Geocaching

Mac22 · Post by **Mac22** » Mon Feb 12, 2007 6:34 am

not sure if this has been brought up before... but thought i would ask since i'm just starting to get into it.

i won a few bucks in a super bowl pool, so bought myself a gps unit. this weekend i went out in search of a cache that brought me to the site of a wreck of a WWII B-17 bomber that crashed on the mountain in '44. a tough hike, but well worth it. found what was left of the wreckage as well as a memorial for the crew. wreck was about 1600 feet up, and a flag was at the top of the mountain at just over 2000 feet.
i started an account at http://www.geocaching.com and have found some cool sites to explore. next weekend will probably be the hidden gold mine outside of town.

anyone else into this?

420 · Post by **420** » Mon Feb 12, 2007 6:50 am

Mac, your link is bad. Give it another shot.

Mister Bushice · Post by **Mister Bushice** » Mon Feb 12, 2007 6:59 am

Just remove the comma at the end, dipshit. Link works fine.

Rooster · Post by **Rooster** » Tue Feb 13, 2007 1:17 pm

My wife & I have been geocaching for a while now. It combines hiking with exploring, good times. We recently got the Garmin 60csx and have been very happy with it.

Tom In VA · Post by **Tom In VA** » Tue Feb 13, 2007 3:22 pm

I'd actually never heard of it until now. Thanks Mac22. So Rooster uses the Garmin 60csx ...

What kind does Mac use ?

1smoothG · Post by **1smoothG** » Tue Feb 13, 2007 3:24 pm

A memorial. How nice.

There will be no such memorial for you and your dipshit wife. Just some laughter.

BSmack · Post by **BSmack** » Tue Feb 13, 2007 3:36 pm

Mac22 wrote:found what was left of the wreckage as well as a memorial for the crew. wreck was about 1600 feet up, and a flag was at the top of the mountain at just over 2000 feet.

a 2000 foot mountain?

in 3...2...1...

Hobbes · Post by **Hobbes** » Tue Feb 13, 2007 4:21 pm

^^^^^^

I thought the same thing. But this might be one area where the U&L doesn't have complete bode.

Sincerely,
The state with more peaks over 14K than any other

Dinsdale · Post by **Dinsdale** » Tue Feb 13, 2007 5:55 pm

Geocaching was created to make Dungeons and Dragons players get some excercise every once in a while.

Hobbes wrote:Sincerely,
The state with more peaks over 14K than any other

I know this one...Colorado.

BUT...when you consider the elevation of the land the mountains rise from, all of a sudden, them Colorado peaks don't sound so tough.

When you take this into account, and consider how steeply the mountains rise to their peak...

then, of course, the BODE shifts right on back to the U&L, since the "steepest, most rugged" mountains are the North Cascades in Northern Washington.

Of course.

The Sierra in california make a much greater rise from the surrounding elevation than the Rockies, as well.

And there's some BIG fucking mountains in Alaska, or so they tell me...like the 20 biggest ones in the country, for starters.

Hobbes · Post by **Hobbes** » Tue Feb 13, 2007 10:35 pm

Dinsdale wrote:them Colorado peaks don't sound so tough.

Heh. You've clearly never been on top of Mt. Elbert during a June "winter storm."

And yes, the ranges in Alaska definitely have BODE.

But Coloradans sure do love their "14ers."

Wolfman · Post by **Wolfman** » Tue Feb 13, 2007 10:37 pm

North Cascades in Northern Washington

worked up there in 1959 for the USFS
surveying logging roads--
God's country !!!
beautiful scenery---- nothing beat hanging on for dear
life on a moutainside with surveying gear charting a
road through the wilderness !!

BSmack · Post by **BSmack** » Tue Feb 13, 2007 10:45 pm

Wolfman wrote:North Cascades in Northern Washington

worked up there in 1959 for the USFS
surveying logging roads--
God's country !!!
beautiful scenery---- nothing beat hanging on for dear
life on a moutainside with surveying gear charting a
road through the wilderness !!

What would happen if Dinsdale drank Beast Light?

sin

Mikey · Post by **Mikey** » Tue Feb 13, 2007 10:52 pm

Dinsdale wrote:

The Sierra in california make a much greater rise from the surrounding elevation than the Rockies, as well.

The lowest (-282 feet) and highest (+14,496 feet) points in the contiguous 48 states are only 80 miles apart.

There's a somewhat challenging little annual footrace that starts at Badwater and covers 135 miles (not in a straight line) to Whitney Portal at 8360 feet, with a cumulative elevation gain of 13,000 feet. I haven't run this one in the past few years.

(It's 11 miles further to the summit, but since there are a limited number of trail permits each year they don't run to the top anymore)

Y2K · Post by **Y2K** » Tue Feb 13, 2007 11:10 pm

Mikey wrote:
Dinsdale wrote:

The Sierra in california make a much greater rise from the surrounding elevation than the Rockies, as well.

The lowest (-282 feet) and highest (+14,496 feet) points in the contiguous 48 states are only 80 miles apart.

There's a somewhat challenging little annual footrace that starts at Badwater and covers 135 miles (not in a straight line) to Whitney Portal at 8360 feet, with a cumulative elevation gain of 13,000 feet. I haven't run this one in the past few years.

(It's 11 miles further to the summit, but since there are a limited number of trail permits each year they don't run to the top anymore)

So running 135 miles uphill in tempatures over 110 degrees is now challenging?

Sissy
Sack up tough guy
Register this year and go for broke.

BTW- Can I have your record player after they peel your carcass off the Death Valley Asphalt?

Wolfman · Post by **Wolfman** » Tue Feb 13, 2007 11:16 pm

Bri--
good thing I was comsuming "Oly" and Rainier
when I had time off in town !!

rack the logger's bars in Darrington WA !!

Dinsdale · Post by **Dinsdale** » Tue Feb 13, 2007 11:19 pm

Rainier...pronounced "ron-YAY"...was quite the staple in the --
Crazy times!!!
Back in the U&L!!!

Damn, even in high school, I'd buy a shorty of pounders in the bottle for like $2.50 when I was working in Tacoma.

It was about 20-30 cents more back here at home.

Atomic Punk · Post by **Atomic Punk** » Tue Feb 13, 2007 11:21 pm

Wolfman wrote:North Cascades in Northern Washington

worked up there in 1959 for the USFS
surveying logging roads--
God's country !!!
beautiful scenery---- nothing beat hanging on for dear
life on a moutainside with surveying gear charting a
road through the wilderness !!

Was your dad's last name either Mason or Dixon?

Mac22 · Post by **Mac22** » Tue Feb 13, 2007 11:29 pm

Tom In VA wrote:I'd actually never heard of it until now. Thanks Mac22. So Rooster uses the Garmin 60csx ...

What kind does Mac use ?

Magellan eXplorist 200

tuff gong · Post by **tuff gong** » Tue Feb 13, 2007 11:30 pm

Atomic Punk wrote:
Wolfman wrote:North Cascades in Northern Washington

worked up there in 1959 for the USFS
surveying logging roads--
God's country !!!
beautiful scenery---- nothing beat hanging on for dear
life on a moutainside with surveying gear charting a
road through the wilderness !!
Was your dad's last name either Mason or Dixon?

or Lewis or Clark?

T1B

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