[GeoStL] Re: Can I Log this as a Find?
- From: "Jim Bensman" <jbensman1@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 20 Jan 2003 10:09:34 -0600
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IMHO, if you found it (and you did) you should log it. I'd rather have
someone do what you did than to log it and show others where the cache is.
A principle that you actually have to sign the log when people are in the
area would encourage people not to be discrete in such situations.
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> [mailto:geocaching-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Michael Chambers
> Sent: Monday, January 20, 2003 12:48 AM
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> Subject: [GeoStL] Can I Log this as a Find?
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> Being a relative newbie, I'd like to get the groups opinion on whether
> or not to claim a find I made today. Here's the situation.
>
> I searched out a geocache in a popular St. Louis park this afternoon. I
> found the cache. I saw it from where I was standing, but I did not
> approach it closely, or do anything to reveal its existence. As I got
> to this point (way down inside an enclosed area - with no easy escape
> route), I was approached by a guy who I saw follow me to this location.
> I was by myself, and he got way too close for my liking, so I
> immediately got out of there. This other guy went back to a pavilion
> that he had come from, that was close by.
>
> As I was leaving, I observed a couple of other guys go to the same
> location. Being curious, I watched to see if they were heading for the
> geocache. They did not, but they did go into the same remote, enclosed
> area. Not being that curious, I didn't stick around any more to see
> what they were up to. I had a pretty good idea.
>
> This evening, I asked my brother (a St. Louis City P.D. sex crimes
> detective) about this cache site, and he confirmed that this is a very
> popular meeting place for some members of the gay community. He said
> the guy who followed me was probably looking for a date.
>
> Now my dilemma. I need the group to let me know if I can properly log
> this as a find or not. I did find the cache, which is what the whole
> point is all about, but I did not open it, or log an entry in the cache
> log. I feel I should be able to claim this as a find, but not unless
> you all approve. I really don't want to go back there, and I think that
> the cache owner probably ought to move it to another, less popular
> location. I'll contact that person separately with this information.
> At the very least, this is not a comfortable location to be alone in,
> and in fact it could be dangerous.
>
> Now, a quick disclaimer. I'm certainly NOT gay bashing, and I'm not
> trying to imply that gays are someone to be afraid of. Quite the
> contrary. A very close member of our family was gay, and died of AIDS.
> I just think that this is not a very safe location for a geocache.
>
> Thank you very much for your opinion on this,
> Leanman
>
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