[GeoStL] Re: Is it me, or is there bad days?

  • From: Brent & Amanda Deen <bajaclan@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Sun, 20 Mar 2005 12:11:48 -0500

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Sorry, RGS.  I credited Strider with the Mighty Miss description when 
it should have been you.


On Mar 20, 2005, at 12:05, Brent & Amanda Deen wrote:

> -
> So-called expert or newbie, we all have bad days.  You can blame it on
> poor GPS reception, environmental elements, mental attitude/aptitude on
> a given day or just plain bad luck.  We've all been there.
>
> I often stay too focused on the GPS waiting for it to zero out rather
> than opening my eyes and using common sense.  I have become so focused
> on what I am sure is the hiding spot, that I fail to consider other
> options.  I have searched for caches only to go home and find they were
> removed for maintenance that very AM.  Sometimes you can stick it out
> and power your way to a solution.  Most of the time though, I find it
> best to walk away and come back with a renewed perspective.  I have
> DNF's more than my fair share of relatively easy caches since moving to
> NoVA.  Is it because I am not thinking like the local hiders?  Is it
> frustration at the traffic and muggles?  Is it that I don't have Myotis
> to find it and hand it to me?  ;)
>
> I would strongly encourage group hunts and events.  It's a great way to
> learn the tricks of the trade from others and see their various methods
> of hunting.  And if you keep your ears open, they will often talk about
> other hides/finds, so take mental notes!  Others will also teach you
> lots of things your GPS can do that you may not have discovered yet,
> like projecting WPs.
>
> Strider is right on the money with his description of Mighty Miss.  I
> think that cache also has a tendency to 'float' a bit, that is, move
> slightly from one hidey hole to another in the same general vicinity.
> Try again and, odds are, you will walk right up to it and wonder how
> you could have missed it in the first place.
>
> As the saying goes somedays you get the bear and some days the Brawny
> Bear....
>
> Amanda
> BAJA Clan
>
>
>
>
> On Mar 20, 2005, at 10:35, Joe Taylor wrote:
>
>> -
>>
>> OK I thnk I mainly need to vent some smoke, after a day of 40% find
>> accuracy (2out of 5 caches).  Even one I had been to before, I could
>> not find again - GCGJGJ - Mighty Miss.  It leaves me wondering if I am
>> not a good seeker, or do others Have days like that too.
>>
>> Do advnced, or expert cachers, like RGS, or STRIDER have days like
>> that too?  Just wondering if I am not alone here.  Also tried the
>> caches in the Emmenegger Park in Kirkwood, thats when I either started
>> thinking something wrong with me or my GPS.
>>
>> Just wondering here, mostly wanted to vent some geocaching steam.
>>
>> Rockey_f_Squirrell
>>
>> Joe Taylor
>>
>>
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