The geocaching.com webmaster got his initial (I SAY INITIAL) database from me.. When I gave it to him, it contained perhaps around 100 locations.. Now it's over 2000... I was writing HTML in a friggin text editor, and it got tedious to maintain, so I asked geocaching.com to take it over..
You can take mine, I have no problem with that, never did... It's still at http://www.triax.com/~yngwie/oldlist.html
And it's friggin older than hell!
The original Geocaching website was http://www.triax.com/~yngwie/gps.html
You can easily see the difference..
Use whatever you want.. I use a compass and GPS. The compass is useful when you get somewhat close to point you in the correct direction.. Try it with just a compass & map and you will be disappointed. You will have better luck getting drunk in the woods and stumbling upon a hidden cache by chance while going to take a piss..
(this has apparently happened to two of the caches so far.. but they were in public parks)
Re:You don't need a GPS to play!
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Good luck bro..
You dont realze where these things are actually hidden..
7.5' quads are basically worthless.. there are not enough features on them to get a bearing from.. i've spent a good 2 hours searching an area of about 2500 square feet for a cache before I found it.. And the only reason I kept searching is because the GPS told me I was there. Finding a buried bucket or other container thats maybe a foot wide in a vast forest is no small challenge even when the GPS has got you within 10-20 meters.
Re:What's the challenge? Sounds boring.
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It's actually harder than it sounds.. GPS only tells you the location. Not how to get there. And once you're in teh vicinity, GPS will if you're lucky only get you within about 10 meters. And you're trying to find something that is actually hidden from view. Not to mention the sometimes several mile hikes off-trail thru forests, up hills, etc. USGS maps are generally USELESS in actually helping you locate them. The game was born of GPS so thats what we use.. I've placed several of these stashes up here in Washington (several up on mount St Helens, on lava beds, etc.) and searched for several as well... It sounds much easier than it is... for instance my lava bed cache.. your gps will tell you you're 200 meters away, but go ahead and try going directly at it.. just dont fall into the 20 foot chasms in the lava.. so close yet so far away... you never know what you'll come up against.
Re:Define your term please
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MRE = Meal Ready to Eat
It's what the military dudes eat when they're in the field.. A sealed pouch with a full meal and various other accessories like toilet paper and matches..
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The entire geocaching game BEGAN on 5 MAY 2000, "TO CELEBRATE THE DEMISE OF SA"
The geocaching.com webmaster got his initial (I SAY INITIAL) database from me.. When I gave it to him, it contained perhaps around 100 locations.. Now it's over 2000... I was writing HTML in a friggin text editor, and it got tedious to maintain, so I asked geocaching.com to take it over.. You can take mine, I have no problem with that, never did... It's still at http://www.triax.com/~yngwie/oldlist.html And it's friggin older than hell! The original Geocaching website was http://www.triax.com/~yngwie/gps.html You can easily see the difference..
Use whatever you want.. I use a compass and GPS. The compass is useful when you get somewhat close to point you in the correct direction.. Try it with just a compass & map and you will be disappointed. You will have better luck getting drunk in the woods and stumbling upon a hidden cache by chance while going to take a piss.. (this has apparently happened to two of the caches so far.. but they were in public parks)
Good luck bro.. You dont realze where these things are actually hidden.. 7.5' quads are basically worthless.. there are not enough features on them to get a bearing from.. i've spent a good 2 hours searching an area of about 2500 square feet for a cache before I found it.. And the only reason I kept searching is because the GPS told me I was there. Finding a buried bucket or other container thats maybe a foot wide in a vast forest is no small challenge even when the GPS has got you within 10-20 meters.
It's actually harder than it sounds.. GPS only tells you the location. Not how to get there. And once you're in teh vicinity, GPS will if you're lucky only get you within about 10 meters. And you're trying to find something that is actually hidden from view. Not to mention the sometimes several mile hikes off-trail thru forests, up hills, etc. USGS maps are generally USELESS in actually helping you locate them. The game was born of GPS so thats what we use.. I've placed several of these stashes up here in Washington (several up on mount St Helens, on lava beds, etc.) and searched for several as well... It sounds much easier than it is... for instance my lava bed cache.. your gps will tell you you're 200 meters away, but go ahead and try going directly at it.. just dont fall into the 20 foot chasms in the lava.. so close yet so far away... you never know what you'll come up against.
MRE = Meal Ready to Eat It's what the military dudes eat when they're in the field.. A sealed pouch with a full meal and various other accessories like toilet paper and matches..