[GeoStL] Re: upside down and no finds.
- From: "Jim Bensman" <jbensman1@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 8 Mar 2004 23:02:48 -0600
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Sometimes those no finds can trick you into not looking as good as you
should. The other day I did one that had 3 no finds in a row (including
roelsch). I gave it a quick look figuring it was not there. There people
started finding it again. I'm sure I would have looked much longer if there
had not been 3 no finds right before me.
Jim Bensman
"Nature Bats Last"
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> bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Bernie
> Sent: Monday, March 08, 2004 6:27 PM
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> Subject: [GeoStL] Re: upside down and no finds.
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> -
> Unfortunately so many of us will not log the NO FINDS. By not logging
> the NO FINDS you are doing a disservice to the rest of the caching
> community, seekers and hiders alike. If I approach a cache where the
> last 2 or 3 are NO FINDS, I certainly would handle that cache
> differently. It really helps the cache placer to keep an eye out for any
> problems without actually going to the cache. If you think it is such a
> terrible thing to have a NO FIND in the logs, at least write a note.
> Let's help each other out. Bernie
>
> Timothy Hunt wrote:
>
> >-
> >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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