Guest [III]Rick OShea Posted June 11, 2001 Share Posted June 11, 2001 -MAP & COMPASS always have a 'plan b' -WATER Hydrate or die. I use a 2 litre nylon covered MSR Dromedary in a daypack. -PACKABLE FOOD Sure you're not hungry, NOW..... -PEN & PAPER Cache log might be full. -1 OR 2 ZIPLOCK FREEZER (tougher)BAGGIES In case cachebag is ripped or full -GROUND PROBE a section of coathanger attached to a stick. when the probe touches a solid object under earth or leaves, you can feel it. faster and safer than hands. ( glass, critters, etc. ) -2 OLD SCREWDRIVERS great climbing aid on dirt hills. -A STRONG FLASHLIGHT Night has a way of sneaking up on some of us. I use a BLT bike helmet lamp strapped to my left shoulderstrap, for hands free no tangle view. -GARDENING OR WORK GLOVES Brambles. Ouch. -INSECT REPELLANT -SOLID FOOTWEAR Ideally boots - hiking, work, or combat. Sprained ankles suck. Guess how I learned that? -HAT WITH BRIM crushable is good. anything that shades your noggin. Sunstroke/heatstroke sux. Guess how I learned that? -PLASTIC BAGS for muddy boots (car) -CLEAN FOOTWEAR for the trip home (car) -BUDDY Ecclesiastes 4:9,10 -FIRST AID KIT Hey. Be prepared. You might encounter a lion with a thorn in it's paw or a fallen fellow geocacher. Some of these may seem excessive, but I'm a camper and mountainbiker. Most people take on progressively bigger challenges. Someone has to be able to compensate for mishap, not just for themself but for others as well, IMHO. Oh, the III is Iron Ivy Inc. in case you wondered. happy trails! [This message has been edited by [iII]Rick OShea (edited 12 June 2001).] Quote Link to comment
Guest tak1 Posted June 11, 2001 Share Posted June 11, 2001 Hey Rick you forgot one: TOILET PAPER- self explanitory LK Hebrews 11:32-40 Quote Link to comment
Guest [III]Rick OShea Posted June 12, 2001 Share Posted June 12, 2001 I was going to say T.P. but I thought - ' well where will it end if I let myself run off at the - um - keyboard? ' how bout..... -FRESH UNDERWEAR in case you end up going to the hospital -PASSPORT for when you run into those pesky customs officials in the bush -ORANGE SAFETY VEST those pesky deerhunters. -IMAGE INTENSIFIER GOGGLES in case cache is haunted ie ghosts. -BODYGUARD those pesky cache thugs. -MOOSE REPELLANT we don't want to get trampled do we? -FRISBEE in case we don't find the cache -LIFEJACKET in case of hazerdous water crossing ie large puddle -KEVLAR SUIT really BIG brambles -SWISS ARMY KNIFE You never know. Besides, McGuyver had one. -PARACHUTE Well, the last cache I did was GC3BF and I always wanted to try basejumping. -MONGOOSE those pesky cobras. -HEV SUIT self explanatory -SNOWSHOES Canadian weather is SO unpredictable. -LOUDSPEAKER ("bullhorn") so you can still chat with your buddy when you split up. -FLARE PISTOL in case you get lost / those pesky brambles -FIRE EXTINGUISHER see previous. -MARSHMALLOWS in case the fire extinguisher doesn't work out. -WALTHER PPK those pesky spies. -SWORD those pesky ninjas -RUBBER CHICKEN those pesky SCA people -CORDLESS HEDGETRIMMER did I mention brambles? -METAL DETECTOR but what if the cache is in a plastic container? -PLASTIC DETECTOR obvious. Ok I think I'm ready now. Where'd everybody go? Quote Link to comment
Guest Snowtrail Posted June 12, 2001 Share Posted June 12, 2001 How about letting somebody not going on the trip know where you're going. Even if you're with a buddy, it's a good thing to leave a note behind in case something happens to the both of you. Quote Link to comment
Guest tnunnery Posted June 12, 2001 Share Posted June 12, 2001 Great list, Rick. I think Saturday Night Live has a need for some good writers. You may want to consider it. Quote Link to comment
Guest chipper Posted June 14, 2001 Share Posted June 14, 2001 Gotta bring your 44 mag. I know everyone thinks I'm joking but I was stalked by a pack of wolves while out on a cache. This was a case where the old saying that, "the animals are more afraid of you than you are of them" is just not true. And also had a case where I ran into a guy that looked like he was right out of the cast of "Deliverance". All he needed was a kid playing a banjo in the background. Spooky, but then again I live in Idaho. Quote Link to comment
Guest [III]Rick OShea Posted June 16, 2001 Share Posted June 16, 2001 e gun counter a story about when they were way up north and a polar bear started coming around their campsite. Well, one of them loaded up his shotgun with some special cartriges he had hand-loaded for just such an occasion. Instead of buckshot or slug, he loaded them with NICKELS - that's right - .05 cent pieces. Why, he just marched right out and shot that bear just under the chin, and the nickels penetrated the fur and sliced through the bear's innards like razorblades. That bad old bear just dropped lik a a sack of potatoes... Is it just my imagination or do I smell a taaaaaaaaaaaaaaal story? The clerk noticed me and asked if he could help me. I asked if he had anything like a Steyr-Manlichter SSG .308 bolt-action with fixed 20 power scope. He apologetically said they don't carry anything like that. I might have heard 2 sets of jaws hitting the counter as I walked away.... ( about a $3000. rifle, of the sort an ETF / SWAT sniper might use. ) The only guns I REALLY own are paintball guns. :> oh... relevence to Geocaching... um... don't put guns in caches.... Quote Link to comment
Guest Quinnow Posted June 16, 2001 Share Posted June 16, 2001 Heck...thats too bad! Here in the US and mostly in NewYork and California, you can buy handguns anywhere. Just ask any 16 year old kid, most of them have them anyways and can most likely point you to someone who would sell you one real cheap! Ahhh...the good ol days when we used to just carry packpacks to school, now we still carry the backpack put we just add uzi's to it! Our laws here in the states are so messed up it's become funny. We have the time and expenses to pay Rangers to go out and pick up all the harmless caches in the parks that belong to us anyways, but we still can't seeem to keep guns out of kids hands. ------------------ Quinn Stone Rochester, NY.14616 www.Navicache.com Quote Link to comment
Guest Cape Cod Cache Posted June 18, 2001 Share Posted June 18, 2001 Common senses.... I did a few days climbing, and landed in 350,000 bikers in New Hampshire. Not a problem , grey haired guys asking for cell phone coverage and " will my card cover this? " GPS was minor ! Quote Link to comment
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