[Az-Geocaching] Destruction of geological site(s?)

Wed, 7 Aug 2002 18:10:05 EDT

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My letter to the author of the article and her reply:

I was disturbed after reading your article "A high-tech scavenger hunt" in 
today's paper. I am an avid geocacher and am wondering how you arrived at the 
conclusion that a cacher was responsible for the damage?  I have logged 
nearly 400 finds and have not seen any evidence of damage, vandalism, or 
trash at any of the sites I have visited. I am wondering why you directed 
your criticism at geocaching and not toward ATV riders? It seems the damage 
is directly linked to ATV riders, not geocachers. All the cachers I know 
really love the outdoors and try to leave the area as good or even better 
than it was when they arrived. We all support a "cache in-trash out" policy. 
More information would be appreciated, because if geocaching is truly 
responsible for vandalism, we would like to do our part to help eliminate the 
problem.

the reply:

Thanks for your note. I'd be happy to discuss the issue with you, but would
prefer to do it over the phone (602) 444-4845. Thanks.

Guess a phone call is in order.
Jean
roadrunners

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<HTML><BODY BGCOLOR="#ffffff">My letter to the author of the article and her reply: 
 
I was disturbed after reading your article "A high-tech scavenger hunt" in today's paper. I am an avid geocacher and am wondering how you arrived at the conclusion that a cacher was responsible for the damage?&nbsp; I have logged nearly 400 finds and have not seen any evidence of damage, vandalism, or trash at any of the sites I have visited. I am wondering why you directed your criticism at geocaching and not toward ATV riders? It seems the damage is directly linked to ATV riders, not geocachers. All the cachers I know really love the outdoors and try to leave the area as good or even better than it was when they arrived. We all support a "cache in-trash out" policy. More information would be appreciated, because if geocaching is truly responsible for vandalism, we would like to do our part to help eliminate the problem. 
 
the reply: 
 
Thanks for your note. I'd be happy to discuss the issue with you, but would 
prefer to do it over the phone (602) 444-4845. Thanks. 
 
Guess a phone call is in order. 
Jean 
roadrunners</HTML>

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