+wixter Posted March 8, 2020 Share Posted March 8, 2020 I'm looking at a geocache description and the the hint is"HITO". What does HITO mean in geocaching terminology? Here is the listing that I saw the term HITO in the Hint. https://coord.info/GC8MF7E Quote Link to comment
RuideAlmeida Posted March 8, 2020 Share Posted March 8, 2020 2 minutes ago, wixter said: What does HITO mean in geocaching terminology? Hike In Trash Out???! 1 Quote Link to comment
+Max and 99 Posted March 9, 2020 Share Posted March 9, 2020 Awww man, I was recently there and would have loved to do this cache! I would not have known what HITO meant. Quote Link to comment
+Goldenwattle Posted March 9, 2020 Share Posted March 9, 2020 2 minutes ago, Max and 99 said: Awww man, I was recently there and would have loved to do this cache! I would not have known what HITO meant. I didn't know what that meant either. I wish people wouldn't use initials and expect everyone to know. 1 Quote Link to comment
+Max and 99 Posted March 9, 2020 Share Posted March 9, 2020 I recently found a cache that had a hint we could not figure out. One of the previous logs stated: You'll understand the hint after you find the cache. 1 Quote Link to comment
+rosebud55112 Posted March 9, 2020 Share Posted March 9, 2020 6 hours ago, Max and 99 said: I recently found a cache that had a hint we could not figure out. One of the previous logs stated: You'll understand the hint after you find the cache. Which, unless it is maybe a hint about how to open the cache (for example, a cache with a lock), or instructions on returning the cache to it's correct position, or something in a similar vein, means it's a pretty poor hint. Quote Link to comment
+Goldenwattle Posted March 9, 2020 Share Posted March 9, 2020 34 minutes ago, rosebud55112 said: Which, unless it is maybe a hint about how to open the cache (for example, a cache with a lock), or instructions on returning the cache to it's correct position, or something in a similar vein, means it's a pretty poor hint. Same as a hint on a local cache, "It's red". The finder only discovers this when they open a cover and see the red box, which is obvious it's the cache, regardless of whatever colour the box had been. A non-hint. Quote Link to comment
+dprovan Posted March 9, 2020 Share Posted March 9, 2020 My guess is "hidden in the open", i.e., in plain sight. That's the only thing I can think of that's generic enough for someone to think people could recognize it by its initials. Although, of course, no one actually would recognize it by its initials, hence this thread. 1 2 Quote Link to comment
+Max and 99 Posted March 9, 2020 Share Posted March 9, 2020 2 hours ago, rosebud55112 said: Which, unless it is maybe a hint about how to open the cache (for example, a cache with a lock), or instructions on returning the cache to it's correct position, or something in a similar vein, means it's a pretty poor hint. Good point. It was a hint on how to find the cache, so it truly was a poor hint. Quote Link to comment
+cerberus1 Posted March 9, 2020 Share Posted March 9, 2020 Maybe it's similar to what a (now gone...) cacher used to say on their's... Hidden in the Obvious ? What is a "cooperation cache " ? Sorta like the "exchanges" I'm kinda doubtful on ? 1 Quote Link to comment
+wixter Posted March 9, 2020 Author Share Posted March 9, 2020 2 hours ago, cerberus1 said: Maybe it's similar to what a (now gone...) cacher used to say on their's... Hidden in the Obvious ? What is a "cooperation cache " ? Sorta like the "exchanges" I'm kinda doubtful on ? See https://coord.info/GC8MF7E for description of how a cooperative geocache works. Quote Link to comment
+wixter Posted March 10, 2020 Author Share Posted March 10, 2020 In Geocaching Toolbox, Coordinate Conversions: HITO is a coordinate datum: HITO XVIII 1963 (HIT) Quote Link to comment
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