[Az-Geocaching] Another cache bites the dust

[Guy Aldrich]

I would put a cache right back in the same area not the exact spot
except this time make it a

members only cache and wait and see what happens!



On Mon, Nov 17, 2008 at 5:35 PM, Regan Smith <evilfish at cox.net> wrote:
> So would this go under the MMCvane reincarnation?? just need to find them
>
> MEL HOCKWITT wrote:
>
> This substantiates what I have said that I don't think it is an agency.
> 1. If they are getting the information off of geocaching.com then the owners
> name would be listed and they could contact that person via e-mail through
> geocaching.com to inform them of any problem.
> 2. Why would an agency be concerned with a "nano" that anyone not in the
> loop would even find or see.
> 3. The approval for expenses printing the labels would have to come out
> of some department budget and things being as tight as they are I don't
> think this would be a priority.
>
> Mel
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Jim Scotti
> To: listserv at azgeocaching.com
> Sent: Monday, November 17, 2008 4:49 PM
> Subject: Re: [Az-Geocaching] Another cache bites the dust
> In the early days of geocaching down here in Tucson, several geocaches were
> placed in the National Parks around town before we all understood the NPS
> rules regarding caches and a park ranger who was also a geocacher and had
> visited many caches in the area was presumably "put in charge" to remove any
> caches that violated the NPS rules.  I had the impression that the ranger
> was
> given the task by superiors.  So I wouldn't rule out an agency taking the
> trouble to remove geocaches.
>
> BTW, I had a geocache down here at the base of Cat Mountain off of Ajo road
> which was on a side trail off the main trail from Sarasota Blvd.  The trail
> had been maintained not long before one of my visits to the cache, so I felt
> that it was placed in an area that met all requirements.  So a week or two
> after my last visit, I got an e-mail from a city police officer who was in
> charge of the Tucson Mountain Park area saying that he had my geocache.  It
> turns out that the trail I had found was a "wildcat trail" that he had been
> trying to close to preserve the area and someone had been maintaining the
> trail against his wishes.  He placed a trail closed post were it left the
> main trail with his business card attached.  I was happy to cooperate with
> him and he was very geocache friendly, offering to check out possible
> placement sites in the area and in fact, I replaced the cache (with a new
> name) less than half a mile away not far off the main trail where it still
> sits today.  So agencies will do what they need to and generally are
> friendly
> to work with (with a few notable exceptions), especially if you follow the
> rules and if you talk with them when in doubt.
>
> Jim.
>
> On Mon, 17 Nov 2008, MEL HOCKWITT wrote:
>
>> I wonder is there is a contact on the sticker as to whom made it (print
>> shop) I don't think this was done by a official agency but someone who is
>> against Geocaching.  I agree that the cache is usually hidden so someone
>> must have the coordinates in order to find it, don't think any agency
>> would
>> go to that trouble just to remove a cache that is out of sight.
>>
>> Mel
>
> I'm not normally a religious man, but if you're up there, save me,
> Superman! - Homer Simpson
> ----------
> Jim Scotti
> Lunar & Planetary Laboratory
> University of Arizona
> Tucson, AZ 85721 USA                 http://www.lpl.arizona.edu/~jscotti/
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