[Az-Geocaching] How do you distinguish between a difficult bike cache and an easy one?

[Ken Akerman]

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How do you distinguish between a difficult bike cache and an easy one?
This is a good reason why the cache should not automatically be given a "5" rating just because a bicycle is required.  Let's say there is a cache just off a paved, flat bicycle path where walking is forbidden, and another cache just off the Slickrock Trail near Moab.  One cache has terrain that is easy to travel on, and the other has terrain that is very difficult to negotiate.  Therefore, assigning a terrain rating of "5" to both caches fails to distinguish between the marked differences in difficulty between the two cache routes. Ken (a.k.a. Highpointer)
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<DIV><EM>How do you distinguish between a difficult bike cache and an easy one?</EM><BR></DIV>
<DIV>This is a good reason why the cache should not automatically be given a "5" rating just because a bicycle is required.&nbsp; Let's say there is a cache just off a paved, flat bicycle path where walking is forbidden, and another cache just off the <A href="http://www.utahmountainbiking.com/trails/slickrck.htm">Slickrock Trail</A> near Moab.&nbsp; One cache has terrain that is easy to travel on, and the other has terrain that is very difficult to negotiate.&nbsp;&nbsp;Therefore, assigning&nbsp;a terrain rating of "5" to both caches fails to distinguish between the marked differences in difficulty between the two cache routes.</DIV>
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<DIV><STRONG>Ken</STRONG> (a.k.a. <STRONG><EM>Highpointer</EM></STRONG>)</DIV>
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