[Az-Geocaching] rant....?

Tue, 9 Sep 2003 20:41:32 -0700

Heh.  I never said there was anything wrong with those types of caches.  But
in order to make some people happy, that would be the bulk of new cache
placements in order to increase the hide/find ratio, as well as total caches
to find in this area.

Brian
Team A.I.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Randy Kinkel" <ark45@cox.net>
To: <listserv@azgeocaching.com>
Sent: Tuesday, September 09, 2003 6:35 PM
Subject: Re: [Az-Geocaching] rant....?

> Hey, what's wrong with "slapping it under a bench?"  ;-)
> If the location's good that is...
> Honestly, I don't know how some of you guys do it, with hundreds
> of finds and 5, 10 or 15 hides of your own to keep up with!  My
> hat's off to all of you!  I've only been caching since June, but
> I've seen some truly ingenious hides (thisguytim's "feed house"
> comes to mind)-- these types of hides inspire me to think outside
> the box with my next caches and try to place some really
> interesting ones!
>
> what are some other really "inspired" Arizona and phoenix-area
> caches you've come across?
>
> "Mozartman"
>
> ----- 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
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Tue, 9 Sep 2003 16:46:22 -0700, "Brian Casteel" wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > 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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