TEAM CHUMP REPORTING .....
1) How did you get introduced to Geo Caching?
A: Team GPERS
2) How long have you been a Geo Cacher?
A: Since Sept 2001
3) What is your present GPS'r?
A: etrex summit
a) What was your first GPS'r?
A: same
b) How many units have you owned?
A: 1, purchasing the Garmin RINO in the next few weeks though,
once it is available.
c) What unit(s) would you recommend to new
cachers?
A: Garmin with mapping capabilities.
4) How long did it take to locate your first cache?
A: 5 minutes (Rancho, long gone now... :( )
5) What has been your most memorable cache?
A: RIP. 4 caches that day, coke ovens, and a bad ass road
trip - including driving across the Gila River. But we
made it, unscathed! Lots of other real good ones too though.
a) Why?
A: Team Effort, 4 wheeling, puzzle caches. Combined all my favorite
aspects of the game. Oh yes, and we got a pie coupon.
6) What has been your least favorite cache?
A: Locationless ones.
a) Why?
A: They've really gotten some bad ones now. Some are ok, but
for example there are locationless that are "find a US flag
on a pole" or "Take a picture of a water tower".
If you don't need a GPS, I question if it is a cache at all.
7) What factors dictate which cache you go looking
for?
A: I go for all of them eventually.
8) How many other Geo Cachers have you met while on a
caching hunt?
A: Surprisingly, many. I would say maybe 15 teams.
9) Has that meeting changed the way you cache?
A: No. (?)
10) When unable to locate a cache how long do you
search?
A: many factors. How remote? Basically as long
as I have time until I have searched the area
to my satisfaction.
a) How many attempts before logging a no-find?
A: When I feel I can't find it without more info.
b) Do you contact the cache owner for help?
A: No.
c) Do you ask other cachers for help?
A: If at all, only as a last resort. Matter of pride.
11) When driving around are you tempted to go and look
again at caches you have found before?
A: No.
12) What has been the best trinket in a cache?
A: Pottery shards. Just kidding. Probably the
the HP Print server in AZ Techno Gecko.
13) What has been the worst trinket in a cache?
A: matchbooks.
14) Do you leave a signature item?
A: Started leaving Orange Cable Clamps.
a) Are you considering your own?
A: see above.
b) Who has the most notable?
A: Only notable to me are Roping the wind or sand dollar.
I can pretty much tell a Libby cache too by now.
15) When in a populated area waiting to retrieve a
cache what things do you do to pass the time?
A: Like Eric, sit and complain about all the people present.
a) While waiting what was the worst thing to have
happen?
A: They don't leave.
b) What has been the best thing?
A: Meet other teams. At Jesse and Jedi we have 5 teams there
at once a few months back! Tim (AZFastFeet) I think I've
run into you what, four times now?
16) Do you practice Cache in Trash out?
A: When possible.
17s
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?
A: Start easy, and do at least a dozen before putting
one out. Kiss your family goodby unless they start caching
with you because you may not be home much!
What if you get caught by someone?
A: Talk to the plants and myself. Ask them what the
frequency is over and over. They usually leave. If you
don't want to act schizophrenic, the GPS as a cell phone
usually works. I don't remember ever being caught though.
If you don't act suspicous, its not usually a problem.
How the heck do so many of you find soooooo many
caches? I know you work for money, so where do you
find the time?
A: I have topo software on my computer. I can plot
the caches on the maps and group them together for hunts
and do several at once. They add up. Besides, with Loran
leaving, somebody has to make a feeble attempt at chasing
Larry.
Rob
Team CHUMP
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