+Captain Morgan Posted January 26, 2003 Share Posted January 26, 2003 Hi! About logging your own cache... What do you think about locationless caches ? If it's ok to log your own moving cache, then it's ok to log your own locationless cache, or is it ? Quote Link to comment
+Jacksons Posted January 26, 2003 Share Posted January 26, 2003 IMHO it is never proper to log your own cache,reguardless of what kind it is I'm a man and I can change if I have to,I guess. Quote Link to comment
+Nurse Dave Posted January 26, 2003 Share Posted January 26, 2003 You get credit for creating the cache. Your "find" should be used as an example in the cache description and not logged as a find. A moving cache is different because you have no idea where it is. Your "find" for a locationless is the place that sparked the idea for the cache. It's just like getting the coordinates for a regular cache. They didn't find the cache, they had to get the coordinates to hide it. You had to have something in mind to start the cache. 1 cache = 1 added number to cache count (found OR hidden). ---Real men cache in shorts. Quote Link to comment
+Lazyboy & Mitey Mite Posted January 26, 2003 Share Posted January 26, 2003 Personally I would not log my own. But I also would not think less of a person that did. After all it isn't like you know the location of the cache. You would have to work just as hard to find it as I would. So do what you are comfortable doing. After all it isn't cheating if there isn't a winner anyway, right? I hear voices.....and they don't like you! Quote Link to comment
+fizzymagic Posted January 26, 2003 Share Posted January 26, 2003 Sure, log whatever. In my experience, most people who log locationless caches are so desperate for "credit" they'll do anything. Logging your own locationless is kind of pathetic, though. Quote Link to comment
+Marky Posted January 26, 2003 Share Posted January 26, 2003 If you have pictures to post to your locationless, you can post them as a note and include the coords. --Marky "All of us get lost in the darkness, dreamers learn to steer with a backlit GPSr" Quote Link to comment
+georgeandmary Posted January 26, 2003 Share Posted January 26, 2003 Months ago I did it but I wasn't sure about it. I brought the idea up to the forum before I did it and the consensus was that it was ok for my case due to the circumstances. I logged it and referenced it and linked to the forum discussion. I haven't logged a locationless cache in months until last week. It's getting to be such a long drive between caches. But recently the cache hiders have been busy locally so I have nothing to worry about. george Pedal until your legs cramp up and then pedal some more. Quote Link to comment
+Captain Morgan Posted January 26, 2003 Author Share Posted January 26, 2003 quote:Originally posted by Nurse Dave & LKay:A moving cache is different because you have no idea where it is. I just thought that many (most?) locationless caches are on such locations that the owner has no idea where they are. So by that way they are quite similar to moving caches. Quote Link to comment
+Captain Morgan Posted January 26, 2003 Author Share Posted January 26, 2003 quote:Originally posted by fizzymagic:In my experience, most people who log locationless caches are so desperate for "credit" they'll do anything. Perhaps, if they do it on the area, which has great cache density. But here where i live, we have VERY FEW traditional caches. Personally, I don't want to stop this hobby just because i have no new traditional caches to find, so that's why i log locationless ones. On the other hand, soon i don't have here any more locationless caches to find as the geocaching.com administrators have tightened the rules... Quote Link to comment
+Nurse Dave Posted January 27, 2003 Share Posted January 27, 2003 quote:Originally posted by Captain_Morgan&Family: Perhaps, if they do it on the area, which has great cache density. But here where i live, we have VERY FEW traditional caches. Personally, I don't want to stop this hobby just because i have no new traditional caches to find, so that's why i log locationless ones. On the other hand, soon i don't have here any more locationless caches to find as the geocaching.com administrators have tightened the rules... Sounds like you are the guy to up the cache count in your area. Why no put your efforts into hiding more? ---Real men cache in shorts. Quote Link to comment
+Captain Morgan Posted January 27, 2003 Author Share Posted January 27, 2003 quote:Originally posted by Nurse Dave & LKay:Sounds like you are the guy to up the cache count in your area. Why no put your efforts into hiding more? In fact, that's what i'm doing right now Now i have hidden 12 caches, and i'm still gonna hide 8 more. As we have 123 caches and 266 geocachers in Finland at the moment, i think i've done my part Quote Link to comment
+sbell111 Posted January 28, 2003 Share Posted January 28, 2003 I think it is OK for a cacher to log a moving cache that he created. After all, the owner did not hide it in it's current location. I think its OK to log one's own locationless cache as long as 1) it has been hidden for a while and 2) it is not in the cache owner's area. I feel that these qualifications are important as it ensures that the cache wasn't created simply to boost the owner's numbers. Whenever I feel blue, I start breathing again. Quote Link to comment
+Blue Man Posted January 28, 2003 Share Posted January 28, 2003 Generally, when one creates a locationless cache, they give an example of the thing they are looking for and often include a photo. That way, other cachers know what they are looking for and know the rules for an acceptable log. It seems that a person logging their own caches (locationless or otherwise) is either doing it to generate stats or doing it out of ignorance. Quote Link to comment
Dinoprophet Posted January 28, 2003 Share Posted January 28, 2003 The initial example probably shouldn't be logged as a find. But if you later find a completely different match for your locationless, I don't see why not. Mein Vater war ein Wandersmann, und ich hab' auch im Blut Quote Link to comment
+Captain Morgan Posted January 28, 2003 Author Share Posted January 28, 2003 sbell111 and Dinoprophet seem to think like i do. I've made 3 locationless caches so far: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.asp?ID=40161 http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.asp?ID=35899 http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.asp?ID=34185 The first two ones ("Meteor crater" and "Milk platform" are so difficult that i must have either a lot of extra money or good luck to log them. The third one, "Birdwatching tower" is the only one, as far as i know, that exists in my normal geocaching area. So i guess i could log the first two ones, if i ever find them and perhaps also the third one, when it's not in my usual geocaching area. Quote Link to comment
+evergreenhiker! Posted January 28, 2003 Share Posted January 28, 2003 It's a no no to log your own cache. Quote Link to comment
+Captain Morgan Posted January 28, 2003 Author Share Posted January 28, 2003 quote:Originally posted by evergreenhiker!:It's a no no to log your own cache. Hmmm, it looks like geocaching community will never reach concensus in this topic... Quote Link to comment
+LarsThorwald Posted January 29, 2003 Share Posted January 29, 2003 No. Charlie "One should never begin a journey by heading in the wrong direction." Quote Link to comment
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