At 10:27 AM 12/5/2002 -0800, you wrote:
>What do other Geocachers think about making more caches "Members
>Only"? In my opinion, it's a good way to manage urban caches and those
>with easy access, because those are the most likely to be stolen or plundered.
Let me start by saying that I am not a big fan of members only caches. I
own one, but only because I adopted it as a members only cache, and agreed
to keep it that way. It happens to be the first members only cache in Arizona.
I guess it all depends on why the cache is being plundered or stolen. If
they are easy urban caches I suspect that they are getting plundered
because they are stumbled upon by a non-cacher. I don't see how turning it
into a members only cache will solve that problem.
I also have a problem with the idea of making a cache a members only cache
if it is in an area that shouldn't have a cache. If the cache shouldn't be
there, then it shouldn't be there.
Each cache hider should setup their caches in the way that they see fit. I
want as many people as possible to find my caches so I will leave them
open. If I lose a cache or two along the way, and I have, I will
survive. As I said, the only valuable thing that I put in the cache is a
log book. It is pretty much the only thing that can't be easily replaced.
Scott
Team My Blue Heaven
www.myblueheaven.com/geocache
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