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On [[2008-07-12 40 -80| 2008-07-12]] I was hindered in finding the hash due to the thick trees which caused my GPS to lose lock. While I was intending to scurry up the rocky cliff which stood between me and the hash, the fact that my GPS was non-functional within 200ft of the hash point made it seem rather pointless. Does this qualify me for MNB, because while nature was not sufficiently in my way to stop me, it was in the way of my navigation device, and therefor frustrate my attempt, or does mother nature actually have to kick my ass personally in order to claim this one? [[User:Dgandhi|Dgandhi]] 18:33, 13 July 2008 (UTC) | On [[2008-07-12 40 -80| 2008-07-12]] I was hindered in finding the hash due to the thick trees which caused my GPS to lose lock. While I was intending to scurry up the rocky cliff which stood between me and the hash, the fact that my GPS was non-functional within 200ft of the hash point made it seem rather pointless. Does this qualify me for MNB, because while nature was not sufficiently in my way to stop me, it was in the way of my navigation device, and therefor frustrate my attempt, or does mother nature actually have to kick my ass personally in order to claim this one? [[User:Dgandhi|Dgandhi]] 18:33, 13 July 2008 (UTC) | ||
:I vote for honorable mention. You should extrapolate from the last GPS coords (or prior satellite and/or terrain map scouting) to get close to the hash point. My personal opinion only, of course.--[[User:Thomcat|Thomcat]] 22:48, 13 July 2008 (UTC) | :I vote for honorable mention. You should extrapolate from the last GPS coords (or prior satellite and/or terrain map scouting) to get close to the hash point. My personal opinion only, of course.--[[User:Thomcat|Thomcat]] 22:48, 13 July 2008 (UTC) | ||
Revision as of 20:54, 14 July 2008
What constitutes being beat by nature?
On 2008-07-12 I was hindered in finding the hash due to the thick trees which caused my GPS to lose lock. While I was intending to scurry up the rocky cliff which stood between me and the hash, the fact that my GPS was non-functional within 200ft of the hash point made it seem rather pointless. Does this qualify me for MNB, because while nature was not sufficiently in my way to stop me, it was in the way of my navigation device, and therefor frustrate my attempt, or does mother nature actually have to kick my ass personally in order to claim this one? Dgandhi 18:33, 13 July 2008 (UTC)
- I vote for honorable mention. You should extrapolate from the last GPS coords (or prior satellite and/or terrain map scouting) to get close to the hash point. My personal opinion only, of course.--Thomcat 22:48, 13 July 2008 (UTC)
- If anybody else had come I would have grabbed my compass and we could improvise a game of amateur surveying team and find it, I suppose we could have gotten honorable mention for MNIMB by transitive :) Dgandhi 02:03, 14 July 2008 (UTC)
GPS techniques
Related to the above subject, how do you go about getting GPS info while under dense foliage? This is surely something geocachers have dealt with extensively.--Thomcat 22:48, 13 July 2008 (UTC)
