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And I thought I was way too into this sport! An impressive number and not just because it was archived in such a succinct timeframe, but also because I know the scheduling manuevours that you had to pull to get half of them. For a while there I thought you were settling into a 3-hour sleep routine.
The most memorable finds of mine to date are the FTF hunt for “For Immediate Release” where you were out in 10? weather with -10? windchill looking for a small furry animal anywhere in a 1/10 mile radius… and got it… before anyone else was even out of bed and the crazy fast seed plant of “Spawn of Sataim” where you somehow managed to get the FTF and first seed, plant it, activate it and have it approved in a 3 hour timeframe before I was even aware that my seed cache had been activated!
You see what I mean? And you once said that you “wanted nothing to do with that insanity” You were right to think that!
It’s been a lot of fun to tag along on some of your FTF hunts and other trips in the past six months and I look forward to more great anecdote acquiring cache hunts.
Congratulations, and don’t expect me to catch up anytime soon… if ever…
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And then this cacher had the audacity to ask if they could log the cache anyway, even though they hadn’t found either waypoint and looked irritated as I dismissed them momentarily to re-build the rock wall. Needless to say, I archived the cache shortly after.
I need to post a personal apology to the cachers referenced here. This portion of my post was off-topic and personal concerning my particular feelings about the inconsiderate geocachers who visited the area before the above referenced folks called me in to check the cache status. They made every attempt to help me locate the missing waypoints and indeed did locate a portion of what was once the first waypoint. My frustration is not directed at them, but at cachers in general who do not take the time to evaluate a cache hide, carefully extract and sign it, and then replace it as it was found. I was taken off-guard that day and in my state of shock, felt the request to log a non-existent cache a little over-zealous.
I have been a recent victim of numerous inconsiderate cache re-sets resulting in unnecessary muggling and what seem to be, in my estimation, outright incidents of sabotage. But that’s another topic and well worth discussing elsewhere.
Again, I harbor no ill will toward the cachers I referenced above. I do think that as geocachers we need to check ourselves when the hunt intensifies to the point where branch lifting becomes branch breaking to get the elusive cache.
I’d echo many of the sentiments posted in this thread, and I wish there were a better way to bring about a greater awareness of both the hiders and the finders responsibility to maintain the natural areas they search in than posting threads in these forums. Maybe a Large event on the topic is in order.
I have numerous urban caches that I simply don’t worry that much about. But I even notice damage done to shrubs and bushes in my urban hides that seem wholly unnecessary, if cachers takes the time to retrieve the cache in a respectful manner. It’s a catch 22 for these. An ammo can needs to be hid well enough in an urban environment so it is not prone to muggling. But in doing so, the container has to be tucked well under it’s concealing shrubery – and in winter, with snowcover, this has led to broken branches. I agree that it is my responsibility to monitor and potentially archive a cache that is creating too much damage to the surrounding area and I do monitor mine.
Duck, Duck… Goose was a cache that I placed in an area that I thought could handle the traffic. It couldn’t. I got a call one morning from a cacher who can’t walk away from a cache without finding it telling me it had been muggled. I met the cacher at ground zero to discover that the stone wall upon which the first waypoint rested, had been completely dismantled with rocks strewn about the area. I COULDN’T BELIEVE MY EYES! The cache itself was an easy grab and sat right on top of the wall. Yet, because it was missing, someone decided to tear the wall apart to find it.
And then this cacher had the audacity to ask if they could log the cache anyway, even though they hadn’t found either waypoint and looked irritated as I dismissed them momentarily to re-build the rock wall. Needless to say, I archived the cache shortly after.
Back to hints: I like the 1 star rule. I put in a lot of time, thought, and energy into many of my caches and I want the find to be challenging. So, I’m not going to provide a clue that just gives it away. However, I’m not going to make it impossible either and most people know that they can contact me for more hints if they just can’t stand the idea of logging a DNF and coming back another day.
Tricky puzzles I like, fun puzzles I like, difficult search and destroy cache hides I despise and when someone tells me it took them more than 10 minutes to find a final of mine, I re-evaluate to make sure it is not that difficult to come up with.
We do need to be EXTREMELY sensetive to the traffic our hides generate and monitor closely. If it’s getting to be too much, simply disable the cache periodically or archive it. As more and more people get into the sport, more and more incidents will occur and more regulation will come down. This in inevitable. It’s merely a queastion of how long it can be delayed with good caching practices by the majority.
Doesn’t seem like it was all that long ago when you and the youngin came carrining down the slope to pick up No. 300 on the Old Man caches. Wonder what we’ll have seen and done together by the time you make the next maker. Well done and well met!
Crimmy, the Old Man was jammin to Motorhead before the pretty boys in the that motley crew were even off of thier training wheels!
Congrats Dave, just make sure you don’t take it so far that you don’t get No Sleep At All!
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Welcome aboard! You’ll come to know me well when WGA2 and Cheese-Wiz get frustrated with my submissions and dump them on you! Looking forward to working with you on some creative caches in the near future!
“Ok gotta put my 2 cents worth in. Seldom seen was also there looking before us. Looked like he was there for a while with all the foot prints all around! “
seldom|seen was there muckin up the area, determined to get an FTF on his first active seeded cache, which is a whole other story, and called it quites after his customary 10 minute urban hunt limit. Then, by coincidence, drove by again to see the Bear Bear scouring the area and decided to join for a few more minutes. Seldom seen later found out the the cache was placed “exactly ” as he thought it would be by sagasu but had gotten “Rambo’d” by an irriated neighbor.
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