<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">I think we decrypted the hints beforehand on our first day of caching. But that was because we didn't even have a GPS unit so we were just putting things together based on maps and the cache information. We found 10 caches that first day without a GPS unit. I've thought about trying to go after a few caches sans GPSr since then, but I just don't think I could do it!!<br><br>Jared<br><br><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">----- Original Message ----<br>From: Lisa G. <lisasjunk@buppas.com><br>To: listserv@azgeocaching.com<br>Sent: Thursday, January 25, 2007 9:30:18 AM<br>Subject: Re: [Az-Geocaching] decrypted hints<br><br><div>When I first started out I always decrypted them...hell, I needed
them. <br>LOL. After I got a little better I quit looking at them right off, but <br>I still had them decrypted (was still using some of the same <br>printouts). Last time we went I travelled with a laptop and GSAK, so I <br>had everything I needed, but didn't look. That time we were only doing <br>quick-ish caches because we had the kids and my dad, and because the <br>weather was a little cold for any long hikes (but we did find a rural <br>area that had more interesting, un-urban caches, but you could still <br>pretty much drive up to them). This one was a personal favorite that <br>was in someone's garden: <br><a target="_blank" href="http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=f8d9b3f2-1b31-4f22-9361-96fb108e3773">http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=f8d9b3f2-1b31-4f22-9361-96fb108e3773</a><br><br>-Lisa<br><br>Jared Ross wrote:<br><br>> Do you suppose that there are just too many
people out there that <br>> automatically decrypt the hint the first time they read over the <br>> listing? I know my parents occasionally have that bad habit so I'm <br>> wondering if there are just so many people that do that. I guess <br>> whenever you do a cache where the cache owner has encrypted a hint <br>> such as those listed by Jeff then you would just assume they are the <br>> type that decrypt every hint before even leaving home.<br>><br>> I can see it now. A poor cacher from out of state is found dehydrated <br>> and nearing death out in a remote area of Arizona. If only he would <br>> have decrypted the hint first he would have been told to bring plenty <br>> of water.<br>><br>> Jared<br>><br>> ----- Original Message ----<br>> From: Jeffrey Berringer <jaberringer@earthlink.net><br>> To: listserv@azgeocaching.com<br>> Sent: Thursday, January 25, 2007 8:51:03 AM<br>> Subject: Re:
[Az-Geocaching] decrypted hints<br>><br>> "In those areas where there is any concern about the immediate cache <br>> environment, we've made the hints much more direct, to avoid <br>> accidental or incidental damage to the area. This seemed the <br>> responsible thing to do."<br>> --> Seems odd to encrypt this kind of information in a hint. If really <br>> is a concern, it should be in the body, not the hint. A lot of damage <br>> can be done before somebody hits the easy button and decrypts the hint.<br>> <br>> I once saw a hint explaining where not to park because of local <br>> residents. I believe I decrypt this hint as I was logging my find...<br>><br>> -----Original Message-----<br>> From: Team Nine Lives<br>> Sent: Jan 24, 2007 10:06 PM<br>> To:
listserv@azgeocaching.com<br>> Subject: Re: [Az-Geocaching] decrypted hints<br>><br>> OK, partly guilty I guess. We've made a bit of camo a part of the<br>> challenge of our caches. (More to come; ideas are in the process<br>> of becoming reality as I type.) And I will admit that the hints<br>> that we've provided have not been very helpful on some of our<br>> hides. We will discuss that and maybe the hints will be simply<br>> removed. There's a bit of pride at creating a clever hide and<br>> watching the DNF's roll in. We don't want people to be too<br>> frustrated--this is supposed to be fun. We do want searchers to<br>> find
them and, like Jared, we do our best to be timely in<br>> responding to requests for hints or to DNF's in general. But the<br>> points about out-of-town cachers and return trips are points well<br>> taken. <br>><br>> In those areas where there is any concern about the immediate<br>> cache environment, we've made the hints much more direct, to avoid<br>> accidental or incidental damage to the area. This seemed the<br>> responsible thing to do.<br>><br>> And yes, there seems to be a southern AZ "style." How many of us<br>> have seen a natural cluster of rocks within sight of a dirt road<br>> and wondered whether it is concealing anything interesting?
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