ISS - Uma Cache irrequieta!

[btrodrigues]

Guidelines last updated February 17, 2010.

[geopate]

[quote="Torgut"]"The listing has been locked and is not accepting new log entries."quote]


...embora neste momento tenham sido apagados, hoje logaram mais de 30 notes entre seis ou sete DNF's...

[geo-amd]

Tá giro. Não chegei a ver esses logs e tenho pena.

Contudo, neste momento, ainda está na página um log realizado hoje mesmo, a reclamar o FTF usando um argumento esquisito. Como esta cache não tem logbook (para evitar o perigo de incêndio), o "visitante" tenta provar que esteve no local da cache usando a técnica da foto.

Começou por tirar uma foto de si próprio no local da cache, não dentro da ISS verdadeira, mas sim dentro do clone da ISS na Terra (Service Module trainer). Depois enviou a foto para a ISS verdadeira (talvez por email, digo eu), e alguém tirou uma foto da foto no ponto onde se encontra a cache. Rebuscado...

[geopate]

Este foi o primeiro "DNF" que li... não sei se há alguns meses atrás houve outros...

"Location: Kazakhstan
KZJ! couldn't find International Space Station (Traditional Cache) at 10/10/2010

Log Date: 10/10/2010
We thought we would try and grab this FTF on 10/10/10, but like many other caches we were hopeful to find first, we had no luck.
Let me tell you of our trip.

We set out early in the morning after months of building, testing, taking apart, rebuilding and retesting our own personal spacecraft. As the countdown began, so did our anxieties. "What if our rocket does not work? What if we don't have enough fuel to get home? What if we are abducted by alien mothership?" And most importantly, "What if we get lost?" No, no. I have my Garmin, she has extra batteries and we have a geosense like no other team.... 4... 3... 2... 1...

BLAST OFF!

With both our eyes shut, we hold on as tight as humanly possible. The rocket roars off of the launch pad, slowly at first, but increasing in speed with each passing second as our hearts do the same. Higher and higher we rip through the sky until we enter the moment we were dreaming of... SPACE! Our main boosters shut down, we gather our wits back about us, and we program our auto-pilot for the ISS.

Traveling through space at unimaginable speeds, my Garmin just couldn't keep up. The numbers were jumping all over the place as if we had entered a black hole where longitude and latitude no longer existed...Then it hit us! There are no coordinates in space! How could I have overlooked such a crucial detail of our journey? Caught up in all the excitement of a FTF on the ISS I had not pondered the need for longitude and latitude. Should we abandon our mission of mishap or venture deeper into the dark depths of the unknown with fleeting hopes that we shall discover what no map can exhibit?

Facing an immense probability of failure, non-return or even almost certain death, we decide to return to the blue sphere in which we were orbiting. Just before our spacecraft blasted back into the atmosphere, we caught a glimpse of the prize that sifted like fine sand through our hopeful-to-sign fingers. The International Space Station, the cache, the First to Find... all lost due to a careless mistake.... made by me, KZJ! Sorry partner.

But we did return in time to attend our first geocaching event, get a FTF, and help break a world record!

10/10/10 was the best day of geocaching ever for Team KZJ! even starting off the day with a DNF on a 5/5 space cache. Thanks!"

e uma série de notes e "DNF's" depois, este pedido entre outro:

"Location: Kazakhstan
Grunriese requested International Space Station (Traditional Cache) to be archived at 10/16/2010

Log Date: 10/16/2010
This cache needs to be locked down again to put an end to all these BS postings. The number of folks dropping off the watchlist is growing rapidly. The NA post is the only thing I can think of to raise this to the attention of the Reviewer."

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[geo-amd]

Facing an immense probability of failure, non-return or even almost certain death, we decide to return to the blue sphere in which we were orbiting. Just before our spacecraft blasted back into the atmosphere, we caught a glimpse of the prize that sifted like fine sand through our hopeful-to-sign fingers. The International Space Station, the cache, the First to Find... all lost due to a careless mistake.... made by me, KZJ! Sorry partner.

Pelo menos estes tentaram.