[Az-Geocaching] REI experience

[Brian Casteel]

Find out which REI he works at.  :)  At the very least, unless something 
is done about it by the manager, it can become a business formally 
boycotted by cachers, who as I recall, are quite the outdoor enthusiast 
in a number of instances.

Brian
Team A.I.


Guy Aldrich wrote:
> 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:
>   
>> 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...
>>
>>
>> Andy
>>
>>
>> -----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
>>
>>
>> Hi everyone...I wanted to share this story with ya'all....
>>
>> 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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