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Post by Forum Admin on Jul 12, 2007 15:54:06 GMT -9
I thought I'd post this so I can refer back to it and hope it might be useful to you as well.
This is going to be a brain drain as time allows.
I decided to cache Fairbanks while LBK was still there. He moves to Anchorage next week.
Lessons Learned:
1. Having local knowledge is invaluable. 2. When selecting caches, decide what is most important; scenery and adventure or numbers. 3. Ask someone local to make a suggested list of caches in GPX format. 4. If they use their found list, GSAK will list them as found which will be a problem when they are downloaded to gps. Most gpsr suggest the next closest cache. That is the next closest you HAVEN'T found. If the download to gps was in part from someones found list, those will be ignored. 5. USE MAPS!!! If you are unfamiliar with the city, maps that show the caches you want to find are invaluable. They allow you to head for clusters and you can see the easiest route. DON"T depend on your tiny gps screen for this. They also help you keep track of finds. 6. Use a PDA to keep details of caches in. 7. Cachemate is a great program for #6. 8. I use a notebook to track finds and keep notes/TBs/T/L. I feel it is more reliable than an entry in PDA. LBK will disagree. 9. Your feet will get wet. Carry extra sox. 10. A snack (protein) and gatorade are good for a quick pick-me-up. 11. Sunscreen and bug juice close at all times.
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FLYRFN
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Post by FLYRFN on Jul 12, 2007 16:19:30 GMT -9
4. If they use their found list, GSAK will list them as found which will be a problem when they are downloaded to gps. Most gpsr suggest the next closest cache. That is the next closest you HAVEN'T found. If the download to gps was in part from someones found list, those will be ignored. As far as #4 goes, before you send it to your GPS from GSAK you can "Change Symbols" for the found caches and change it to a "not found" cache. this way all caches will show as unfound caches in the GPS.
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Post by NorthWes on Jul 13, 2007 6:58:52 GMT -9
FLYRFN has the answer! Cachemate and GSAK - two programs I'm just bumbling around in as a user - haven't begun to get near 'power-user' status on either, although they get used on every cache download & cache hunt afield.
Gee, Scobey - a lot of that list sounds like what we experienced in SoCal... good list and thanks for quantifying it like that. Number 10 brought back some memories - high above the canyon floor, after surviving the first part of that ladder-ridden slot canyon hike... I'm ready to go back and hunt the desert again!
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