[Az-Geocaching] REI experience

[Crystal Hinkle]

Hi everyone...I wanted to share this story with ya'all....
 
I went to REI this past weekend for a problem with my GPS.  As the guy was
helping me, he shared his viewpoint on geocaching.  He said that he goes out
on public lands a lot and anytime he sees a cache there, he throws it away.
My first thought was shock and alarm!  I went home and looked up the
official rules, and he's right.  They are not supposed to be on forest
service land, state land, etc.  However, somehow this message is not getting
out to everyone who places caches.  I told him that it would be better if he
contacted the owner and let them know that he was removing their cache
because it didn't follow the guidelines and he blew me off and said that
they know it's not supposed to be there.  Rather than have him sabbotage my
GPS ;0) I just let that go and finished the troubleshooting and left.  It
disturbed me that he would do such a thing, though.  I just thought I would
bring it up to see if anyone has any thoughts on what people should do if
they find a cache on public lands that shouldn't be there.  Thanks!
 
Crystal
CraftyCrystal
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: http://listserv.azgeocaching.com/pipermail/az-geocaching/attachments/20060705/79f5bc7a/attachment.htm