hyryz

Very well put FireRef. I especially like the part where you said that every cache is good because someone put it there. many times, a person may just need to be coached to be better, not bashed on the head for being lame. I have a lame cache myself (which I will be archiving since I realized that it was lame.) But the thing is, someone pointed out to me that I might want to be more inventive while placing caches, but they did not deride me for placing a lame cache or even tell me this on the thread of the replies, they emailed me privately. They still signed it, and thanked me for placing it and welcomed me to the game. I placed a lame cache just because I had found a cache and wanted to give something back and participate. A rating system would be great, as long as it was kept in the spirit of the game itself; getting people into the outdoors and into the largest team sport on the planet and not berating people because someone does not like the particular cache.

Wow, not only is that a great deal, but if she carried my backpack for me, I would care a lot less about those DNF's!!

my dad

I am a noob as far as geo-caching goes, but certainly not to the outdoors as an avid hunter and fourwheeler, so my opinions about the sport of geo-caching may not reflect age-old wisdom, but as I been reading this and other posts, it appears that the "experienced" geo-cachers are the ones that are changing and not necessarily the sport itself. For example, I have read several posts on this very thread that have stated that they used to leave longer logs than they do now...why? Just because you might have found 30 tupperware containers under large bushes before, does it mean that the 'cacher who placed it there cared less for it and it's placement than the first one you found? Don't you think that the 30th container owner would like to read your thoughts on their cache just as much as the first 'cacher who's cache you found? Has the sport changed or are you changing the sport by doing this? I know for a fact that I quickly learned to hunt for caches left by a particular 'cacher just because they seemed to take more care in the placement of their cache than someone driving by with 30 film canisters placing one behind each dumpster, but by the nature of our sport, these types will eventually go away just because people will quit visiting them and people will quit placing them. Does this mean that micro's should go away? I don't think so, because I found one of the most innovative hides that I could imagine just today after a geo-caching 101 class. It was a log only micro, but it was placed with care, with permission, and with a great deal of forethought. Let me leave off my ramblings with the wise words of a very wise man...(ok, maybe not so wise) "the good ole' days weren't always good and tomorrow ain't as bad as it seems!"

Werd!