I think we decrypted the hints beforehand on our first day of caching. But that was because we didn't even have a GPS unit so we were just putting things together based on maps and the cache information. We found 10 caches that first day without a GPS unit. I've thought about trying to go after a few caches sans GPSr since then, but I just don't think I could do it!!
Jared
----- Original Message ----
From: Lisa G. <
lisasjunk@buppas.com>
To:
listserv@azgeocaching.com
Sent: Thursday, January 25, 2007 9:30:18 AM
Subject: Re: [Az-Geocaching] decrypted hints
When I first started out I always decrypted them...hell, I needed them.
LOL. After I got a little better I quit looking at them right off, but
I still had them decrypted (was still using some of the same
printouts). Last time we went I travelled with a laptop and GSAK, so I
had everything I needed, but didn't look. That time we were only doing
quick-ish caches because we had the kids and my dad, and because the
weather was a little cold for any long hikes (but we did find a rural
area that had more interesting, un-urban caches, but you could still
pretty much drive up to them). This one was a personal favorite that
was in someone's garden:
http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=f8d9b3f2-1b31-4f22-9361-96fb108e3773
-Lisa
Jared Ross wrote:
> Do you suppose that there are just too many people out there that
> automatically decrypt the hint the first time they read over the
> listing? I know my parents occasionally have that bad habit so I'm
> wondering if there are just so many people that do that. I guess
> whenever you do a cache where the cache owner has encrypted a hint
> such as those listed by Jeff then you would just assume they are the
> type that decrypt every hint before even leaving home.
>
> I can see it now. A poor cacher from out of state is found dehydrated
> and nearing death out in a remote area of Arizona. If only he would
> have decrypted the hint first he would have been told to bring plenty
> of water.
>
> Jared
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Jeffrey Berringer <jaberringer@earthlink.net>
> To: listserv@azgeocaching.com
> Sent: Thursday, January 25, 2007 8:51:03 AM
> Subject: Re: [Az-Geocaching] decrypted hints
>
> "In those areas where there is any concern about the immediate cache
> environment, we've made the hints much more direct, to avoid
> accidental or incidental damage to the area. This seemed the
> responsible thing to do."
> --> Seems odd to encrypt this kind of information in a hint. If really
> is a concern, it should be in the body, not the hint. A lot of damage
> can be done before somebody hits the easy button and decrypts the hint.
>
> I once saw a hint explaining where not to park because of local
> residents. I believe I decrypt this hint as I was logging my find...
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Team Nine Lives
> Sent: Jan 24, 2007 10:06 PM
> To: listserv@azgeocaching.com
> Subject: Re: [Az-Geocaching] decrypted hints
>
> OK, partly guilty I guess. We've made a bit of camo a part of the
> challenge of our caches. (More to come; ideas are in the process
> of becoming reality as I type.) And I will admit that the hints
> that we've provided have not been very helpful on some of our
> hides. We will discuss that and maybe the hints will be simply
> removed. There's a bit of pride at creating a clever hide and
> watching the DNF's roll in. We don't want people to be too
> frustrated--this is supposed to be fun. We do want searchers to
> find them and, like Jared, we do our best to be timely in
> responding to requests for hints or to DNF's in general. But the
> points about out-of-town cachers and return trips are points well
> taken.
>
> In those areas where there is any concern about the immediate
> cache environment, we've made the hints much more direct, to avoid
> accidental or incidental damage to the area. This seemed the
> responsible thing to do.
>
> And yes, there seems to be a southern AZ "style." How many of us
> have seen a natural cluster of rocks within sight of a dirt road
> and wondered whether it is concealing anything interesting? ;-)
>
> Brad, Team Nine Lives
>
> P.S. In Hawaii there are spots where you would need a heck of a
> hint just to find a large pile of rocks!
>
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