Are the majority of caches a bit tame for you? Then check out this site, Extreme Caching.com
On the site you will find reviews, recommendations and experiences by other thrill seeking cachers. The photo gallery is excellent too, showing off some of the challenges that await.
The site is pretty new so the caches are limited and mostly in the US, but I’m sure over time new and challenging caches will be added. Congrats to the extreme caching.com team for putting this together.
GPSies is a very cool website set up by Klaus Bechtold that shares your GPS tracks, allowing everyone to upload and download tracks very easily and view in Google maps.
Tracks are available to download in a range of file types from KXML to GPX , there is also a quick and easy option to export tracks to your Garmin GPS too.
But with so many tracks available it’s good to see that an excellent search facility is provided. Search results can also be filtered by the following catagories: By Foot, By Wheel, By Motor, On Water, At Winter and Others.
Once you’ve found an interesting track, detailed information can be viewed for it including an altitude profile, and users can provide feedback via ratings, so you’ll know if the track is going to be good or not!
But it’s not just us Joe Public using the site as I was delighted to see that MBR Magazine uploads their routes to the site, currently they have 52 tracks uploaded, see below,
If you have a Garmin Edge 705 and Memory-Map then I’m sure you’re probably having a few issues getting your routes downloaded to your Garmin device. I believe this is fixed with the latest version of Memory-Map but here is a way to get round the problem if you don’t have the latest version or just don’t want to run the update.
Before you get started you’ll need a small utility (GPX2CRS) to convert a GPX file to a *.crs file. The generated *.crs file can then be imported into Garmins Training Center application and then finally exported to your Garmin Edge. You can download GPX2CRS for free here.
The GPX2CRS utility also has some extra features like speed simulation, speed adjustment, track reversing and automatic creation of course points. And it also allows you to add track points to avoid the ‘Off course’/'Course found’ problem.
OK, to get your route over from Memory-Map to your Garmin just follow the steps below,
And that’s it, you should now have your course loaded onto your Garmin and be ready to hit the trails. It certainly works for me and I can convert my files pretty quickly now just following the simple steps above.
The sun has finally decided to shine for a few days now and I got the chance to get out on the trail. And what a turnaround it’s been from the recent gloop we’ve had. The trails were dusty and dry, it’s such a pleasure to be out biking in these conditions, fantastic!
I have to say that I don’t normally like to hang around, too busy trying to beat my virtual partner on my Garmin Edge, but with the bluebells out in the woods and looking amazing, I had to stop to take a few pictures. I even grabbed a few photos further along the trail including the sun glinting off my trusty steed J Enjoy…
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I’m John Wyer and I have a passion for technology and the great outdoors. My day job enables me to immerse myself in my love of mobile technology but that love doesn’t stop there. In my spare time I’m an avid fan of Geocaching and also mountain / road bike regularly, using the latest and greatest technology wherever I can.
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