I certainly don't think it is a bad idea to place caches in Arizona that
take time to find. Some of my favorites required a long drive or even an
overnight stay. I'll admit that I've done my share of chasing numbers, but
I think most would say that's not what it is about.
At first I didn't care for the virtual caches, but I've come to really enjoy
them. I like caches at landmarks that area interesting to see, but I don't
like to attract negative attention by hiding objects there. I think cachers
have come up with a lot of interesting and creative ways to extend the
sport.
On more difficult or out of the way caches, I do appreciate the owner giving
some directions on how to find the park, trailhead, or right dirt road.
Simple things like the operating hours of a park are important. When
someone doesn't live in an area, just getting to the right spot to start the
cache can be very frustrating.
Well I need to get going, I've got a big day of caching planned!
Jerry
Team Cache-Quest
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Stamm" <
JimStamm@Mac.com>
To: <
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Sent: Saturday, April 06, 2002 7:20 AM
Subject: [Az-Geocaching] Cache Placing Philosophy
> After a long time, and many miles, I finally placed a cache at Buster
> Spring (GC441F). I felt that it was a good placing at the time because
> it offered challenge, variety of attack routes, and hopefully a sense of
> accomplishment for the successful geocacher.
>
> Now I am having second thoughts, and wanted some input before placing
> another. The emphasis seems to be on the number of caches, and the speed
> with which they are attained. Buster Spring will definitely hinder that
> type of goal. Is it a bad idea to place caches in Arizona that eat up
> time?
>
>
> -Jim
>
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