[Az-Geocaching] Just an observation

[loran @cox]

Not all cachers log there finds on the web site. When I first started
caching I didn't sign up with geocaching.com but kept a record for myself on
the caches I had found. Once I did register I found that some of the caches
had been archived so I could not log these. At that point since my count was
off  and I only logged finds that I felt where special (3 of 50).  Later I
did find a way to log archived caches  so I made log entries for all of my
finds.

I wrote this to show that there may be many reasons why some one might not
make log entries.

I my experience I have found one cache missing  and two others that if I had
read the log entries before attempting I would have know they where not
active.
Caches will disappear from time to time, and some people will vandalize
them, but overall I believe thing are working out pretty well the way it is
set up.

Loran (Team Sand Dollar)

----- Original Message -----
From: C. Sullivan <feedle@feedle.net>
To: <listserv@azgeocaching.com>
Sent: Thursday, May 23, 2002 9:45 PM
Subject: Re: [Az-Geocaching] Just an observation


>
>
> On Thu, 23 May 2002, Ken Henson wrote:
>
> > Today (Thursday, May 23) I visited my cache, Sycamore View.  On the
> > cache page there is only one entry.  The log book has about six
> > entries.  The last entry, May 18, made by "Space Men" stated that he /
> > they took the cache box.  It was an ammo can.  The rest of the cache box
> > contents were left at the site.  The log book and the contents of the
> > cache had been placed in a Ziplock bag that was in the cache box along.
> > Someone had added their trash to the bag with the log book.  The log
> > read that this site should not be listed on the web.  Only special
> > people should be allowed to visit this special sacred spot.
> >
> > Maybe, just maybe, I would get a different group of visitors at my
> > caches if I made them "Member  Only" caches?
>
> I have observed this pheonomenae at not only Wednesday Equals Geeks (there
> are currently two logs on the logsheet that aren't on the website) but at
> a few others I've found as well.
>
> I suspect that the vast majority of these come from people who have
> randomly "found" the cache without the aid of GPS.  For example, at
> Wednesday we had a log from the night manager (who happens to be somebody
> known to us) who probably found it when she was out front using the
> payphone that it was originally hidden behind.
>
> But a ratio of five to one?  That sounds, at best, a bit odd.  Especially
> given what happened to the cache.
>
> -Fedl
>
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