It’s not about the density either

[+jerryo]

There are a lot of people with many hundreds of caches already found and, because there are a large number of caches in their home area, they are still able to go out and get more. Conversely, there are some people who live in sparsely populated areas (cache-wise), and they may have reached the edge of their practical caching range. I can’t get a cache now unless I’m prepared to do a round trip of about 80 miles. I was wondering, therefore, if there was some way of measuring caching “success” by incorporating cache density into the figures. You can see what I mean if you go to the interactive map on geocacheuk and zoom in a few clicks (four is good). Then select the whole of the map page and see how many caches there are in a particular sized grid. Some places are wick with finds and others are not, as you can see. If you centre on Leeds there are well over 1200 within “easy range”; in my area in Durham there are about 600 (been there, done that), and in East Anglia there are only 230. Inverness has only about 180. If you compare these with somewhere like a centre of Henley-On-Thames (1900+ caches) or Northampton (1100+), you can see a huge difference. Just a thought or two. Back to the wrapping paper and glue. Mmmmmmmm, glue.

[+perth pathfinders]

Its not just the numbers, or the density, but also the distance/altitude to walk to a cache.

 

You can easily grab 40-50 layby micros in a day.

 

Or you can do a 10mile hike up a mountain for one cache.

 

Impossible to compare I think - pass the glue!

[+mongoose39uk]

Or, around here you could do a 12 mile hike over the moors for 34 caches.

[+Alibags]

Okay, I'll bite... when I started caching, although there were plenty of caches, there was nothing like the density. There was one cache in Berkhamsted for example... now there are (cough) several. Quite frankly it's not worth getting one's knickers in a knot about... Go out and set some fab caches nearby... nothing like caches to create cachers and vice versa!

[+jerryo]

Okay, I'll bite... when I started caching, although there were plenty of caches, there was nothing like the density. There was one cache in Berkhamsted for example... now there are (cough) several. Quite frankly it's not worth getting one's knickers in a knot about... Go out and set some fab caches nearby... nothing like caches to create cachers and vice versa!

Bite? There's no criticism here. I've already set 45 though (and they're all fab, I hear ), and there are plenty of other setters around here too; just more elsewhere.