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That is surely true but if i see a rating of .5 mi and 30 minutes I can
pretty well expect that it is NOT going to take the rest of the afternoon.
gln
At 02:12 PM 3/18/2003 -0600, Jim Bensman wrote:
The problem with how long it takes it that varies by person.
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- I agree,
I find it particularly helpful when i travel out of town to know * 1) about how far it is and * 2) how long it is going to take.
I get aggravated when i am trying to maximize my cache/time ratio and i get sucked into a 3 hour, cross country adventure.
Every time i come back to town i swear that I am going to add those two parameters to the cache pages and for the most part i think i forget to.
It is not a cache requirement, but i think it is nice to do especially for the folks that you mention and for the out of town people that do not know the area.
There are all sorts of cahe ratng systems around, the PITS. Poisen Ivey, ticks, and something else. then there is the rating of sandals, sneakers, hiking boots or helicopter transport.... to indicate terrain.
they are all good if folks use them.
glenn
At 12:40 PM 3/18/2003 -0600, goshhawk@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:- I have a question for the group.
Ratings for the most part don't really describe how physically difficult or challenging it is to reach the cache. For the most part the terrain ratings are generic and are based mainly on flat or hilly. They do not provide any indication of how far one has to walk to find the cache, especially on multi-caches. A recent cache was listed as a 1.5 / 1.5 with the initial waypoint about 0.5 miles from parking. The first post noted that it was at least a 5 mile hike round trip.
Some geocachers in SLAGA and nationwide are handicapped or in some manner physically limited. I personally am limited to about 1.5 to 2 miles, depending on the terrain. It is very frustrating to walk 1/2 mile to a waypoint and find that the next point is miles away. I know this doesn't effect the majority of the cachers in the area and some may think this sport isn't for the physically challenged, but just wondered if possibly the cache placer could indicate what the total distance is or at least some better indication of difficulty. And I only mean this on the really difficult or longer hikes. I know that RGS attempts to do this on his harder posts.
Just a discussion item- I would like to hear what others think. Thanks- John
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