[Az-Geocaching] Question about a survey answer

Regan Smith listserv@azgeocaching.com
Fri, 23 Aug 2002 16:06:10 -0700


maybe we should use the note thing as we attempted this cache at this
time...as I feel a no find  is used once all other options are exhausted...

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From: "Team Tierra Buena" <teamtierrabuena@earthlink.net>
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Sent: Friday, August 23, 2002 3:53 PM
Subject: RE: [Az-Geocaching] Question about a survey answer


> > This goes hand in hand with a question that I asked a number
> > of months ago
> > about no-find logs.  Many people won't post no-find logs but
> > will post a
> > note saying that they couldn't find the cache.  Why is this?
> > Do you look
> > at not being able to find the cache as some sort of failure?
>
> I'm probably repeating the same response I made to your original post
> way-back-when, Scott, but I think we need to remember that there is
> probably a stronger inhibition to posting not-founds in Arizona than
> elsewhere, because only in Arizona can one see (and compare) that score.
> I emphasize this is not meant as a criticism of the statistics on
> azgeocaching.com; it's perhaps best described as an unintended
> consequence of those stats.
>
> I can speak with authority here, our team having more not-founds than
> any other except Team "Wyle E", and that team (actually Gidget) has more
> than twice as many finds as we do (I had to write that to prove I really
> do know the name of "The K-9 Cacher").
>
> Steve
> Team Tierra Buena
>
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