I take the meaning of "special equipment" to mean that you absolutely cannot
get the cache without it.  This cache seems to be EASIER with a mountain
bike, but hardly an ABSOLUTE necessity.  A 17 mile trek, while maybe a pain,
is certainly not impossible on foot.  Might merrit a 4, maybe a 4.5.


-T.


Scott Wood wrote:
> At 09:21 AM 5/8/2003 -0700, you wrote:
>> I'm not sure if bicycles are available to rent in cities (I know
>> they are in resort mountain and seaside communities), but one could
>> probably borrow a bike from someone without too much difficulty.  If
>> I lived near this cache, then I would offer my mountain bike to loan
>> to geocachers if they need one to do this cache.
>
> I have no doubt that it is a good cache, but I think the rating is
> misleading on it.  If I have to go through the effort to get
> equipment I don't currently have, then it is special equipment.  My
> understanding of the rating system, and how I try to rate my caches,
> state that anything under a 5 doesn't require anything special in
> order to find the cache.
>
>
>
> Scott
>
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