[Az-Geocaching] decrypted hints

[ShadowAce]

I can only speak for myself, but I can relay comments from my buddy who just
came through from Hawaii..

  " In Hawaii, where I cache, a hint is a genuine hint designed to help the
cacher if they do not find it without it. "

 He was astounded at the amount of 'Under a Rock' hints when he had nothing
but rocks in 20 ' of any direction from ground zero. He found many of the
hints 'Bring water' 'Log a DNF for a hint' and others of the sort to be
rather insulting, but he also stated he is from Hawaii and is not used to
the "desert style" of caching where the intent is to see how many DNFs you
can get on a single cache.

 Yes, I get very frustrated with the under a rock hints.. Duh its southern
arizona Desert and nothing but rocks for 1/4th a mile from the coordinates?
Ya think?

 -Your cache, your goals.

On 1/24/07, Jared Ross < jaredmross at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> I guess I should have clarified a bit more. Often I'm contacted for a hint
> before I even have a chance to contact the cacher (probably because I
> specifically tell them to contact me for an additional hint after posting a
> DNF). I don't believe I've sent a hint to someone without asking them first.
> I usually contact them and ask what area they were searching and if they'd
> like a hint or like me to check on it.
>
> So do you think I'm being prejudice to out of state cachers by saying that
> you must log a DNF before receiving an "additional" hint. Keep in mind that
> a helpful hint is already given.
>
> Jared
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: AZcachemeister <azcachemeister at getnet.com>
> To: listserv at azgeocaching.com
> Sent: Wednesday, January 24, 2007 8:36:27 PM
> Subject: Re: [Az-Geocaching] decrypted hints
>
> This is my biggest problem with 'log a DNF...' or 'Email me if you need a
> hint'.
> It's like a big red flag saying, 'This cache is for locals only, if you're
> from out-of-town, forget it!'
> My biggest gratification is getting a log on one of my caches from someone
> who thought it was interesting enough to include while they were on
> vacation/visiting Arizona.
> Giving a good hint is an art, and not always easy. A good hint should
> spark a thought, or at least narrow down the possibilities, but shouldn't
> just spell out the cache location.
> My favorite hints for 'remote' caches have warned me to watch for
> dangerous wildlife, or admonished me to bring plenty of water...too late
> now, I'm already here!
> Oh, and I never 'automatically' send a hint if there is a DNF, some
> cachers don't want them! If I want/need an extra hint, I'll ask...
>
> ShadowAce wrote:
>
>  So log a DNF to get a hint is better in your opinion. While I hate
> driving 200 miles round trip to log a DNF to get a hint. Thus making it a
> 400 mile round trip cache.
>
>  Sometimes people forget that others who do not live within 10 miles of
> the cache may come looking for it. On more then one occation we have been
> caching across the states (not just in Arizona) with no computer access for
> a few days and we cannot log a DNF until we are 200 + miles from the
> location. That hint is going to be extremly helpful at this time.
>
>  Naw, its better to be able to give your friends a hint via phone calls
> and anyone else can suffer cause it's fun.
>
> On 1/24/07, Jared Ross < jaredmross at yahoo.com> wrote:
> >
> >  Jared missed the point, I guess. I thought you were saying that we
> > didn't need to put hints because we could just call someone instead. My bad.
> >
> > Oh, I'm aware of worse "hints" than the email for a hint ones. I require
> > a DNF to be logged before extra hints are given, but I don't encrypt it in
> > the hint section, that would be mean.
> >
> > Jared
> >
>
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