Hi
all,
Sorry I couldn't
include a small snip of the thread. I'm getting the list via digest mode
and am still new at this.
I've been following
this thread and I'd like to add my $.02 from a newbie's perspective. I
started caching in May '04. There was a urban cache near my house. I
got right to the cache, but it looked like it was missing & trashed -
some small trinkets were around on the ground, so I emailed the
owner. Even though I correctly answered the riddle and could have claimed
the find, I didn't log it as a find. The owner did confirm it was gone and
had replaced it. The cache has since been taken off line, still minus my
log.
Common sense tells
you that if there is a simple rule that says if you find it, log it then the
find is yours. I've climbed around a the top of a hill for 40 minutes
in the middle of the summer looking for a cache and logged a no
find. I've gone back to another cache 3 times before I found it, logged it
and claimed the find (the walk was a mile round trip).
I'm still learning
and even though the common sense stuff doesn't always come about, I ask
questions from others etc. I was glad I attended the event cache at Lake
Pleasant recently. I learned a lot from that.
In my opinion, the
reward is sweeter when you follow the rules and you can truly say you've found
it. One of my favorite sayings is:
"Never take
the path of least resistance. "
It's something
that I try to work at every day to improve the way I live my
life.
You all take care,
have a happy holiday and hope to see some of you out and
about.
Sonic
Warthog