NightThree Posted June 15, 2003 Share Posted June 15, 2003 I like it when caches say what trail system it's on, or ones that say the cacher's gotten permission; it's always a relief to know just whose land I'm hiking or biking on. People who can't follow directions (cache finding, travel bugs, etc.), or don't respect what landowners want for their land. (In general, not just in Geocaching... like finding ATV tracks on "No ATV" land.) Caches that are hidden in places that look really, really suspicious if you're not in on the GCing thing... especially when you're a cacher who falls into the college-age "everything he does is suspicious!" range. A lot of the things that have already been mentioned, mainly: difficulty ratings that are off, things that aren't included in clues but should be, parking problems, people who can't see things from others' points of view (side note: I GC for the hunt, not for the reward), pointless multi-caches. And yeah, a hide button on the cache listings would be nice. I love this thread. As martmann said it's giving me some guidance on what to do when I start placing caches. Quote Link to comment
motoXman Posted June 17, 2003 Share Posted June 17, 2003 #1 for me is neglecting to mention fee areas also...we drove 87 miles to a cache over the weekend (there were other caches in the area, but this one was the main reason for the trip) to discover it was in a fee area. otherwise, I'm so happy I could just (insert favorite line here) someday we'll look back on all this and plow into a parked car. Quote Link to comment
+TexDoc Posted June 17, 2003 Share Posted June 17, 2003 When I finally find a cache and realize, oh no, what I was going to trade was left in the car and I have to log TNLN. Quote Link to comment
+jollybgood Posted June 17, 2003 Share Posted June 17, 2003 quote:Originally posted by Botrytisfree and Erwinia:Extrememly short online logs. There are caches we have literally worked months to put out there. It is a little bit disappointing to see that someone found it and their whole log read "Found it. Thanks for the cache." I would really like to read a little more about the time they had searching for it. I used to be guilty of this. One of the tell-tale signs of someone who just found 16 caches and wants to finish his logs before going to bed. I try to do better now. Even if it means waiting a day when I'm rested before doing all my logs. Jolly R. Blackburn http://kenzerco.com "Never declare war on a man who buys his ink by the gallon." Quote Link to comment
GeoPernas Posted June 17, 2003 Share Posted June 17, 2003 We've only done a few caches, but if someone has obviously spent a lot of time on one, I'd feel like a jerk just writing "gr8 cache kthxbye". On the other hand, I'm not going to write a novel for a 1/1 cache put 5 yards from a parking lot. Quote Link to comment
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