- FANTASTIC PICTURES!!!! ----- Original Message ----- From: "pntball" <pntball@xxxxxxxxx> To: <geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, January 22, 2003 8:45 AM Subject: [GeoStL] Re: geocaching Digest V2 #22 > - > i am going to be in and out all day but i wish i could > go caching.hey i have a webpage of pictures of caches > i have been to it is > http://community.webshots.com/user/pntball > it is of the better areas i have been to.pntball > > > --- Glenn <GLNash@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > - > > I'll go back with ya.. i kind of like that park and > > everybody was real > > friendly to me... :-) > > > > lemme know if ya wanna go. i am off today > > > > gln > > > > At 12:11 AM 1/22/2003 -0600, you wrote: > > >- > > >Various members wrote: > > > > > >> > > >>I think it's up to the cache owner to say if you > > can log it. What cache > > >>was it? > > >>T.P.&M. > > >> > > >>if I don't sign the log I don't log it as a find. > > ....... If the cache is > > >>in a dangerous spot I do think the owner should > > be contacted. > > >>Elkie > > >> > > >>Logging the find is up to you .... sounds like you > > legitamately found it > > >>to me. Please let the owner know of the > > situation, he might want to > > >>remove it. I would want to know about it before > > going there. Georgie > > >> > > >>I'd like to know which cache it is so I can avoid > > going there. I'd say > > >>go ahead and log it just as you would do some of > > the other public caches > > >>like those in the zoo. It's definitly one I would > > not go to. > > >>Barramus > > >> > > >>IMHO, if you found it (and you did) you should log > > it. I'd rather have > > >>someone do what you did than to log it and show > > others where the cache > > >>is. If it is not a big deal to come back when you > > can sign it, you > > >>should. I see no problem with logging it if you > > actually spot the container. > > >>Jim Bensman > > >> > > >>........you could have people logging caches that > > they thought they saw > > >>when in actuality it was never near. There is no > > way to ever know if they > > >>truly found the cache. I think that that is part > > of the challenge. To > > >>remove this would jeopardize the integrity of the > > game. ......I feel that > > >>you could return with someone to finish the cache. > > >>Mike > > >> > > >>......you have asked a very good question that has > > concerned > > >>me. Recently there was a cache that I went to > > twice ( Jon's First > > >>Cache). I did not log it as a find, because I did > > not retrieve it and > > >>sign the log. I have also read posts that say > > they only found part 1 of > > >>a multi-cache, but chose to log it anyway, because > > they felt part 2 was > > >>missing? .......others have posted finds, but said > > they didn't have a pen > > >>to sign the log. I think each person has to set > > their own standards and > > >>live with it. I am only competing with myself. > > >>John R - > > >>The kind of people who would log a cache as you > > suggest will do it anyway > > >>and they would not ask a group for advice. I don't > > log caches I don't > > >>sign or find physically but if the situation arose > > where it was dangerous > > >>to log it as is suggested in the previous email > > and the cache had been > > >>seen just not removed and logged in I would say > > "Yes go ahead and log a find". > > >>Dan (Thunder) > > >> > > >>I have had to go back to several caches more than > > once to make it "right". > > >>gln > > >> > > >>I bet it is that stinking Party Cove cache. I > > just know it is. > > >>gln > > >> > > >>Ya can't "reply" while on digest mode. > > >>Barramus > > >Very excellent responses to my request for your > > advise. I thank you all > > >for your thoughts. I'll try to respond briefly. > > >I did immediately email the cache owner with a copy > > of my note to the > > >List, and with a complete detailed description of > > the exact cache > > >location, so he (or she) could confirm that I did > > indeed find it. I also > > >asked them to move it. And yes, I actually did see > > the cache itself. If > > >I hadn't, I wouldn't have posed the question with > > you all. I too went back > > >twice to Jon's First, and know that I found its > > hiding place, but I > > >couldn't reach it either, so I didn't log it - and > > I won't. Integrity and > > >a strong code of personal ethics are extremely > > important to me. If the > > >owner contacts me and agrees that I did find it, > > I'll think about logging > > >it. There's a good chance that I'll go back (mayby > > early on a cold > > >morning - with my brother with me) to make another > > attempt to actually log > > >it, but I'll feel much better about that if the > > owner moves it to a safer > > >location. At first, I had no intention of naming > > the cache, but several > > >people have asked which one it is - and have > > expressed a concern to avoid > > >it, so I have decided to let you all know that it > > is indeed the Carondelet > > >cache (Sorry Glen, it's not "that stinking Party > > Cove cache".). Oh! And > > >yes, Barramus, you can "reply" while on digest > > mode. It just takes a lot > > >of considerate editing to eliminate all the > > repetive BS. > > > > > >Thanks again, > > >Leanman (Mike Chambers) > > > > > > >*************************************************************************** * > > >Our WebPage! 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