Do you read the (paper) logbook?

[azog]

I'm just curious as to how many people read the logbook when they've found a cache? I am going under the assumption that the owner will generally read it, so that just means those who are finders.

 

I usually read the first page. Chances are the hider posted a note on the first page. Other than that, I'll perhaps flip thru the book.

 

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Do not answer a fool according to his folly, lest you be also be like him.

[+Kouros]

Depends on my mood - some of the time, I just flick through it, especially if I'm out with the dog, or have other caches to go to.

 

But if I'm by myself, it's a nice day, and I don't have anywhere else to be, I'll have a good read through, and try and write a decent log (other than "Found quickly. Nice Location. Took X, left Y, thanks for cache!") to go with the others.

 

More often than not I'm by myself, and while I often do have other places to be, I'd rather not there, so I'll usually end up reading all the logs.

 

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An it harm none, do what ye will

[+The Leprechauns]

I will spend more time reading the logbook if:

 

-- it's a very old cache with a lot of history

-- it was a long hike to a nice spot

-- the cache had a surprise or twist of some sort, and I want to read what others had to say about its "secret"

 

Conversely, on the typical 1/1 cache that's a quarter mile from the parking lot, I may only read the owner's message and the last log entry prior to mine.

 

x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x

If there's no accounting for stupidity, then why do I need to file a tax return?

[+The Commissar!]

Ditto...I also consider the traffic in the area...if its a relatively busy location I try to log quick and get out even if I move away from the stash area to record my visit.

[+Mopar]

quote:

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Originally posted by The Leprechauns:

I will spend more time reading the logbook if:

 

-- it's a very old cache with a lot of history

-- it was a long hike to a nice spot

-- the cache had a surprise or twist of some sort, and I want to read what others had to say about its "secret"

 

Conversely, on the typical 1/1 cache that's a quarter mile from the parking lot, I may only read the owner's message and the last log entry prior to mine.

 

x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x

If there's no accounting for stupidity, then why do I need to file a tax return?

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[mortonfox]

I don't usually read the log book unless I expect to see something based on the online logs.

[GrandpaCannon]

I like to read the log book but if I'm in a hurry to get to the next cache or back to work on a lunch break I may skip it. Some cachers have signature items that are also left by others (not as signature items) if I have a question about it I check the log book to see who left the particular item. I like to see the logs from the "famous" cachers.

[+Prime Suspect]

I may not always read every entry, but I'll usually look through it to see what names I recognize. The exception is if I'm getting bitten by bugs, or it's way too hot or way too cold.

 

[Jomarac5]

Our middle daughter reads the logs out loud and then signs the log for us.

[+Upham]

I like to check out what other people write.

If I have the time and no one's around.

 

Still looking!

[+sbukosky]

I like to read the recent logs. Sometime I find a log saying someone found it by accident. Those don't get on the website. Its great to see them cooperate with the idea.

 

Steve Bukosky N9BGH

Waukesha Wisconsin

[+miuwu]

I would rather read the log than check out what items are in the cache....

[+CoronaKid]

I usually just peruse it quickly since I hunt caches on my lunch hour and I don't have much time.

 

--CoronaKid

[+The Weasel]

I have to go with the consenseous on this. I read the book ..

 

A) Nobody else is around

 

or

 

Wheather conditions. Lately is has been too darn cold to sit read.

[pdumas]

I read the book when nobody else is around.

[+TeamJiffy]

You've stumbled upon the one area where my wife and I disagree in how we approach Geocaching. Everything else we are 100% in sync on, but as to the log books, we have a difference of opinion.

 

She likes to savor the log book, and read what everyone wrote - while she is at the cache site - because reading it there, among other things, means that:

 

...you don't miss any logs (not everyone posts on the web, and you may have non-Internet-using-cachers stumbling upon the cache)

...you have an intimacy of shared experience with the other cachers, when you read the log book - at the actual location.

 

I cannot stand reading the log book, beyond the introduction note from the cache placer, because:

 

Most of the logs are copied onto the web site (and there are people, like Kablooey, who often just take a photo of their log sheet entry - ensuring an exact match).

I worry about being found near the cache site. I don't want to be the cause of a cache being plundered.

 

Pretty much, the way it resolves is in the typical husband/wife way: she courteously listens to my requests to hurry and responds "sure thing; right away" to each one, while she gives the log book exactly the amount of time she wants to give it!

 

-J

[+evergreenhiker!]

If I have a lot of time, I'll read logs. Other days I might just flip through the book for a blank page to sign. I'm more likely to read logs after doing a tough cache than some hit-and-run type in a city.