[GeoStL] Re: geocaching Digest V2 #22
- From: "Mike Griffin" <griff@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2003 19:11:16 -0600
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The bad thing about taking that kind of shortcut from Wilson to Titus is, if
you miss the ledge, you won't stop till you hit water.. :-)
I enjoyed the cliff walk.. It was one of my favs!
Mike
----- Original Message -----
From: "Glenn" <GLNash@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, January 22, 2003 9:30 AM
Subject: [GeoStL] Re: geocaching Digest V2 #22
> -
> I dont think i could "walk down" a 150 foot cliff either. I dont think i
> ever have had too. have you run into caches like that?? I think going
from
> Wilson to Titus hollow might be close but that isnt something that should
> be done anyway.
>
> glenn
>
> At 07:07 AM 1/22/2003 -0800, you wrote:
> >-
> >thanks i am going to try to take the camera more
> >often.that way people can see what they are in for
> >before they go.but the fun of it is being surprised
> >when you get their and find a 150 foot cliff you have
> >to walk down.NO THANKS pntball
> >--- Glenn <GLNash@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > -
> > > VERY nice pictures pntball.
> > >
> > > one thing that i always wished i had done is keep a
> > > photo journal of the
> > > caches i visit. i never do.
> > >
> > > glenn
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > At 06:45 AM 1/22/2003 -0800, pntball wrote:
> > > >-
> > > >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
> > >
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> >
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