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Welcome to Southern California Geocachers!
Welcome to Southern California Geocachers. This site is dedicated to bringing together geocachers from across Southern California and the world. If you have a question on geocaching or anything else that's on your mind, be sure to post it in our forums and one of the many knowledgeable members of our community is sure to answer. We are always looking for submissions of geocaching stories or topics that would be of interest to fellow geocachers. If you would like to submit something to the site, just click on the Submit News.
If you have any questions or comments about the site feel free to contact us directly as well. Thanks for checking out our site! Happy Caching!
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| Playing Nice on Internet Forums |
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 Okay, by popular demand I will re-create a previous article that was inadvertently deleted.
The purpose of this site is to provide an online avenue to to share ideas about geocaching in Southern California, coordinate events and group caching, and generally get to know other geocachers.
Things haven't been running as smoothly as we would all like, but the site is getting back on track.
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 I just wanted to let everyone know how nice the hike is to Fremont Peak off Hwy 395. The view is fantastic. The cache site container was very nice and well placed.
Link to the cache page:
Fremont Peak cache (GCHVDC)
Handsome papa
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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, March 18 @ 08:22:26 EDT (206 reads)
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 This post is a little different than my normal electrical safety rant but you'll still enjoy it...Are you ready to help out this year in a Geocaching CITO (Cache In Trash Out)? Good job! Here's some information I want to share with you before you go out grabbing for garbage to clean up a special area.
Keep your eyes open for used needles. HIV, Hepatitis B and C are diseases that are carried in the blood. These diseases aren’t spread through everyday contact. If needles are shared, individuals are exposed to the blood of another person. If a person is infected with hepatitis B or C or HIV, there’s a risk of the disease being spread. Accidentally being pricked by a used needle may spread a disease to the individual. Occasionally, needles are found in places where children play such as parks and school yards. When this happens, it’s important that the needle is safely collected and disposed of by an adult. In last years Edmonton CITO we found a needle in the city park. Luckily we had a pre-CITO speech for kids on used needle safety.
Teach children these simple rules: • If you find a needle don’t touch it! • Tell an adult where you found the needle. • If you are hurt by a needle, tell an adult. You will need to see a doctor right away. What is the correct way to collect and dispose of a used needle? • FOR ADULTS, Pick the needle up carefully –don’t touch it with your bare hands. If you have gloves, wear them, or use a heavy cloth. If tongs are available, use them to pick up the needle. • Hold the needle tip away from you. Be careful not to prick yourself. • Place the needle with the tip downward in a can or plastic container with a lid. Seal securely. • Call or bring the container to the health unit. Or, take the container to the police, hospital, emergency department, or a hazardous waste disposal site near you. Always look to see what you're grabbing at and use a good pair of work gloves.
Making a CITO "pokey" stick to pick up garbage is safer yet. Safe against needles, glass and easy on your lower back. It's easy to build a CITO "pokey" stick. Find an old wooden broom stick, a couple hose clamps and a long nail. Once you attach the nail to the wooden broom stick with the hose clamps you may want reinforce with duct tape. Please teach children how to use these sticks safely. (not swinging them around and always keeping the point down) You may be bending down occasionally around sharp tree branches, etc and handling a garbage pick-up pokey stick so you may want to wear a pair of safety glasses. Will you be cleaning up near a roadway? You may want to consider getting some reflective safety vests. The more visible you are, the safer you are. It's a good idea to wear a pair of boots with ankle support. Don't forget to bring a bottle of water to keep hydrated. Enjoy your CITO and please keep safe, Johnnygeo
(Ref. www.norwestchc.org needle safety )
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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, April 03 @ 11:36:48 EDT (1119 reads)
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| A Few Reflections On Geocaching.... |
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| I first registered on geocaching.com on Monday, December 30, 2002. I had just gotten a GPSr for Christmas, and done an internet search looking for software. On January 1, 2003, I went on my first cache hunt. (Don't ask...) On January 22, 2003, I made my first find--four years ago today. At that time, when you logged in to geocaching.com there was a bar at the top of the page that told you how many geocaches were located with 250 miles of your listed coordianates. I was amazed when that number topped 2000! If I recall correctly, there were about 10,000 geocaches and about 2,000 geocachers when I started, and a search for the caches near my home coordinates returned on 94 pages. Most geocaches were tupperware, and were generally found in out-of-the-way areas where stealth was not too important. The idea of finding more than a dozen a day was considered extreme! And a thousand finds--by one person! Quite exceptional, indeed! Travel bugs were relatively new, and geocoins not yet invented. The idea of signature items was just forming. In 2003, when you went on vacation to another city the question "Are there any geocaches there?" did not bring an automatic positive response. Urban caches, especially outside the LA/Orange County area were somewhat rare, as were micros and, of course, the "small" catagory didn't exist yet. Arizona and Nevada had less than 1000 caches each--mostly hidden by California geoachers on vacation before the guideline against vacation caches was implemented. There were three more geocaches in Riverside than in Utah! Kilo-club cachers? Not so many then--in fact the Ventura Kids were really kids! At least when I met them at the Southern California Geocachers Pizza Bash, GCGBWH, they were well under 1000 finds. And I seem to remember another newcomer at that first SoCalGeocachers event who caches as EMC of Northridge, who had been caching about two months and wasn\'t sure how much time she would have for this new hobby! She was well on her way to 200 finds by then... So, how are things different today?
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 Hi all! I think I have fixed the database error that has been plaguing everyone the last few days. If you continue to have problems accessing the site, please contact me through my geocaching.com profile and I will see if I can walk you through it.
Thanks to KnC for pointing me in the right direction to fix this problem!!!
-FullOn
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Posted by FullOn on Monday, October 30 @ 18:36:04 EST (3554 reads)
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 Recent Hits:
Yearly Hits:
| • 2003: |
325,168 | | • 2004: |
594,247 | | • 2005: |
840,684 | | • 2006: |
2,939,717 | | • 2007: |
879,146 | | • 2008: |
495,681 | | • Total: |
6,074,676 |
Average Hits:
| • Hourly: | 80 |
| • Daily: |
1,923 |
| • Monthly: |
58,496 |
| • Yearly: |
701,947 |
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