Jerry

If you haven't seen the Geocache Rating System, check out

http://www.clayjar.com/gcrs/

I think it is useful for getting an initial rating on terrain and
difficulty.  I usually answer the questions and see how it rates a new
cache, then I adjust it if I think it was too high or low on one of the
rating.

Jerry - Cache-Quest


----- Original Message -----
From: "Jerry B Nelson" <peakbagger2@juno.com>
To: <az-geocaching@listserv.snaptek.com>
Sent: Sunday, January 06, 2002 12:53 PM
Subject: [Az-Geocaching] ratings question


>
> Would you all please clarify this for me definitively.  The two
> categories of ratings for a cache are "overall difficulty" and "terrain
> difficulty".  Terrain difficulty is obvious but it's been explained to me
> that overall difficulty means how hard it is to find the cache once you
> are within the 12-20 feet range the GPS allows.  So a cache buried 4 feet
> under heavy rocks would be rated 5 for overall difficulty, or simply
> "difficulty" as it shows on a cache page, even if it was 30 feet from a
> paved road.  And a cache sitting right in plain sight with a flag
> sticking out would be rated as 1, even if it was on top Mt. Everest.
> Right or not?
>
> If so, it's too bad the main Web site doesn't use another more
> descriptive term, such as "search difficulty" or "find difficulty".
>
> Jerry-Offtrail
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