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Lets see your CWMI!
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I really don't understand why my ex-wife thought I was untrainable 
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I've met plenty of hunters in the woods around Western WA, but more often I see folks target shooting without a backdrop - maybe OK with shotguns but not so OK with rifles.
So far I've only heard rounds going past once, and that in a popular area. 
Four rounds hit within 40 feet of my group. I'm sure orange vests are a good idea, but I'd rather avoid target shooting areas.
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As a favor to those who don't like rock piles, you might include the phrase "micro in a rock pile" in the description.
Thank you and everyone else who has placed a cache!
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Black Diamond Flicklocks.
Had Lekis and I wasn't sorry when they were stollen, 
because you really had to twist hard or they would collapse when you most wished they wouldn't. When I was a poor student I used old one piece ski poles - $2.00 and they worked great 
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This isn't crazy but I did amuse a muggle that happened by.
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I've looked at a few maps.
Repetitious painful stimuli have taught me to use a map every time I go somewhere new in a hurry. I do sometimes go new places mapless. Douglas Adams described "Zen Navigation" as the act of finding a car that looks like it knows where it is going and following it. As he suggested, you might not end up where you expected, but probably in a more productive location. I once even used this technique to get out of lower Manhattan - just followed all the Jersey license plates.
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Is it ever "necessary" to use a GPS?
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4 Radios (hardwired) (usually two ON and two OFF)
Phone
Computer
GPS (sometimes)
Winch (on good days)
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The cache owner probably appreciates the feedback. I do try to be nice and note that I didn't spend much time looking when that is the case - and thank them for hiding the cache.
I spent many hours looking for small items hidden in the woods years before Geocaching was invented and now there are days I just wish it was a friggin' ammo can under a piece of bark....... I guess I'm not a fan on caches designed with the idea of each finder spending an hour looking.
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I've updated to 10.3.9 and will try a program from mesa dynamics called amnesty which claims to run third-party dashboard stuff..... Anyone tried it yet?
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Doh! I feel evil! Time to put out another easy GPS-free cache!
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I haven't changed lat/long to a distance and bearing, except by plotting each on a map. My usual method is to plot the cache coordinates on a map and go there. With geocaching, realize that usgs maps and many others use the NAD 27 datum, which can be scores of feet different that wgs84.
I often use the topo map on my computer, which does the plotting for you. The only time I use a GPS for Search and Rescue is while driving. It is just not efficient to navigate by terrain features at 40 mph on logging roads
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Way to go!
I've found about half of mine without GPS, and my buddy "map and compass" is fanatical about not using the little nuisance.
I have a rant about people using the gps instead of map skills, but I strictly reserve it for SAR folks in my area
- gps is a good tool for some situations, and finding a micro in an urban park is one of them, if you ask me.People have been finding things for a long time without gps. A map, your skills and perhaps a compass and altimeter is always good for knowing your location within 300 feet where I play.
Besides, I love machinery of any kind!
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* Garmin will support the Mac. Just kidding!
I've been using national geographic topo with an iBook G4 and (on the road) a Garmin III - they all get along much better than the SONY laptop did. Only the scroll feature runs slowly, perhaps due to a slow processor? Still, I am very happy
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I too have been guilty of many tnlnsl logs. I usually do this out of laziness, or because what I brought is not nearly as cool as what I found.
All my hides are in really cool spots, so the caches are more about the location that trading, and unfortunately the locations sometimes make micros necessary. My apologies to toy-traders!javascript:emoticon('
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If the worst should happen, I guess we could fall back on maps....
I really don't understand why my ex-wife thought I was untrainable 
So far I've only heard rounds going past once, and that in a popular area. 
Four rounds hit within 40 feet of my group. 
BOOYA! 
Had Lekis and I wasn't sorry when they were stollen, 
because you really had to twist hard or they would collapse when you most wished they wouldn't. When I was a poor student I used old one piece ski poles - $2.00 and they worked great 
Injuries Or Accidents While Geocaching?
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GPS and SAR are a poor mix, at least in my region, IMHO. (Hence the screen name) Great fun for urban micros, however.
