[Az-Geocaching] REI experience

[Guy Aldrich]

I'll just say this,I wish I ran into this guy who throws out peoples caches !

On 7/5/06, Andrew Ayre <andy at britishideas.com> wrote:
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> My understanding was/is forest service land is ok, as long as it isn't a
> wilderness area. Has that changed? There are tons of caches in FS managed
> land...
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> Andy
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: az-geocaching-bounces at listserv.azgeocaching.com
> [mailto:az-geocaching-bounces at listserv.azgeocaching.com]On
> Behalf Of Crystal Hinkle
> Sent: Wednesday, July 05, 2006 9:38 PM
> To: az-geocaching at listserv.azgeocaching.com
> Subject: [Az-Geocaching] REI experience
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> Hi everyone...I wanted to share this story with ya'all....
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> I went to REI this past weekend for a problem with my GPS.  As the guy was
> helping me, he shared his viewpoint on geocaching.  He said that he goes out
> on public lands a lot and anytime he sees a cache there, he throws it away.
> My first thought was shock and alarm!  I went home and looked up the
> official rules, and he's right.  They are not supposed to be on forest
> service land, state land, etc.  However, somehow this message is not getting
> out to everyone who places caches.  I told him that it would be better if he
> contacted the owner and let them know that he was removing their cache
> because it didn't follow the guidelines and he blew me off and said that
> they know it's not supposed to be there.  Rather than have him sabbotage my
> GPS ;0) I just let that go and finished the troubleshooting and left.  It
> disturbed me that he would do such a thing, though.  I just thought I would
> bring it up to see if anyone has any thoughts on what people should do if
> they find a cache on public lands that shouldn't be there.  Thanks!
>
> Crystal
> CraftyCrystal
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