I'll just say this,I wish I ran into this guy who throws out peoples caches ! On 7/5/06, Andrew Ayre wrote: > > > My understanding was/is forest service land is ok, as long as it isn't a > wilderness area. Has that changed? There are tons of caches in FS managed > land... > > > Andy > > > -----Original Message----- > From: az-geocaching-bounces@listserv.azgeocaching.com > [mailto:az-geocaching-bounces@listserv.azgeocaching.com]On > Behalf Of Crystal Hinkle > Sent: Wednesday, July 05, 2006 9:38 PM > To: az-geocaching@listserv.azgeocaching.com > Subject: [Az-Geocaching] REI experience > > > Hi everyone...I wanted to share this story with ya'all.... > > I went to REI this past weekend for a problem with my GPS. As the guy was > helping me, he shared his viewpoint on geocaching. He said that he goes out > on public lands a lot and anytime he sees a cache there, he throws it away. > My first thought was shock and alarm! I went home and looked up the > official rules, and he's right. They are not supposed to be on forest > service land, state land, etc. However, somehow this message is not getting > out to everyone who places caches. I told him that it would be better if he > contacted the owner and let them know that he was removing their cache > because it didn't follow the guidelines and he blew me off and said that > they know it's not supposed to be there. Rather than have him sabbotage my > GPS ;0) I just let that go and finished the troubleshooting and left. It > disturbed me that he would do such a thing, though. I just thought I would > bring it up to see if anyone has any thoughts on what people should do if > they find a cache on public lands that shouldn't be there. Thanks! > > Crystal > CraftyCrystal > > ____________________________________________________________ > 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 > > >