As a over 50 member i think I may qualify slightly within this section of the forum.
I have just come back from doing a small trail. Unfortunately due to work commitments I can only get out now and then so when i can i try and get as many as I can . Like today I have just been out and got 8 out of 8. Don't congratulate me yet because it wasn't all plain sailing. The last one was a bit of a nasty. After reading the clues and looking a previous logs it appeared to be up a tree between 15 and 20 feet. Now I'm not as nimble as i was 20 years ago and my poor body over the last few years has had a few knocks and had its problems, so not wanting to be beaten by this last cache I gingerly climb this thing in hoping I would find it. I was twice up and twice down but didn't find it . Third time up I see it on the ground.
What annoys me the most is why do people insist on putting these things up in trees when there's plenty of places on or around ground level to hide. We don't all have the facilities to borrow some young child to run up a tree and hide the log or even go find it. Surely there's a risk to putting them up in trees or at high levels out of reach without the use of a child to get it for you. We all strive to complete individual trails it always gives us a sense of achievement when you have completed it. I know there are a few who would say "get over yourself i climb mountains and huge trees", well i say to you well done to you and you continue to do what you do, but for the ones that can't please have a bit of decorum and give us a chance of at least completing some of these really good trails. If you are going to stick it up on high then consider putting at a separate one to the series / trail. maybe consider doing it as a special. Anyway I have had my gripe and I wish you all happy low level caching in the future