Geocoin Nerds Geocoin Todie's Wild Ride: Helmet Awareness #4

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Released:
Tuesday, November 18, 2008
Origin:
United States
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About This Item

Helmets

1.       One crash kills most helmets. That Styrofoam layer between the shell and your head is your best friend. The expanded polystyrene (Styrofoam) crushes under impact to give your head approximately 6/100ths of a second extra stopping time. That 6/100ths of a second can be the difference between you getting back up and riding off and having to relearn the alphabet. The foam also distributes the point of impact over a larger area.

 

2.       Proper Fit

Your helmet should neither dig into your scalp nor flop around. The better the fit the more protection you will have. To ensure proper adjustment start with the interior pads. Most are held in place with adhesive or hook and loop strips, which can be added or removed to customize fit or to wash when they get dirty. Next adjust the straps so that each V-buckle is positioned right below your ears, then cinch the main buckle so two fingers barely fit between your chin and the strap. To make sure the helmet is fitting correctly push the front of your helmet up. If it moves more than 1 inch, tighten the chin straps. Repeat with the back adjustment.

 

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    Tracking History (32164.4mi) View Map

    Visited 5/4/2013 sandlanders took it to WWFM X – Juggle and Flash Wisconsin - 72.1 miles  Visit Log

    The nerd coin went to a Flash Mob event in Wausau with us today. We thought about juggling the nerd with a couple of other geocoins, but it stayed safe in a pocket while we threw some other stuff around in the park.

    • location of the Flash Mob event in Wausau
    Visited 5/4/2013 sandlanders took it to Mr. Jefferson's Lookout Wisconsin - 72.09 miles  Visit Log

    Can't remember if the nerd coin has ever been to Wausau, but it has now! Took it up the elevator with us to the top floor of a parking ramp to find this cache, and in addition to the smiley here, we got some great views of the city and the surrounding area.

    • nerd coin at the top of Wausau
    • Look, zoesbrother! More snow! In May! Granite Peak ski runs on Rib Mountain
    Visited 4/26/2013 sandlanders took it to The Big Red Badgers Go to Pasadena Wisconsin - 516.62 miles  Visit Log

    The Big Red Badgers go to Pasadena, and the little teal nerd coin visits a cache. Thought the nerd would like to find a cache back in Wisconsin after the long journey it just went on, and what says "Wisconsin" better than Bucky?

    • Who's that at the old cabin???
    Visited 4/12/2013 sandlanders took it to Bad Hair Day Illinois - 2.52 miles  Visit Log

    Helmets will give most people "bad hair days", but we don't know why this cache here has that name. We do know that is located about a block and a half from where Mr. Sandlanders grew up, and it's also the location where the two of us came for ice cream on our first date after a round of mini-golf with the two friends who introduced us to each other. The nerd coin was hoping to pose by some historical marker that was surely placed to commemorate that day in history, but it had to settle for a pic by the building and sign. The place wasn't even open this early in the morning today! 😡 😉 😎

    • nerd coin at he "historical site"
    Visited 4/12/2013 sandlanders took it to Dave Thinks Your Hungry Illinois - 178.17 miles  Visit Log

    The nerd coin has now officially visited Mr. Sandlanders' home town. While the coin didn't go out with us last night when we had pizza with friends, it had waffles in the motel with us this morning, and it is now loaded up and ready to be back in Wisconsin later today.

    • at the cache location
    • nerd coin with the cache
    • nerd coin visits Mattoon (IL)
    Visited 4/11/2013 sandlanders took it to Fort Defiance, Confluence of America Illinois - 34.92 miles  Visit Log

    The nerd coin distracted us as we came to the park road, so we zipped right on by it and headed back across the Mississippi River into Missouri again. Luckily, we were able to turn around quickly and cross the river right back in to Illinois. It was neat to stand at the southern tip of Illinois with the Ohio River to our left and the Mississippi River to our right. Barges were going by on the rivers during our visit here.

    • bridge to Missouri Here we go back across the Mississippi River again!
    • southern tip of Illinois Note where the waters of the two rivers meet out from the point.
    • nerd coin with Mississippi River barge
    • nerd coin in the state park Fort Defiance SP just south of Cairo, IL, where the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers meet
    Visited 4/11/2013 sandlanders took it to What's Shaking? - New Madrid, MO Missouri - 4.93 miles  Visit Log

    This cache was a big ammo can hidden on the grounds of the New Madrid historical society museum, and it's not far from the Mississippi River. Lots of information to be gathered from the cache and in the museum. Don't think the nerd coin has to worry much about earthquakes in Wisconsin, but you never know where our travels will take it! (Remember Alaska last summer?)

    • nerd coin at the earthquake ammo can
    • museum at the levee
    Visited 4/11/2013 sandlanders took it to WHO caused the New Madrid Earthquake?* Missouri - 214.05 miles  Visit Log

    Of course we know who caused the New Madrid earthquake! It was the nerd coin! The nerd coin is always causing trouble! 😈 Helmets on and take cover when the ground starts to shake!

    • The nerd coin causes an earthquake. See the quake registering on the seismograph drum?
    Visited 4/10/2013 sandlanders took it to Greengrove MB Church Mississippi - 86.87 miles  Visit Log

    Back in Mississippi, we thought we'd take the nerd coin to "church". This would be our last find in the state on this trip.

    • Greengrove MB Church
    • the next county over near Greengrove
    Visited 4/10/2013 sandlanders took it to Strolling Around the Lake Arkansas - 20.73 miles  Visit Log

    The nerd coin has been to the northwest corner of Arkansas, and now at this cache it visited the southeast corner of Arkansas. Still a lot of state left in between.

    • the nerd coin strolling around the lake (Really, it just posed next to the lake for this photo.)
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