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Post by oleruns on Nov 15, 2006 17:57:20 GMT -9
Or, is it too dark? Are people planning on caching this weekend? I love winter caching, even when I have to dig around in the snow. I have a couple more I would like to place, do you think I should? One is a puzzle - something to do while it's cold. I am also going to get Flo-Jo up this weekend and my first cache, I think the homeless guy is gone now. He was no trouble, he just used the hide for firewood.
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Post by ladybugkids on Nov 15, 2006 18:23:49 GMT -9
Hide them and I will come!
Probably 1/3 of my finds are by the light of a headlamp and some type of snow tool.
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Post by powmia on Nov 15, 2006 19:25:17 GMT -9
Hopefully I will be out on Sunday, Nov 19, to bag 5-6 more. Your 2 new ones, LBK's "Susitna", "Stinky Overlook", "Last Cache Out", "Here's Your Sign".
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Post by NorthWes on Nov 15, 2006 21:07:18 GMT -9
No - with proper gear even this subzero windchill stuff is workable. Wind is worse than cold... I'd rather be out in fifteen below absolute temps than fifteen below windchill effect. As long as there's snow the dark doesn't bother me either - but I despise that heavy overcast & rain in late October! I was bundled up over at frostbiteak's 'Last Cache Out' this week - the wind literally blew me off my feet! The hat and camo buff wasn't enough for the five minutes of exposure to the high wind at the bluff; I should've put on the windproof balaclava & goggles...
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Post by AKDogMom on Nov 15, 2006 21:18:12 GMT -9
No Way!!!! My daily logs are proof winter caching is definitely doable. I am having a blast. You know, working on that second hundred, maybe by New Years I agree with NorthWes, the wind is the killer. I was perfectly warm hunting Hillside caches today. It was between 3 and 9 above when I parked. At one point or another each of the 3 dogs was holding a foot up, but I knew they weren't serious, nobody was actually limping on the fly. I find the micros I hate during the summer are a welcome treat after digging around in the snow on a cache nobody has hunted this winter.
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Post by Forum Admin on Nov 15, 2006 21:20:38 GMT -9
No - with proper gear even this subzero windchill stuff is workable. Wind is worse than cold... I'd rather be out in fifteen below absolute temps than fifteen below windchill effect. As long as there's snow the dark doesn't bother me either - but I despise that heavy overcast & rain in late October! I was bundled up over at frostbiteak's 'Last Cache Out' this week - the wind literally blew me off my feet! The hat and camo buff wasn't enough for the five minutes of exposure to the high wind at the bluff; I should've put on the windproof balaclava & goggles... HEY!!! I saw this guy on a poster at the Post Office and it was circulated by the FBI to banks and credit unions. Be careful! He's packing!!
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Post by Forum Admin on Nov 15, 2006 21:25:26 GMT -9
LBK and I had the same experience at this cache! Winter caching just means trading the mosquito net, sunscreen and sunglasses for a balaklava and winter garb, headlamp and sunglasses during the day.
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Post by oleruns on Nov 16, 2006 21:17:02 GMT -9
The New Movie: The Adventures of NorthWes the Ninja Cacher!!!
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Post by NorthWes on Nov 17, 2006 9:02:38 GMT -9
The New Movie: The Adventures of NorthWes the Ninja Cacher!!! subtitled - Part Twelve - When Aging Ninjas get creaky in the cold...
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Post by powmia on Nov 18, 2006 14:06:54 GMT -9
The New Movie: The Adventures of NorthWes the Ninja Cacher!!! subtitled - Part Twelve - When Aging Ninjas get creaky in the cold... That does it folks....I will begin drafting a "12-Step" program for GOcachers addicted beyond normalacy. Which would probably apply to most of us.
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Post by powmia on Nov 19, 2006 16:53:17 GMT -9
Hopefully I will be out on Sunday, Nov 19, to bag 5-6 more. Your 2 new ones, LBK's "Susitna", "Stinky Overlook", "Last Cache Out", "Here's Your Sign". Mision accomplished: 8 today, 11/19/06, including Ole's newest rabbit pellet cache.
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Post by ladybugkids on Nov 19, 2006 17:14:36 GMT -9
It's never too cold to cache! Check out the logs for Decon 1 and Decon 2 where the first three finds on each have been done in the dark at ambient (none of that windchill stuff) temperatures of -23° F or colder. My personal coldest was -48° F two winters ago.
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Post by powmia on Nov 19, 2006 20:29:50 GMT -9
It's never too cold to cache! My personal coldest was -48° F two winters ago. I'm not sure if I got the year correct or not, but I believe it was winter 89-90: A weather front blocked in the area in Alaska from the peninsula to north of Fairbanks. The weather folks called it the "Omega Phenomenon" due the front being shaped like the Greek letter Omega. It lasted darn near a month. Average temps in Anchorage were -25F. Most of the outside thermometers in Fairbanks stopped working at -70 or -80F. I have never experienced a colder winter since then.
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Post by ladybugkids on Nov 19, 2006 20:56:23 GMT -9
It's never too cold to cache! My personal coldest was -48° F two winters ago. I'm not sure if I got the year correct or not, but I believe it was winter 89-90: A weather front blocked in the area in Alaska from the peninsula to north of Fairbanks. The weather folks called it the "Omega Phenomenon" due the front being shaped like the Greek letter Omega. It lasted darn near a month. Average temps in Anchorage were -25F. Most of the outside thermometers in Fairbanks stopped working at -70 or -80F. I have never experienced a colder winter since then. That was my first winter in Alaska! Then Mt. Redoubt blew covering Kenai with ash and then someone parked a tanker on the rocks in Prince Willian Sound. Quite the introduction to a wonderful place to live.
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