1) How did you get introduced to Geo Caching?
For the life of me, I have never been able to remember. I read about it
somewhere and thought, "This looks interesting..."
2) How long have you been a Geo Cacher?
We attempted to find our first cache on August 31, 2001.
3) What is your present GPS'r?
Garmin GPSMap 76S
: a) What was your first GPS'r?
Garmin Etrex Vista
b) How many units have you owned?
Two
c) What unit(s) would you recommend to new cachers?
I'd recommend they read the information at the Mehaffey web site
(http://joe.mehaffey.com) and decide for themselves.
4) How long did it take to locate your first cache?
Two months. Seriously. We tried to find three different caches, each
about a month apart, before we were successful.
5) What has been your most memorable cache?
Decline to answer!
a) Why?
Just one? NO WAY! I could reel off a half-dozen without stopping for
breath, each memorable in its own way.
6) What has been your least favorite cache?
Probably the ones in Florida that we tried and, with one exception,
failed to find.
a) Why?
Because they were all BURIED!
7) What factors dictate which cache you go looking for?
Mostly, it's the quantity and type of controlled substances ingested
before deciding.
8) How many other Geo Cachers have you met while on a caching hunt?
Four that I can remember, not counting the whole bunch of folks we met
at the "West of the Pecos" denouement.
9) Has that meeting changed the way you cache?
Yeah, I've had to quit introducing myself as Bob Renner.
10) When unable to locate a cache how long do you search? DEPENDS
a) How many attempts before logging a no-find? DEPENDS
b) Do you contact the cache owner for help? DEPENDS
c) Do you ask other cachers for help? DEPENDS
11) When driving around are you tempted to go and look again at caches
you have found before?
Not without a specific reason (e.g.: Dropping a TB).
12) What has been the best trinket in a cache?
Probably the 2-CD set of Haydn string quartets and symphonies I snagged
recently at Hillside Haven.
13) What has been the worst trinket in a cache?
FOOD!
14) Do you leave a signature item? No
a) Are you considering your own? No
b) Who has the most notable? Loran
15) When in a populated area waiting to retrieve a cache what things do
you do to pass the time?
Go find another cache to do, then come back.
a) While waiting what was the worst thing to have happen?
I got even older!
b) What has been the best thing?
Meeting Team AzComet
16) Do you practice Cache in Trash out?
Not as often as we could, but we often do.
17) Your own question for others?
What's the one piece of advice you'd want to give to every Neocacher, so
they wouldn't have to learn it the hard way?
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