[Az-Geocaching] Re: Power Trail not approved!

[Guy Aldrich]

I tried to be honest and let the approvers know my intentions before
putting this trail together maybe I would have been better off just
doing it,maybe not!Scott,They will not approve a power trail anywhere
in the state,power trails are now against their guidelines! I just
finally recieved a detailed explanation of why they will not approve a
power trail! I will post it when Artemis gives me permission to do so!

Guy


On Thu, 03 Mar 2005 13:18:37 -0700, Scott Sparks <scottsparks1 at mchsi.com> wrote:
> Guy, any chance we could see the _full_ text of your exchange with the
> admins?
> 
> As for the Power Trail in general, I like the concept but I don't like
> the idea of it being on a trail in the Phoenix (or any other
> metropolitan) Park System.   Those trails  get enough traffic already.
> IMHO,  this type of thing should be set up away from the cities where
> one can actually enjoy the trail and the natural setting without having
> to listen to barking dogs, honking horns, overhhead jets and the
> constant hum of city traffic.   How about a Power Trail in any of the
> mountain or desert trail systems throughout the state? A Power Trail
> ouside of Payson, Prescott, Flagstaff, or any other smaller city or town
> in Arizona would be cool.  Even a Power trail on one of the trails
> accessed along Highway 87 between Scottsdale and Payson.  Heck, even a
> Power Trail in the Goldfield or Santan Mountains would be great.  How
> about a Power Trail along Highway 88, 191 or any other scenic byway in
> the state?
> 
> Concerning the multi-cache versus multiple individual caches issue, I
> would, by far,  prefer to see multiple individual caches, each with
> their own logbook.   As anyone who has maintained or hunted for a
> multi-cache knows, it only takes one missing step of a multi-cache to
> make the whole multi-cache worthless and un-findable.   This also
> applies to multiple individual caches that are ''linked'' together; if
> you must find cache A in order to find cache B, and cache B goes
> missing, there's no way in heck you're ever going to find cache Z!
> 
> Perhaps (Guy) your mistake was in trying to ''sell'' the concept as a
> ''Power Trail.'' Maybe you would have been better off just placing the
> caches individually (spaced .25 miles apart) and letting the ''Power
> Trail'' concept just fall into place by default.   (Hmmm, this trail has
> 20 caches in a 10 mile stretch!?  I think I'll do that today. [:)])
> 
> On the other hand, perhaps your request was shot down for other
> reasons.  (Without the full text of your communications with the admins,
> we have no way of knowing.)   Maybe their issue is more of an individual
> issue.  Maybe they have some qualms about you having another 20 caches
> to maintain on top of the 50-60 you already have.   Maybe it's an issue
> of cache concentration; maybe they feel there already enough caches in
> that particular area.  Again, without further information specific to
> their point of view, it's difficult to judge.
> 
> -- Sprocket
> 
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