>From: "Brian Casteel" >Reply-To: listserv@azgeocaching.com >To: >Subject: RE: [Az-Geocaching] FW: National Public Lands Day - Thank you! >Date: Thu, 3 Nov 2005 08:47:22 -0700 >Notification/tracking numbers will be >assigned, with a life cycle being granted to caches in a single location, >then moved or archived to minimize new trail creation. I have always said that a life limit on caches would be a good idea. However, there are some pros and cons to that, all of which have been mentioned on here in the past. I agree that life limiting caches would keep off trail destruction to a minimum. I have seen many caches that are off trail where there is a very well defined 'trail' leading right to the cache... and ending right there! Other caches, however, are placed in rocky locations where there is no deterioration of the terrain when hiking to it. Other caches yet are placed in very remote areas where very few geocachers will ever visit... a cache that maybe only gets 7 or 8 visits a year, shouldn't have the same life limit as a cache that gets 40 or 50 visits a year. There has to be a way to differentiate between them and to realize that some caches can last longer with no effect on the surrounding terrain while other caches can have a heavy effect on the land around it after just a few months. Scott Team Ropingthewind ____________________________________________________________ Az-Geocaching mailing list listserv@azgeocaching.com To edit your setting, subscribe or unsubscribe visit: http://listserv.azgeocaching.com/mailman/listinfo/az-geocaching Arizona's Geocaching Resource http://www.azgeocaching.com