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Luckily, I've already got those on my list! But I'll make sure to give those caches in particular more priority. Hopefully I can convince a few friends to take a few days coming back, staying in Chicago and maybe Indy on the way back. More time to explore, and more time to cache, both on and off the road!

Gosh I wish I could hit all of those! But I'm pretty sure my friends would abandon me in downtown Indianapolis if I tried to drag them to that many caches. But this is very good info, thank you!

This May, my friends and I will be taking a trip from Ohio to Wisconsin Dells, WI, and I'm eager to find interesting caches along the way. We'll be taking I-74 to I-65 to I-90. I especially enjoy interesting/ homemade containers. Try to avoid long walks or multi-caches, as we'll want to get to our destination in good time. Thanks in advance!

So I've got a big tour of Columbus I'm planning, including as many caches as I can find as well as most of the puzzle caches I've solved and set aside. I'd like to make this as efficient as possible, so I'm wondering: What do you use to plan routes? Google Maps has worked pretty well in the past (and honestly, I can't imagine there's a tool out there that works better) but I'm looking for any other suggestions since it's been a bit buggy.

I figured. Oh, well. Thanks for the response!

A lot of people here are arguing over knives. I'm not going to weigh in on how likely it is for a felon to get that while cleaning or whether kids should be given knives. But it states, in the guidelines, that they are not to be placed in geocaches. As long as you're enjoying the website, you ought to abide by the rules they set. No knives in caches.

I've been introducing my little brother to geocaching recently! He's only up to 13, but since I'll be home with him all summer, we plan on knocking that number up quite a bit. He's expressed interest in hiding a cache, and I've told him we're going to wait a bit on that (I myself have only hidden one), but here's what I was wondering: Could he and I both be listed as owners on a cache we place together? If so, how would that affect things? Would we both have permission to make edits or perform maintenance? Would we both have it listed as "our" cache? Or is having two owners more of an informal thing?

I've been taking my little brother caching (don't worry, he's 13), and he usually uses the intro app's pre-loaded responses. Getting a unique log out of him is like pulling teeth, so I don't pull too hard.

I'm relatively new to caching myself, but from what I've seen other cachers saying, you shouldn't worry about holding on to a bug for too long until you've had it for about two weeks, at which point you should definitely move it along. As far as the goal goes, it's case by case. The note could be the original goal (which it might have made), and online might be a new, revised goal since it met the old one. Still, it couldn't hurt to send it toward Seattle, as long as it's hitting new places along the way! Or at least that's how I'd do it. When in doubt though, I'd say contact the TB's owner.

How much does a dedicated GPSr improve signal reliability, especially in thick cover, steep hills, or even spelunking and the like? Also (if anyone happens to know), what's the major tech difference that makes a dedicated GPSr more reliable in adverse conditions?

Nobody expects the Spanish caching community!

I second this. Please don't take the cache! People have a tendency not to take things that don't belong to them. You hear about people stealing caches thanks to large numbers and confirmation bias, but it seems to me that even if they were non-cachers and they saw you replace it, it's most likely still safe. Here, here. If I'm too stealthy, I'll never meet other cachers! And explaining the game isn't so hard. Plus it might get some new people into it!

Like I said, I've only seen the one that fit into that category, but it was -decidedly- homophobic. It was specifically targeting a group of people as "evil". I didn't call it extremely damaging lightly.

I found something similar in a cache once as well. Note that most of them aren't that inflammatory, but this one certainly was. I find that kind of rhetoric extremely damaging, and on an entirely different level than the rest of the material I've been discussing. That kind (anti-gay, anti-Semite, racially charged, or any similar traits) is just plain hate speech and that goes straight to the garbage. I hope nobody disagrees there.

What exactly -is- GSAK? (Besides Geocaching Swiss Army Knife, of course)

There seems to be an issue on this site that when someone raises a concern that others don't care about, they'll mock the OP about it in the topic. Logging before a hide seems rude, and I sympathize. That's what he was asking. I don't think he ever asked anything to be revoked or banned, or the rules to be updated. He was just annoyed and looking for a sympathetic ear. As far as the importance of FTF, I like the idea of finding something first and keeping track of that, but I'd never want to fight for a FTF on some sort of technicality. I've only got the one, and that'e enough for me until another one becomes convenient and quick! Also people hunting for FTF's means more cache logs, and I'm all for that!

So the Geocaching website offers a lot of statistics that I love keeping tabs on, but I've seen people using badges/ charts/ etc from a lot of third-party websites as well. I've looked into a few, but I'm wondering which ones people tend to prefer and recognize more often. Reply with your favorite geocaching statistics services!

Do you plan on giving your website the ability to parse pocket queries in order to determine whether or not these things have been done? Or is it (more likely) on the honors system? Frankly, I love the idea. GC doesn't offer enough achievement-style incentive for me, and I'd love to get it elsewhere if it caught on.

So logs would have to reference the user making the other log, and the two would have to be relatively close to the same time? That's exactly what I was thinking, this would be great for sister cities.

I find a bunch in urban caches in the Ohio/ Kentucky area. Not all in the same small area, either. Seems like a lot of other people have been finding some, too. Look man, you've got to stop this whole superior nonsense. Please. I made a topic in a forum asking what people thought. No angst, no phobia, just expressing an opinion and hearing others. But every time you post, you act like I'm waging a war or something. I've already had someone accusing me of insulting people when in fact I never did, the last thing I need is you making me sound like I'm in a rage about this when I'm really just listening and responding. I get that this is how you deal with these things, but come on. You're not superior. We're all just doing something we enjoy.

What do you mean by paranoid?

I'm going to need to put my Streetlight Manifesto on my phone. Caching to "Would You Be Impressed?" is just too tempting.

Go ahead and make one in the style you like! I assume all of those were custom-made.

Whoops, my bad!

I love setting up a route and finding as many as possible along the way. Not because it's a numbers game, but because that way I get to visit more caches. And in the woods, it's even better. No guardrails or lightposts, so it doesn't get repetitive.