[Az-Geocaching] Special equipment

[Bill Tomlinson]

I don't believe I said anything about "whole ball of wax" or "gospel".  I
was merely pointing out the flip side of your statement which makes the
portion you actually stated illogical.  The fact of the matter is (and you
will note that if you read my previous post on the subject), I happen to
agree with you completely.  The problem is, it goes against the system that
the majority of users rely on.  I don't think we should make up our own rule
just because the current system is wrong.  That will only cause more
confusion (as this thread clearly illustrates).

So, I hope that you can see I was only trying to make a point.  Please don't
read anything personal into the way I made it.  It's all a word game.  ;-)

CacheLess

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:az-geocaching-admin@listserv.azgeocaching.com] On Behalf Of Terry
Hernlund
Sent: Friday, May 09, 2003 1:28 PM
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Subject: Re: [Az-Geocaching] Special equipment


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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