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    "Signature items"

    in General geocaching topics

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    We will take someones SP if we don't have it. We always leave ours if we can get one to fit. We make our own out of polystyrene to keep it from going into the landfill and never breaking down. We draw a caricature of Harmony, then bake them which shrinks and hardens them. We are happy that people take ours!!

    who is right?

    in General geocaching topics

    Posted · Edited by Harmony Baby

    My daughter makes her signature piece and puts them in every cache they fit it. They are meant for others to take. Our funniest story: We went to find a cache that was just off of a sidewalk. On the sidewalk in front of where the hide was, there was a pile of signature pieces, all ours. :ph34r: So someone must like to collect them!!! We make ours out of used polystyreen containers. Time consuming but better then ending up in a landfill for the next 1000 years.

    Geocaches responsible for getting us BANNED

    in General geocaching topics

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    An increasing number of state, county and local park systems are banning geocaches and letterboxes because of the environmental damage that certain types of geocaches and geocachers are causing, just like the NPS. This is the tradition of a cache without a good hint, requiring people to tromp all over the place, tearing apart historic stone walls, killing vegetation, etc.

     

    This type of cache should be banned. Caching etiquette and ethics must change, or the activity will gradually be banned from one park to another, until there is nowhere else to cache. Hints should not be encrypted, which implies you are cheating. ... snip

    It's the cachers not the caches that are the problem and should be banned.

     

    It's a choice to trample vegetation and tear apart rock walls. Just because a cacher can't find a cache doesn't make it okay to cause damage.

     

    While I agree that the cache hiders have a responsibility to hide caches in a responsible manner, I believe that cache seekers have an even greater responsibility not to create damage in their quest. If someone can't find it without causing damage, they should give up and move on to another cache.

     

    There is absolutely no excuse and no justification for causing any damage during your search. A cacher can only blame one person if they cause damage and that is themselves. It's a choice.

     

    What she said.....

    A well hidden cache gets out of hand!

    in General geocaching topics

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    We have had issues with cachers in our area over our challenging hides (and we didn't even think that they were that hard! :drama: ). They trash talk in their logs, they have given away the hiding place in their logs, marked the area when they find them or just move the cache out in the open. We have been told that we NEED to give hints or a better description. My cacher is only 7 years old and I think she did a GREAT job hiding her caches. She likes challenging hides and doesn't mind going back several times to find them. And when it comes down to it, they are OUR hides. We can hide them how we want and give whatever description/hint or lack thereof, we choose. We have had to tell people that if they don't like them, don't hunt them. It is sad that they log/email nasty things to make a 7 year old cry. Isn't this supposed to be a fun family sport??? To us it is not a numbers game, it is a giant, never ending treasure hunt and we love the hunt every time we do it!! Sorry for the rant. :anicute: Happy (and challenging!) caching!!!! :huh:;)

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