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Not sure if anyone saw this article posted on Geocaching.com. A pdf article for your enjoyment. http://208.55.63.109/us_air.pdf
When will they EVER get it right!! The first drawing of the cache box shows it underground, and the second drawing shows it open and laying next to a big hole in the ground. I didn’t even finish the article after seeing that, didn’t want to get more peeved about what they might have written.
I skimmed the article, and to tell you the truth, it is one of the better articles I have read on the sport. It sheds a very positiveimage on Geocaching. The artwork is the only bummer, and is probably due to the fact that the artist had nothing to do with the article itself.
I think the only reason people assume caches are buried is because the word “treasure” is used way too often to describe a cache. People hear treasure, and a few words come to mind–Gold, Jewels, Buried… and NONE of these fit a cache. Why do so many people within the community insist on using the word then? Perhaps if we made a concentrated effort NOT to call Geocaching a “High tech treasure hunt” the assumption that they are buried will be less severe. Seriously.
Many years of metal detectors and pictures of people using them while probing the ground and digging up pop tops and pennies are one of the likely reasons prejudice continues. While it doesn’t sound as macho, I use the correlation to Easter egg hunt. Who is going to object to something like that?
Steve Bukosky
WaukeshaI prefer High Tech Hide & Seek.
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