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  1. #21
    icetoad Guest

    If I could cache alone or with someone else dedicated...

    I could get more then the sad 2 a day I get now. I've never been about the numbers. My interest in caching is more the ability to get off the leash for a while

    I've also beat myself up over the years, so I don't have the ability to walk as far or as fast as I could before smoking and eating caught up with me. About 8 years ago I weighed 165 pounds, played ice hockey 3 nights a week, and rollerbladed through the summer. Now, I weigh 250, watch ice hockey on tv, and have trouble rolling off the couch.

  2. #22
    Geezer_Veazey Guest

    Re: If I could cache alone or with someone else dedicated...

    Quote Originally Posted by icetoad
    Now, I weigh 250, watch ice hockey on tv, and have trouble rolling off the couch.
    There's still hope. Contact www.FormerIceHockeyPlayersWithdrawalAnonymous.org

    Maybe we can get together sometime - Perhaps at the Former Ice Hockey Players and Bowlers 250+ Bar and Sauna

    Geezer

  3. #23
    nonnipoppy Guest
    To get this discussion back on topic we will tell a tale of woe about this subject.

    In a time almost 10 months ago two cachers from Arkansas were invited to join a team of 6 others to attempt to break the worlds record for caches found in a 24 hour period. The attempt was to be in conjunction with the Mega-Event GeoWoodstock IV in Dallas on Memorial Day weekend.

    The team consisted of the two Arkansans, four Germans, a Floridian, and a nice guy from Alabama.

    Some decisions were made that, in retrospect, were not all that well thought out. The biggest of these being the decision to sign the outside of the cache containers, using a Sharpie marker with DRR, the team name, meaning Dallas Record Run.

    The team actually signed 312 caches and logged 40+ DNFs in 24 hours. The previous record of 263 caches found in 24 hours was set at Geowoodstock III. Two of these record holders were counted among the DRR team.

    Do this group intend to attempt it again at GeoWoodstock V in Raleigh? Although it was discussed, I think not. Some of them do not have thick enough skin to withstand the attacks leveled against them from last year.

    Was it satisfying regardless? You darn tootin!

    Did anyone actually log these 312 caches? Not the Arkansans.

    Do some of the team plan to seek and find 1000 logable caches in a one week period while travelling to GeoWoodstock V this year? Yup.

    This manic approach to caching takes loads of planning and execution. The mutual respect, friendship, and camaraderie that came from the attempt was by far the most enduring part of this effort.

    Does this mean anything to anyone else? Probably not! It does however get back on topic. If you so desire learn from their mistakes and enjoy caching in whatever style you choose to do. Who really cares about the numbers if you are having a good time.

  4. #24
    icetoad Guest

    now that we're back on topic...

    How does one set up for a caching "marathon" in order to maximize the chance for picking up the most possible finds? Do you map locations and bring all the clues you can get your hands on? Is there a planned route to minimize travel time between caches? How about researching each cache you plan on working to make sure the last log wasn't a DNF? I'm looking for help here folks. These are the kind of things I've learned from my early exploratory attempts at this activity. But I'm sure those of you with more experience could adjust my learning curve a bit and get me up to speed.

    I've got a weeks vacation coming up in March, and part of it is going to be spent in Missouri. I don't mix well with my in-laws, so I plan on spending a lot of time looking for caches and fine tuning my caching style. Once I get back, I would really like to spend a couple of days marathon caching. Anyone got any tips for me? I would like to use 1 day to see just how many I can pick up.

    (My self image is really suffering when I look at you folks stats, then look at my meager 5 pickups.)

  5. #25
    chibongo Guest

    Re: now that we're back on topic...

    Quote Originally Posted by icetoad
    How does one set up for a caching "marathon" in order to maximize the chance for picking up the most possible finds? Do you map locations and bring all the clues you can get your hands on? Is there a planned route to minimize travel time between caches? How about researching each cache you plan on working to make sure the last log wasn't a DNF? I'm looking for help here folks. These are the kind of things I've learned from my early exploratory attempts at this activity. But I'm sure those of you with more experience could adjust my learning curve a bit and get me up to speed.

    I've got a weeks vacation coming up in March, and part of it is going to be spent in Missouri. I don't mix well with my in-laws, so I plan on spending a lot of time looking for caches and fine tuning my caching style. Once I get back, I would really like to spend a couple of days marathon caching. Anyone got any tips for me? I would like to use 1 day to see just how many I can pick up.

    (My self image is really suffering when I look at you folks stats, then look at my meager 5 pickups.)
    My team does plan out our trips. We actually have one very obsessive cacher who is a tech. specialist at our school and she plots out the order. We still don't usually do more than twenty something on a good day. More than that is not very fun for us.

    The most I have done in a day has been 52. I can honestly say that I don't remember most of those caches. It was fun but not something I would want to do very often.

  6. #26
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    Okay, I must now reply to this one - at last year's Clarksville Event (which incidentally, has yet to be submitted for this year - s'up with that, Max?) geo-j and I, topkitty98 along with our ever present in spirit while he laughs at us markrocksinheavennow, started the day of the event looking for the Poker run caches and the pocket caches. Having never attended such an event quite like this before, we kinda didn't do our very best that morning, but ahhhhh, we teamed up with Cacher Extraordinaire, Cache King, All Hail Mr. Woodwalker9 for the pm. Yes, folks, we had a good good time, stopped for dinner with everybody from the event, then kept going in the dark til Midnight.

    Grand total: 43, I think
    Nights at the Best Westie: typical geo price
    Registration at the event: donations of food, etc.
    Gas: who knows?
    Glasses which I broke on Sunday when we found Twin Falls Richland
    Creek? Don't remember but they ain't cheap
    Pride when I finally made it back to the car after the aforementioned
    broken glasses? Hopelessly ruined oh well price we pay for good
    caching
    Amount of laughter when out running after dark: immeasureable
    Amount of laughter that markrocksinheavennow probably had at our
    expense: immeasureable and priceless

    Would we do it again? In a heartbeat
    When? Hopefully at this year's event in Clarksville
    Does it really matter how many? No, but it is FUN to sometimes rack up some numbers along the way. We usually get about 2 on weekends when out with the photography master, geo-j. But, would I do it anyway regardless of those numbers? Yup, almost every weekend.

    Clarksville: Fourth Time's a Fantasy? Fourth Time's a Frenzy?

    If you want to go for numbers, hit Fort Chaffee area of Fort Smith, Searcy for lots of caches with lots of head scratching how'd he do that fun, or of course, Clarksville.

    But . . . heading to Jonesboro tomorrow, may have more to add to the story . . .

  7. #27
    nonnipoppy Guest

    Re: now that we're back on topic...

    Quote Originally Posted by icetoad
    How does one set up for a caching "marathon" in order to maximize the chance for picking up the most possible finds? Do you map locations and bring all the clues you can get your hands on? Is there a planned route to minimize travel time between caches? How about researching each cache you plan on working to make sure the last log wasn't a DNF? I'm looking for help here folks. These are the kind of things I've learned from my early exploratory attempts at this activity. But I'm sure those of you with more experience could adjust my learning curve a bit and get me up to speed.

    I've got a weeks vacation coming up in March, and part of it is going to be spent in Missouri. I don't mix well with my in-laws, so I plan on spending a lot of time looking for caches and fine tuning my caching style. Once I get back, I would really like to spend a couple of days marathon caching. Anyone got any tips for me? I would like to use 1 day to see just how many I can pick up.

    (My self image is really suffering when I look at you folks stats, then look at my meager 5 pickups.)

    First of all I suggest that you geocache in a way that makes you happy and disregard what others think or do unless you want to try doing the game that way. Somehow I think your self image is alive and well.

    This is how it is done in an extreme case such as DRR, your mileage may vary, all rebates go to the dealer, and no animals were harmed in the drafting of this answer.

    Now to answer your question:

    These next two items are required.

    You need to be a premium member of Geocaching.com to allow you to get pocket queries(herafter called PQ/PQs). If you don't know what that is you are not the first to feel that way. Everyone has to start somewhere. $30 per year.

    After getting a PQ you need to go have a registered copy of GSAK (GeocachingSwissArmyKnife). A wonderful program available at GSAK.net. $25 registration fee.

    You can look at a major metropolitan areas to see cache density. After seeing something you like download a PQ. We limit our query to traditional caches with the terrain to 2.5 or less and difficulty to 2.5 or less.

    After opening the .gpx file of the PQ with GSAK it is easy to see all the caches that were DNFed in the last 4 logs. Each cache with a DNF is looked at individually and some are deleted if the appear to be missing. In the instance of DRR there were email sent to the cache owners asking if they objected to their caches being included, telling the date of the run, and asking for a check on the cache prior to the run. Edit the GSAK database as necessary.

    Export the remaining caches to Microsoft Streets and Trips and determing the correct routing to maximize your travel time. After determining the route we go back to GSAK. You can add a column "UserData" . We then number the cache order in this column as 010, 020, 030, etc. Sorting by this column gives you the caches in the order of the route.

    This is printed and placed in a binder for later use by the"boss".

    There was a Garmin GPSMap 60 CSs or 60 CSX in the hand of each cacher plus the driver had an additional Street Pilot 2610.
    The drive used the 2610 for routing purposes and a 60CS set on off road to get as close to the cache as possible.

    When the van stopped 2,3, or 4 cachers would start searching for the cache. One cacher, the "boss" announced to the driver the next cache number to the driver and kept time. The driver changed the goto on both his GRSrs to the next cache on the route. 2 minutes after the cachers departed the van the "boss" informed the driver and the horn was honked. All hunting cachers immediately moved back to the van and the cache was DNFed.



    Quote Originally Posted by TopKitty98
    Okay, I must now reply to this one - at last year's Clarksville Event (which incidentally, has yet to be submitted for this year - s'up with that, Max?
    Issues with the Armory building availability have the brain trust considering their options. All answers not yet gathered. More info ASAP. I think that April 21 will still be the date but nonni has not yet told me my formal opinion .

  8. #28
    icetoad Guest

    great suggestions

    already had the payed account at geocaching, been getting pocket queries that didn't have much stuff in em cause i hadn't read the manual. (A good technician throws the manual away, but a great techician remembers where he threw it.)

    anyway, i downloaded the swiss army knife. wow, what a tool, thanks so much for that suggestion, i couldn't wait to give em my 25 bucks. I played with it till about 2 in the morning. So now I have that, which sends the waypoints with more usable names to my garmin, 3 different mapping software packages to print out small maps to help me get close when I'm driving. (I'd hate to rear end somebody cause I was watching my garmin instead of their rear end.)

    I've got a 3 day weekend coming up, 1 day is guaranteed as a fishing day. (weather could play a part.) 1 day doing all the stuff I'm supposed to do around the house. and 1 day hunting caches.

    I'm aiming for a personal high. (yeah I know, all I need is 3, don't rub it in.)

    but back on topic, great suggestions, thank you.

  9. #29
    Q Guest
    Jes member rule # 1, Toad. HAVE FUN

  10. #30
    nonnipoppy Guest
    Icetoad you might get something from this discussion:

    http://www.arkgeocaching.org/modules...e1e72efd0#8255


    ......poppy

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