[Az-Geocaching] decrypted hints

[AZcachemeister]

This is my biggest problem with 'log a DNF...' or 'Email me if you need 
a hint'.
It's like a big red flag saying, 'This cache is for locals only, if 
you're from out-of-town, forget it!'
My biggest gratification is getting a log on one of my caches from 
someone who thought it was interesting enough to include while they were 
on vacation/visiting Arizona.
Giving a good hint is an art, and not always easy. A good hint should 
spark a thought, or at least narrow down the possibilities, but 
shouldn't just spell out the cache location.
My favorite hints for 'remote' caches have warned me to watch for 
dangerous wildlife, or admonished me to bring plenty of water...too late 
now, I'm already here!
Oh, and I never 'automatically' send a hint if there is a DNF, some 
cachers don't want them! If I want/need an extra hint, I'll ask...

ShadowAce wrote:
>  So log a DNF to get a hint is better in your opinion. While I hate 
> driving 200 miles round trip to log a DNF to get a hint. Thus making 
> it a 400 mile round trip cache.
>
>  Sometimes people forget that others who do not live within 10 miles 
> of the cache may come looking for it. On more then one occation we 
> have been caching across the states (not just in Arizona) with no 
> computer access for a few days and we cannot log a DNF until we are 
> 200 + miles from the location. That hint is going to be extremly 
> helpful at this time.
>
>  Naw, its better to be able to give your friends a hint via phone 
> calls and anyone else can suffer cause it's fun.
>
> On 1/24/07, *Jared Ross* < jaredmross at yahoo.com 
> <mailto:jaredmross at yahoo.com>> wrote:
>
>     Jared missed the point, I guess. I thought you were saying that we
>     didn't need to put hints because we could just call someone
>     instead. My bad.
>
>     Oh, I'm aware of worse "hints" than the email for a hint ones. I
>     require a DNF to be logged before extra hints are given, but I
>     don't encrypt it in the hint section, that would be mean.
>
>     Jared
>
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