Ferreter5 Posted February 27, 2004 Share Posted February 27, 2004 The show Family Outdoors is going to have an episode about orienteering an geocaching. It's set to air Feb 27th, 2004 at 10:30pm USA east coast time. Here is a link to the episode listing on DIY's website. They even have FAQ pages about geocaching. Cheers! Quote Link to comment
+Lazyboy & Mitey Mite Posted February 27, 2004 Share Posted February 27, 2004 Oh oh even more geocachers on the horizon. Quote Link to comment
+Cherokeecacher Posted February 27, 2004 Share Posted February 27, 2004 Thanks for the heads-up. Hopefully I can record it. Quote Link to comment
Ferreter5 Posted February 27, 2004 Author Share Posted February 27, 2004 If this turns out to be a good representation of geocaching, I think it would make a great reference item when talking with land managers to help bolster the fact that geocaching is a mainstream recreational activity. I'll probably be adding it to the list I'm putting together for NYGO. Quote Link to comment
+TeamK-9 Posted February 27, 2004 Share Posted February 27, 2004 Awww, I really wanted to see that, and I don't even have that network... Quote Link to comment
+Thomas & Dingo Posted February 27, 2004 Share Posted February 27, 2004 I set my Tivo to record that tonight, if its any good i will move it to my computer and upload it to a website to be available for downloading. Quote Link to comment
+rover-r-us Posted February 27, 2004 Share Posted February 27, 2004 thanks, i will have to stay up now Quote Link to comment
+robert Posted February 28, 2004 Share Posted February 28, 2004 thanks, i will have to stay up now Why? Quote Link to comment
+BeachBuddies Posted February 28, 2004 Share Posted February 28, 2004 Just finished watching the show. Overall, they did a pretty good job. They made a couple mistakes (calling UTM a datum, and a comment about hiding a cache in a schoolyard); and they left out any mention about CITO. But it was quite positive overall. Quote Link to comment
+donbadabon Posted February 28, 2004 Share Posted February 28, 2004 That bucket was huge! I guess I am used to the standard ammo containers and tupperware here in Va. I am assuming the "real" cache the family went to find wasn't just sitting on the rocks like that. I hope it was hidden a little better. But those mountain views were very nice. Not a bad show. They tried to cram a lot of info into 30 minutes, so it appears rushed. Quote Link to comment
+Brian - Team A.I. Posted February 28, 2004 Share Posted February 28, 2004 I'm hopeful that it will be posted for download by someone. I'd love to see it, as I don't have DIY. The largest cache I've found so far is this one, that I believe is something along the lines of a 35-40 gallon plastic barrel. I'm not sure there's a TB out there that this wouldn't fit. Although Snoogans might be a tight fit. Quote Link to comment
+Fritz_Monroe Posted February 28, 2004 Share Posted February 28, 2004 Anyone notice that they made sure that they avoided saying geocaching.com? The page that they showed on the computer was obviously based on gc.com. F_M Quote Link to comment
+bons Posted February 28, 2004 Share Posted February 28, 2004 They made a couple mistakes (calling UTM a datum, and a comment about hiding a cache in a schoolyard); and they left out any mention about CITO. What was the comment about hiding a cache in a schoolyard? Quote Link to comment
+BeachBuddies Posted February 28, 2004 Share Posted February 28, 2004 What was the comment about hiding a cache in a schoolyard? It wasn't a big deal, but they said something like: "Caches don't have to be hidden way out in the woods; they could even be in a schoolyard." I think they were just trying to make a point, but "neighborhood playground" would have been a better choice. They didn't talk about urban caches, virtual caches, or micro caches at all. I know gc.com discourages caches near schools (not sure if that's in the official guidelines or not though). Quote Link to comment
+BeachBuddies Posted February 28, 2004 Share Posted February 28, 2004 (edited) Anyone notice that they made sure that they avoided saying geocaching.com? The page that they showed on the computer was obviously based on gc.com. Yes, and all the online website shots they showed were gc.com too. The TV show did not mention it, but they did provide a link at the DIY website, on this page, though it's not very prominent. They also linked to a few other geocaching sites I've never heard of. Edited February 28, 2004 by BeachBuddies Quote Link to comment
Ferreter5 Posted February 29, 2004 Author Share Posted February 29, 2004 I thought it was pretty well done considering it was from a mainstream media source. They did make that unforuntate comment about schoolyards. They also left out a lot of details (CITO, types of caches, etc), but you can only fit so much into half-hour show. I look at it this way ... at least they didn't make any serious mistakes in the show. Quote Link to comment
+bons Posted February 29, 2004 Share Posted February 29, 2004 I'm confused. What's wrong or unfortunate about the comment? Caches are hid in schoolyards out here. Is it different elsewhere or against some guideline I'm not aware of? Quote Link to comment
+DavidMac Posted February 29, 2004 Share Posted February 29, 2004 Ah, so this explains why the site is returning so many "server too busy' errors tonight . I was beginning to wonder if Slashdot had run another geocaching article... Quote Link to comment
+Thomas & Dingo Posted March 1, 2004 Share Posted March 1, 2004 Dang, my Tivo crapped out on me. Did not record the show. Oh well. Quote Link to comment
+GatoRx Posted March 1, 2004 Share Posted March 1, 2004 Did anyone notice when the show was recorded? The copyright was something like 2001, which would explain why the website the family was pulling up had the old logo on the main page. The guy didn't specifically say the word 'micro', but he did make a comment about caches being very small. The one statement I got the biggest kick out of was, 'the satellites fly at 2 miles/second, over 2 miles above the earth' (rough quote, but that's more or less it.) Quote Link to comment
+eddthejailer Posted March 1, 2004 Share Posted March 1, 2004 man i blew it!!!!! didnt read this thread til the show was over...anyone get it recorded or is there a playback somewhere on line i can see it? Quote Link to comment
+Cherokeecacher Posted March 1, 2004 Share Posted March 1, 2004 man i blew it!!!!! didnt read this thread til the show was over...anyone get it recorded or is there a playback somewhere on line i can see it? Set the VCR's, DVDR's, and TIVO AIR TIMES February 27, 2004 10:30 PM Eastern February 28, 2004 1:30 AM Eastern April 02, 2004 10:30 PM Eastern April 03, 2004 1:30 AM Eastern Quote Link to comment
+Halden Posted March 1, 2004 Share Posted March 1, 2004 So is going to Tivo and upload? Quote Link to comment
+donbadabon Posted January 5, 2005 Share Posted January 5, 2005 FYI, Saturday, Jan 15, 2005 at 2:30 am, on the DIY network (channel 230 if you have DirecTv), they are reshowing the 2002 episode titled "Geocaching: Orienteering, GPS and geocaching. " Quote Link to comment
+The SuzyQs Posted January 6, 2005 Share Posted January 6, 2005 The show Family Outdoors is going to have an episode about orienteering an geocaching. It's set to air Feb 27th, 2004 at 10:30pm USA east coast time. Here is a link to the episode listing on DIY's website. They even have FAQ pages about geocaching. Cheers! Guess we missed it... Quote Link to comment
+donbadabon Posted January 6, 2005 Share Posted January 6, 2005 Um, no you didn't. Did you read my post? Quote Link to comment
+donbadabon Posted January 14, 2005 Share Posted January 14, 2005 Just a reminder that this is on again tomorrow morning (Jan 15th, 2005) at 2:30 am, on the DIY network for anyone that hasn't seen it. Quote Link to comment
+Cherokeecacher Posted January 15, 2005 Share Posted January 15, 2005 Just a reminder that this is on again tomorrow morning (Jan 15th, 2005) at 2:30 am, on the DIY network for anyone that hasn't seen it. thanks for the "re-heads-up". My DVR is now working and I can digitaly record it and dump to DVD Quote Link to comment
+Amtraker Posted January 15, 2005 Share Posted January 15, 2005 Saturday, Jan 15, 2005 at 2:30 am, on the DIY network (channel 230 if you have DirecTv) ...and don't forget that DIRECTV will air this show on DIY Ch #230 on Sat Jan 15, 2:30am EASTERN time. If you live on the West coast it will be TODAY, Fri Jan 14th at 11:30pm PACIFIC time. I already have my DIRECTivo set to record it. Quote Link to comment
+Team Shibby Posted January 15, 2005 Share Posted January 15, 2005 I went to add this to my TiVo an lo and behold, my wishlist already had it in que and ready to record! Is'nt TiVo great! I have DirecTV and I am glad my TiVo is part of their service, come march all other TiVo owners are supposedly getting screwed and will no longer be able to skip past commercials without haveing to view popup ads Kar Quote Link to comment
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