I'm really new to both GPS and geocaching. Oh yeah, "Hi there!".
Put my 1st geocache out before I even found one. Well, I found a location, just didn't get to the cache itself. It has a rating of 3.5/5, and for mine I went with a 1.5/2. I used the helpful rating checker to see what it said I ought to use and I thought 2/2 was slightly too much for such a simple place. You can pretty much drive up to it, although it isn't accessible without a bit of a climb from there.
Anyway, my concern is whether I can know yet how to rate anything even based on the questionaire or if it will take time to realize the differences. It's said that 5 stars could involve all kinds of gear or skills. 1 star could be a drive or short walk to a visible (mines fairly hidden) geocache. So, all I'm saying is that with the half stars and all it still doesn't seem a simple matter to know what to tell people to be expecting. That's where it really matters so I'm trying to get into the minds of fellow geocachers. From my viewpoint I think of you all as being outdoorspersons (to be genderless here) but that varies a lot in what people are capable of. I know many of you have wondered this which is why I've posted about it.