[GeoStL] Re: upside down and no finds.
- From: "Bridget Griffin" <bridget@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 8 Mar 2004 18:53:37 -0600
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I like really big neon arrows pointing the way. Once in the "right" area,
people should be able to find it. It is a good hide.
Bridget
----- Original Message -----
From: "Timothy Hunt" <geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: "Timothy Hunt" <geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, March 08, 2004 6:06 PM
Subject: [GeoStL] upside down and no finds.
> -
> Well, I've had a two people log "no-finds" and one person contact me
> directly for help with this. Discussion with 2 of those 3 has enabled
> me to understand how what I thought were unambiguous, if obfuscated,
directions
> were actually still ambiguous. I honestly didn't realise that the
> directions could be interpreted differently from the way I interpreted
them.
>
> However, no-one until this weekend had done anything to let me know
> they'd had trouble finding it, since I had altered the directions from
what
> I knew to be ambiguous, to be what I thought to be unambiguous. WIth the
> recent wet weather, I thought that people hadn't gone looking for this
cache.
>
> Given my "positive reports of non-finding" rather than simply "no reports
> of finding", I have realised the issue, and made the directions more
direct.
> And I do mean more direct.
>
> So, to those who tried and failed, I apologise that I made it too hard.
> I'm still new at placing caches, and still trying to balance between
making
> them challenging, and putting a great big neon arrow that says "look here"
>
> I must admit, though, I'm surprised that some of the others who reportedly
> searched and failed to find didn't contact me, especially as it's obvious
> from the number of caches I've placed and found that I'm still pretty new
> at this.
>
> So, if anyone has any suggestions for making descriptions clear but
> not so completely obvious that it takes just a minute to find, I'd be
> grateful.
>
> Timothy
>
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