[Az-Geocaching] survey of sorts...
Jerry Nelson
listserv@azgeocaching.com
Fri, 23 Aug 2002 15:51:01 -0700
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I'll admit I thought this survey was a bit long when I first saw it, but
I find I'm enjoying it. Here's my response.
Jerry
Offtrail
1) How did you get introduced to Geo Caching?
Sierra Club Outing
.
2) How long have you been a Geo Cacher?
Nine months. First find was 11/22/01
3) What is your present GPS'r?
Etrex Legend
a) What was your first GPS'r?
Ditto
b) How many units have you owned?
One
c) What unit(s) would you recommend to new cachers?
I've had only one so can't compare
4) How long did it take to locate your first cache?
About 10-15 minutes including hike. It was an easy find once there, did
no real searching.
5) What has been your most memorable cache?
No doubt, Bronco Butte. Second choice, Grand Undertaking.
a) Why?
For some reason Bronco Butte was thought to be unachievable until then,
at least no one tried for a long time. I suppose the fact that it was
placed by helicopter gave it a mystique.
6) What has been your least favorite cache?
A few of the ones on urban mountains surrounded by residential areas
a) Why?
Too much time driving, trying to find the approach.
7) What factors dictate which cache you go looking for?
I liked the answer about them just being there. In most cases though,
the closer to home, the more likely I'll try sooner.
8) How many other Geo Cachers have you met while on a caching hunt?
Two or three. I remember catching RopingtheWind logging in on Camelback
Mountain. We both were a little relieved, I think, when we realized for
sure we were both cachers.
9) Has that meeting changed the way you cache?
No
10) When unable to locate a cache how long do you search?
20-30 minutes, or longer if it was a long hike in.
a) How many attempts before logging a no-find?
One
b) Do you contact the cache owner for help?
Haven't yet but not above doing so.
c) Do you ask other cachers for help?
Same as b
11) When driving around are you tempted to go and look again at caches
you have found before?
Tempted but never yet done it except the time I checked Hundred Dollar
when it was reported missing.
12) What has been the best trinket in a cache?
I found a Garmin Road and Rec CD in Iowa. It was an older version I
think but I've used it a lot.
13) What has been the worst trinket in a cache?
Religious literature
14) Do you leave a signature item?
No
a) Are you considering your own?
I've thought about it but have no idea what it would be yet.
b) Who has the most notable?
As most others have said, the ubiquitous Sand Dollar
15) When in a populated area waiting to retrieve a cache what things do
you do to pass the time?
Stay put and try to look innocent. That's hard for me to do even under
normal circumstances.
a) While waiting what was the worst thing to have happen?
b) What has been the best thing?
Have no answers for the above two.
16) Do you practice Cache in Trash out?
Yes
17) Your own question for others?
Was geocaching the reason for buying your first GPSr?
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<DIV>I'll admit I thought this survey was a bit long when I first saw =
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but I find I'm enjoying it. Here's my response.</DIV>
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<DIV>Jerry</DIV>
<DIV>Offtrail</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=3D#ff0000 face=3DArial size=3D2>1) How did you get =
introduced to=20
Geo Caching?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=3D#ff0000 face=3DArial size=3D2>Sierra Club Outing</FONT=
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<DIV>.</DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#ff0000 face=3DArial size=3D2>2) How long have you =
been a Geo=20
Cacher?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=3D#ff0000 face=3DArial size=3D2>Nine months. First find =
was=20
11/22/01</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#ff0000 face=3DArial size=3D2>3) What is your present=
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GPS'r?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=3D#ff0000 face=3DArial size=3D2>Etrex Legend</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=3D#ff0000 face=3DArial size=3D2> a)&=
nbsp;What was=20
your first GPS'r?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#ff0000 face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#ff0000 face=3DArial size=3D2>Ditto</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#ff0000 face=3DArial size=3D2><BR> &=
nbsp;b) How=20
many units have you owned?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=3D#ff0000 face=3DArial size=3D2>One</FONT></DIV>
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c) What=20
unit(s) would you recommend to new cachers?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#ff0000 face=3DArial size=3D2>I've had only one so can=
't=20
compare</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#ff0000 face=3DArial size=3D2>4) How long did it take =
to locate=20
your first cache?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#ff0000 face=3DArial size=3D2>About 10-15 minutes =
including=20
hike. It was an easy find once there, did no real=20
searching.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#ff0000 face=3DArial size=3D2>5) What has been your =
most=20
memorable cache?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#ff0000 face=3DArial size=3D2>No doubt, Bronco Butte.&=
nbsp;=20
Second choice, Grand Undertaking.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#ff0000 face=3DArial size=3D2> </=
FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#ff0000 face=3DArial size=3D2>a) Why?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#ff0000 face=3DArial size=3D2>For some reason Bronco =
Butte was=20
thought to be unachievable until then, at least no one tried for a long=20
time. I suppose the fact that it was placed by helicopter gave it a=
=20
mystique.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#ff0000 face=3DArial size=3D2>6) What has been your =
least=20
favorite cache?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#ff0000 face=3DArial size=3D2>A few of the ones on =
urban=20
mountains surrounded by residential areas</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#ff0000 face=3DArial size=3D2>a) Why?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#ff0000 face=3DArial size=3D2>Too much time driving, =
trying to=20
find the approach.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#ff0000 face=3DArial size=3D2>7) What factors dictate =
which cache=20
you go looking for?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#ff0000 face=3DArial size=3D2>I liked the answer about=
them just=20
being there. In most cases though, the closer to home, the more =
likely=20
I'll try sooner.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#ff0000 face=3DArial size=3D2>8) How many other Geo =
Cachers have=20
you met while on a caching hunt?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#ff0000 face=3DArial size=3D2>Two or three. I =
remember=20
catching RopingtheWind logging in on Camelback Mountain. We both =
were a=20
little relieved, I think, when we realized for sure we were both=20
cachers.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#ff0000 face=3DArial size=3D2>9) Has that meeting =
changed the way=20
you cache?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#ff0000 face=3DArial size=3D2>No</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#ff0000 face=3DArial size=3D2>10) When unable to =
locate a cache=20
how long do you search?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#ff0000 face=3DArial size=3D2>20-30 minutes, or longer=
if it was=20
a long hike in.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#ff0000 face=3DArial size=3D2> a) How many =
attempts before=20
logging a no-find?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#ff0000 face=3DArial size=3D2>One</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#ff0000 face=3DArial size=3D2> b) Do you contact =
the cache=20
owner for help?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#ff0000 face=3DArial size=3D2>Haven't yet but not =
above doing=20
so.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><FONT color=3D#ff0000>c) Do you ask =
other cachers=20
for help?</FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#ff0000 face=3DArial size=3D2>Same as b</FONT> </=
DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#ff0000 face=3DArial size=3D2>11) When driving around =
are you=20
tempted to go and look again at caches you have found before?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#ff0000 face=3DArial size=3D2>Tempted but never yet =
done it=20
except the time I checked Hundred Dollar when it was reported=20
missing.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#ff0000 face=3DArial size=3D2>12) What has been the =
best trinket=20
in a cache?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#ff0000 face=3DArial size=3D2>I found a Garmin Road =
and Rec CD in=20
Iowa. It was an older version I think but I've used it a=20
lot.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#ff0000 face=3DArial size=3D2>13) What has been the =
worst trinket=20
in a cache?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#ff0000 face=3DArial size=3D2>Religious literature</=
FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#ff0000 face=3DArial size=3D2>14) Do you leave a =
signature=20
item?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#ff0000 face=3DArial size=3D2>No</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2> </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2> <FONT color=3D#ff0000>a) Are you =
considering=20
your own?</FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#ff0000 face=3DArial size=3D2>I've thought about it =
but have no=20
idea what it would be yet.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#ff0000 face=3DArial size=3D2> b) =
Who has the=20
most notable?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#ff0000 face=3DArial size=3D2>As most others have said=
, the=20
ubiquitous Sand Dollar</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#ff0000 face=3DArial size=3D2> </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#ff0000 face=3DArial size=3D2>15) When in a populated =
area=20
waiting to retrieve a cache what things do you do to pass the=20
time?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#ff0000 face=3DArial size=3D2>Stay put and try to look=
=20
innocent. That's hard for me to do even under normal=20
circumstances.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#ff0000 face=3DArial size=3D2> a) =
While waiting=20
what was the worst thing to have happen?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#ff0000 face=3DArial size=3D2> b) =
What has been=20
the best thing?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#ff0000 face=3DArial size=3D2>Have no answers for the =
above=20
two.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#ff0000 face=3DArial size=3D2>16) Do you practice =
;Cache in=20
Trash out?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#ff0000 face=3DArial size=3D2>Yes</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#ff0000 face=3DArial size=3D2>17) Your own question =
for=20
others?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#ff0000 face=3DArial size=3D2>Was geocaching the =
reason for=20
buying your first GPSr?</FONT></DIV>
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