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?
2
> 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
www.myblueheaven.com/geocache
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