[Az-Geocaching] rant....?

Tue, 9 Sep 2003 20:39:14 -0700

Actually, there was 9.  8/9 were approved, 1 wasn't.  I archived one due to
location ('hosts' no longer liked it there), the other in favor of a better
one.

I'll put it to you this way.  If you study up on my It...Has You cache,
you'll see that caches I put a LARGE amount of time into, they aren't likely
to be found frequently.  I'm getting ready to start work on another one of
equal difficulty, so look out for it.  I'm considering more caches to place,
but I'd prefer some thought having to be put into them besides 'oh, that
looks like a good place' being my criteria.  I could place some more quality
caches, but they will each take a certain amount of time, as I enjoy being
devious in my thought process, to make it more difficult.  Don't get me
wrong.  I do enjoy the park bench micros, because it gives me a chance to
sit, relax and enjoy the park it's in.  However, I also enjoy the more
difficult micro hides and ones that require some degree of hiking.

There are people who like to find caches, and others who prefer to place
them.  I feel myself to be a 70/30 mix of find/hide, just because that's the
way I am.

Brian
Team A.I.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Trisha" <trisha@brasher.com>
To: <listserv@azgeocaching.com>
Sent: Tuesday, September 09, 2003 6:11 PM
Subject: Re: [Az-Geocaching] rant....?

> Well, Brian, (heh heh you opened yourself up for this one, dear....)
> maybe you could put a little more thought into the hides, instead of
> just slapping it under a bench, and we'd all have a few more "quality"
> caches to go after. I mean, with 464 finds, (and 6 hides, ahem )
> certainly you've seen a few good ideas you could pattern them after....
>
> The point I have always been harping on is well known and logical: if
> people didn't HIDE caches, then all you guys with the high numbers
> would never had a chance to get those high numbers. There would have
> been no caches to go find and rack up. DUH! Is this really that
> difficult to see?
>
> I agree, Quality is good....I prefer "quality" esp after a couple
> not-so-quality locations I jsut did in Wickenburg recently--- and I
> didn't mean to harp on you, Brian....just using you as an example
> since you fall into my earlier "category" of a top-25'er with less
> than 10 hides (I picked that number arbitrarily)....and obviously if
> you do the math on "hide 1% of your finds" that doesn't give many
> caches to find either.
>
> The principle of fairness --- if you participate by finding caches
> that others have placed for you and others....then reciprocate by
> putting out some "quality" caches for others to find....that seems
> reasonable, doesn't it?
>
> Trisha "Lightning"
> Prescott
>
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> On Tue, 9 Sep 2003 16:46:22 -0700, "Brian Casteel" wrote:
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> The way I see it, Arizona caches should be more
> QUALITY, not QUANTITY. If you want me to slap an altoids tin under
> every
> car/truck/van/bus/street light/park bench/tree/water fountain/planter,
> then toss
> some funds my way and I'll be happy to oblige so we can dwarf Utah by
> 1000
> caches or so. It shouldn't be too hard to abide by the .1 mile rule.
> Heck, I could probably squeeze 30 caches into Kiwanis Park alone!
>
> A little levity never hurt anyone.
>
> BrianTeam A.I.
>
>   ----- Original Message ----- 
>   From:
>   Ken Akerman
>
>   To: listserv@azgeocaching.com
>   Sent: Sunday, September 07, 2003 3:41
>   PM
>   Subject: [Az-Geocaching] Gasoline in
>   Payson about 30 cents per gallon cheaper than Phoenix
>
>   If you want to get out of the heat and go geocaching in a cooler,
> scenic
>   area that is not far from the Phoenix area, I recommend traveling up
> the
>   Beeline Highway (SR 87) towards the Payson area. Payson is only
> about 60
>   miles from Fountain Hills and about 75 miles from Mesa. There are
> many
>   caches near the Beeline Highway between Fountain Hills and Payson,
> the
>   majority of them less than 1000 feet from a parking area and
> accessible by 2WD
>   vehicles. There are also more difficult caches if you like longer
>   hikes.
>
>   Azcachemeister and I put seven travel bugs in caches near the
> Beeline
>   Highway and in the Payson area on Saturday, so come and get these
> travel bugs
>   and move them around. Perhaps the best thing about geocaching in
> the
>   Payson area is that gasoline is about 30 cents per gallon cheaper
> there than
>   in the Phoenix area. Azcachemeister and I paid $1.689 per gallon to
> fill
>   up my SUV prior to leaving Payson Saturday night. Therefore, even
>   if you don't visit many caches, you can at least save some money on
> gasoline
>   by filling up your vehicles' fuel tank prior to leaving Payson.
>   Ken (a.k.a.
>   Highpointer)
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