Saw your article on wheel chair Geocaching and wanted to pass along a few things that might be of assistance. From Norman Lazarus, aka magellan315
Wheelchair Geocaching

Saw your article on wheel chair Geocaching and wanted to pass along a few things that might be of assistance.

You mentioned that you carry sparklers in case you get stuck and it gets dark. I'd like to suggest that you carry one of this is a preventive item you add to your tires, that helps seal punctures.

This stuff is really good if you get a puncture. You place the valve on the air valve of your tire and it refills the tire. You then start driving immediately to spread out the sealant around the puncture. It will easily get you to where your going, until you can get the puncture fixed. I plan corporate events and on one event a forklift with large tractor style tires had one tire punctured by a screw, a couple cans of this and it was good to go for several hours until the repair service arrived.

Most sporting goods stores have a bicycle tire size can of this stuff (same size as in the link, larger ones at auto supply stores). I realize you may not be able to reach your valve stem to use this stuff, but at least when help arrives you have an easy fix. I usually have a can of this in my pack when I go on a bicycle ride outside of my immediate area.

...I don't think anything should ever be approved as a one in terrain unless it's questioned...Do you think you could influence Jeremy? From Tim Buckley, aka TripLeader
How to Disable a Cache

Thanks for the magazine article. It's nicely done and even though I don't have any mobility problems it really gets me when someone rates a cache as a one and it's not. I have even tried to write to some, but without much success. The rating scale has 5 points and I don't think anything should ever be approved as a one in terrain unless it's questioned. That's not the case where I live. I look for ones myself once in a while because I like to ride a bike and I like to take my wife on easy ones because she's not into it as much as I am. Maybe that would be a good start! Do you think you could influence Jeremy? Thanks again.

My first roommate in college died of MD my freshman year...I hope to place a cache in his memory, using your guidelines. From Jay A. Emberton, aka ElementalJay
How to Disable a Cache

Thanks for your article in "Today's Cacher". My first roommate in college died of MD my freshman year, but he often told me (as an architecture major) not to forget him when I designed my buildings/shopping malls/whatever. Once I settle down for a bit (not that the army will allow it any time soon), I hope to place a cache in his memory, using your guidelines.

Again, thanks for your article. It brought back some good memories of an old friend.

Thanks for your article on wheelchair-accessibility ...it opened my eyes...I'll think a little harder next time. From minerals44
Wheelchair Accessibility

Thanks for your article on wheelchair-accessibility ... it opened my eyes. I recently brought up a cache and advertised it as "wheelchair accessible". I did so mainly because I didn't want people bushwhacking off the asphalt path and going the more risky but shorter, eco-unfriendly way. The cache is ground level, attached to the underside of a 5 lb. rock, and submerged in a buried piece of 4" PVC pipe. I suspect that the last bit would be a daunting challenge although it could be done from a WC (wheelchair, not water-closet) if one were very flexible at the waist. I'll think a little harder next time.

How is it that "take somthing - leave somthing" results in an empty box in less than a year? From Darrel Schweitzer, aka dswit
Box Contents Attrition

I just visited one of my caches that is less than one year old. It is a large ammo can and was originally stuffed so full of new "stuff" that I could barely close it. But a recent geocacher logged a visit and mentioned that the box was almost empty. Sure enough, it is (was). I replenished it with more new "stuff", but that's the rub. How is it that "take somthing - leave somthing" results in an empty box in less than a year? Everyone who logged the find either said they TNLN or they described what they took and left. Could it be that non-loggers are pirating caches? Mystery to me, but if it happens again, I will not renew the contents.