- Brawny, those two caches are really nice and were lots of fun. But, I would not lose any sleep over no one finding them this summer. I think someone would be nuts to attempt to bushwack back to them this time of the year! I would recommend waiting until at least the first frost! One of the things that upsets me about caching nowadays is there are only a few quality caches like this and they get overwhelmed by the cache places who only care about numbers. People say well then don't do the ones you don't like. The problem is you cannot filter out all the nothing but numbers matter caches. I got so fed up with all the lampposts, guardrails, playgrounds, etc., that I stopped caching for a couple of months. But I've been caching lately and have been trying to be more selective on which ones I do. While I still enjoy caching, it was much more fun in the early days when almost every cache took you to a neat location or was an evil hide. I wish they would ban dummy accounts and only allow a cacher to have 100 caches active at a time. Hopefully this would result in more of a balance between the numbers hound caches and the quality caches. Jim Bensman "Nature Bats Last" > -----Original Message----- > From: geocaching-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:geocaching- > bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Bear > Sent: Thursday, August 26, 2010 1:36 PM > To: geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [GeoStL] Re: A to Z > > - > I think one of the biggest issues with a cache in a nice area is, they > are all taken or have had a cache in the past. The other issue is no > one is willing to find the nice spots. My earthcache, the Narrows, was > the last I placed. Not one log this Summer. > > > Same with Woody Woodpecker and My Favorite Tree. > > Mike Griffin > World Wide Technology, INC. > O - 314-995-8935 > C - 314-308-0916 > > Sent from my AT&T iPhone. > Please excuse any typos. > > On Aug 26, 2010, at 12:41 PM, "Jim Bensman" <junkmailno@xxxxxxxxxxx> > wrote: > > > - > > Both of the mentioned challenges are examples of the kinds of caches > I wish > > were not allowed. While I wish all ? caches were banned, I do not > think > > challenge cache rules should make it easier for some cachers than > others. > > Would it be fair to have rules that excluded newer caches from > completing > > the challenge? What would cachers think of a challenge cache that > required > > one of the caches to be found in 2001, one in 2002, one in 2003, one > in > > 2004, one in 2005, and the rest could be found at any time? > > > > I long for the early days of caching when caching was about finding a > cache > > in a nice location! > > > > Jim Bensman > > "Nature Bats Last" > > > > > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: geocaching-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:geocaching- > >> bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Michael Rogers > >> Sent: Thursday, August 26, 2010 8:35 AM > >> To: geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > >> Subject: [GeoStL] Re: A to Z > >> > >> - > >> In that vein, why should someone have to say they are doing the > SLAGA > >> challenge > >> before anything can count? Say a person who has done either the MO > or > >> IL county > >> challenge wants to do this...why can't their caches count even if > they > >> were > >> found after that cache was published? :) > >> > >> > >> ________________________________ > >> From: Andrew Senger <asenger@xxxxxxxxx> > >> To: geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > >> Sent: Thu, August 26, 2010 8:30:40 AM > >> Subject: [GeoStL] Re: A to Z > >> > >> - > >> Why remove the ability to claim caches already found? 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