+Headhardhat Posted December 1, 2009 Share Posted December 1, 2009 I was asked recently to create several GeoSnippits that showed advanced techniques of geocaching and it occurred to me that one man's advanced is another man's way too easy. So I am asking the more advanced geocachers out there what topics would be good to make GeoSnippits Videos out of? If we use your idea you will win a GeoSnippits PathTag for your efforts and a lot of thank yous from us!!! -HHH Quote Link to comment
GOF and Bacall Posted December 1, 2009 Share Posted December 1, 2009 Advanced geocaching. I think we may be taking this stuff way too serious. What's next? Advanced hopscotch? Oh well, never mind me. I was just thinking out loud again. Quote Link to comment
+TheAlabamaRambler Posted December 1, 2009 Share Posted December 1, 2009 (edited) How to get and use Pocket Queries. Paperless Caching with a PDA Caching with a GPS-enabled Smartphone (Blackberry, etc.) Caching with an iPhone Using GSAK Using a compass and map for safety should your GPS fail. Review of The Guidelines for Geocaching (Groundspeak style). The art of camouflaging containers. Creative household budgeting to afford caching money. Those should get you started! Edited December 1, 2009 by TheAlabamaRambler Quote Link to comment
+Sioneva Posted December 1, 2009 Share Posted December 1, 2009 Learning to dodge the Occult Hand? Quote Link to comment
+WRASTRO Posted December 1, 2009 Share Posted December 1, 2009 Posting in the forums and living to tell about it. Quote Link to comment
+Col. Flagg Posted December 1, 2009 Share Posted December 1, 2009 How to nab your first FTF without getting injured(those FTF hounds are crazy). Quote Link to comment
+BlueDeuce Posted December 1, 2009 Share Posted December 1, 2009 Creating caches along a route queries. Quote Link to comment
+StarBrand Posted December 1, 2009 Share Posted December 1, 2009 Understanding caches along a route queries. Primer on solving puzzles Guidelines Quiz Quote Link to comment
+geodarts Posted December 1, 2009 Share Posted December 1, 2009 Closing the lid on decon containers. Its surprising how many experienced cachers still need primers on this one. Quote Link to comment
+brokenoaks Posted December 1, 2009 Share Posted December 1, 2009 Understanding basic navigation. Ie, quardenat systems, map reading, compass use, ect. Quote Link to comment
+Chrysalides Posted December 2, 2009 Share Posted December 2, 2009 Geocaching while blindfolded with one hand tied behind your back. Oh, wait, I thought you're asking about extreme geocaching Quote Link to comment
knowschad Posted December 2, 2009 Share Posted December 2, 2009 How to silently lift a lamppost skirt. Quote Link to comment
+briansnat Posted December 2, 2009 Share Posted December 2, 2009 It's a very simple sport, so how advance can you get? I think TAR's list about covered it. Quote Link to comment
+Isonzo Karst Posted December 2, 2009 Share Posted December 2, 2009 Closing the lid on decon containers. Its surprising how many experienced cachers still need primers on this one. featuring Lbase and Jersey Girl. 4 Snaps, FOUR. Quote Link to comment
+Tobias & Petronella Posted December 2, 2009 Share Posted December 2, 2009 Here are a few that we came up with: What to look for when looking for geotrails that might lead to the cache. How not to destroy vegetation when searching through ferns and ivy. Looking for what's out of place. Different search techniques, quickly scanning the area for what's different, physically touching the areas while doing a quick search, or searching small areas in great detail. How to better prepare yourself for an FTF run. How to mentally and physically prepare yourself to handle a very long day of caching for both city and backwoods environments. Blending into the environment while searching. What to say to a muggle when they ask you what you're doing when you don't want to get into a long conversation with them. What to say to a LEO when they ask you what you are doing and how you can prepare yourself for it (each of our three encounters were handled differently). When the use of props might make it easier for you to search and blend in, ie clipboard, safety vests and trashbags, etc. What is a bearing versus a heading. Since people are creatures of habit, how to learn what to look for based on that cache owner's previous hides without getting too many preconceived ideas. How to recognize and break your own bad habits when it comes to searching. When logging a find, when should you tell a small story versus signing "TNLNSL" or just signing "Found it". When should you use PAF versus writing the CO for help versus giving it another shot on another day. Does a DNF mean you are a complete failure or is it just letting the CO know that their cache had activity on it and when do you post a DNF. How to adopt a cache and why you'd want to. When to do maintenance on someone else's cache that you found. For example, adding a new log book, changing out the plastic bags, dumping out the water that may have collected. Quote Link to comment
+Too Tall John Posted December 2, 2009 Share Posted December 2, 2009 Closing the lid on decon containers. Its surprising how many experienced cachers still need primers on this one. featuring Lbase and Jersey Girl. 4 Snaps, FOUR.Any container that has videos demonstrating how to close said container makes me wonder how suitable it is to be used for a geocache. . . Quote Link to comment
+brodiebunch Posted December 2, 2009 Share Posted December 2, 2009 Not whining about the quality of swag left your caches Quote Link to comment
+StarBrand Posted December 2, 2009 Share Posted December 2, 2009 Closing the lid on decon containers. Its surprising how many experienced cachers still need primers on this one. featuring Lbase and Jersey Girl. 4 Snaps, FOUR.Any container that has videos demonstrating how to close said container makes me wonder how suitable it is to be used for a geocache. . . Quote Link to comment
+Celtic Cache Trio Posted December 3, 2009 Share Posted December 3, 2009 Funny you should ask. There is an event coming up in the Detroit area early next year. http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_detai...d1-218c0778d8cf The more advanced topics are the things we will be touching on. We are hoping it will become a big thing. Not sure but as our head organizer has mentioned your name this may be related. The session I will be giving that day is on how to organize and execute a power run. We managed 3 triple digit days this year and some in our area seemed interested in how it is done so it made the bill for the event. Quote Link to comment
+Team Monkeyboy Posted December 3, 2009 Share Posted December 3, 2009 Waypoint projections... true North vs magnetic North calculations... BACKWARDS waypoint projecting (there's a name for that, but I'm too lazy to look it up)... finding the patch TO the cache before finding the path FROM the cache (grin)... Quote Link to comment
+Gitchee-Gummee Posted December 3, 2009 Share Posted December 3, 2009 We are advanced................. Oh, isn't this a thread on aging? Just not technologically advanced! Quote Link to comment
knowschad Posted December 3, 2009 Share Posted December 3, 2009 finding the patch TO the cache before finding the path FROM the cache (grin)... That is actually possible?! Quote Link to comment
GOF and Bacall Posted December 3, 2009 Share Posted December 3, 2009 finding the patch TO the cache before finding the path FROM the cache (grin)... That is actually possible?! I've heard rumors, but never actually experienced it. Quote Link to comment
+osmodion Posted December 3, 2009 Share Posted December 3, 2009 How to roll up and replace a nano log without destroying it? Quote Link to comment
+Scubasonic Posted December 3, 2009 Share Posted December 3, 2009 Closing the lid on decon containers. Its surprising how many experienced cachers still need primers on this one. Or how to open without tearing, and closing a zip lock baggie. ScubaSonic Quote Link to comment
+Too Tall John Posted December 4, 2009 Share Posted December 4, 2009 Any container that has videos demonstrating how to close said container makes me wonder how suitable it is to be used for a geocache. . . Closing the lid on decon containers. Its surprising how many experienced cachers still need primers on this one.Or how to open without tearing, and closing a zip lock baggie. ScubaSonic Any container that requires a baggie to waterproof the logbook inside said container makes me wonder how suitable it is to be used for a geocache. . . Quote Link to comment
+Unkle Fester Posted December 4, 2009 Share Posted December 4, 2009 Closing the lid on decon containers. Its surprising how many experienced cachers still need primers on this one. Or how to open without tearing, and closing a zip lock baggie. ScubaSonic LOL! Quote Link to comment
+Unkle Fester Posted December 4, 2009 Share Posted December 4, 2009 What is advanced? Try getting people to read the guidelines for once. Doesn't get more advanced than that... Quote Link to comment
+Opalblade Posted December 4, 2009 Share Posted December 4, 2009 (edited) First off, I LOVE your videos I'd like to see one on painting plastic containers - sanding, cleaning, the flame method I've read about, diff spray paint effects, etc I've painted several now but would have loved a video tutorial Also one on different things you can glue onto containers to camo them, recommended glue for different types of materials - outdoor fabric, silk leaves, plastic, metal, rocks, twigs, dry grass, etc. Videos covering different categories of geocaching-helpful gear would be AWESOME. Perhaps you could partner with a place that sells such items to be able to get a wide representation on your video - for example - lots of diff kinds of multi tools, hiking sticks, backpacks, flashlights, etc A video on the use of really out there (not found in outdoorsy stores) helper tools. Some I've read about on these forums - a grabber, a retractable pole with a magnet and/or mirror, a plastic fork for removing burrs A video on attaching caches to objects for hiding or anti-muggling purposes - e.g. clear fishing line, etc for hiding little bison tubes, securing ammo cans in a camo natural looking kind of way (assuming that's an ok practice) - chains, clips, pulleys, etc. I like the above poster's idea of a video about doing maintenance on caches you find that need help - draining water and trash, replacing or providing baggies, replacing the pen, etc - and examples of what would be in a maintenance first aid kit For example, I carry post its and little notepads in mine so I can leave a dry place to write if needed, and baggies. Edited December 4, 2009 by Opalblade Quote Link to comment
+delphic Posted December 4, 2009 Share Posted December 4, 2009 How to identify, find, and extract difficult caches. Tweezers, forceps, mirrors, ladders, painter poles, telescoping magmatic wands, grappling hooks, hamsters, etc. Quote Link to comment
+Minimike2 Posted December 4, 2009 Share Posted December 4, 2009 How about a listing, and showing, of a basic toolkit to carry while out geocaching? Quote Link to comment
+Brantflakes Posted December 5, 2009 Share Posted December 5, 2009 A lot of great suggestions so far. I would add... 1. Night Caching (equipment, what to look for, etc.) 2. Series Caches (Where multiple caches contain part of the coordinates for a final) 3. Challenge Caches (Delorme, Fizzy, etc.) It would have been helpful to know what they were before I went out to try and find them. Quote Link to comment
+Nature Kids Posted December 5, 2009 Share Posted December 5, 2009 How to make an interesting hide........ Quote Link to comment
+Opalblade Posted December 5, 2009 Share Posted December 5, 2009 How to improve the odds your travel bug survives - durability, waterproof-icity, ways to tightly secure the travel bug to the item (drilling holes, zip ties, etc), information to include with the travel bug (laminated photo of travel bug etc), high quality ziploc for the travel bug to travel in with a backup bag... Quote Link to comment
CoyoteRed Posted December 5, 2009 Share Posted December 5, 2009 Advanced techniques? How a non-PM can log a MOC they found with a PM friend or family member. How to hide a decent sized cache where most people think they can only hide a micro. (Assuming the location deserves a cache at all.) Quote Link to comment
AZcachemeister Posted December 6, 2009 Share Posted December 6, 2009 How to silently lift a lamppost skirt. Not possible. But a well timed (or remotely triggered) explosion at the far end of the parking lot will distract anyone within earshot. Quote Link to comment
+wimseyguy Posted December 6, 2009 Share Posted December 6, 2009 How to get and use Pocket Queries. Paperless Caching with a PDA Caching with a GPS-enabled Smartphone (Blackberry, etc.) Caching with an iPhone Using GSAK Using a compass and map for safety should your GPS fail. Review of The Guidelines for Geocaching (Groundspeak style). The art of camouflaging containers. Creative household budgeting to afford caching money. Those should get you started! I'll agree with everything EXCEPT the red one. There should be a short quiz on that topic before you can hide your first cache. Advanced topic? More like Basic 101. Quote Link to comment
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