[Az-Geocaching] Special equipment

[Terry Hernlund]

Bill Tomlinson wrote:
> So, conversely, the lower the difficulty and terrain, the less
> necessary it becomes to read the description?  That doesn't hold
> because under that system, the cache would be marked easy and hence,
> I wouldn't know a bicycle was required.
>
> I don't want to speak for others, but I think the point being made by
> those that follow the existing system is that the higher rating does
> cause one to read the description more carefully.  Perhaps it really
> is a 5 or maybe it needs some special equipment.  The 5 rating
> signals the need for further investigation.  A lower rating would put
> us out in the field before we discovered the need.  Just my thoughts.

You ought to be reading the description regardless.  As it approaches 5, do
more research.  Maybe I wasn't clear on that, but I really didn't think
anyone would take it to the extreme of not reading the description at all.

Following the rating system?  The rating system currently in use isn't the
whole ball of wax you know.  As Mr. Quinn accurately points out, it's a
guide for narrowing your search.  If you take that guideline as gospel,
you'll be dissappointed more times than not.  It isn't there to do your
thinking for you.


-T.
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