[Az-Geocaching] RE: Travel Bugs revisited (Ken Akerman)
RAND HARDIN
listserv@azgeocaching.com
Thu, 14 Nov 2002 17:11:20 -0700
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Ken, =20
About the only way to solve this problem is not placing a Travel Bug in a=
cache unless you know that you can get to a computer to log it within a =
reasonable time.
Rand =20
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----- Original Message -----
From: ken@highpointer.com
Sent: Thursday, November 14, 2002 5:03 PM
To: az-geocaching@listserv.azgeocaching.com
Subject: [Az-Geocaching] RE: Travel Bugs revisited (Ken Akerman)
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I wish there was a way to immediately log a cache finding and a travel bu=
g as soon as you find a cache. When I travel, I like to find caches, and=
particularly I like to move travel bugs that I find in caches near my ho=
me to caches as far away as possible, to put more miles on them. However=
, when I am on the road I may not be able to get to a computer for severa=
l days. This poses a problem for travel bugs, because someone may find t=
he travel bug before I get a chance to enter it at home or at the office.=
=20
For example, while in Utah I put a travel bug in a cache, and while hikin=
g out I encountered the next group of local geocachers en route to the ca=
che. I told them about the travel bug that I had put in it, and they agr=
eed not to log their travel bug finding until I had a chance to enter the=
travel bug when I got home, which was two days later. However, if I had=
not encountered those geocachers on the way out, they would have picked =
up the travel bug and likely would have tried to enter it before I had a =
chance to enter it at home. =20
What can you do about delayed updates to travel bug logs, when you are on=
the road and are away from computer access for several days or more? Th=
is appears to be a flaw in the travel bug system. =20
Ken
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<HTML><BODY STYLE=3D"font:10pt verdana; border:none;"><DIV>Ken, </DIV> <D=
IV> </DIV> <DIV>About the only way to solve this problem is not plac=
ing a Travel Bug in a cache unless you know that you can get to a compute=
r to log it within a reasonable time.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Rand&n=
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><B>From:</B> ken@highpointer.com</DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt Arial"><=
B>Sent:</B> Thursday, November 14, 2002 5:03 PM</DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT:=
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V style=3D"FONT: 10pt Arial"><B>Subject:</B> [Az-Geocaching] RE: Travel B=
ugs revisited (Ken Akerman)</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <P>I wish there was a=
way to immediately log a cache finding and a travel bug as soon as you f=
ind a cache. When I travel, I like to find caches, and particularly=
I like to move travel bugs that I find in caches near my home to caches =
as far away as possible, to put more miles on them. However, when I=
am on the road I may not be able to get to a computer for several days.&=
nbsp; This poses a problem for travel bugs, because someone may find the =
travel bug before I get a chance to enter it at home or at the office. <=
P>For example, while in Utah I put a travel bug in a cache, and while hik=
ing out I encountered the next group of local geocachers en route to=
the cache. I told them about the travel bug that I had put in it, =
and they agreed not to log their travel bug finding until I had a chance =
to enter the travel bug when I got home, which was two days later. =
However, if I had not encountered those geocachers on the way out, they w=
ould have picked up the travel bug and likely would have tried to enter i=
t before I had a chance to enter it at home. <P>What can you do about de=
layed updates to travel bug logs, when you are on the road and are away f=
rom computer access for several days or more? This appears to be a =
flaw in the travel bug system. <P>Ken</P></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>
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