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  1. Hi I’m one of the people who has logged the YOSM cache multiple times so obviously I have a vested interest in this thread. I discovered the existence of the YOSM cache when I noted some other geocachers had more “found it” logs than they had distinct caches found and it aroused my interest – why would anyone log a cache twice? The very idea seemed daft to say the least. I have found the cache round the corner from me loads of times (well I check it each time I post a letter) but I would never dream of logging it each time, so why would someone do this? The thought crossed my mind that they were “padding” their numbers but I felt that if they wanted to increase their numbers that much let them if it keeps them happy. Then I discovered that the cache they were logging multiple times was the YOSM cache. The more I read about this cache the more I liked the idea and it seemed so in tune with the idea of the sport of geocaching. It gets people out into the countryside – visiting locations that they otherwise would not visit using GPS to find something. After my first find I have become more and more keen on this cache. I still cache but the major trips I do now are based around the different locations recorded for this cache. I have travelled to the outer Hebrides to find this cache – I was the first to find one on Lewis and a couple of weekends ago travelled many miles to be the first to find another of these locations. I challenged myself to find 25 in one day – no mean feat as this involved over 500 miles of driving the length of Scotland (which if you knew what Scottish roads were like you would be quite impressed), climbing hills in the dark. I did not get my 25th find as it was impossible to spot in the dark (it was a 0.5 inch bolt buried under a clump of grass). Each of my finds for this cache has been memorable and I feel in each case has merited the smiley earned. I keep track of the exact location of the find, altitude of the location, time found and have photographed the object found. I can certainly show that in finding this cache I have been in many different (and lovely) locations. I can understand why some people would think that I have been “padding” my numbers and that I am cheating in logging this cache multiple times – this is what I thought people were doing before I started to search for YOSMs. I would humbly disagree with you now. It looks like this will change now and, if I have been reading between the lines correctly; the cache may be archived by the owner. I think this would be a shame as it has given me many hours of fun. Thanks for the cache.
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