[GeoStL] Re: Was Walmart Now Flying Toads
- From: Glenn Nash <GLNash@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 09 Jan 2008 10:40:53 -0600
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Michael Griffin wrote:
I think we miss the point of the caches. It is not so some guy in a
wheelchair can't play, it is asking permission which is the basis of any
cache. It clearly states that permission MUST BE OBTAINED PRIOR to
placing any cache. If it is a hassle to get permission, we shouldn't
place one with the Oh Well attitude. We should do the homework and make
sure we obtain permission.
BINGO, give the bear a prize.
However, I totally agree that SLAGA is not the enforcing agency on
caches. We are a social club and should not condemn or support any kind
of hides.
BINGO again. I have seen and been involved with other groups attempts to
keep their area filled high quality caches, help tutoring "problem"
cachers and help clean up the area of old moldy, abandoned junk caches
that were littering the parks. All very nice ideas but it pretty much
ended in DISASTER and fractioned the group until it pretty much just
imploded. I think there are some ways that a local organization could
help with such things but that is a gigantic discussion and too much for
now.
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I will do caches that I don't necessary like because I too am a numbers
hound. I am NOT afraid to say I love numbers. Although I haven't logged
several of the caches I have done in the past 6 months, I like to watch
my numbers.
Yep, I have many hundreds of caches that I have not logged. Just never
get around to it.
Ok, Last topic since this is about Geocaching and not food. Larry and
myself were talking about how the numbers have killed the muticaches and
puzzles. I use to make a puzzle cache run for 1 or 2 caches. Now, unless
I go alone, no one wants to do 1 or 2. Everyone wants to do 60 or 100 or
500 in a weekend. Only if someone has solved a puzzle down to the final
will someone do a difficult puzzle.
WTMRN and I started talking about this back in '01 before the very 1st
SLAGA picnic. "People dont want to do our out of town or harder caches
anymore" we lamented. Why bother? With so many caches in town, why
would anyone want to go all the way to our Greer Springs cache or even
Babler for that matter. My blue spring cache and Forever green are very
low volume caches but they are quite a drive. "Choices" is IN town but
only gets hit a few times/year. "Takes too long & looks too hard" are
most of the reasons I get. Pretty much the same still. I have 3
gazillion caches within a mile of my house. Why would I need to go
across town for anything? Sad state of affairs but it is just easier to
do the easy ones close to home. I do the same thing.
Ok - I am really done. I am headed out here in Boston and going to grab
a few Guardrails and Light poles.
And not all guardrail and lightpole caches are lame. RGS has a
guardrail cache that will stump most folks and there is a light pole in
nashville that had me scratching my head for a bit.
Glenn
*Mike Griffin*
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