveling TB

    in Trackables

    Posted

    I've been thinking about attaching a travel bug tag to myself and plopping down beside a cache somewhere with the hopes of someone taking me on vacation with them. I got this fantasy after my TB-Goldie the Fan-Tail wound up in Hawaii and I didn't. *scratches head* I wonder if my plan would work...

     

    Nerissa

    :blink:

    I don't think anyone is brave enough to touch this one, but nice try.

    :o

     

    Now, now. Some people would be happy to travel with a fellow cacher. It's not as far-fetched as you might think. Well, except that sitting at a cache part, you might want to scheduled that ahead of time :o

     

    I think the biggest problem that I'd have to contend with would be bugnapping. I am pretty cute. :blink:

     

    Neri

    Largest actually traveling TB

    in Trackables

    Posted

    I've been thinking about attaching a travel bug tag to myself and plopping down beside a cache somewhere with the hopes of someone taking me on vacation with them. I got this fantasy after my TB-Goldie the Fan-Tail wound up in Hawaii and I didn't. *scratches head* I wonder if my plan would work...

     

    Nerissa

    Found hobo camp while researching new cache area

    in Canada

    Posted

    My cache partner and I stumbled near an illegal immigrant camp. Not wanting the situation to turn dangerous we carefully backtraced out of the area. Only a couple of months later they discovered a body in the same area. I try to use this example to remind me to never cache alone, although I'm still guilty of it from time to time...

     

    Neri

    Going Back to a Cache for a TB

    in How do I...?

    Posted

    When I was just a tadpole, the very first cache I discovered had a TB in it. I didn't know what the heck there were... I just saw the "Do Not Keep Me" tag and left it there. Then I went home, did some research, figured out what the little fella was all about and discovered he had a goal to get pictures. So, since I like that sorta thing, I went back and fetched him, took him on a little adventure, got lots of pics and posted them, and then moved him along. I had a lot of fun on that quest. I don't see any harm in going back for them as long as they're properly logged and then moved on.

     

    Nerissa

    Timelock cache

    in General geocaching topics

    Posted

    This alleviates you to maintain a regular cache but lets you add special events to it. If that makes sense.

     

    Nerissa

     

    That's a really good idea, when added to a regular cache and if there was something in it for the 5 or how ever many lucky cachers it makes this Timelock caching idea sound a lot more promising.

     

    I had meant to say "this allows you to maintain a regular cache but lets you add special events to it" but my mind had been working on "alleviating the need to continously add and remove a cache". I guess my words spilled over. :huh: Anyhoo, I suppose I'm doing okay for just being a tadpole still. :(

     

    Neri

    Timelock cache

    in General geocaching topics

    Posted

    But ideas can always be improved on.

     

    Nerissa

     

    I agree with most of the things being said as you put some people may like this type of cache, how do think it should be improved then?

     

    Well, I've only been pondering for a few minutes, but here's one idea. Establish and maintain a regular cache. Post a note with the cache that on a specific date (or perhaps certain event... like every full moon or at every equinox/solstice) that you will provide an additional clue within the cache that will lead them to a bonus find. You could vary the details in such ways as, say for instance for this "event" that you've stashed a lockbox at a specific set of coordinates somewhere. You could divy out 5 keys, placed within the regular cache. You only place these keys the eve before the date/occurence. Then the first 5 people to find it then get a key/coordinate to the bonus round and might have a nice little prize waiting for them. Just one idea. I'm sure there will be plenty more. This alleviates you to maintain a regular cache but lets you add special events to it. If that makes sense.

     

    Nerissa

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