At 12:11 PM 8/22/2002 -0700, you wrote:

Like Team Scotti I was out caching yesterday so I will answer today. Actually, I was out caching with Team Scotti. :-)

1) How did you get introduced to Geo Caching?

I was up late watching the Discovery Channel and they did a short bit on it. Sounded fun since I already had a GPSR and there was a few caches close to my house.

2) How long have you been a Geo Cacher?

On October 15 it will be one year.

3) What is your present GPS'r?

I currently have two that I use. Magellan 315 and a Magellan SporTrak Pro.

a) What was your first GPS'r?

The 315 was my first one.

b) How many units have you owned?

c) What unit(s) would you recommend to new cachers?

I really like both of mine and would be happy to recommend either. If budget is an issue it would be a 315. If you want mapping you can't go wrong with the SporTrak.

4) How long did it take to locate your first cache?

It was probably 3 or 4 days from the time that I discovered geocaching. The actual trip for the first cache was about a 20 minute walk.

5) What has been your most memorable cache?

There have been quite a few. "Double or Nothing" and "910.285" both come to mind, but I am sure that I am missing many.

a) Why?

I like caches that either have nice scenery or are somehow different than other caches. Both of the ones mentioned about fit those categories.

6) What has been your least favorite cache?

I don't really have a least favorite.

a) Why?
7) What factors dictate which cache you go looking for?

If it is hidden, we will go look for it. If we are on the road, like yesterday, I like to find caches that are in clusters to make the most of our time.

8) How many other Geo Cachers have you met while on a caching hunt?

One team of 2 cachers. I have met many at the event cache that we had down here in Tucson, and others via e-mail, but only Sparky and Groover while on the trail.

9) Has that meeting changed the way you cache?

Not really.

10) When unable to locate a cache how long do you search?

It depends. If I believe that the cache is really there, I will continue to look. There has been many times that I have just about given up and then find the cache,after I stop really looking for it.

a) How many attempts before logging a no-find?

Just one. I believe that if you look for a cache and can't find it, it should be logged as a no-find. For some reason people look at a no-find log as some sort of failure or shameful situation. If I can't actually get to the area of the cache I will log a note. I also leave the no-find logs after I go back and find the cache.

b) Do you contact the cache owner for help?

I have. There have been others that I haven't.

c) Do you ask other cachers for help?

Same as my last answer.

11) When driving around are you tempted to go and look again at caches you have found before?

Not really. I have gone back to the area were I found a cache, but not to the cache itself.

12) What has been the best trinket in a cache?

Hard to tell, but we found a piece of hand made stained glass in a cache out in California that we really liked.

13) What has been the worst trinket in a cache?

There has been a lot of that. If we don't find anything that interests us, we don't trade.

14) Do you leave a signature item?

Not yet.

a) Are you considering your own?

They are already on order and should be here very soon.

b) Who has the most notable?

While not actually a signature item, I loved the "Yellow Jeep Anxiety Pills" and wish I would not have placed them in another cache. Team Sand Dollars sand dollars are great also.

15) When in a populated area waiting to retrieve a cache what things do you do to pass the time?
a) While waiting what was the worst thing to have happen?
b) What has been the best thing?

I don't really have any answer to the 3 above questions.

16) Do you practice Cache in Trash out?

Normally. If it is a long hike I don't carry as much out, but you normally don't find as much trash, but have been surprised at times. I actually took a whole pickup full of trash to the dump when I hid "The Tucson Bugport."

17) Your own question for others?

Can't really think of one that you didn't already cover.

Scott

Team My Blue Heaven