Just got my 600th FTF WHO HOO

[+Scubasonic]

and man was it a hard....... this one had been out since 7/7/2008 and yet to be found it was just off the (Pacific Crest Trail) a little North of the Columbia River on the Washington side, had to look for about an hour coords were about 100 ft off.

 

Scubasonic

[+Trucker Lee]

Congrats on the 600th. And to FTF an 18 month old cache, too good!

[+Casting Crowns]

WOW! That deserves some recognition! Not just the FTF's but that 600th was a booger! Good job.

[+Whiteboy47]

WOW thats great concrats.and here i thought i was doing good getting a FTF for 13 mths in a row.My hat is off to you sir

[+Scubasonic]

Thanks to all for your positive replies, was figuring I would get flamed by all the FTF haters out there.

 

Scubasonic

Edited February 15, 2010 by Scubasonic

[+hukilaulau]

Thanks to all for your positive replies, was figuring I would get flamed by all the FTFers out there.

 

Scubasonic

I don't care about the FTF, but I'm envious of the adventure! Looks like a great trail and you posted some nice pics.

[GOF and Bacall]

I'm indifferent to the FTF thing but it is prety cool you found a cache that has been lonely for so long.

 

Couple of questions for you. Why do you think this cache has never been found before? And why didn't you post your coordinates if it was 100' off?

 

Still, sounds like you had fun and that is the important part.

[+GrizzFlyer]

I looked at your photos and the satellite view of the area, and am wondering why this was left unfound for about 18 months? Looks like a beautiful area, nice mountains and forest. Here in NW Ohio, if we want to climb a mountain, we have to stand on a speed bump.

 

Congrats on the 600 FTF.

[knowschad]

Thanks to all for your positive replies, was figuring I would get flamed by all the FTFers out there.

Scubasonic

I'm not an FTF'er but still, its pretty easy to see that you picked a very well-deserved cache for a milestone like that! Nice work!

[+apyro]

Congrats! That sounds like a pretty impressive FTF!

[+The NVG]

Congratulations from Snowy Iowa!

[+bflentje]

and man was it a hard....... this one had been out since 7/7/2008 and yet to be found it was just off the (Pacific Crest Trail) a little North of the Columbia River on the Washington side, had to look for about an hour coords were about 100 ft off.

 

Scubasonic

 

I thought FTFs don't mean anything in these here forums?? 600 is sweet. makes my 125 seem like child's play.

[+Scubasonic]

I'm indifferent to the FTF thing but it is prety cool you found a cache that has been lonely for so long.

 

Couple of questions for you. Why do you think this cache has never been found before? And why didn't you post your coordinates if it was 100' off?

 

Still, sounds like you had fun and that is the important part.

 

It is in a fairly remote area deep in the woods, I used my map of the Pacific Crest Trail along with the Geocaching map to see the road, and to see where the 2 intersected with one another. It looks like one cacher tried to go bushwacking from the road but ran into to much snow.

 

As far as the coordinates really didn't think about getting the new coords I searched for so long I was Dog tired, and wet, and cold just wanted to get otta there. It is a lonely place to be in February for an hour or so searching, and it was very steep terrain seems like with every step I was getting tripped by underbrush.

 

Scubasonic

[knowschad]

and man was it a hard....... this one had been out since 7/7/2008 and yet to be found it was just off the (Pacific Crest Trail) a little North of the Columbia River on the Washington side, had to look for about an hour coords were about 100 ft off.

Scubasonic

I thought FTFs don't mean anything in these here forums?? 600 is sweet. makes my 125 seem like child's play.

FTFs don't mean anything to Groundspeak. FTFs mean unwanted competitiveness to what was once a non-competitive activity to those that were around in those days. FTFs mean much to those that value and seek them. FTF's don't mean much of anything to me, and to many others. I don't like 'em, I don't dislike 'em. But I can appreciate when somebody reaches what is a milestone to them, and this was obviously that.

[+brslk]

Not opposed or for the whole FTF thing but accomplished something you wanted to accomplish!

 

CONGRATS!

 

I'm sure it was a lot of work.

 

Go buy yourself a beer and send me the bill.

[+coralteach]

Congratulations! How do you find out about new caches, so you can be FTF?

[+Scubasonic]

Congratulations! How do you find out about new caches, so you can be FTF?

 

become a premium member, then sign up for the notifications

 

Scubasonic

[+at play by jc/eaglei]

Wow a name I recognize, congratulations on a real milestone to a fellow north westerner, I'm from castle rock wa. and I have seen your name on some of our local caches. that is an amazing feat you must get up in the middle of the night a lot...

[+Scubasonic]

Wow a name I recognize, congratulations on a real milestone to a fellow north westerner, I'm from castle rock wa. and I have seen your name on some of our local caches. that is an amazing feat you must get up in the middle of the night a lot...

 

Hello Yes I have cached at least up through Centralia, and yes you are right I have been out very late, but for me it's a lot of fun.

 

Scubasonic

[GOF and Bacall]

Congratulations! How do you find out about new caches, so you can be FTF?

 

become a premium member, then sign up for the notifications

 

Scubasonic

 

Back when I counted such things I got my first bunch of them by checking the newest in (state) list from my profile page. Now days it would probably be difficult to do.

[+BlueMoth]

Hey Scub, fantastic news. Congratulations. I checked out the cache in question. Amazing that it sat unfound for 18 months. I am glad that you were the one to find it first. I can just see the big grin on your face when you hiked up to GZ and uncovered it. Great job.

 

I got a FTF, once. That was enough and a story for another day. I'll leave the rest for experts such as yourself. That game is way too high stress for me.

 

Actually the best part of FTF for me is putting out caches (or seeing new ones listed) and watching which one of you FTF guys gets it first. My money is usually on you.

[+The Blorenges]

and man was it a hard....... this one had been out since 7/7/2008 and yet to be found it was just off the (Pacific Crest Trail) a little North of the Columbia River on the Washington side, had to look for about an hour coords were about 100 ft off.

Scubasonic

I thought FTFs don't mean anything in these here forums?? 600 is sweet. makes my 125 seem like child's play.

FTFs don't mean anything to Groundspeak. FTFs mean unwanted competitiveness to what was once a non-competitive activity to those that were around in those days. FTFs mean much to those that value and seek them. FTF's don't mean much of anything to me, and to many others. I don't like 'em, I don't dislike 'em. But I can appreciate when somebody reaches what is a milestone to them, and this was obviously that.

 

...Agreeing with the ophthalmically-challenged dog.

 

Well done, Scubasonic. Sounds like you chose a good one for your special milestone.

 

MrsB

[+NYPaddleCacher]

and man was it a hard....... this one had been out since 7/7/2008 and yet to be found it was just off the (Pacific Crest Trail) a little North of the Columbia River on the Washington side, had to look for about an hour coords were about 100 ft off.

 

Scubasonic

 

I thought FTFs don't mean anything in these here forums?? 600 is sweet. makes my 125 seem like child's play.

 

First, congrats to Scubasonic for achieving that goal. 600 FTFs is pretty amazing.

 

Second, comparing total numbers of FTFs, or finds in a day, or total number of finds is pointless.

 

If three people wrote that the finished a race at 12:30pm, 12:35pm, and 1:00pm it doesn't tell us anything because we don't know anything about the race that each ran. One may have run 100yards and started 10 seconds ago, another may have run a mile and started running 5 minutes ago, and the last a marathon started three hours ago. You can't compare raw cache numbers if you don't know how long someone has been geocaching, how often they geocache, or how many geocaches they have available to find.

[+Scubasonic]

Not opposed or for the whole FTF thing but accomplished something you wanted to accomplish!

 

CONGRATS!

 

I'm sure it was a lot of work.

 

Go buy yourself a beer and send me the bill.

 

OK I had me Beer where do I send the bill????

 

Scubasonic

[+tomfuller & Quill]

Congrats on a job well done! I haven't checked lately but I'm probably at less than 20 FTF's.

I would be honored if someone, anyone came and found the cache I hid on November 19, 2009.

You might still have to hike 2 or 3 miles on snowshoes to get to the fire tower in the Willamette NF.

[+bflentje]

and man was it a hard....... this one had been out since 7/7/2008 and yet to be found it was just off the (Pacific Crest Trail) a little North of the Columbia River on the Washington side, had to look for about an hour coords were about 100 ft off.

Scubasonic

I thought FTFs don't mean anything in these here forums?? 600 is sweet. makes my 125 seem like child's play.

FTFs don't mean anything to Groundspeak. FTFs mean unwanted competitiveness to what was once a non-competitive activity to those that were around in those days. FTFs mean much to those that value and seek them. FTF's don't mean much of anything to me, and to many others. I don't like 'em, I don't dislike 'em. But I can appreciate when somebody reaches what is a milestone to them, and this was obviously that.

 

I was using dat sarcasm, that one that knows Chad.

[+Scubasonic]

Congrats on a job well done! I haven't checked lately but I'm probably at less than 20 FTF's.

I would be honored if someone, anyone came and found the cache I hid on November 19, 2009.

You might still have to hike 2 or 3 miles on snowshoes to get to the fire tower in the Willamette NF.

 

Well this one is a pretty fair drive from my GZ.

 

Scubasonic