[GeoStL] Re: HTM#1 Witches Cemetery RE: Bernie
- From: Dan Henke <thunder_monk@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 18 Aug 2005 14:36:21 -0700 (PDT)
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Well I will have to admit that this little note has
started a rather interesting thread....I am grateful
to all who have posted on it and I would like to say
that I respect Bernie's opinion very much and I would
be the first to pull a cache (of mine) if I thought
that it was bringing desecration or disrespect to a
graveyard.
But one of the GREAT things about caching is that the
diversity of opinion and the diversity of people who
cache can overlook disagreements on how something
should be done and just get on with the caching and
the enjoyment of seeing the country and getting to
know the diverse people.
I don't always agree with what people post or how they
place a cache etc....but I can also find enough common
ground to be able to go on a group find with those
same people and enjoy it tremendously.
Isn't Caching GREAT!!!!!! Maybe we should introduce
ALL the world leaders to caching and get them together
for a GROUP hunt!!!! Who knows it might lead to world
peace :-P
Thanks everyone
Dan (Thunder)
--- Wayne Lindberg <alindb01@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> -
>
> Bernie and all
>
>
>
> I am normally a ?lurker? looking to learn as I have
> only been Geocaching for
> a bit over a year and only have about 120 to my
> credit, so I?m not an expert
> on cache placement or damage from caching. I have
> seen some areas that have
> been altered by Geocaching, geotrails come to mind,
> but as a hunter, animal
> trails tend to be only less damaging. I?m sure
> there are those among us
> that have little respect for the land and locales
> where we are permitted to
> cache, but, my overall perception is that the vast
> majority appreciate the
> freedom and flexibility that we have and act
> accordingly, wherever we can
> place a cache. We can also be self-policing in
> this. Much as we have seen
> in this thread regarding ?Monday morning
> quarterbacking?, we should also be
> directly correcting our compatriots ON THE SPOT, if
> we see something that is
> not right in the field.
>
>
>
> My wife is a genealogy buff and we have visited many
> a cemetery to collect
> ancestral information, take marker rubbings, and, in
> my case, this is where
> I go to visit most of my immediate family and some
> old friends, when I am
> back home. Live people visit dead people in
> cemeteries. It?s not a bad
> thing. In some areas, such as Savannah, GA,
> cemeteries are a major theme in
> caching, just don?t plan to cache after 5:00 PM, as
> they lock the gates.
> In fact, I am looking into placing a cache at a
> local (Lincoln County)
> cemetery due to its history and location, and
> because we need to remember
> these often ordinary folks who were much like
> ourselves, and often have no
> direct descendants today.
>
>
>
> Damage due to our pastime is never a desired result,
> but some will occur.
> Just as in the case of CITO, we should all be alert
> for damage that MAY have
> been the result of Geocaching, fix it if we can and
> report it to the
> responsible parties, if we can?t. The damage at
> this particular cache can?t
> be directly attributed to Geocaching, especially the
> way the cache notes are
> written, but I would have tended to pick up rocks
> that looked as if they
> should have been part of wall, replaced them and
> just reported my find, with
> no more than a note that I cleaned up around the
> area. The Boy Scouts have
> long had the credo to leave the area better than we
> found it, and that?s not
> a bad position for responsible cachers to have,
> which is already reflected
> in CITO, and can easily be expanded to include site
> cleanup. Savannah, GA
> just recently had a site-specific CITO that was to
> open up a historic area
> by more than trash cleanup, but would include
> overgrowth/undergrowth
> removal.
>
>
>
> Maybe it can all be boiled down to the Golden Rule,
> Do unto others?
>
>
>
> Wayne
>
>
>
> Known among cachers as Arthur TOAFK
>
>
>
> Wayne Lindberg
>
> "Semi" Retired
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: geocaching-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:geocaching-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of
> Bernie
> Sent: Wednesday, August 17, 2005 5:21 AM
> To: geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [GeoStL] Re: HTM#1 Witches Cemetery RE:
> Bernie
>
>
>
> Dan, it just goes to show you that there are two
> sides to every story.
> Obviously most people didn't agree with me on my
> cemetery opinion. But, that
> is OK. I just stated what 'I' felt. I did notice
> that not hardly a comment
> was made on the damaging of old walls and
> foundations. Does that mean that
> people agree on that point? Bernie.
>
>
>
>
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