I am very dissapointed also that benchmarking will be eliminated! I have since looked up where to log them on other sites seeing as how they will no longer be available in geocaching and there is no other site to be able to log, this is so sad. In my research I have found that other countries do have benchmarks, a lot of other countries so saying they are not global isn't quite right. Now wether they can be logged on geocaching or not I have no idea. And also a "destroyed" benchmark really is kind of like an archived cache right...the game still goes on and is a fun experience. You say to look at Waymarking.com to find and log benchmarks, well that database has not got nearly the benchmarks that the site geocaching uses. I checked some of the ones I have and they weren't on Waymarking. The ones I checked out were the benchmarks on Mormon Mesa near Mesquite Nevada, not a one of them was on Waymarking. And the other thing about Waymarking is that it doesn't leave a count on your geocaching page. I know it wont count as a cache like the benchmarks don't count but it does show how many benchmarks you have found, Waymarking, nope. I am just very sad and dissapointed benchmarking will be no longer available on geocaching, it was a super fun thing to log them and find out some history about them.
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