>  I enjoy visiting all caches, especially harder ones that many
geocachers choose not to visit, but is it a good idea to put a travel 
 >  bug in such caches?  
 
I agree with Tim, it depends on the goals of the TB, but I think the
bigger issue is when a cacher finds and takes a TB without having any
knowledge of what its goals are. If all you find is a doll and a dog
tag, and you take it, I don't think you can be faulted for not taking
the bug where its owner wanted it to go. So if you find a TB, and
there's nothing with it to indicate its objectives, and you didn't read
about it when you were planning your trip (maybe it got placed after you
read/printed/downloaded the cache page), does that mean you should leave
it where it is? Which is worse for a bug, going the wrong way or not
going at all?
 
If a bug winds up in a cache on top of a mountain that spends the winter
above the snowline, at least it isn't likely to get plundered then,
either. Let's remind ourselves yet again, it's a game, folks. If the TB
owner really wanted or needed to see it get to its destination, then
they should have sent it via Federal Express.
 
Steve
Team Tierra Buena
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