[GeoStL] Re: geocaching Digest V2 #22
- From: pntball <pntball@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2003 07:07:48 -0800 (PST)
-
thanks i am going to try to take the camera more
often.that way people can see what they are in for
before they go.but the fun of it is being surprised
when you get their and find a 150 foot cliff you have
to walk down.NO THANKS pntball
--- Glenn <GLNash@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> -
> VERY nice pictures pntball.
>
> one thing that i always wished i had done is keep a
> photo journal of the
> caches i visit. i never do.
>
> glenn
>
>
>
> At 06:45 AM 1/22/2003 -0800, pntball wrote:
> >-
> >i am going to be in and out all day but i wish i
> could
> >go caching.hey i have a webpage of pictures of
> caches
> >i have been to it is
> >http://community.webshots.com/user/pntball
> >it is of the better areas i have been to.pntball
> >
> >
> >--- Glenn <GLNash@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > -
> > > I'll go back with ya.. i kind of like that park
> and
> > > everybody was real
> > > friendly to me... :-)
> > >
> > > lemme know if ya wanna go. i am off today
> > >
> > > gln
> > >
> > > At 12:11 AM 1/22/2003 -0600, you wrote:
> > > >-
> > > >Various members wrote:
> > > >
> > > >>
> > > >>I think it's up to the cache owner to say if
> you
> > > can log it. What cache
> > > >>was it?
> > > >>T.P.&M.
> > > >>
> > > >>if I don't sign the log I don't log it as a
> find.
> > > ....... If the cache is
> > > >>in a dangerous spot I do think the owner
> should
> > > be contacted.
> > > >>Elkie
> > > >>
> > > >>Logging the find is up to you .... sounds like
> you
> > > legitamately found it
> > > >>to me. Please let the owner know of the
> > > situation, he might want to
> > > >>remove it. I would want to know about it
> before
> > > going there. Georgie
> > > >>
> > > >>I'd like to know which cache it is so I can
> avoid
> > > going there. I'd say
> > > >>go ahead and log it just as you would do some
> of
> > > the other public caches
> > > >>like those in the zoo. It's definitly one I
> would
> > > not go to.
> > > >>Barramus
> > > >>
> > > >>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. If it is not a big deal to come back when
> you
> > > can sign it, you
> > > >>should. I see no problem with logging it if
> you
> > > actually spot the container.
> > > >>Jim Bensman
> > > >>
> > > >>........you could have people logging caches
> that
> > > they thought they saw
> > > >>when in actuality it was never near. There is
> no
> > > way to ever know if they
> > > >>truly found the cache. I think that that is
> part
> > > of the challenge. To
> > > >>remove this would jeopardize the integrity of
> the
> > > game. ......I feel that
> > > >>you could return with someone to finish the
> cache.
> > > >>Mike
> > > >>
> > > >>......you have asked a very good question that
> has
> > > concerned
> > > >>me. Recently there was a cache that I went to
> > > twice ( Jon's First
> > > >>Cache). I did not log it as a find, because I
> did
> > > not retrieve it and
> > > >>sign the log. I have also read posts that say
> > > they only found part 1 of
> > > >>a multi-cache, but chose to log it anyway,
> because
> > > they felt part 2 was
> > > >>missing? .......others have posted finds, but
> said
> > > they didn't have a pen
> > > >>to sign the log. I think each person has to
> set
> > > their own standards and
> > > >>live with it. I am only competing with
> myself.
> > > >>John R -
> > > >>The kind of people who would log a cache as
> you
> > > suggest will do it anyway
> > > >>and they would not ask a group for advice. I
> don't
> > > log caches I don't
> > > >>sign or find physically but if the situation
> arose
> > > where it was dangerous
> > > >>to log it as is suggested in the previous
> email
> > > and the cache had been
> > > >>seen just not removed and logged in I would
> say
> > > "Yes go ahead and log a find".
> > > >>Dan (Thunder)
> > > >>
> > > >>I have had to go back to several caches more
> than
> > > once to make it "right".
> > > >>gln
> > > >>
> > > >>I bet it is that stinking Party Cove cache. I
> > > just know it is.
> > > >>gln
> > > >>
> > > >>Ya can't "reply" while on digest mode.
> > > >>Barramus
> > > >Very excellent responses to my request for your
> > > advise. I thank you all
> > > >for your thoughts. I'll try to respond
> briefly.
> > > >I did immediately email the cache owner with a
> copy
> > > of my note to the
> > > >List, and with a complete detailed description
> of
> > > the exact cache
> > > >location, so he (or she) could confirm that I
> did
> > > indeed find it. I also
> > > >asked them to move it. And yes, I actually did
> see
> > > the cache itself. If
> > > >I hadn't, I wouldn't have posed the question
> with
> > > you all. I too went back
> > > >twice to Jon's First, and know that I found its
> > > hiding place, but I
> > > >couldn't reach it either, so I didn't log it -
> and
> > > I won't. Integrity and
> > > >a strong code of personal ethics are extremely
> > > important to me. If the
> > > >owner contacts me and agrees that I did find
> it,
> > > I'll think about logging
> > > >it. There's a good chance that I'll go back
> (mayby
> > > early on a cold
> > > >morning - with my brother with me) to make
> another
> > > attempt to actually log
> > > >it, but I'll feel much better about that if the
> > > owner moves it to a safer
> > > >location. At first, I had no intention of
> naming
> > > the cache, but several
> > > >people have asked which one it is - and have
> > > expressed a concern to avoid
> > > >it, so I have decided to let you all know that
> it
> > > is indeed the Carondelet
> > > >cache (Sorry Glen, it's not "that stinking
> Party
> > > Cove cache".). Oh! And
> > > >yes, Barramus, you can "reply" while on digest
>
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