[GeoStL] I long for the early days of caching! RE: Re: Congrats
- From: Weymouth <wey6567@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 21 Apr 2010 19:26:08 -0700 (PDT)
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So I am assuming you were one of the group that did the power cache run in
Denver?
[GeoStL] I long for the early days of caching! RE: Re: Congrats
* From: "Jim Bensman" <junkmailno@xxxxxxxxxxx>
* To: <geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
* Date: Wed, 21 Apr 2010 21:01:52 -0500
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I'll admit, I have always been competitive about numbers-but having fun was
more important. However, I have been getting really frustrated lately with
the quality of caches. If it is where you can get 400 in a day, it is way
over the line. In the early days we were also competitive on the numbers,
but we had more fun competing. It was about finding high quality caches.
Now it is about lifting a lamppost or throwing down a hundred or so
containers. In the past, caches would be in neat places, a nice walk, or a
devilish challenge. You did not have lamppost caches, guardrail caches,
playground caches, throwaway series, etc. Cache hiders would not hide a
cache somewhere just because it was possible to hide one there. You would
not have to look in unsafe places. You did not have puzzle caches. Well
there were some mistakes like "locationless caches" and the yellow jeep.
It was much more fun back then. I remember all the times we would have
SLAGA group hunts and go out and find a couple of caches and everyone had a
great time. This was much more fun than going from one lamppost to the next
playground to the guard rail. There are still many great caches and series
that come out - but it is hard to separate them from all the lame caches.
Its still fun, but it was more fun in the early days. I am a conservative
when it comes to caching. It took me 2 years to find my first 400 caches.
Now you can find 400 in one day? All I can say is I had hundreds of times
more fun finding my first 400 than anyone could have finding 400 in one day.
I blame it on Nashville. This is where the change from quality to quantity
began. I went to GeoWoodstock in 2004 and was horrified with the way it was
in Nashville (it was like everywhere is now). In 2004, the STL area was
still all quality caches. So I decided to make a statement about it with my
Nashville Decoy cache:
http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=233e8553-208b-4860-b3
b9-21d9e6340b54
GCKKF0
I set up the cahce as a statement I wanted the STL area to continue to be a
quality cache area and a swipe at Nashville. Take a look at what I said on
the cache page and you can see I lost the war. When cachers from Nashville
came in town and found it, they were really upset with me. But they won
out.
I think the balance between numbers and quality is way out of wack and I
wish gc.com would crack down on some of this stuff.
Jim Bensman
"Nature Bats Last"
> -----Original Message-----
> From: geocaching-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:geocaching-
> bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Mike Griffin
> Sent: Wednesday, April 21, 2010 5:55 PM
> To: geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [GeoStL] Re: Congrats
>
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> It was 16 hours and they had a power run. Now that Groundspeak is
> allowing
> power trails, everyone is setting them up. 30 miles of road with a
> cache
> every .1 is 300 caches. Someone could do those really easy. Since they
> were
> outside Denver, it was a breeze to get them all done in a single day.
>
> There are several runs in the US where you could get 400 caches in a
> day.
> Don't be so naïve people! These will be all too common. In my opinion,
> it's
> not about how many you get. It's about how much fun you have doing it!
>
> Mike
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