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I started this around the end of January 2009. Introduced by my brother, jmd65. A major blip slowed things down for a month or so, and then summer is so hot that we go mostly from around 9AM thru 1PM. And no bushwhacking or mountain climbing till October. Which is a good thing because I am very tired of both, so am staying with terrains of 3 or less till it cools down. We both signed up at Geocaching.com. Very nice. Could use a few touch ups on the pages. With our accounts, we get coords to the cache, unless inactive or a puzzle, and queries that gives us a list of caches using filters, among the features. I use a driving gps, so no distance to location nor arrow. I use the coords and a compass to get me in the place shown on the gps. I have learned a bit about using a compass. My brother uses a walking gps which is usually more accurate, but suffers more in hilly or tree covered areas, and requires frequent battery changes. Some things to note:if you know the coords you are going to, get a terrain map of the area. Get a trail map of parks. Saves a lot of bushwhacking. Take water, snacks, pen, a walking stick, hat, sunscreen, mosquito spray(I will be trying out the new OFF Clip On powered repeller soon). |
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Some major caches are: The Pattern, done with jmd65. We finished that. This was extremely nice and very challenging. A lot of mountains to climb. Once the puzzles wsere solved and the final places visited, I sent in my pictures and am awaiting the final card with me on it. I will post a copy of my logs soon. I may also post pictures of the trumps we found, in no particular order. Monster, being done with jmd65. We are looking for:#15, 10July2009. This has 40 redirectors with a 41st location of the final cache. Spans some 111 miles once around, straight line. This has been challenging. While many are easy enough to find, some are more difficult, and several so far have been missing. This one is a bit more interesting as there is no web page for each location, nor credit. Only with the final cache. 41 places, and only 1 find credited. But a big one! I will eventually post some interesting pictures. Some recent finds:03july2009:
Some of the more interesting finds: SOON: |
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