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Find a place where somebody placed thousands of very easy caches 512 feet apart. Get a team of people in several cars. Driver drops jumpers at different caches, then each person on the team takes credit for every find. There are plenty of people who believe that's not geocaching.

It's an opportunity for an impromptu gathering of local cachers. You're more likely to run into other cachers at a newly published cache, especially if there are several FTF hounds in your area. also, it's more material for your post. I'll often write a narrative about the FTF battle when I log the find.

When I moved to Florida I was surprised at the positive attitude about snakes. It's not uncommon to se a log bragging "I saw a pygmy rattlesnake!" or something , like it was a good experience to be desired. The next finder will complain that they didn't see the snake. After a couple years of geocaching here I've overcome my fear of snakes. One of my favorite caching experience took me 15 feet from a huge alligator. Once you are familiar with snakes habits they are less scarey. They prefer not to attack people we're not on the menu. they'll run away unless they feel trapped. Use caution and watch where you're going so you don't startle them at close range

After you've tried for awhile maybe the CO will give you a hint. Posting a solution here would be too much of a spoiler.

Car repairs. It's been in the shop more than normal, probably because of stop-n-go driving and caching on bad roads. I just needed a new starter, that's what happens when you start the car an extra 10,000 times.

"what are opinions on a series of caches that (likely) exists only to fulfill the requirements..." of a challenge or a D/T grid are different things but the idea behind it seemed similar enough to respond. Could've been the end of it but now I have to respond to tour rant and your least favorite topic lives on.

I know a series of caches where each one has a unique D/T rating. Obviously designed to allow people to complete their D/T grid. I'd have no objection if the ratings were legitimate but many of the high D ratings are phony.

If the land manager say No then there is no geocaching there. They say No for a variety of different reasons and it's not productive to argue with them. Move on the a place where geocaching is welcome. Some of the best geocaching is in wilderness areas that allow it. Geocachers have much less impact on the area than hunters, campers, partyers, and in some cases livestock. And it's a good way to bring more people to the nice area if that is desired. But there are always a few people who hide caches in unwise places, trample vegetation, and/or leave Geotrash behind.

Just mention in the description that it's a hike not a P&G. Wether to give a parking waypoint is up to you. IIf the goal is to bring people to a nice trail then by all means tell them where to park. Then again, if figuring out how to get there is supposed to be part of the hunt then leave it up to the searchers.

You could delete the log and send them an email explaining it's because of the spoiler and invite them to relog without the spoiler. If you want to be a nice guy you can send them an email first asking them to edit the spoiler. But since it's a new hide that everybody is reading I'd probably delete it sooner rather than later. There's nothing much you can do about the critical comments. Maybe include a polite comment in your email "I'm sorry the hide disappointed you."

in addition to what's been mentioned, I've seen caches that needed a screwdriver to retrieve and I've seen caches that could only be retrieved by pouring water for flotation. Both types were described as "needing a tool".

I'd pay that guy to go fishing for me. Tomorrow he can go to a movie for me, go attend a ballgame, etc. That's amazing, I can have all these hobbies without actually doing any of them.

Decoy hides can be fun if they're not hard. But if they are too evil you may cause more irritation than enjoyment. The worst I ever saw was described as "under a stone", there were many stones on the ground and the cache was 15 feet up a tree under a well-placed stone. and it didn't have a high difficulty rating.

I'd guess his hide was not approved by the reviewer or the land manager. He never went back to pick it up.

I was at an event last year where somebody read off a whole list of these. I only remember a few of them. If you plan your vacation based on where the latest power runs are,.... If you welcome Daylight Savings Time because you can find 4 more caches before sundown,... If you don't clean your garage, you CITO your garage,...

If I'm first to log I typically acknowledge the first finder in my log, or at least mention that it wasn't me. There are a lot of people watching new caches and it's a courtesy to them to write a log at my first opportunity.

Write about your search without giving too much away. Mention that it was hard because there were so many trees to search but don't tell which one it was on, it's up to the CO to decide how much to reveal. The exception is if there is wrong information, go ahead and reveal if the coordinates are off or if the spruce trees are actually pine trees.

The ideal cache size is one that matches the description. So if you don't like micros in the woods you'll know which ones to skip. The only size containers that should be banned are those that don't match the description.

I've noticed a lot of differences just from one town to the next. In one area there are a lot of hiking caches each with many finds. In the next town over you can't hide anything a half mile out or nobody looks for it. In one area it's ok to give fake hints, in fact people complement each other on the cleverness of their fake hints. Not friendly for visiting geocachers. In another area it's popular to place a container with a hidden logsheet. Outsiders may assume it's missing a drop a new log.

In Florida many puzzle caches are incorrectly listed as multi-caches. Some are very difficult most people can't begin to solve them without help, but if there's more than 1 stop it's published as a multi often with no mention of the puzzling nature in the description. It's very annoying to trek out for a multi- only to find such a puzzle.

The headers are missing on mine. I have to find the links in the dark and from memory.

Now that's a good answer I think I'll use it too. For me it ceases to be fun after just a few minutes and I typically move on quickly. I'll stay longer if it's an interesting search.

just mention it in your log. "Nice hide but not a park & grab there's no good place to pulloff here."

I skip over many caches for different reasons. I've never put a single one of them on an ignore list. Why bother?

1. coordinates offset on purpose because CO thinks it makes the search more interesting. 2. Robo-signing and TFTC's. 3. Misleading hints.