Rand Hardin wrote on January 20, 2003 at 1:20 pm:
I agree with Mike - and as he mentioned in that same note about him removing the food that he comes across - I too remove any food or seasoning products that I come across.
Not only should we be concerned about food - but we also need to be concerned about items such as crayons, candles, soaps, lotions, perfumes or any other liquid product whether it's in a tube or a bottle. Last summer I found a couple caches where crayons and candles had melted over the cache items. I can remember another cache where a tube of sunscreen had split open and made quite a mess! I cleaned those particular caches and removed anything that was damaged. So far I haven't gone to the extreme of removing everything I disagree with - but I do remove (and I would hope any member of this listserv would also remove) anything that is evidently a current or foreseeable problem.
Rand Hardin (RandMan)
Mike Ingoglia wrote on January 20, 2003 at 11:44 am:
Although disappointed with this whole situation it reminds me of something that's been making me crazy (a little off subject, but I'll keep it short). People need to stop putting food in their caches! . . . .
. . . . Even if leaving food didn't attract animals, do you actually believe: A) a fellow geocacher is going to eat opened/unopened food that was left by a stranger for an unknown amount of time or B) A candy bar will last very long in a closed container in the middle of the desert?
Mike
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