[Az-Geocaching] Revisiting caches over and over to get a TB?

Fri, 1 Aug 2003 15:03:53 EDT

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Hi all IFISHAZ here,
Ok, well I feel this is a subject that needs some public debate (if it has 
had debate before, sorry it was before I became a geocacher). What is your 
(other cachers) feelings on geocachers returning to caches (sometimes very 
repeatedly) they have found previously just to get a Travel Bug? I personally think it 
is wrong, once you have found a cache there is no fun / adventure / 
difficulty, to keep going back to it. Also by returning to a cache you know where it is 
to get a TB, you cut chances of a new visitor to that cache having a 
legitimate find of a TB. Also it cuts down potential new visitors to a cache who may 
have went looking for a bug, but it is gone because a cacher who has been there 
before takes it. I think that finding geocaches should be the main goal and 
if you get a TB when you find a cache, cool bonus. Not find geocaches so you 
can locate them and rush straight to them when a TB has been placed and grab it.
Just my opinion, IFISHAZ.

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Ok, well I feel this is a subject that needs some public debate (if it has h=
ad debate before, sorry it was before I became a geocacher). What is your (o=
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hink it is wrong, once you have found a cache there is no fun / adventure /=20=
difficulty, to keep going back to it. Also by returning to a cache you know=20=
where it is to get a TB, you cut chances of a new visitor to that cache havi=
ng a legitimate find of a TB. Also it cuts down potential new visitors to a=20=
cache who may have went looking for a bug, but it is gone because a cacher w=
ho has been there before takes it. I think that finding geocaches should be=20=
the main goal and if you get a TB when you find a cache, cool bonus. Not fin=
d geocaches so you can locate them and rush straight to them when a TB has b=
een placed and grab it. 
Just my opinion, IFISHAZ.</HTML>

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