+humboldt flier Posted September 8, 2010 Share Posted September 8, 2010 It's not an issue of permission, it's a question of responsibility. Needlessly trampling landscaping is irresponsible behavior whether or not the cache has express permission. +1 If you cant slip in and slip out and leave little or no trace you shouldn't be out there. A BIG 10 - 4 to that. Quote Link to comment
+GeoGeeBee Posted September 8, 2010 Share Posted September 8, 2010 There is enough blame to go around. A few thoughtless cachers wrecked the flowerbed AND the CO placed a cache in an area that couldn't handle the few bad cachers that we all know are out there. The owner does bear part of the blame. Place a cache where people have to walk through a flower bed or a similarly fragile area, even the most careful geocachers may accidentally step wrong. Have to? Quote Link to comment
GOF and Bacall Posted September 8, 2010 Share Posted September 8, 2010 There is enough blame to go around. A few thoughtless cachers wrecked the flowerbed AND the CO placed a cache in an area that couldn't handle the few bad cachers that we all know are out there. The owner does bear part of the blame. Place a cache where people have to walk through a flower bed or a similarly fragile area, even the most careful geocachers may accidentally step wrong. Have to? Picking nits? The point is clear enough. Cache in a tree. Garden around said tree. In order to reach the cache you need to enter the garden. I understand there is no rule that folks have to log every cache, that doesn't make the CO any less a part of the problem. Quote Link to comment
+sbell111 Posted September 8, 2010 Share Posted September 8, 2010 There is enough blame to go around. A few thoughtless cachers wrecked the flowerbed AND the CO placed a cache in an area that couldn't handle the few bad cachers that we all know are out there. The owner does bear part of the blame. Place a cache where people have to walk through a flower bed or a similarly fragile area, even the most careful geocachers may accidentally step wrong. Have to? Picking nits? The point is clear enough. Cache in a tree. Garden around said tree. In order to reach the cache you need to enter the garden. I understand there is no rule that folks have to log every cache, that doesn't make the CO any less a part of the problem. It's only a nit if the cache could not have been removed and replaced without stomping flowers. If it could, then cachers had three options; make the find without damaging anything, make teh find by damaging the plants, or ignore the cache. Quote Link to comment
chuckr30 Posted September 10, 2010 Share Posted September 10, 2010 This is the reason I always carry a sidearm when I geocache. Is that to pistol whip the common sense back into them? You can fix ignorant, but you can't fix stupid. Sounds like this "herbologist", was an eco-nazi or something. I bet it took them a whole 4 weeks of study to buy their "degree" off the internet. Quote Link to comment
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