Also helps to have your cell phone with you - just in case...Originally Posted by RanMan22
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Also helps to have your cell phone with you - just in case...Originally Posted by RanMan22
It does, but a lot of the remote caches in Maine and NH are in areas with no cell phone coverage.Originally Posted by WhereRWe?
Though it has been said before, I can't emphasize enough how helpful (perhaps important is a better word!) it is to enter the location of your car before embarking on a trek. I have been off trail more than once and wished that I had. One time in particular, I completely lost my bearings and began paying attention to where I could hear traffic. Fortunately, I was near some! Even more fortunate was the fact that I eventually bushwacked my way out of the thick brush that I somehow got into and found a trail. I laughed when I was in the situation and laugh now, but you can be sure that I mark the location of my car now! A good friend suggested that I do this before I even had a single episode of confusion off the trail, but my inattentiveness (perhaps stubborness!) to listen to his good direction kept me from taking the step. I would highly recommend that you not do what I did and instead heed the good advice of others - LOL!
It's been awhile since anyone posted a tip here, but I thought of a couple while caching this week.
1. Keep your mouth closed at all times while walking in the woods - unless of course you are interested in eating a few bugs along the way.
2. BELIEVE that you look beautiful covered in sweat, pieces of wood, leaves, dead bugs, cobwebs, or whatever else you may have on you when you have successfully completed that cache!!
3. And, well, while I am here - might as well reinforce the mark your car thing - if you are ANYTHING like me - you WILL lose your sense of direction!
Always bring a pen with you. Sometimes the logbook is there and there is no pen. People sometimes accidently take them.
Sorry, you can not add yourself to your own ignore list.
Bring several pens, and leave one in the cache!Originally Posted by J_Cyr
(Hint: Marden's has a LOT of pens/pencils/etc. right now)
Dont forget your water bottle. I did a what I thought would be a quick cache and it took me ten minutes to hike in and over 45 minutes to find (insert rookie jokes here). I wish I hadn't forgotten my water bottle at home.
A winter trek to the Etna Bog requires snowshoes!
Nuffer
Nuffer - you are right about that!! Unless of course, you want the extra challenge of breaking trail in knee to hip deep snow with boots on - ai yi yi! LOL What an exhilarating experience that was!
~ Beach Comber ~