[edit: Please ignore that I wrote "desperate plead".... Geez, I'm a journalist, and yet I go and make a dumb typo like that.]
Sorry, I don't mean to "spam" this board. I just have a small favor to ask this community. All I want to do is get in touch with a few geocachers from Southeast Michigan (preferably people from Metro Detroit area) for an article I'm working on. Ultimately, I want to conduct interviews with such people, whether they're done by e-mail or phone (or maybe they could even be done in person, but I understand why some might be reluctant to do that).
A little background: I'm a lowly student at Oakland University writing for the OU News Bureau (ounewsbureau.com), and I've been tasked with writing about the über sport of geoaching. I've gone geocaching myself a few times and I think it's fascinating. Geocaching combines the childhood game of hide 'n' seek with high-tech navigational satellite systems... I mean, how cool is that? The only problem I'm having with my story is finding sources I don't have any prior personal affiliations with. As I'm sure you're aware, the geocaching community is very decentralized. Some of my friends go geocaching, but for ethical reasons I can't just interview them.
So, I'm asking this community for a little help. I truly hope you don't mind.
NOTE: WHATEVER I WRITE WILL MOST LIKELY BE POSTED ON THE OU NEWS BUREAU WEB SITE.
