juncus_carex

I took my first [and will be the only one ever now] 4,200 miles on it's journey. A Canadian experienced cacher then took it 3,800 miles in the wrong direction and kept it for six months. When I prompted him he said he would move it along only to take it with a 50 miles of where I left it on an island. He never read the mission I guess this basically means most cachers are not that nice really. The next guy picked it up and has kept it for 2 years and does not reply to emails. I've only been to one cache since then as the joy is somewhat dampened by lack of faithfulness to the game. If all you do is come across the same crappy people in geocaching that you do elsewhere then there is little point. Perhaps I could have more fun trashing caches; now there's an idea... the fun of annoying those who annoy you

People who pick up a trackable and keep hold of it. My first and only one got taken 2000 miles in the wrong direction and kept for a year until I contacted them Then they took it almost back to where they got it having taken no notice of the reason for the item. This was a very experienced cacher and could not be bothered to read about the item. The next guy picked it up and said he would move it along. He has had if for a year and does not seem to do geocaching any more. My loss of faith in this community means I will not release any more trackables. What irks me most is both these people lived only few metres from another cache and could have moved it along in a few minutes.