I agree, SAR (search and rescue) operations can cause damage to roads,
trails, etc....and I hope I am not being a - um - whatever -  bringing
this up, but....there is a BIG difference between "well-intentioned"
posse members on horseback (or jeep, or foot)  and  "well-intentioned"
cub-scout packs or geocachers or anybody. The Forest Service does not
like damage of any kind, but it is considered acceptable if it is
because we are looking for a lost subject. Before you say "no excuses"
imagine it was your 3 year old child or grandchild who wandered off
and it was getting to be night and it was cold and wet.....yeah, see
what I mean?
Trisha "Lightning"
Prescott


On Mon, 27 Jan 2003, Brian Cluff wrote:

> 
> This message is old, but my life has been interesting lately, so I'm 
> just not getting around to replying to it. :)
> 
> Scott Sparks wrote:
> > I've seen one group of well-intentioned cub scouts or a 
> > single Sherrif's Posse on horseback do more damage to the
wilderness
> in 
> > a day that a whole herd of geo-cachers could do in a year. (Do 
> > geo-cachers travel in herds? :-) )
> 
> Herd of buffalo
> Gaggle of geese
> Murder of crows
> Flock of birds
> Ordinate of geocachers (sounds logical to me based on the following
> 			 
> definitions)
> 
> 
> From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
> 
> Ordinate \Or"di*nate\, a. [L. ordinatus, p. p. of ordinare. See
>     Ordain.]
>     Well-ordered; orderly; regular; methodical. ``A life blissful
>     and ordinate.'' --Chaucer.
> 
> Ordinate \Or"di*nate\, n. (Geom.)
>     The distance of any point in a curve or a straight line,
>     measured on a line called the axis of ordinates or on a line
>     parallel to it, from another line called the axis of
>     abscissas, on which the corresponding abscissa of the point
>     is measured.
> 
>     Note: The ordinate and abscissa, taken together, are called
>           co["o]rdinates, and define the position of the point
>           with reference to the two axes named, the intersection
>           of which is called the origin of co["o]rdinates. See
>           Coordinate.
> 
> 
> There is also:
> School of fish
> colony of rats
> pride of lion
> troop of kangeroo
> or a mob of kangaroo
> skulk of fox
> drove of cattle
> clowder of cats
> sloth of bears
> kennel of dogs
> pace of donkeys
> warren of rabbits
> dule of turkeys
> 
> Brian Cluff
> Team Snaptek
> 
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