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darklighter

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  1. Does anyone? I know that I don't.
  2. There was a cache I did last fall that involved me bracing myself between a steep eroded hillside and a tree growing out of it. If I had slipped, I probably would have gotten injured. But hey, I had fun. =)
  3. I think it might be time to give up on that cache. Use the container for another cache, somewhere else, where it will be better appreciated. =)
  4. While certainly we see Geocaches as benign, we do have to keep a few things in mind. One, Geocaching probably acts as an imposition on a park. You have people going off of beaten paths in search of caches, for one, but for another thing, you wind up with several unmonitored boxes all over your park. Also, it's fine to disagree with Kane County's policy (and perfectly fine to seek to change it), but you have to keep in mind that they don't have to "let" people do anything in their parks.
  5. It means that you aren't printing out cache pages to take with you while caching -- instead, you store that info on a PDA (or in my case, go on GC.com with my iPhone!)
  6. I've found, I think, 55. I have hidden one. My general feeling on it is if I come up with a good spot for a hide, or I have a particular desire to make one, then I will. There really is no need to worry about ratios.
  7. darklighter

    DNF'S

    So, I get where you're coming from, but I'm inclined to take a "live and let live" approach to it. If people don't want to challenge themselves to find your tricky placements, then that's really up to them. For some people, they get their best experience by calling a friend. Me, I spent an hour over the weekend searching for a 1.5 micro that was eluding me something fierce. I want to find it on my own, because that's how I enjoy it. If something really stumps me, I'll e-mail the cache owner for a hint. And, one final thing -- some people might do that because they care about the numbers, but just because they do doesn't mean that you have to as well. =)
  8. Did you post a "Did Not Find" log? If you haven't done that yet, you should. You can also, if you think it necessary, email the cache owner via the website. Good luck.
  9. So, I just got a notification for a new cache within 6 miles, but I don't have the coords, cos the site is down. Interesting how that works. =)
  10. Micros that are in the woods can be tough to find, particularly if you're new to the game. I would suggest finding some larger caches out in nature before you attack micros, which are often deviously hidden in plain sight. When it comes to urban micros, a gigantic hint can usually be found on the cache page: the type of container. If it's something magnetic, then you can usually find the cache underneath a mailbox or other metallic object (including streetlamps around here), or stuck to the side of a metallic object, out of sight. If it's not magnetic, chances are that it's tucked away somewhere like the crotch of a tree. And, if you ever find yourself standing in the middle of a parking lot, looking for a cache... just remember, a lot of lightpost skirts are not bolted down.
  11. Can somebody change the title of this thread to reflect its content? I was looking for discussion of Illinois caches, not a giant steaming load of crap.
  12. I've only once ever gone on a day-long trip that involved geocaching, and that was biking along the White River Trail in southern Wisconsin. Mostly, I pick up a few here and there. I'm in that in between period right now: school's over for the year, but my summer job in WI doesn't start for a few weeks. So, I've been doing some caching in Chicago, just a few afternoons so far.
  13. Micros can be extremely small, but the smallest I've ever come across is a bison tube, which is somewhere around the size of a small pencap. Most micros, particularly magnetic urban ones, tend to be a bit larger -- up to the size of an altoid tin. Finding micros is probably going to be a gigantic pain in the butt for you if you're caching outside of an urban area, though. As far as difficulty goes, the easiest caches won't be in plain sight, otherwise they'd get muggled! They are usually pretty simple to find around ground zero, though. They might be placed under a tree, or behind something, but they don't require great cleverness.
  14. Whoops -- this is in the wrong forum, I think. Sorry. I'm minutes away from falling asleep on my couch here...
  15. I've been caching for a little while, have some finds under my belt, and I've started to think about placing a few caches of my own. One place I've considered hiding one is in the box of a free newspaper that we have around here. Now, clearly, most newspaper boxes are pay boxes, so that wouldn't be OK. This one is free, and ethically, I don't see a problem with it -- they're intended to be accessible by the public, they sit right out on the sidewalk, and the cache could easily be placed in such a way that it wouldn't interfere with anything, or even attract notice from a muggle. However, the box is probably technically owned by the distributor. I guess what I'm asking is if I could get such a cache listed. Thanks.
  16. Found my first pile of human feces today. Feels like an initiation rite...
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