1) How did you
get introduced to Geo Caching?
-Wife saw an article on Fox10 about 'treasure
hunting', and I thought it sounded extremely fun. Ran out the door 10
minutes later with my GPS and first cache info.
2) How long have you been a
Geo Cacher?
- 8/23/02 will be one year
3) What is your present
GPS'r?
-Garmin GPS III (Mr. A) / GPS V (Mr.
I)
a) What was your first
GPS'r?
-Magellan GPS Pioneer
b)
How many units have you owned?
-2
c) What unit(s) would you
recommend to new cachers?
-Garmin eTrex probably
4) How long did it take to
locate your first cache?
- ~15-20 min
5) What has been your most memorable
cache?
-Geocache by Dan
Rich
a) Why?
-The scenery
was spectacular
6) What has been your least favorite
cache?
-King Usery's Treasure
a) Why?
-First of all, because I didn't
find it. Second, because of circumstances in the cache area. Weather
started moving in, and wind from over the mountain almost blew me off my
feet. You couldn't see the clouds
until you were at the top.
7) What factors
dictate which cache you go looking for?
-Time/weather conditions/distance.
Depending on what I'm doing, I'll try to hit a number in the area I'm
going. There hasn't been a lot of time to jump across town/state to hit
many more, but I'm working on
changing that.
8) How many other Geo Cachers have
you met while on a caching hunt?
-None...yet
9) Has that meeting
changed the way you cache?
?
10) When unable to locate a
cache how long do you search?
-depends. 20-30min has been the standard
time frame.
a) How many attempts before logging a
no-find?
-depends on how quickly I can go back
for it.
b) Do you contact the cache owner
for help?
-Yes.
c)
Do you ask other cachers for help?=20
-Haven't yet, but that's a great
idea.
11) When driving around are you tempted to go and look again at
caches =
you have found before?
-Yeah, and sometime I'll start doing
that. Have too many caches around that I need to visit before getting all
nostalgic. :)
12) What has been the best trinket in a
cache?
-a geocoin.
13) What has
been the worst trinket in a cache?
-AMMUNITION. It simply doesn't belong
in a cache, unless it is inert.
14) Do you leave a signature
item?
-in
development
a) Are you considering your
own?
-yes, but I haven't decided what
yet. My teammate and I have a great idea for a signature item, and believe
it will be VERY well received by the entire AZ geocaching
community.
b) Who has the most
notable?
-I loved Chester, but I think the Wyle
operatives have been my most memorable so far.
15) When in a populated
area waiting to retrieve a cache what things do =
you do to pass the
time?
-try to inconspicously locate the cache
without giving away my intentions or the cache
location.
a) While waiting what was the worst thing
to have happen?
-Felt like I've drawn too much
attention to myself and felt uncomfortable with everyone taking a renewed
interest in my presence. :)
b) What has been
the best thing?
-hasn't really been a 'best'
thing.
16) Do you practice Cache in Trash out?
-if I remember my backpack from the truck,
absolutely.
17) Your own question for others?
-Can't think of anything
atm.
Brian (Mr. "A")
of Team A.I.
I haven't lost my mind. It's backed up on
disk somewhere.