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Wildlifewriter Founder member
Joined: 04 Aug 2005 Posts: 948 Location: Norn Iron
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Posted: Thu Nov 10, 2005 11:37 pm Post subject: Could you go back? |
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I'm sure that this topic was discussed on the gc.com forums, ages ago, but I can't find it - which is ironical enough...
Could you re-visit a cache which you found before - WITHOUT using your GPSr (at all) on the return?
I was boasting to Wuthered the other day, that I could do this very thing - for any of the 200+ caches that I have logged. He seemed sceptical (as usual when I say anything), so...
Could YOU do this?
-Wlw. |
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Naefearjustbeer Founder member
Joined: 20 Sep 2005 Posts: 118
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Posted: Thu Nov 10, 2005 11:45 pm Post subject: |
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I think I could do that, I dont have quite so many to revisit though. My finds have been spread out over a few years though! _________________ www.naefearjustbeer.co.uk |
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wuthered Founder member
Joined: 29 Aug 2005 Posts: 51 Location: Co Down
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Posted: Fri Nov 11, 2005 12:31 am Post subject: |
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I would think The King of Mourne might be a problem for Wlw, especially as he doesn't remember the first time he was there. |
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the windsockers Founder member
Joined: 05 Sep 2005 Posts: 77 Location: Co Fingal
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Posted: Fri Nov 11, 2005 4:31 am Post subject: |
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i think i could remember most of them but some that i have done i'll never forget
As for WlW's memory i tested it the other day and it was fine |
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Haggis Hunter Founder member
Joined: 29 Aug 2005 Posts: 2487 Location: The building site formally known as Edinburgh!
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Posted: Fri Nov 11, 2005 8:28 am Post subject: |
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What about the caches that have been moved slightly?
Except for caches that have moved location slightly I know the exact location of every cache in Edinburgh. Firth of Forth's Aberlady Bay cache may be a difficult one to get back to without GPS.
To be honest I don't think I would be able to find all of them, the vast majority I would though. _________________ Let me know if I say anything that offends you
I might want to offend you again later |
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Firth of Forth Founder member
Joined: 29 Aug 2005 Posts: 1493 Location: East Lothian, Scotland
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Posted: Fri Nov 11, 2005 11:19 am Post subject: |
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Most of them perhaps, but certainly not all of them!! The ones I would have difficulty with are those that I did with other people, as I won't necessarily have the visual memory of the entire search process. _________________ Utterly smitten by a Captain
And now Mrs Aubrey |
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Billy Twigger Founder member
Joined: 30 Aug 2005 Posts: 352 Location: N55 51.686 W5 05.647
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Posted: Fri Nov 11, 2005 2:17 pm Post subject: |
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No chance!
One or two mayby, but I have trouble enough finding them first time!
What I can do (like everyone I guess) is recognise immediately a location if it appears on TV or in a magazine.
For example the new Lena Martell DVD features HHs Ratho cache location! Loads of other Edinburgh locations too - but as I say - I need to find them first time round first! |
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allieballie Founder member
Joined: 29 Aug 2005 Posts: 296 Location: Fife
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Posted: Fri Nov 11, 2005 5:02 pm Post subject: |
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Yes, I think I could give it a good go - unless, like FoF said, it happened to be one where I had been out caching with other people and they had found it rather than me. e.g. I have no idea where any of the Bute ones that we did on the Sunday morning walk are - they were all found long before us stragglers at the back arrived on the scene!
Not long ago, I was passing the place where I'd found my first cache and decided to stop and go to the cache to see if it had a TB in it. Because it was a spur of the moment decision, I had no GPS, no cache page, no co-ords, no clue - I was sure I would remember where it was. However, when I got there I found that the whole area had been logged to devastation. The cache had been hidden next to a fallen tree trunk but there was no sign of any fallen tree trunks either. Stood there and scratched head etc. and kicked dead branches etc about for a minute or so - found cache!
Having said that, I forgot exactly which tree I had hidden one of my own at the other week when I took geoki there! So I am not saying that I could go immediately to the cache container at every one I've done, but I reckon I could go to the general location and find it at some point! |
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geoki Founder member
Joined: 19 Sep 2005 Posts: 29 Location: aberdeenshire
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Posted: Fri Nov 11, 2005 6:52 pm Post subject: |
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allieballie wrote: | Yes, I think I could give it a good go - unless, like FoF said, it happened to be one where I had been out caching with other people and they had found it rather than me. e.g. I have no idea where any of the Bute ones that we did on the Sunday morning walk are - they were all found long before us stragglers at the back arrived on the scene!
Not long ago, I was passing the place where I'd found my first cache and decided to stop and go to the cache to see if it had a TB in it. Because it was a spur of the moment decision, I had no GPS, no cache page, no co-ords, no clue - I was sure I would remember where it was. However, when I got there I found that the whole area had been logged to devastation. The cache had been hidden next to a fallen tree trunk but there was no sign of any fallen tree trunks either. Stood there and scratched head etc. and kicked dead branches etc about for a minute or so - found cache!
Having said that, I forgot exactly which tree I had hidden one of my own at the other week when I took geoki there! So I am not saying that I could go immediately to the cache container at every one I've done, but I reckon I could go to the general location and find it at some point! |
But you did redeem yourself by inviting me back to yours for a cuppa and to get changed into dry clothes for the trip home. Besides I wouldn't have missed the bizarre chat I had with the weeman, through the bathroom door as I was changing, about Doctor Who for anything!! |
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wuthered Founder member
Joined: 29 Aug 2005 Posts: 51 Location: Co Down
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Posted: Sat Nov 12, 2005 1:50 am Post subject: |
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This is one that I wouldn't fancy my chances of finding without a GPS. It is off the beaten track and even with a GPS can be hard to find. But at least you would then be in the general area. I would challenge Wlw to go back to this one without GPS or hint. Should keep him out of trouble for an hour or so. |
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Billy Twigger Founder member
Joined: 30 Aug 2005 Posts: 352 Location: N55 51.686 W5 05.647
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Posted: Sat Nov 12, 2005 12:05 pm Post subject: |
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wuthered wrote: | This is one that I wouldn't fancy my chances of finding without a GPS. It is off the beaten track and even with a GPS can be hard to find. |
pussycat took me two attempts -which supports my view that I find it hard enough even with my gpsr!
It did however, have the advantage of being "mirror" posted. Which meant that I got logging it twice. (Until it got sussed by the demi-gods and chopped off! ) |
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Billy Twigger Founder member
Joined: 30 Aug 2005 Posts: 352 Location: N55 51.686 W5 05.647
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Posted: Sat Nov 12, 2005 12:19 pm Post subject: |
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allieballie wrote: | Having said that, I forgot exactly which tree I had hidden one of my own at the other week when I took geoki there! So I am not saying that I could go immediately to the cache container at every one I've done, but I reckon I could go to the general location and find it at some point! |
I went out to St Ninians point a few days ago to check on my What's the Point? cache. Left my GPSr in the Roller because I was so certain where it was. Couldn't find it at all! (It's like the surface of the moon out there at this time of year!)
Got back to the car, fired up my GPSr and went straight to it! Scary. |
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Haggis Hunter Founder member
Joined: 29 Aug 2005 Posts: 2487 Location: The building site formally known as Edinburgh!
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Posted: Sat Nov 12, 2005 1:03 pm Post subject: |
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That's a bit of a walk there and back, bet you take the GPS with you in future?
Did you see my mate 'The Ass' when you went? _________________ Let me know if I say anything that offends you
I might want to offend you again later |
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Wildlifewriter Founder member
Joined: 04 Aug 2005 Posts: 948 Location: Norn Iron
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Posted: Sat Nov 12, 2005 2:01 pm Post subject: |
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Billy Twigger wrote: | pussycat took me two attempts -which supports my view that I find it hard enough even with my gpsr!
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That'd be a toughie, no bout a doubt it.
Mike has picked this one because he knows that I haven't been there for more than a year - and presumably the whole area will look very different.
Nonetheless, I accept the challenge.
We might do some maintenance on the cache, since the owner is long gone. Recent logs indicate that it needs some attention.
-Wlw. |
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wuthered Founder member
Joined: 29 Aug 2005 Posts: 51 Location: Co Down
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Posted: Fri Nov 18, 2005 6:35 pm Post subject: |
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Mission accomplished. But it caused some head scratching. I accompanied Paul (not that we wouldn't trust him) and carried his GPS. After an inauspicious start where we were quite literally going in circles. I heard mutters from ahead of "it's the wrong forest", "where did all those fallen trees come from?", "there used to be a path here". But credit where it's due, in spite of some false searches several hundred metres in the wrong direction he emerged beaming from under a fallen tree with a very wet cache in his hand. There will be no putting up with him now. |
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