+Fritz_Monroe Posted December 12, 2003 Share Posted December 12, 2003 Well folks, I've joined the sport. While I haven't searched out any caches yet, I just got my GPSr. Going to go out this weekend to look for a couple and next weekend with an experienced cacher. I'm hoping to get some pearls of wisdom passed on to me. Wish me luck. F_M Quote Link to comment
+Brian - Team A.I. Posted December 12, 2003 Share Posted December 12, 2003 None of us know whether or not to congratulate you, or harass your for your choice of GPS units. Care to elaborate? Joking aside, welcome to the fray! Quote Link to comment
+Fritz_Monroe Posted December 12, 2003 Author Share Posted December 12, 2003 Got a Magellan SporTrak Map. Liked a little bit better than the Legend. Tough choice, but the folks here helped a lot. F_M Quote Link to comment
+Halden Posted December 12, 2003 Share Posted December 12, 2003 I went with the Legend myself but welcome anyhow. I have only been caching a month and a hald or so. Here is some advice Newbie to Newbie. Mark the Car before you head out Bring extra batteries Bring a compass Bring the cache notes Have a great time Quote Link to comment
+JMBella Posted December 12, 2003 Share Posted December 12, 2003 Good Luck and welcome to the addiction. Mark the Car before you head out Bring extra batteries Bring a compass Bring the cache notes Have a great time ... Bring a bottle of Water Tell someone where you're going Bring a cell phone Always have pens, pencils, ziplocks and an extra log book Don't use Gladware for caches And most importanty... Oh, actually even more important. Have fun and be safe! Quote Link to comment
+Thomas & Dingo Posted December 12, 2003 Share Posted December 12, 2003 Welcome to your new money pit. Hint: if you are searching the spot that you swear its at, and cannot find it. Look UP. and the biggest hint of all, Have Fun. Quote Link to comment
gm100guy Posted December 12, 2003 Share Posted December 12, 2003 You should RTFM that came with your gps so ou can learn how to ise it. Quote Link to comment
+Fritz_Monroe Posted December 13, 2003 Author Share Posted December 13, 2003 RTFM OMG, Haven't had anyone say this to me in years and had 2 people tell me this today. Well, I've RTFM. I'm urban, so while I will mark the car, it's probably not needed. I'm getting my kit together. Got the water, FRS, cell phone, and extra batteries. Gonna have to grab some zip lock bags for it. F_M Quote Link to comment
+SBPhishy Posted December 13, 2003 Share Posted December 13, 2003 just out of curiousity, does RTFM stand for "read the f***ing manual"? Quote Link to comment
+Alacrity Posted December 13, 2003 Share Posted December 13, 2003 RTFM: Yes. Yes it does. And in addition to looking up, look left...and look right. And if at all possible, look down...(stupid GPS). Quote Link to comment
+GeckoGeek Posted December 13, 2003 Share Posted December 13, 2003 (edited) just out of curiousity, does RTFM stand for "read the f***ing manual"? You can substitute "fine", "friendly" or if you're in Utah, "flipping". Edited December 13, 2003 by GeckoGeek Quote Link to comment
Cachengrab Posted December 13, 2003 Share Posted December 13, 2003 Welcome to the addiction, it will take over your life. I am thinking about starting a Caching Anonymous Group. I just can not find the time to get it off the ground because I am busy Caching.......... When you come out of the woods 500 yards from your car and you spend an hour or so looking . You will learn to mark your car....haha Have fun! Quote Link to comment
+AslCacher Posted December 13, 2003 Share Posted December 13, 2003 I agree you should mark your car before going into the woods. I am visiting here in Wheaton, Il. and went out yesterday on a cache hunt. I was in the woods where there are many caches. After walking around for an hour or more and freezing my but off, I decided it was time to get back to the car. I don't live here and have never been in these woods before so I did not have a clue where the car was at. I could back track with my gps but that would take much longer and I was very cold. The high yesterday was around 20. Well I lucked out because there was a cache at the entrance to the park where the car was. I punched in the waypoint for that cache and found it in no time. So mark your car before you head out. Quote Link to comment
_sled_dog_ Posted December 13, 2003 Share Posted December 13, 2003 Well welcome to the sport.I have a magellan sport trak map my self. It is a great gpsr for caching.Along with the above posts of items to take with you take a log book to keep your records of your visits the finds or no finds, traded items, so that when you log your visits on Groundspeak ,you will know what the details of the cache , you were at. Handy if you vist 5 caches a day! Quote Link to comment
+SBPhishy Posted December 14, 2003 Share Posted December 14, 2003 (edited) I could back track with my gps but that would take much longer... I was curious about this. I have a Magellan SporTrac Map. Today, i wanted to back track but i had already started down the trail back to my car so the track line had already started. When i went to backtrack, it was telling me to go back to the cache, then i think it would have started back tracking down the trail. I was wondering if anyone knew if you could skip the backtracks in order. Jump the backtracking to your currentt position. I cant find anything about this in the manual. Thanks! Edited December 15, 2003 by SBPhishy Quote Link to comment
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.