Living in the area of the worlds most prolific cache hider, what do you think it would be like, or is like?

[+tesser]

What it's like for me to cache in the land of the Most Prolific Cache Hider:

 

I know people have complained about KB's cords before, but I have learned to trust the gps and I find them within 10 feet most times. I don't know what people are talking about.

 

One of the most amazing things I find about KB is that he responds to you when you have questions pretty quickly. I have 64 caches (about 1/3 archived) and I get about a dozen emails a day. Can you imagine his inbox every day? And yet, he reads them and responds when needed.

 

He does maintain his caches, but he also welcomes assitance. He doesn't ask for it, I offer. He keeps track of issues with his caches to make "Maintenance runs."

 

He knows where his caches are hidden. The number hasn't made that impossible for him.

 

One of the most fun things about his caches are that you can go all over the state to find caches (not necessarily his) to complete one of his many challenges. So I find other's caches out in the boonies because of his challenges. Alvin's Phone Line, one of the oldest active caches in the country, has gotten alot of visits and it's in the middle of nowhere. It's required in many of his challenges. Try the KB 100 challenge sometime!

 

His events are kind of a "Stone Soup" kind of thing. He picks a place and we all come, bring a food item to share, find some of his new caches for the event, or some old ones, and shoot the breeze around a fire pit. Nothing much better than that.

 

Someone else pointed out his cache pages. They each are very detailed and must take some time to set up. There is a lot of thought put into themed-series. The 60-mile themed one mentioned retraces the steps of a Breast Cancer 3-Day walk made by a fellow cacher.

 

I never would have found so many benchmarks without his caches.

 

I have found maybe 300+ of his caches, and I have never found a Gladware. Butter tubs, yes, but not Gladware. The logs are protected by baggies. He rarely places a cache in the obvious beacon. He makes you work harder than that.

[cacheman22]

 

Do you not log your finds online? I didn't see a KB cache in your finds. Just wondering...

No, I do not log. I sort of feel guilty about that because I enjoy reading the logs of people who have found my caches. Yes I have found his caches and attended events K.B. has organized.

 

Best regards,

 

C.M.22

[+TheGilby4]

For those of you that are interested:

 

"The Crowning Of King Boreas"

 

If there was any doubt as to how he is received in Minnesota, please note that over 500 people attended the "soon to be changed to MEGA" event yesterday (including the OP)!

 

A good time was had by ALL!

 

PS- I think many people may be a little bit misled. Yes, he has 2000 hides, but only about 900 (guesstamation) of them are active, the rest are archived. I know 900 is still a lot, but it's far more manageable than 2000 when it comes to maintenance!

[+susiemerlin1]

It's been noted that I live in the area of the World's Most Prolific Cache Hider. Have any notions of what that must be like? Want to comment on living in the area of the WMPCH?

 

To put it into perspecitve...

 

King Boreas has just under 2000 hides. If I only found the closest caches to home I would have to cover about a 47 mile radius to find 2000 caches. If I were in Minneapolis I would only have to cover about a 13 mile radius to find 2000 caches. I've already found every cache within a 14.4 mile radius of home yet only have just over 700 finds and over 1/3 of those finds are over 20 miles away (50 of them are over 1000 miles away).

 

 

Maybe he would like to come over here, where I live in Cornwall to get 500 caches its a radius of 28.2 miles down long winding lanes. But it is the best place on earth!

[knowschad]

For those of you that are interested:

 

"The Crowning Of King Boreas"

 

If there was any doubt as to how he is received in Minnesota, please note that over 500 people attended the "soon to be changed to MEGA" event yesterday (including the OP)!

 

A good time was had by ALL!

 

PS- I think many people may be a little bit misled. Yes, he has 2000 hides, but only about 900 (guesstamation) of them are active, the rest are archived. I know 900 is still a lot, but it's far more manageable than 2000 when it comes to maintenance!

 

Thanks for posting that link, Tony. I saw the panoramic group photo earlier today, but wasn't aware of that video. While the caching, games, and the camaraderie were great, the actual coronation was by far the most fun part of the day.

Edited April 27, 2009 by knowschad