Re: [Az-Geocaching] Why I became a Premium Member

> Very nicely put, Regan. There seems to be a whole generation of 
> cachers who think lite pole caches and park bench/playground caches 
> are the norm nowadays. I had the pleasure of sitting down with Jeff 
> (Team 360) JR (team AJ.JR ) and Dave Ulmer a few years back, and was a 
> little surprised with Daves take on the sport of geocaching that he 
> gave birth to. Strangely enough, I remember him saying that he had no 
> idea that geocaching would have become so big (with the help of 
> Jeremy) and that he really didn't keep up with the game a whole lot. 
> At that time he was travelling around the country in his motorhome and 
> must have driven by a whole plethora of caches everyday. Maybe it was 
> just my take on what he said, but I got the distinct feeling he wasn't 
> too receptive of the idea of many of the urban/city caches being 
> placed at that time. I wonder what his feelings are today? I hear 
> about cachers with physical limitations, and I'm sure there are quite 
> a few cachers out there with legitimate physical disabilities, but 
> there's also a bunch of "lazy" cachers out there who spend way too 
> much time sitting on their butt playing on the computer, by 
> choice. Some of those cachers have limitations  like being way too fat 
> (bad knees, etc.) or just totally out of shape from sitting on their 
> rears. Hands-On Cachers have a cache near Montana Mountain that is 
> named "Get off the Couch, and Cache" (GC1JQY7) which says it all, as 
> far as I'm concerned. I think many urban park/parking lot/electrical 
> boxes/sprinkler head cachers use the excuse that these caches are 
> hidden for those who just can't do the hiking or off-road caches due 
> to physical limitations, wrong vehicle, or time constraints. That's 
> baloney. I feel empathy for those who really are handicapped, but that 
> group of cachers is a very small minority of the total caching crowd. 
> For those who have ventured out in the desert or mountains to seek a 
> hiking/off road cache, my hat's off to you. The feeling of actually 
> having to put forth some effort to get to one of these caches 
> is wonderful, and beats doing 25-50 urban caches, hands down. I still 
> do a few urban caches, if I'm in the mood, but enjoy the caches placed 
> in the boonies a whole lot more. AZcachemeister and AZgeckogirl, as 
> well as AJ.JR , TEF, 360, ShadowAce,Desert Rhino, Sprocket 1980, 
> Roping-the-Wind, Team A.I., Highpointer, Hands-On Cachers, Just Hike 
> and quite a few others place mostly caches that include some effort to 
> get to, a scenic location, and a sense of accomplishment. I know the 
> numbers thing is attractive to quite a few cachers, as we got caught 
> up in it in the "early" days, but do we need "power trails" such 
> as Redundant #1 thru #100? There seems to be a rash of cachers placing 
> caches .10 apart, with little, or no value, other than to pump up the 
> numbers. Just because you have more finds than somebody else doesn't 
> mean that you're a better cacher, or that folks respect you more. 
> Arizona Ranger Team has quite a few less finds than I Do, but 
> I respect their sense of adventure, and the type of caches they 
> pursue. Anyway, I hope I haven't stepped on too many toes, and want to 
> thank all of those cachers who place hides that have some true 
> value...............   
>
>     ----- Original Message -----
>     *From:* Regan Smith <mailto:evilfish@cox.net>
>     *To:* listserv@azgeocaching.com <mailto:listserv@azgeocaching.com>
>     *Sent:* Saturday, December 27, 2008 11:51 AM
>     *Subject:* [Az-Geocaching] Why I became a Premium Member
>
>     Ya Know I really didn't want to pay for a Premium Membership, as
>     for the many years prior Geocaching was about the Geo taking the
>     GPS putting in coordinates and finding a cache outside..
>
>     Now as if a bad plague I felt it very necessary for me to pay to
>     Ignore armchair caching, Have all the good stand alone caching
>     locations been taken that you have to add sitting infront of the
>     computer playing math and phone games before going out to enjoy
>     the outdoors. Has climate change done so much to ruin wanting to
>     spend time outside????
>
>     When Dave Ulmer hid his cache he said come and find it, now how
>     many take the trip to see that spot??.. Yes times change but the
>     principle of here is a cache and go find it should not be  perverted.
>
>
>     I was told by Alex months ago if you do not like that type of hide
>     why hide one like it? I so want to hide a more devious cache page
>     cache so all the minority cachers can bitch and moan at their lack
>     of understanding my logic but will not pervert the game any more.
>     but the lock and cable will remain....
>
>     Just like giving the challenge to a few other cacher about
>     stepping up their game I will add now Keep it up.
>
>
>     Thanks ACM for the enlightenment of the Ignore button
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