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Barry Butrymowicz 16 years, 8 months ago.
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I can see both sides of the temp/permanent debate here but I would like to see a nice easy mix of both. We certainly don’t need 40 temp hides since it is one log anyway. Nor do we need 20-30 permanent ones to compensate either. A big part of events for me is to meet new people and renew old friendships. If everybody is running around obsessed at trying to find a ton of caches then it takes away from the socializing aspect.
That being said, I would definately volunteer to help hide either type of placement. Temp hiding will depend on the weekend it is done if I am availalbe. Just point me towards some water and a cache I will place. Anybody up for “How Far Would You Go 2?” 😈
@grousetales wrote:
I see almost a dozen caches in the park, or in very close proximity.
With over 10,000 caches in the State, it’s hard to imagine there is a shortage in the area. It seems to me that if someone has found all the caches in N/E WI, they would make a good host to help organize and hide temps 😀
I’m gonna have to agree with GrousTales on this one. High Cliff gets plenty of action through-out summer and is not hurting for visitation.
The permanent caches were pulled out of High Cliff for a reason a few years back, unfortunately I wasn’t into the sport at the time and can’t speak to the circumstances, but I suspect it had to do with the dangerous terrain along the cliff faces or trampling in sensitive or protected areas, of which there are a few up there.
More than any parks I’ve been to in Wisconsin, this one has more potential to become an “incident” involving “geocachers” since someone could hurt themselves quite seriously hunting for a high terrain cache along the bluffs.
That’s not to say that High Cliff can’t support more caches. It certainly can and has. It is to suggest some caution about the cache placements and making sure the park personnel are well aware and prepared for what may come.
I have been eager to place a few out there myself. I have one Earthcache worked up and 2 hiking caches in mind for The Seldom Seeker and the Seeker Jr. which I hope to get placed as soon as the snow melts. However, I do think that working with the park rangers and getting permission to place temps is a lot easier to accomplish than suggesting to them that a bunch of geocachers are going to be placing 40 permanent caches this spring – that might actually push them in the opposite direction.
I WOULD STRONGLY ENCOURAGE MEMBERS OF THE BOD to meet with the High Cliff staff and managers to have a frank discussion of what has happened in the past, what level of comfort they have with caches placed along the cliff face trails, and what they would deem appropriate for an event of this magnitude, for both temp and perm caches.
I WOULD ALSO STRONGLY SUGGEST reserving the central campfire ring to the right of the first fork when you get to the top of the first stretch of road. That would be an ideal central meeting place and staging ground for the event although there are the group campsites with fire-pits.
(cripes, I sound like I’m running for the BOD) I would be willing to be one of the envoy that meets with them. I live close by and visit that park frequently.
@seldom|seen wrote:
I WOULD ALSO STRONGLY SUGGEST reserving the central campfire ring to the right of the first fork when you get to the top of the first stretch of road. That would be an ideal central meeting place and staging ground for the event although there are the group campsites with fire-pits.
I’m not sure what the fire pit(s) are like at the group area but the fire ring S|S is speaking of is an ideal gathering place with LOTS of room to stretch out and enough room for a few dozen folks to cozy up to the fire at the same time. Parking is also very close. I’d like to see us make use of that on at least one (if not both) nights….that said we will have to have a few firewood donations to make full use of the fire ring.
Once the new BOD is sworn in, and committee assignments made, I would like to volunteer to be part of the 2009 Picnic Planning Committee or whatever you guys decide to call it.
I am VERY interested in talking to High Cliff personal and developing an early strategy to place Temps and Perms in that wonderful park. I considered doing this earlier, myself, but think that it is a much better idea to do this in a wholly coordinated and WGA-certified manner.
Please contact me via PM when decisions have been made.
Bumping up as a reminder. I know the topic will be discussed in depth at the first meeting with the new board members and just wanted to remind them of my interest in the planning part of this event.
@seldom|seen wrote:
Bumping up as a reminder. I know the topic will be discussed in depth at the first meeting with the new board members and just wanted to remind them of my interest in the planning part of this event.
Noted. My hope is that we will appoint a campout committee right after the board meeting this coming sunday, and will be looking for up to nine non-board members for the campout committee. Stay tuned, and something like that will likely come out of the board meeting.
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One of the head gals (Cindy) is a step-aunt of mine. We talked to her a little at Christmas time. Hope that helped.
Mrs. TETemps???? at a WGA event thought that was a dead horse
How about help nebies find real caches instead setting up temps
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