wayteach Posted July 17, 2009 Share Posted July 17, 2009 A friend of mine who is an avid geo-cacher says there's someting called a "cache and dash" where you can practically drive up to the item, thus requiring little physical effort. Is there such a thing? I can't find any info on it. Quote Link to comment
NordicMan Posted July 17, 2009 Share Posted July 17, 2009 I've never heard of "cache and dash" in Geocaching,, but each Geocache does have a difficulty/terrain rating. Picking "1/1 caches" are the easiest ones to access, some of which are literally drive-up caches. Also look for the following attribute: on a cache page, indicating the cache is wheelchair accessible Quote Link to comment
+BlueDeuce Posted July 17, 2009 Share Posted July 17, 2009 (edited) Probably more likely called a Park and Grab but NordicMan is correct that you should check the terrain rating. Note there is no guarantee a terrain rating of 1 is accessible for a wheel chair so hopefully the owner added the attribute. Edited July 17, 2009 by BlueDeuce Quote Link to comment
+Nunaki Posted July 17, 2009 Share Posted July 17, 2009 They are out there. One of my first cache find was of a side road about 5 feet. Took all of about 45 seconds to find, sign and replace and i was on the road again. I know of about 5 that are like that in my home town of Sarnia, Ontario. Quote Link to comment
+TEAM HARTSOCK Posted July 17, 2009 Share Posted July 17, 2009 C & Ds are all over around here. I have a couple of them I have placed myself. Normal part of the game from what I have always known. Quote Link to comment
+briansnat Posted July 17, 2009 Share Posted July 17, 2009 A friend of mine who is an avid geo-cacher says there's someting called a "cache and dash" where you can practically drive up to the item, thus requiring little physical effort. Is there such a thing? I can't find any info on it. Is there any such a thing? In many areas that describes 95 percent of all caches. There are thousands of these things (probably hundreds of thousands). Look for caches with a difficulty and terrain rating of 1.5 or lower. Unfortunately most of these are placed in the most mundane places imaginable. 1 star terrain is supposed to be wheelchair accessible. 1.5 star terrain should be easy terrain, with minor barriers to wheelchairs, such as curbs. I say "supposed" and "should" because some cache owners don't rate their caches properly. Quote Link to comment
+CluelessTwo Posted July 17, 2009 Share Posted July 17, 2009 (edited) A friend of mine who is an avid geo-cacher says there's someting called a "cache and dash" where you can practically drive up to the item, thus requiring little physical effort. Is there such a thing? I can't find any info on it. The cache and dash thing is used quite a lot by cahe owners in describing their caches over here. Usually with urban caches with muggles around. Its probably to convey the urgency of getting the cache and putting it back then getting off site. Most of these however do mean a stretch either up or down so it depends how disabled you are. A friend of mine would be fine for instance as she can pick things off the floor while in her chair but I know thats not always the case. Just a thought, but it would be worth emailing cache owners in your area and asking them which caches they would recommend as chair accessible. Claire xx Edited July 17, 2009 by CluelessTwo Quote Link to comment
Knight-Errant Posted July 17, 2009 Share Posted July 17, 2009 Park and Grab, Cache and Dash, Grab and Go, etc. all seem to be interchangable terms depending on where you are geocaching. While VERY rare, we have one locally that is not only a regular size, but you don't even have to get out of the vehicle to grab the cache and sign the log (okay, you do have to open your car door). Our question is, could it still be called a park and grab if parking isn't even necessary? Quote Link to comment
+GIDEON-X Posted July 17, 2009 Share Posted July 17, 2009 LPC (Lamp-Post Caches) = Park and Grab / Cache and Dash Quote Link to comment
+Knight2000 Posted July 17, 2009 Share Posted July 17, 2009 Film can + cable tie. Cable tie the film can to a branch on a small tree at the edge of the parking lot. You won't even need to get out of your car. Isn't that what geocaching is all about? Yes, I have found one of these before. Quote Link to comment
+Arrow42 Posted July 17, 2009 Share Posted July 17, 2009 Park and Grab, Cache and Dash, Grab and Go, etc. all seem to be interchangable terms depending on where you are geocaching. While VERY rare, we have one locally that is not only a regular size, but you don't even have to get out of the vehicle to grab the cache and sign the log (okay, you do have to open your car door). Our question is, could it still be called a park and grab if parking isn't even necessary? Do you still "turn" up the volume even if your stereo is digital and has no nobs? Quote Link to comment
+Wintonian Posted July 17, 2009 Share Posted July 17, 2009 I have a couple of caches magneticaly behind sign posts, but they are part of a sreies and strictly speaking they are difficult as park and grabs during the day due to the parking restictions. These are part of a series in my home city hopefully leting pepole know about a bit of uncommaly know history, thus hopefully they are a bit more intesting than a normal park and grab, that is pepole are intested in more than their find count. I however travel by public transport and call then cache and dash caches as you can nip of a train/ but/ tram and log them, aslo the tern cache and dash does seem more populare here. Quote Link to comment
wayteach Posted July 18, 2009 Author Share Posted July 18, 2009 Thank you, everyone, for your most helpful replies. Wayteach Quote Link to comment
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