[GeoStL] Re: Should I keep up the Moving Cache?
- From: "Timothy Hunt" <geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 2 May 2007 12:01:57 -0500
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If it was the final that got muggled, then it ought to be a case of
getting a better final location. Perhaps when you resupply the final,
you could put a note in saying "It got muggled HERE and HERE - please
avoid these locations"
Timothy
> >Jim Bensman wrote:
> > > -
> > > The final for my Moving Cache in Forest Park got muggled. I am seeking
> > > input on if I should shut it down or replace it.
> > >
> > > GC1D0F
> > >
> > > It is a popular cache with 175 finds and 18 people watching it.
> > >
> > > I placed it in 2001. For those who have not found it, it is a two part.
> > > You find the first part which has directions to the second part. After
> >you
> > > find the second part you move it and then update the direction in the
> >first
> > > part. You are allowed to find it again after 10 others find and move
> >it.
> > >
> > > I thought it was an interesting concept. I hoped it would give people
> >an
> > > opportunity to practice doing a cache without having to own it. Since
> >you
> > > move the second part after finding it, you can put it in a public area
> >with
> > > lots of mugglers.
> > >
> > > They will not allow a cache like this anymore. It is grandfathered.
> >That
> > > is one reason I tend to think I should keep it. However, the reason why
> > > they don't allow this kind of cache anymore is you could move the final
> > > close to another cache or a waypoint. I think they want to be able to
> > > approve all cache locations. In 2001, that really was not an issue as
> >there
> > > were hardly any caches. Now Forest Park is full of caches and
> >waypoints.
> > > So it is a major issue for the cache today. The last time I moved it, a
> > > short time latter I found a waypoint about 100 feet from it.
> > >
> > > If they would allow these kinds of caches, I would shut it down and set
> >it
> > > up in a park with far fewer caches. But I cannot do that.
> > >
> > > Someone recently logged another one of my "historic" caches and indicted
> > > they really enjoyed finding a cache that had been around so long.
> > >
> > > So I am torn on what to do with the cache.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Jim Bensman
> > > "Nature Bats Last"
> > >
> >
> >
> >
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