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huffinpuffin2 9 years, 10 months ago.
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The logbooks were just replaced in two of our caches that we put out in 2005. Thanks to a local cacher, maganum, for the maintenance assist. Anyhow, it was interesting to look through the pages. Not only do we see minimal logs posted online these days, but also on the paper logs in the caches, too.
Back in the early days of both of these, most finders used at least 1/2 page in the small spriral notebook, if not more. What got traded, the weather, who was along, etc. were all common comments. In about 2010 the writings started becoming less and less. The last couple of pages are primarily just caching name and date.
I suppose the proliferation of micros and nanos have influenced this reduction in the written word. Our online logs are typically pretty complete, but I’ve realized that we do the same thing today at the cache – usually just name and date. So I think I’m gonna try to do better where space permits. No novels, but there’s always something interesting to write about.
Many cachers who logged finds in the mid-2000’s have faded away. But I was surprised by how many are still around and active. That’s good, veterans are needed to teach the newcomers a thing or two!
cYa, Grandpa Jim
I also wish people’s logs were more detailed. I just checked and we average 119 words per online log and a little more than one picture per cache online (7,000+ so far), but admittedly we nowadays usually only write our name and date on the paper logs. When we find a classic cache that involves a long hike and a decent size container, we’re more likely to stay a while and write a nice paper log.
I occasionally write long logs in the physical cache containers but i usually don’t, even when there’s room. I think because you just never know if the CO will ever visit it again and read it, or if the log book will be destroyed by rain if the top isn’t shut anymore. I figure that if I write nice online logs then the CO will know for sure all those details that you mentioned. Plus, I type faster than I write. 😉
Not all who wander are lost. -J.R.R. Tolkien
Well, that didn’t work. Let’s try it this way….
http://www.wi-geocaching.com/forums/topic/a-different-thought-on-the-art-of-logging/
Extremely interesting to review that Thread, T&B…… not only can one say ‘Logbooks are a-changing’, but something similar can be said about Threads. Nice keyboard flurry where a number of different perspectives & folks had a discussion in a relatively short amount of time. Fewer eyes and fingers pointed this way these days, perhaps?
TFTLB (look back)!
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