+Sneakypete00 Posted July 1, 2006 Share Posted July 1, 2006 short version long version Quote Link to comment
+briansnat Posted July 1, 2006 Share Posted July 1, 2006 Not really a getting started issue. Moving to general forum. Quote Link to comment
+danieloliveira Posted July 1, 2006 Share Posted July 1, 2006 I was once caching a little off a highway when I heard the biggest screech of brakes and shearing metal I have ever heard. later, I found out there had been a 3 car pile-up. Quote Link to comment
+briansnat Posted July 1, 2006 Share Posted July 1, 2006 Where I cache in NJ, I hear birds, the wind and perhaps a babbling brook, along with the ever present sound of overhead airplanes and the drone of nearby highways. You can take 4 mile hike to a pretty, secluded spot and you still hear some highway off in the distance. Airplanes are a constant presence no matter where you go. Its hard to get away from those sounds in the northeast. Even on backpacks to fairly remote areas in the Catskills and Adirondacks you can hear airplanes and some distant road or highway. When I took a canoe trip on the Allagash River in Maine, the first thing I noticed was the silence. Quote Link to comment
+markp99 Posted July 1, 2006 Share Posted July 1, 2006 The predominant sound around here is that sound a swarm of mosquitos makes when they discover fresh meat in the woods, after a week of rain. That sound is promptly followed by frantic swatting and scratching sounds, then the sound of scooting footsteps and swearing. Quote Link to comment
+Davispak Posted July 1, 2006 Share Posted July 1, 2006 Speaking of airplanes, anyone remember those 2 days in September when no planes were in the air. Talk about a sound that I thought I would never miss but did on those two days Quote Link to comment
+edscott Posted July 1, 2006 Share Posted July 1, 2006 Where I cache in NJ, I hear birds, the wind and perhaps a babbling brook, along with the ever present sound of overhead airplanes and the drone of nearby highways. You can take 4 mile hike to a pretty, secluded spot and you still hear some highway off in the distance. Airplanes are a constant presence no matter where you go. Its hard to get away from those sounds in the northeast. Even on backpacks to fairly remote areas in the Catskills and Adirondacks you can hear airplanes and some distant road or highway. When I took a canoe trip on the Allagash River in Maine, the first thing I noticed was the silence. Amazing isn't it how many people get lost within hearing distance of a road. I still remember from my Adirondack days how hearing traffic told me I was getting close to food and a shower. Quote Link to comment
+Sneakypete00 Posted July 1, 2006 Author Share Posted July 1, 2006 Where I cache in NJ, I hear birds, the wind and perhaps a babbling brook, along with the ever present sound of overhead airplanes and the drone of nearby highways. You can take 4 mile hike to a pretty, secluded spot and you still hear some highway off in the distance. Airplanes are a constant presence no matter where you go. Its hard to get away from those sounds in the northeast. Even on backpacks to fairly remote areas in the Catskills and Adirondacks you can hear airplanes and some distant road or highway. When I took a canoe trip on the Allagash River in Maine, the first thing I noticed was the silence. Amazing isn't it how many people get lost within hearing distance of a road. I still remember from my Adirondack days how hearing traffic told me I was getting close to food and a shower. I remember days in the ADK like that. Visiting the KOA's and National Parks. I live in Upstate NY, Finger Lakes area. Not too far from a highway, and surrounded by many back-country roads which have names, but are given numbers on googlemaps. Going from here into Rochester city noise isn't all that bad. it's when I take trips down to NYC that the audible difference is highly noticable. Quote Link to comment
ExplorerMike Posted July 1, 2006 Share Posted July 1, 2006 Birds, wind in the trees, or maybe the sound of the river way down below. Quote Link to comment
+Kojak27 Posted July 2, 2006 Share Posted July 2, 2006 Lots of wind, especially if I had McD for breakie. Quote Link to comment
+radioscout Posted July 3, 2006 Share Posted July 3, 2006 Birds, wind in the trees, or maybe the sound of the river way down below. That's exactly what I prefer to hear while caching. Quote Link to comment
MouseFart Posted July 4, 2006 Share Posted July 4, 2006 No sound in nature gets you more in touch with yourself than the sound of a really upset rattlesnake in the brush right at your feet........Been there, done that !!! Quote Link to comment
+karstic Posted July 5, 2006 Share Posted July 5, 2006 "Anyone bring any batteries?" Quote Link to comment
+Sugar Glider Sweatshop Posted July 5, 2006 Share Posted July 5, 2006 Typically, when the SGS team is out searching for a cache together, I'll hear a voice, 300 feet away from me, call out, "I found it over here!" Quote Link to comment
+Yamahammer Posted July 5, 2006 Share Posted July 5, 2006 What I usually hear is my wife telling me she needs to pee. Quote Link to comment
+MrCOgeo Posted July 5, 2006 Share Posted July 5, 2006 (edited) (mumbling)Quietly...quietly...shhhh(/mumbling) CAH-THOP! PING! (mumbling)Geez, those ammo can's can be hard to open.(/mumbling) -------- (mumbling)Quietly...quietly...shhhh(/mumbling) SKREE! POP! (mumbling)Geez, those ammo can's can be hard to close.(/mumbling) Edited July 5, 2006 by MrCOgeo Quote Link to comment
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