Send Courage towards Tucson - the I-10 connection gets it going in the right
direction and I've seen a number of travelbugs in the Tucson area which came
in from distant locations. They said east - and southeast is still east. I
agree that if you go strictly east, you get into the caches that have low hit
rates over in the eastern part of the state (see West Fork I and a few others
there for example, thought Thompson Creek has a good hit rate....) and it may
take forever to get past that area.... I know there are a bunch of Tucson
Geocachers who would love to help Courage along it's way.
Jim.
On Wed, 16 Jan 2002
srdrake@srpnet.com wrote:
> Thanks for your input. I'm going to hold onto Courage a few more days at
> least to attempt to find someone who has an upcoming trip east. I'm
> checking with people I know who aren't geocachers who could be recruited to
> aid with the movement east.
>
> I'll email the originators of this cache and see what their opinion is of me
> mailing it to my father to be placed in a cache. If they say it's ok, then
> I'll go ahead and mail it (regardless of Libby's effervescent and always
> positive comment concerning it being against the rules).
>
> One of the stated rules for Courage is that it must be always moving east.
> I found it in a cache that is already on the easternmost parts of Phoenix.
> To move it even slightly more east would (a) be really difficult for me and
> my near-term schedule and (b) put it in a cache that is probably much less
> frequently visited than the normal Phoenix ones.
>
> I'm ignoring the rule that says the traveller must be placed within 24 hours
> because it is not realistic and probably hurts moving this cache east. I
> intend to hold Courage for a week max. If all attempts fail at moving it
> significantly east, I'll just place it in an easy cache in the Phoenix area.
> Given the wide diversity of people who geocache and subscribe to this
> listserv, there's likely someone with a near-term trip to the east. Phoenix
> is an island.
>
> -srdrake
>
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Jim Scotti
Lunar & Planetary Laboratory jscotti@pirl.lpl.arizona.edu
University of Arizona
Tucson, AZ 85721 USA http://www.lpl.arizona.edu/~jscotti/
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