Congratulations to the Coast To Coast cachers!

[L E G E N D]

A big congratulations to the Coast To Coast cachers, who now own the largest cache series in the UK!

http://www.geocaching.com/bookmarks/vie ... 31c3c2dba8

W E L L . D O N E . F R O M . L E G E N D ! ! !

for now...

[Jungle Goddess]

Could it be the biggest series in the world?

[The Syllogiser]

Could it be the biggest series in the world?

Not sure they can 'claim' that - as they have all used their own caching names -- LEGEND is only one .. if you get me drift --- would be nice for them after all that effort ............ suppose they could "re-badge" to only one name

[The Bolas Heathens]

Not quite - GC227EK PT#250 - Nordsjællands powertrail for example has more caches on it. I'm not sure distance-wise if it's bigger though.

Still an impressive feat setting up this new series coast to coast though

Could it be the biggest series in the world?

[pete37038]

Not quite - GC227EK PT#250 - Nordsjællands powertrail for example has more caches on it. I'm not sure distance-wise if it's bigger though.

Could it be the biggest series in the world?

One for Foinavon

[Dan1980]

Not quite - GC227EK PT#250 - Nordsjællands powertrail for example has more caches on it. I'm not sure distance-wise if it's bigger though.

Could it be the biggest series in the world?

Paul will be booking his plane ticket as we speak

[PopUpPirate]

Now I know what "Powertrail" is in Norwegian

[Foinavon]

Now I know what "Powertrail" is in Norwegian

I think you'll find that cache is in Denmark not Norway but that's power trails for you , who cares what location or what country as long as its good for numbers.
As for me finding it, well I have been to Denmark, mercifully in the days before geocaching.

As for the Coast To Somewhere fairly near the Coast series. Well I can't rival it for numbers but I do own the trail with the fewest number of caches. GC1H28J Keckwick Brook Trail. I await your congratulations.

Its disabled at the moment because it seemed to go AWOL after Lizzardman found it (assuming he did actually find it, ), this week I intend to replace the entire trail.

[Lizzardman]

Its disabled at the moment because it seemed to go AWOL after Lizzardman found it (assuming he did actually find it, ), this week I intend to replace the entire trail.

Yep - I definitely found it - I've even described in great detail where it actually was!

[The Bolas Heathens]

A series of 607 caches have just come out on an old power line road on the California / Nevada border just south west of Las Vegas: GC24QK2 Liber .

Could it be the biggest series in the world?

[JeremyR]

A series of 607 caches have just come out on an old power line road on the California / Nevada border just south west of Las Vegas: GC24QK2 Liber .

Yikes!

[The Bolas Heathens]

My thoughts entirely. It's very much for some hardcore 4x4's too as it's a dirt road at best and open desert elsewhere - pretty rocky in places too.

We broke down on the I15 just south of the new caches (near to GCH97A Blown Engine Cache, which I went off to find whilst we waited for a replacement minivan to be sent out to us) last summer and it was something like 113 degrees in the shade! You'd want to take a serious amount of water and supplies as virtually the whole trail is absolutely miles from anywhere and very remote.

Yikes!

[pete37038]

The 3 Earthcaches look good at the top of the trail 607 on the road WTF ? !!

[The Bolas Heathens]

Some cracking Earthcaches round there - we did a couple a bit further west of there and they were really good.

The road is more like very vague track across the sand of the Mojave Desert. Quite a bit of it looks to be off-road driving across the desert. Not a series of caches for the faint hearted as it's very hot and very remote.

The 3 Earthcaches look good at the top of the trail 607 on the road WTF ? !!

[The Bolas Heathens]

I see this series has just been used to set the world record for the most finds in 24 hours - it now stands at 566 finds! Click here for a link to the thread on the dark side.

A series of 607 caches have just come out on an old power line road on the California / Nevada border just south west of Las Vegas: GC24QK2 Liber .

[The Bolas Heathens]

Scrub that as the record has already been beaten with 626 finds on 2 April in exactly 24 hours on the same trail. This time by Peasinapod and Team Geo-Rangers (who we met a few years ago at the Geocoinfest in California ).

I see this series has just been used to set the world record for the most finds in 24 hours - it now stands at 566 finds! Click here for a link to the thread on the dark side.

[Foinavon]

Scrub that as the record has already been beaten with 626 finds on 2 April in exactly 24 hours on the same trail. This time by Peasinapod and Team Geo-Rangers (who we met a few years ago at the Geocoinfest in California ).

I see this series has just been used to set the world record for the most finds in 24 hours - it now stands at 566 finds! Click here for a link to the thread on the dark side.

I'm sorry I can't help it. I should know better. Its like a drug.

I'm trying to be as objective as possible here without going into one of my typical power trail rants but do these records matter any more (and the answer is for many is yes or we wouldn't be discussing it ? When Pengy and Tigger got 100 caches in 24 hours (in 2006 I think?) now that was an achievement. I seem to remember it took the best part of 24 hours, took in several counties and required weeks of planning in advance. Now all you have to do is walk/drive in a straight line (or a very large circle ). Of course you still need stamina (for me it would be mental more then physical) but to me you are not breaking an existing record because that previous record was set when it was a much harder thing to do. All it is a measure of how cache density is increasing. That is it. For records in anything to be valid then the effort required to achieve those records must have remained constant over time otherwise its completely meaningless (inmho!)

[The Bolas Heathens]

I'm sorry I can't help it. I should know better. Its like a drug.

I don't think they matter at all other than to those who try to break them and those who have just broke them, which is a small sub-set of cacher's mainly from Southern California.

I'm curious to follow them but have never been interested in anyone who breaks records as such as anyone could do it given the right planning, time etc etc. It's like FTF's - I have been known to have fun chasing them but I really don't see the kudos some cacher's place on getting a FTF as at the end of the day you were just the one who had nothing else to do at that moment and was nearby so could dash out for it .

I'm trying to be as objective as possible here without going into one of my typical power trail rants but do these records matter any more (and the answer is for many is yes or we wouldn't be discussing it ?

[FantasyRaider]

but I really don't see the kudos some cacher's place on getting a FTF as at the end of the day you were just the one who had nothing else to do at that moment and was nearby so could dash out for it .

i like that!..... made me smile.
Yeah i do like getting an FTF but i won't leave a lovely location hunting caches just because my phone went crazy with new published caches (like it did today).
I just like finding caches ... full stop!

[teamhillside]

Just out of interest, how do you get your phone to "go crazy" with new caches? I've got a method, but its very "heath robinson" and costs me every time a new cache is published - Skeg to Ness just about cleaned me out!!!

(For what its worth, my heath robinson set up is email > twittermail > twitter a/c1 > watched by twitter a/c2 > tweetsms.com > SMS to my mobile)

Matt

[Dan1980]

I think you need one of them posh t'internet phones that can receive emails

[alicephilippa]

I think you need one of them posh t'internet phones that can receive emails

yup...

[teamhillside]

That is indeed an answer! To be honest, I'm a tech geek - love gadgets. But I still can't work out why anyone would pay £30 a month to be able to carry a phone around with them. Perhaps I'm just anti-social, but I spend on average £5 per month on a PAYG package (including some internet access) and about £3 per month on the landline at home. I'd love a iPhone as a gadget, but not at >£350 per year.

I'm sure there are cheaper options, but none would be as cheap as my £5 per month (even if I do have to shell out 5p every time a cache is listed in my vicinity). Actually, the only shame is that because I'm on Virgin I can't get SMS updates on Twitter for free (as you can on just about every other network).

Matt

[JeremyR]

Just out of interest, how do you get your phone to "go crazy" with new caches? I've got a method, but its very "heath robinson" and costs me every time a new cache is published - Skeg to Ness just about cleaned me out!!!

Most mobile companies provide an email-to-SMS gateway but they keep quiet about it. Messages sent to a specific email address are converted to SMS and sent to your phone as a regular inbound SMS (long messages get truncated normally). Look and see if your mobile company is on this list, fill out the form (change a digit in the number JIC they spam ) and it'll give you the right email address + instructions to activate the service if needed. It certainly used to work on Virgin a couple of years ago. Don't know if they charge for the privilege or not these days...

Then just change your notification setup to send messages to that number (which will be something like 07123456789@yourphonecompany.co.uk). You won't get the actual coords, of course but the first few characters of the notification email contain the GC number of the published cache

[teamhillside]

Thanks for the advice - unfortunately I tried that a good while back, and it appears that Virgin don't do that any more. Certainly nothing ever came through, and the virgin staff themselves didn't appear to know about it when I contacted them. Hence my heath robinson solution! My solution would have been quite elegant had not Twitter stopped free SMSs for virgin customers too! A double whammy!

However, I stay with virgin because their 30p per day mobile internet access (albeit very limited) is the most reasonable PAYG solution I've found for someone like me who spends less than £5 per month on the mobile.

Matt

[FantasyRaider]

Just out of interest, how do you get your phone to "go crazy" with new caches? I've got a method, but its very "heath robinson" and costs me every time a new cache is published - Skeg to Ness just about cleaned me out!!!

(For what its worth, my heath robinson set up is email > twittermail > twitter a/c1 > watched by twitter a/c2 > tweetsms.com > SMS to my mobile)

Matt

I have a blackberry with free unlimited internet conection, all my emails go directly to my phone so no matter where i am i get new cache info! ...simples!

[FantasyRaider]

That is indeed an answer! To be honest, I'm a tech geek - love gadgets. But I still can't work out why anyone would pay £30 a month to be able to carry a phone around with them. Perhaps I'm just anti-social, but I spend on average £5 per month on a PAYG package (including some internet access) and about £3 per month on the landline at home. I'd love a iPhone as a gadget, but not at >£350 per year.

I'm sure there are cheaper options, but none would be as cheap as my £5 per month (even if I do have to shell out 5p every time a cache is listed in my vicinity). Actually, the only shame is that because I'm on Virgin I can't get SMS updates on Twitter for free (as you can on just about every other network).

Matt

ok, my contract costs £40 a month for 1000 mins of talk time, unlimited text (that i never use) and unlimited internet conection where ever i am.
If I don't use the 1000 mins they then credit it me at the end of the month.
So far my highest monthly bill was £26.
Good going as I'm always on the internet, always getting the cache news in a nano second and google puzzles while i'm quiet at work.
I always spent over this much when PAYG .... just for phone calls! ..... cool huh?
Oh I'm with Virgin