SummitCachers

Unless one's goal is simply to rack up cache stats, I think most of us prefer to find caches that are cleverly done or are hidden in interesting places. I'd like to have a way to anonymously rate a cache at the time I log a "find" ...maybe on a scale of one to ten, then have the average quality rating appear on the cache page. This accomplishes a couple of things: 1. It may make people give more thought to the quality of the cache when they hide it 2. If quality was a searchable criteria I could ignore caches with a low rating I realize that quality is entirely subjective. That's why we should only post the average for a cache. I trust that well done caches, overall, would tend to have higher ratings. Thoughts?

Although I'm not aware of any caches lost, there are quite a few caches in the Pike National Forest, which has been closed to hikers for a couple of months. We've been stymied several times this summer by "Forest Closed" signs.

Although I'm not aware of any caches lost, there are quite a few caches in the Pike National Forest, which has been closed to hikers for a couple of months. We've been stymied several times this summer by "Forest Closed" signs.

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This thread is getting huge...and almost everyone has said that, in spite of their reservations, they're going to send their $30. Me too. For me I don't really want to pay $30 for a special members-only area. I like the PBS model. Everyone should see the same stuff. In fact, why not just sell memberships like PBS. Contribute your $30 and you get a little "Charter Member" icon beside your name. You could even have different levels of membership (and different icons) for those who want to contribute more. This approach allows you to support the sport and also let others know that you're a monetary supporter. You feel good and maybe it will generate a little peer pressure on the "free loaders" to contribute. Come on...all of us who particpate in this sport have invested a couple a couple of hundred dollars in equipment, to say nothing of gas every time we search for a cache. Jeremy, you get my $30 either way. Don't feel obligated to give me special members-only features others don't get. If you want to recognize my contribution by putting an icon beside my name....great.

This thread is getting huge...and almost everyone has said that, in spite of their reservations, they're going to send their $30. Me too. For me I don't really want to pay $30 for a special members-only area. I like the PBS model. Everyone should see the same stuff. In fact, why not just sell memberships like PBS. Contribute your $30 and you get a little "Charter Member" icon beside your name. You could even have different levels of membership (and different icons) for those who want to contribute more. This approach allows you to support the sport and also let others know that you're a monetary supporter. You feel good and maybe it will generate a little peer pressure on the "free loaders" to contribute. Come on...all of us who particpate in this sport have invested a couple a couple of hundred dollars in equipment, to say nothing of gas every time we search for a cache. Jeremy, you get my $30 either way. Don't feel obligated to give me special members-only features others don't get. If you want to recognize my contribution by putting an icon beside my name....great.