Monthly Archives: January 2009

What all that chain link on the hillside is doing…

You must have run into these: chain link fence “nets” on cliffs and so forth, presumably to catch falling rocks.  I see these things all the time on the trail (read: mountain roads near Fallbrook, Ramona, etc.) and frankly thought … Continue reading

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Bear with me…

I’m still trying to work out how to host all of my log, stash note and other document templates up here for your use.  Stand by all.  The new “Resources” tab at the top is where you’ll access all that … Continue reading

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Planning For A “Crush” Event – Part 0

Part 0: Full disclosure So you’ve been caching for a while and you think you are just insane enough to try for “100 caches in 24 hours!”, “As many as we can get before we pass out” or “300 finds … Continue reading

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Great Moments in History: Manpack GPS

When I reflect on the ~$400 it cost me for my GPSr a couple years ago, I find it helpful to take a peek back in time (to 1980) to put it all in perspective.  Try one of these on … Continue reading

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Geocoding Your Pics with GPICSYNC

As if your mind numbing slide shows just aren’t enough, GPICSYNC can plot them on a map for you… I get questions.  When I brought up Geocoding recently, eyes glazed over and the most interested anyone could get was “what … Continue reading

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TUAW Reviews the iPhone Geocaching App

Over at The Unoffical Apple Weblog (TUAW), Steven Sande has posted a review of the iPhone Geocaching Application.  It’s a good intro to the application and, not being an iPhone junkie myself, it looks honest and reasonably well written.  If … Continue reading

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Using “Watcher” to Filter Your GPX Pocket Queries

High level overview of features/functionality included with “Watcher” by ClayJar. Continue reading

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