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@SammyClaws wrote:
I would have to say the ones that are not maintained. Missing, gone, owner notified and months later still the same.
Ditto. Or a DNF.
I have done the same thing as Anne mentions.
If it works, 500 PQ request picks up caches as far south as KY, over to ON, and into SD.
@I M W/U wrote:
@marc_54140 wrote:
I think my favorite site remains Wikipedia.
Some days I spend several hours, going from topic to topic, reading about all sorts of subjects.
Reminds me of the guy in England (I believe) who is reading the Britannica from beginning to end. It’s (either one or both) loaded with lots of trivia, useful info, and ‘Oh, I didn’t know that’.
For example, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wettin_%28dynasty%29
Had this one emailed to me today…
Interesting …….
Boy, timing is everything, isn’t it cheeto!?
Ask, and you shall be offered……
I have done perhaps 10-12 caches along sections of Route 66 in Arizona, and they are all worth the time. Usually hidden close to the road, but the drive is the goal.
I do not remember any specific caches along 66 in Illinois. However, I do know that there are multiple sections of the road in places.
For example, around Springfield, you will find Route 66 1930-1931 and Route 66 1931-1933.
It would be nice for local cachers to create some bookmarks for this type of cache.
And how long did it take you to log them…..?
Congrats!
When I saw KFC I also thought of chicken….
Doesn’t mean we can not use the same initials.
Having them in the cache name is better than a bookmark listing, or looking for attribute. Much more conspicuous.
Like the WSQ series.
Congratulations!
Oh, those poor souls!
A great idea Jim. I will participate…….
I think my favorite site remains Wikipedia.
Some days I spend several hours, going from topic to topic, reading about all sorts of subjects.
Reminds me of the guy in England (I believe) who is reading the Britannica from beginning to end. It’s (either one or both) loaded with lots of trivia, useful info, and ‘Oh, I didn’t know that’.
For example, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wettin_%28dynasty%29
“And it’s also a great lesson in free market economics–consumers demand, the market responds.”
So all the agitation I have created is good for something after all?
I was sorry to see Peach’s There and Back Again disappear so fast. That is one cache I would have like to done just because of the subject.
@gotta run wrote:
@tyedyeskyguy wrote:
…then there are those cachers that just feel free to hand out solutions to puzzles that aren’t theirs.
That’s the whole point of s|s’s original post, and it’s exactly what a Puzzle Cache Tour does..
No, that’s not what a Puzzle Cache Tour is about.
The primary purpose of a Tour is to get together with some other cachers, and travel to a distance city to hunt caches. It’s an opportunity to spend time together. And when actually hunting the cache, increase the likelihood of it being found because there are more sets of eyes hunting it.
In this instance, I am planning to concentrate on puzzle caches. There is an ‘entry fee’ to be make sure no one is along for a free ride.
So, one person solves 10, and gets 30 free? No.
As some mentioned earlier, the odds are each person will probably be solving some of the same – perhaps easier – puzzles. Where do the others come in?
Some will be the collecting information type. One in particular I plan on is WSQ Mount Calvary. (I think I have the right name). It is a 9 part multi thru a large cemetery, and it highlights some spectacular monuments. I have done this one already, but I believe it is something to show others.
Any others? I do not know at this point, since it depends on who comes on the tour, and what they have worked on.
Spare key in my wallet!
(Make sure you bring your wallet!)
From my point of view, puzzle caches are meant to be solved and found. But there is no necessity for each and every cacher to solve the entire puzzle. If a couple of cachers get together and pool ideas to come up with the final solution, that’s fine.
Some puzzle almost demand cooperation. My Carol for Papr Dolls is an example. It involves a lot of misinformation, false leads, dead ends, you name it. So having several, if not more, people work on it together is something I expect.
And so I believe this expectation applies to any hard puzzle anywhere.
How much solving does each cacher contribute? That is a question with no black and white answer.
A simple example would be my commenting to ‘George’ that the Hall of Infamy cache appears to involve famous sports people, but I can not see any connection. George responses by saying the solution involves X. So, he has figured out the solution. Then either one, or both, of us work out the numbers.
Also, do not forget that a lot of puzzle caches involve going to the posted coordinates, collect some info, and work out the final. A WSQ cache is a good example of this. I have done a number of these with other cachers. We generally spread out, and start looking for the needed info; ultimately one of us find it. We congregate, work out the math, then head for the final. That’s called cooperation.
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