- Yes, that would be nice. At 10:32 AM 10/6/2004, Mike Lusicic wrote: >- >Gee wiz, maybe the another answer is for the park to start sponsoring >their own caches like Crestwood did. Then they can toot their own >whistle wherever they want. The two together would probably be a nice >combo, and maybe a way to perhaps get some geocachers in there to maybe >set them up for the park service, and then they can maintain it as just >another part of the park facility. It could start up a nice relationship >that may help the two sides appreciate each other and maybe be better >for the encounter. > >Glenn wrote: > > >- > >Well, if the geological people say that this thing is a really cool thing, > >I cant really say otherwise. I dont know a thing about rocks except that > >they were fun to put inside of snowballs. > > > >They think they have a lot to offer and would like to be able to show the > >stuff to visitors. With the ban on hard (real) caches by the NPS that > >hasn't been able to happen with the triditional cache type and with the > >reluctance of the reviewers to start listing every VC that someone claims > >to be a cool rock, (or whatever) the geology folks wants to OK them which > >is OK with the gc.com reviewers. > > > >It could be a 2 edged sword. > > > >It will be nice to get some bonified neat attractions in the NPS. Thats is > >good. > > > >Other parks could (and have) discovered that the virtual caches are a > >dandy "non-littering" way to have geocaching in the parks and will (and > >some parks have) banned all but virtual caches in their parks. The result > >is that there will be no geocaches in their parks. That is not a good thing. > > > >glenn > > > > > >At 10:04 AM 10/6/2004, Mike Lusicic wrote: > > > > > >>So this is more about the gc.com guys than it is about actually being > >>able to walk around in a national park with a GPSr in your hand. So an > >>expert saying fossils in rocks are cool trumps the gc.com guy who > >>doesn't think much about fossils in rocks, or at least provides dry > >>commentary (at a 14 year old level) on why it is there. OK. I get the > >>picture. > >> > >>Glenn wrote: > >> > >> > >> > >>>- > >>>Basically it is a virtual cache that will be approved by the geology > >>>guys. GC.com reviewers will not have anything to do with them. > >>> > >>>If you just set up a virtual cache now to go look at some rocks, I am > >>>pretty sure that the evil reviewers will mention something like "Not > enough > >>>wow" or "what is so special about a fossil in a rock?" or something like > >>>that. They are a nasty lot. > >>> > >>>Since the real deal geology guys are looking at these, I am thinking that > >>>the likelyhood of getting to see something that is actually pretty neat > >>>would be pretty high. Or so they are hoping. > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>>At 09:25 AM 10/6/2004, Mike Lusicic wrote: > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>>>- > >>>>OK, being a new guy, I just have to ask this: What does this really give > >>>>you? It seems to me that if you are interesting formations, there is > >>>>nothing that stops anyone from publishing such interesting information > >>>>and giving the coordinates of the location so you can go see for > >>>>yourself. Is this banned in national parks now? If you cannot leave > >>>>anything according to this rule, then I just don't see what it adds > >>>>other than the fact you have to go through more paperwork than if you > >>>>didn't call it a virtual geocache! So what am I missing? Seems that > >>>>"EarthCache" is just a name and bureaucratic hoops to do what is already > >>>>legal in a national park, unless the spot in question was not already > >>>>open to the public. > >>>> > >>>>Glenn wrote: > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>>- > >>>>>They have been working on this one for a while. When I first heard > of this > >>>>>I thought of Know Future right off the bat. > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>>From what I gatehr, getting one of these listed will not be a slam dunk, > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>>easy deal tho. > >>>>> > >>>>>glenn > >>>>> > >>>>>At 08:06 AM 10/6/2004, Mike Griffin wrote: > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>>>- > >>>>>> > >>>>>>Caches will be allowed in National Parks if they can meet these > >>>>>>guidelines... > >>>>>> > >>>>>>http://www.geosociety.org/EarthCache/guidelines.htm > >>>>>> > >>>>>>Looks like Jeremy at GC.COM is on board with this as there is a new > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>icon for > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>>>earthcaches. 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