Yeah there is. Go into the edit cache page, where you can choose the D and T ratings.
Click the link for “try this system.”
That page is different than the last time I looked (which is ???)
There is a radio button for: “Finding this cache requires very specialized knowledge, skills, or equipment. This is a serious mental or physical challenge.”
Checking this box has no impact on the T rating of the cache when I try it. In other words, keep all the other radio buttons “easy,” then check that button, and you will end up with a D5/T1 cache! So, the specialized equipment now factors into the D rating, not the T.
Even checking the “steep elevation” box with this box will only get you a T4. So mountain climbing or rapelling is a T4 without adding in anything else regarding the trail or terrain.
Now, to make it more confusing, if you read the descriptions that come up, you will see that T5 caches are still supposed to be “Requires specialized equipment and knowledge or experience, (boat, 4WD, rock climbing, SCUBA, etc) or is otherwise extremely difficult.”
BUT…putting that in the rating system…gets you a 1.
Anyhoo, play around with it and you’ll see what I mean. It is weird.
Now of course you can just ignore this and put in whatever you want, but this seems to be a little off.
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