General Geocaching Discussions

Geocahcing in Venice, Italy

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:20:43 -0800

I will be visiting my son in Italy and have one day to see Venice. I have loaded up the caches in the area but would love to get any advice/suggestions about what to see and do while caching in this ancient place. TY!

James Bond 007

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:59:25 -0800

Hi this is buzzy_cacher and I will soon be posting a 007 Bond Multi-Cache and am currently open for ideas. This can include your favorite secret mission caches, puzzles, or any other idea that you think is worthy for...

Bond...

James Bond

Caches found without GPS?

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:20:35 -0800

Hi, Im just curious about how many Caches you've found without using a GPS? .. I still don't have one and unless I go with a fellow cacher, Im left to my own devices! LOL.. I'm a realtive 'Newbie', but I've found approximatly a dozen or more without a GPS.. including some up the Coast of Queensland along the Great Barrier Reef! .. soooo .. what's your non-GPS experiences?

Virtual Cache Adoption

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:01:59 -0800

I know that Virtual Caches are not longer allowed, but there is one in particular that the "owner" of which doesn't seem to be responding to emails anymore. I am familiar with this one and would be interested in keeping it "alive". Would this be possible? What is the procedure here?

Thanks in advance for any information!

Magnetic NANOs

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 07:32:09 -0800

I bought one of the nanos. I'm afraid to stick it anywhere for fear it will be knocked off and lost. Any ideas where I could hide it and it be safe? THX

Coord confusion

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 06:16:53 -0800

Have to show my ignorance here, but..............

GPX file from a PQ coordinates show: N46.41570� W086.62685�

But the cache page coordinates show: N 46� 24.942 W 086� 37.611

Just what is it that I am missing?

Is there a way that I can convert, or is this something that uploading to a GPSr automatically converts?

Caches Found Most Often

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 06:09:24 -0800

Does anyone know how to search geocaching.com to find out which caches, or which caches in an area have been found the most times?

CarlGurt of "The Two Reprobates"

Cache placement - archived cache

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:19:05 -0800

I felt bad about distracting the cache container thread, so I started a new one

Moderator said:
"Just to clarify. only the general location (based on the coordinates given) was given the OK, as far as proximity issues were concerned. You said nothing about how you intended to place the cache."

Yes you are correct. I would be willing to move the cache a few feet, but I dont wont to be met with the same issue when completed.

However I dont feel that I did anything wrong, and would like to personally meet a review at the site. How do you propose I resolve this issue?

Question for the masses about cache tampering?

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:14:13 -0800

I have a geocache that is rather "well" placed. Its not terribly hard to find and my rating of it is a 2. It cannot be obviously seen but it is all white and about a quart size. The terrain however is rather dangerous, not hard to get to, and requires nothing more than guts, but a wrong move or slip in the last 5 feet could be bad. Therefore I rated it as a 4. Now the question is, is it normal for a cacher to tie a string to it, to make it easier, and safer to get for others? Thus taking a 4 difficulty and making it a 1.5 at best. I was not advised of this change, nor was it logged by whom ever did it. Im not mad about this, but I did put it back, to the way it was intended. I guess I'm just looking for comments on this. . . . .anyone?

Suitable place for a cache?

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:40:02 -0800

In honor of "the Great American Smokeout" that is supposed to be today, November 19, 2009, I ask this question.

Is it advisable, an/or against any guidelines to have a cache placed within a tobacco products retail location?

"Extreme" event caches

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:24:02 -0800

I'm just wondering if anyone could give some feedback about experiences they've had with regards to slightly extreme or remote event caches they've organised or been to.

I'm currently in the advanced stages of setting up an event cache for early next year, set in a hostel in central Wales' rural mountainous terrain (Wales, United Kingdom) roughly an hour away from "civilisation". No electricity, no phone signal and with the time of the event, the evening will be lit by gaslight and and heated by an open hearth fire. All refreshments are brought by (and possibly cooked by) visitors. It would be easy to visit the location as a day visitor without paying the extremely modest fee of �10 ($17) for an overnight stay - and I've checked that it doesn't break any rules for event caches.

The location is the Dolgoch hostel, featured here: http://www.elenydd-hostels.co.uk/

I've already had enough positive feedback from local cachers that this is going to be popular - many already wanting to spend the night in this location that has no technology, no electricity and quite often, no running water too!

So - it would be interesting to hear what other people's experiences are in ... erm, more unusual event caches!

Geocaching in bad weather

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:43:55 -0800

I don't like going out in rainy weather, so when my area is blanketed by a storm, it completely rules out geocaching for me for that day. I tried geocaching in the rain once, and it wasn't fun.

Do any of you go geocaching in bad weather, and how do you make it fun?

How many is too many?

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:11:19 -0800

Is there a limit to how many caches a person can own? How can a cacher own hundreds of caches & maintain them properly? I own 23+ and at any time one or more of them can be down for maintenance. I understand that many caches don't require much but hundreds of them would require work, unless you ignore them. (that could be a whole seperate conversation!)

A geocaching welcome not to forget

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 11:09:56 -0800

A team of retired US teachers with a passion for geocaching got an unexpected (warm!!) welcome at an Indian school where Team Professor X hid a cache in the summer of 2009...

http://tinyurl.com/crea101

upgrade another player (anyone ever done or heared of it being done)

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 08:34:43 -0800

i was recently playing around on my profile page and come across this feature Upgrade another player

has anyone ever upgraded another player or know of someone who has been upgraded Anonymously by someone??

if so can you point them in my direction Lol!!

GeoVacation

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 02:47:22 -0800

I know there's probably a topic about this somewhere, but the "search" isn't working for me. Anyway, I'm starting to think about where I want to go on vacation next year; however, I'd like to make it a geocaching vacation--a whole week of geocaching. Any suggestions on where to go? I want to stay in the U.S., and preferably in just one place for a week. No kids--it's just my spouse and me. Thanks for any input!

We like the outdoors so camping or staying in a lodge or cabin would be ideal. I'd like to find a lot during the week, and traditional caches are my favorite. Not into big cities....like the country.

Geo Caching meets Book Crossing

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 21:57:49 -0800

Here is a different twist for larger caches. I know of a few cachers that are interested in Book Crossing. Book crossing is when you leave a book you have read in a public place for someone else to pick up. What if... There was a way we could leave books in larger caches and have the titile of the book show on the cache listing. Similar to how coins and bugs show. Then if someone wanted to read that book they could go get it. Just a thought.

How many Geocachers also do Postcrossing?

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 19:39:18 -0800

Hi there, I've just recently discovered another new addictive hobby Postcrossing website.

Seeing as I don't travel overseas, this seems like a great way to learn about other ccountries and other people, in the way that geocaching has taught me alot about my own area and country.

Plus I can see that I will soon develop a whole bunch of scenic or historic places around the world that I would LOVE to geocache in!!!

Annie

Airport layover bookmark list

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 19:28:19 -0800

Howdy. We've benefited from many an airport stopover cache and wanted to put a master list together. Kudos go to Mensa2, who has a great list of European airport caches, for getting us started.

So far we've identified over 100 caches in or near international and larger regional airports around the world. (Though we did stop at three caches for Copenhagen and didn't list all eight or so.) The idea is that a traveler can either log the cache without leaving the airport or can nab it after a short walk or shuttle ride.

Please take a look at the list. If you know of a cache we missed that you think belongs on the list, let us know. Or, if you see a cache on the list and you don't think it should be a layover cache, let us know that, too!

The list is here:

http://www.geocaching.com/bookmarks/view.a...93-a83af5089ebe

Thanks,

Christian & Kelly (hzoi)

text help

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 16:04:42 -0800

Haven't been geocaching in a while ...seeing a lot of abbreviations . Any help on decoding the lingo?

i.e. TFTC, LS. thanks in advance!