[Az-Geocaching] Major league sports facility geocache: One finder has logged more than 800 cache findings

Tue, 30 Apr 2002 21:56:36 -0700 (PDT)

Eric....very cool VC. I spent 3 days in Hong Kong
trying to get back to the USA from Northern Thailand in
1977....what I saw of it, I really enjoyed. I missed
this particular place. And barely made the flight out
in the eye of a typhoon! Oh, to be young (and naive)
again!
Trisha

On Tue, 30 April 2002, Eric Quinn wrote

> 
> Trisha,
> 
> LOL, the Outback is a big place. The Fast Forward in
> the first half of the show, I forgot to specify since
> it was a two hour one, was the largest sitting Buddha.
> It is at the top of the Po Lin Monestary, Lantau
> Island, Hong Kong. I climbed the 265 steps and as I
> was huffing and puffing, I knew I had a good spot for
> a VC. The URL is
>
http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.asp?ID=9499
> and the waypoint is GC251B. An fan of Kung Fu movies
> will probably recognize the compound since many have
> been filmed here.
> 
> 
> Eric
> 
> --- trisha@brasher.com wrote:
> > Eric,
> > Your VC was the Aussie Outback? Cool....what is the
> > title/waypoint for your VC? I'd like to check it
> > out.
> > Personally, I agree that this is a GAME and supposed
> > to
> > be fun, I like the variety of both traditional and
> > locationless caches. To each their own...
> > Trisha "Lightning"
> > 
> > On Tue, 30 April 2002, Eric Quinn wrote
> > 
> > > 
> > > Michael,
> > > 
> > > I think you may have misunderstood my comment. I
> > > didn't say virtuals were bad; I have logged some
> > and
> > > have registered one as well. Side note: If anyone
> > > watched the Amazing Race last week, my virtual
> > cache
> > > was also the location of the Fast Forward. My
> > comment
> > > about finds was wanting to see the number of finds
> > not
> > > including virtual caches. I never said anything
> > about
> > > not seeing the total number.
> > > 
> > > I agree that this isn't a competition and that
> > > everyone has to play this game in a way that they
> > are
> > > comfortable with. Since everyone plays it in a
> > > different way, there can't be long term
> > competition. I
> > > think that we all can respect that we have
> > different
> > > opinions on this, everyone is free to state
> > their's,
> > > and we go one with caching... err, our lives.
> > > 
> > > 
> > > Eric 
> > > TD
> > > 
> > > 
> > > --- Baja Fleg <fleigle@hotmail.com> wrote:
> > > > This is funny because by far the most
> > interesting
> > > > cache I have ever found 
> > > > was a virtual cache located in Texas.  I am very
> > > > glad that someone took the 
> > > > time to point out the location.
> > > > After all this isn't a competition is it?  Who
> > cares
> > > > what someone elses 
> > > > cache finds are.  If you don't want to look for
> > a VC
> > > > or a locationless cache 
> > > > then don't....easy as that.
> > > > 
> > > > Michael
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > ----Original Message Follows----
> > > > I haven't logged any and don't feel any desire
> > to. I
> > > > don't consider most locationless caches to be in
> > the
> > > > spirit of geocaching. IMO, it isn't a cache
> > unless
> > > > coordinates are used in some way, shape or form,
> > to
> > > > get to the cache spot. I would actually prefer
> > to
> > > > see
> > > > find numbers that do not include virtual caches,
> > > > even
> > > > though many VCs do require coords.
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > Eric
> > > > TD
> > > > 
> > > > --- Scott Wood <wood@myblueheaven.com> wrote:
> > > >  > At 10:36 AM 4/30/2002 -0700, you wrote:
> > > >  >
> > > >  > >also two Historical ones amongst the
> > > > locationless
> > > >  > caches that could be bagged
> > > >  > >pretty easiy.  I suspect his high rate is
> > > > temporary
> > > >  > as he gets to the end of
> > > >  > >those kinds of caches, though there are many
> > of
> > > >  > them and a decent stream of
> > > >  > >new ones appearing all the time.
> > > >  >
> > > >  > I have logged a few of those sort of caches
> > also
> > > > but
> > > >  > I just don't enjoy
> > > >  > them as much as a traditional caches.  I
> > don't go
> > > >  > out of my way to get
> > > >  > them, but if I have one in the back of my
> > mind
> > > > and I
> > > >  > happen across the
> > > >  > right situation I will log it.
> > > >  >
> > > >  > I think that if it were completely up to me,
> > I
> > > >  > wouldn't allow that sort of
> > > >  > cache.
> > > >  >
> > > >  >
> > > >  > Scott
> > > >  > Team My Blue Heaven
> > > >  > www.myblueheaven.com/geocache
> > > >  >
> > > > 
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