[Az-Geocaching] Physical Ability Rating Scale

From what I can see, from my own limitations and a friend of mine who has substantial difficulties walking, there are three issues with handicapped accessibility: distance, terrain and reaching for the cache itself. How about a ratings system that people can add to their cache pages, called for example the Sonoran Physical Ability Scale with a number for distance/terrain/cache. The number for my abilities, based on a good day is 5-3-2. One of my caches, Rx: GPS prn would be rated 2-1-1. You could post the ratings system on your website, and cachers could post it on their cache pages in the cache description. I think this would help handicapped people judge the accessibility of a cache. Maybe other cachers in other states could pick it up. Comments?
 
 
Physical Ability Rating Scale
 
Distance to cache from parking
1- less than 0.1 mile one way
2-less than 0.25 mile one way
3-less than 0.5 mile one way
4- less than 1 mile one way
5-greater than the above ratings
 
Terrain to cache:
1-The terrain to cache from vehicle is very flat smooth surface. Wheelchair can make it.
2- Level surface but terrain is not wheelchair accessible (unmaintained or no path)
3-minor climbing (in and out of washes)
4- small hill climbing, no scrambling, may be rocky
5-  take your chances, it’s greater than the previous ratings
 
Cache
1- easy reach from chair height, no stretching or bending.
2- May require bending, kneeling or stretching
3- Crawling may be required,
4- Get the pain meds, it’s going to hurt.
Till a voice, as bad as Conscience, rang interminable changes  On one everlasting Whisper day and night repeated -- so:"Something hidden.  Go and find it. Go and look behind the Ranges --  "Something lost behind the Ranges. Lost and waiting for you. Go!"

 

Rudyard Kipling ,   The Explorer  1898
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