trailrunner

Again, the issue was absolutely not the leaking cache, as people seem to be assuming! It was the comment about "junk". If it was about leaking, I would have deleted many others as people have pointed out. I do appreciate the comments about the leaking condition. This, and the many other preceding posts that I read with much delay, indeed led to the replacement with a very leak-free ammo box. As I recall, the second post by CaptRussell was identical to the first - no change. His third was very appropriate and will forever remain unchanged. Regarding the 22 visits in 3 years. This is not totally true. Most people do not log their visits electronically, and the cache has had well over 100 visits. Regarding this thread and the issues at hand, I will be removing my cache forever more and will never hide another. I have hid 3 caches before and have placed multiple travel bugs. I have had one cache stolen, one washed away in a hurricane (only mother nature's fault here) and now one that is causing a rediculous amount of criticism of me. My travel bugs have all been taken and then eventually ceased to move for years, despite friendly pleas for certain geocachers to help keep the fun alive. I've found through past experience that I rarely get returned e-mails when I send e-mails to fellow cachers. I have enjoyed Geocaching and have spread my joy to many others. Based on this thread my enthusiam is greatly diminished. I will likely continue to Geocache, but will be more selfish only finding them and not hiding them. Please realize that people who hide caches are a minority of the geocaching community. I usually enjoy the hunt and the find many times more than the actual contents of the cache or the condition of it. It looks like many others are the same, leaving nothing and taking nothing. Regardless of the contents, I am always thankful that a minority of geocachers have taken the time, effort, expense and creativity to place another geocache, often in a location that I would never have visited otherwise. If I may offer my opinion, please keep it positive and fun for all. If a cache seems to need some TLC, it may be better to contact the geocacher directly, rather than post this detail for the entire geocaching community to see. I'll admit, in my case, this would been ineffectve since I changed e-mail accounts during a busy portion of my life where geocaching took a back-burner and the e-mail would have gone to a black hole. CaptRussel - I am sorry to have deleted your post. I regret not replying to your e-mail prior to deleting the second identical post. I am a busy person, working 70-80 hours per week currently. Between work and home, I get over about a hundred e-mail messages a day. It is impossible to respond to all. Trailrunner

I am the owner of the cache in question and I am the one that deleted the posting. It wasn't the water issue that disturbed me, but the comment about the contents being all junk. Others had placed those items. Who is CaptRussel to decide what is junk? This had been a very frequently visted cache, but after CaptRussel's comments, the visits seemed to end. Perhaps it was only coincidence, but I felt there was a definite relationship. I know that when I look at a cache page, I focus mostly on the most recent posting. This was CaptRussel's. As even Capt Russel pointed out, others had noted the leaking container. Further evidence of this not being the cause for deletion. The other posts are still there. I am sorry to others who may have found the cache to be leaking. It was placed several years ago and was working fine for quite some time. I had changed my home e-mail address and was not an active Geocacher for a while. When I finally remembered to change my address and checked the postings, I became aware of the issue and posted it right away. CaptRussel - Why don't you post a postive & non-negative comment. Regards & Happy Geocaching, Trailrunner