Define "short hike"

[gotta run]

@kc9gbo wrote:

Any hike that doesn’t elict the kids whining.

That pretty much means getting out of the car, doesn’t it?

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[sandlanders]

On the cache attributes, the “short” hike says < 1K, so that's 0.6 miles. Agree. The "medium" hike is between 1K and 10K, or between 0.6 and 6 miles. Six miles is a long hike to me.

Like sloughfoot, I would rather just see the apprx. roundtrip distance listed on the cache page, especially if it’s going to be more than a half mile (TY, LB7). Not only may you not feel like doing a bit of a hike on a certain day, but you may not have time for it if you are traveling or trying to squeeze a cache or two into a busy schedule.

Then the was the time our first caching winter that we went for a cache that was only a tenth of a mile away, but we were breaking trail in snow over our boots and there was some slight elevation change. That was a looooong hike by the time we finished.

[CodeJunkie]

@sandlanders wrote:

On the cache attributes, the “short” hike says < 1K, so that's 0.6 miles. Agree. The "medium" hike is between 1K and 10K, or between 0.6 and 6 miles. Six miles is a long hike to me.

6 miles seems long to me also. I know this isn’t the forum or even the right site to make recommendations, but I think “medium” could be 5K (~3 miles). Anything over 3 miles, I’d consider to be a “long” walk / hike.

I also just checked the two “longer” caches that I have and both list the distances (wet / dry routes) so I guess that puts me on the “nice” list for Christmas.

[Northwoods Tom]

Traveling from point A to point B (Home to Cottage up north), A short hike is no more than a few tenths of a mile from the road I travel on. When I’m in an area for a purpose, the short hike moves into the distance of about a mile one way.

Maybe there’s need for a different category other than a park and grab. That’s why I’m always checking my GPS to see “distance to” a cache as I travel.

[Jstajlr]

@CodeJunkie wrote:

I also just checked the two “longer” caches that I have and both list the distances (wet / dry routes) so I guess that puts me on the “nice” list for Christmas.

Yes, but a few of us know how good you are at judging distance. The .75 mile hike that turned into 3.5 miles comes to mind. 😀

[CodeJunkie]

@Jstajlr wrote:

@CodeJunkie wrote:

I also just checked the two “longer” caches that I have and both list the distances (wet / dry routes) so I guess that puts me on the “nice” list for Christmas.

Yes, but a few of us know how good you are at judging distance. The .75 mile hike that turned into 3.5 miles comes to mind. 😀

You must have missed my quote from the prior page.
@CodeJunkie wrote:

It also depends if it’s straight line distance or actual distance to the cache.

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