[Az-Geocaching] Re: Power Trail not approved!

[Scott Sparks]

Guy, any chance we could see the _full_ text of your exchange with the 
admins? 

As for the Power Trail in general, I like the concept but I don't like 
the idea of it being on a trail in the Phoenix (or any other 
metropolitan) Park System.   Those trails  get enough traffic already.  
IMHO,  this type of thing should be set up away from the cities where 
one can actually enjoy the trail and the natural setting without having 
to listen to barking dogs, honking horns, overhhead jets and the 
constant hum of city traffic.   How about a Power Trail in any of the 
mountain or desert trail systems throughout the state? A Power Trail 
ouside of Payson, Prescott, Flagstaff, or any other smaller city or town 
in Arizona would be cool.  Even a Power trail on one of the trails 
accessed along Highway 87 between Scottsdale and Payson.  Heck, even a 
Power Trail in the Goldfield or Santan Mountains would be great.  How 
about a Power Trail along Highway 88, 191 or any other scenic byway in 
the state? 

Concerning the multi-cache versus multiple individual caches issue, I 
would, by far,  prefer to see multiple individual caches, each with 
their own logbook.   As anyone who has maintained or hunted for a 
multi-cache knows, it only takes one missing step of a multi-cache to 
make the whole multi-cache worthless and un-findable.   This also 
applies to multiple individual caches that are ''linked'' together; if 
you must find cache A in order to find cache B, and cache B goes 
missing, there's no way in heck you're ever going to find cache Z!

Perhaps (Guy) your mistake was in trying to ''sell'' the concept as a 
''Power Trail.'' Maybe you would have been better off just placing the 
caches individually (spaced .25 miles apart) and letting the ''Power 
Trail'' concept just fall into place by default.   (Hmmm, this trail has 
20 caches in a 10 mile stretch!?  I think I'll do that today. [:)]) 

On the other hand, perhaps your request was shot down for other 
reasons.  (Without the full text of your communications with the admins, 
we have no way of knowing.)   Maybe their issue is more of an individual 
issue.  Maybe they have some qualms about you having another 20 caches 
to maintain on top of the 50-60 you already have.   Maybe it's an issue 
of cache concentration; maybe they feel there already enough caches in 
that particular area.  Again, without further information specific to 
their point of view, it's difficult to judge.

-- Sprocket