[Az-Geocaching] We need more difficult geocaches, not fewer
Highpointer
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Wed, 15 May 2002 12:50:01 -0700 (PDT)
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Feedle writes:
A Geocacher in California I had the pleasure of having coffee with after meeting them at a remote cache site said that people should use a "24-hour rule" when placing caches. If you cannot be at the cache site in 24hours after somebody posts a "can't find" log OR after recieving noticefrom somebody to remove your cache, you shouldn't place it. I think it's a good rule: if you place a cache someplace in Utah and you're retired (or work at home) so there's nothing stopping you from driving up to Utah and retriving it on short notice, okay. If you can't be where you've placed the cache the next day, you probably shouldn't place it. If there's no way you could take a day off work to truck up there and get it, it probably shouldn't be placed.
I disagree with the above proposal. This would discourage most of us from ever placing any hard caches, or caches that are not very close to home. For example, one of my favorite caches is Table Top Mountain, a cache atop a desert mountain peak that requires a full day trip for most people to ascend. It's harder than most other caches in Geocaching.com, and thus it has logged only two finds in four months.
However, if someone reports to me on Sunday night that they couldn't find it, then am I supposed to take Monday off work to drive there and hike up the mountain? What if it's over 110 deg. F outside? (this is a remote desert peak which could kill you if you try to hike it in very hot weather). Usually I have not only most of my weekdays occupied with work during the day and social and recreational activities in the evenings, but I also make plans for most weekends as well. Am I supposed to give up the rest of my life to maintain my geocaches? I'm far too young to retire, and I have other interests besides geocaching.
Also, what would happen if I am out of town on vacation, and I'm not scheduled to be home for a week or more?
I believe we need more harder-to-get-to geocaches in a variety of places. A 24-hour rule would mean that we would only be able to place easy caches close to home, and we already have more than enough of those.
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<P><FONT size=1><EM><FONT size=2>Feedle writes:</FONT></EM></FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=1><EM><FONT size=2>A Geocacher in California I had the pleasure of having coffee with after meeting them at a remote cache site said that people should use a "24-hour rule" when placing caches. If you cannot be at the cache site in 24hours after somebody posts a "can't find" log OR after recieving noticefrom somebody to remove your cache, you shouldn't place it. I think it's a good rule: if you place a cache someplace in Utah and you're retired (or work at home) so there's nothing stopping you from driving up to Utah and retriving it on short notice, okay. If you can't be where you've placed the cache the next day, you probably shouldn't place it. If there's no way you could take a day off work to truck up there and get it, it probably shouldn't be placed.</FONT></EM></FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=3>I disagree with the above proposal. This would discourage most of us from ever placing any hard caches, or caches that are not very close to home. For example, one of my favorite caches is <A href="http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.asp?ID=13825">Table Top Mountain</A>, a cache atop a desert mountain peak that requires a full day trip for most people to ascend. It's harder than most other caches in Geocaching.com, and thus it has logged only two finds in four months.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=3>However, if someone reports to me on Sunday night that they couldn't find it, then am I supposed to take Monday off work to drive there and hike up the mountain? What if it's over 110 deg. F outside? (this is a remote desert peak which could kill you if you try to hike it in very hot weather). Usually I have not only most of my weekdays occupied with work during the day and social and recreational activities in the evenings, but I also make plans for most weekends as well. Am I supposed to give up the rest of my life to maintain my geocaches? I'm far too young to retire, and I have other interests besides geocaching.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=3>Also, what would happen if I am out of town on vacation, and I'm not scheduled to be home for a week or more? </FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=3>I believe we need more harder-to-get-to geocaches in a variety of places. A 24-hour rule would mean that we would only be able to place easy caches close to home, and we already have more than enough of those.</FONT></P>
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