----- Original Message -----
Sent: Monday, April 21, 2003 7:21
PM
Subject: RE: [Az-Geocaching] Cache
placement
From the sounds of it the placement sounds legit. Without
hiking this one
yet, though it was on my list this last weekend, it's hard
to say. Doesn't
sound like the rangers are much help and most likely
won't be until some
higher ups have a problem with it. There are a
lot of other caches that are
not on "numbered trails" and are good
placements. My vote, if it counts for
anything, is to keep
it.
Ed
Trail Gypsy
-----Original Message-----
From: az-geocaching-admin@listserv.azgeocaching.com
[mailto:az-geocaching-admin@listserv.azgeocaching.com]On
Behalf Of T.
Hernlund
Sent: Monday, April 21, 2003 6:03 PM
To: az-geocaching@listserv.azgeocaching.com
Subject:
[Az-Geocaching] Cache placement
Hello all! New to this
list.
It was suggested to me that I post this question here to get some
feedback.
I recently placed my first cache at the Squaw Peak Park in a
location that I
have frequented for some time. Today it was brought
to my attention that
the trail this cache is placed on is "unsigned",
meaning does not have the a
number designation. As anyone who's hiked
SPP in the past knows, these
trails are all over.
This particular
one isn't just a little overgrown coyote trail like some,
but it is a very
clear foot-trafficked trail all the way to the cache. In
one place
it's steep and as such isn't "paved", but resumes after that point
and is
still fairly obvious. It's even clear enough to see on a
6-year-old
aerial photo.
I asked rangers and they are vague on the
whole thing. While I'm sure they
know the trails, they don't seem to
put much thought into the location on my
cache or even if they know what
the hell it is. They just basically recite
the ordinance and say "No
trailblazing" in a public service sort of way.
The two I've spoken to
wouldn't really give me a straight answer, but rather
gave the canned
"public service announcement".
My contention it that I'm not
trailblazing as there is a clear trail. The
fact remains however that
it's not a numbered trail. I would have never
even thought it was
off-limits, and still don't. But like I said someone
brought it up to
me that they thought some may see it differently. Hence I
ask the
community (you).
Given my description and the fact that it's not
numbered, should I leave it
or retrieve it? The page is
here...
http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?ID=63693
Given
the location of some other caches around SP (of which I used as a
guide in
this placement), I'm very inclined to leave mine where it's at.
However if
I get a chewing here then I'll probably be getting rid of it.
Thanks
for and
feedback.
-T.
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