+Renegade Knight Posted October 23, 2003 Posted October 23, 2003 In the OC forums the subject came up of a geocachers creed. Something like a code of honor that geocachers could follow. If they subscribed to its tenants they could put a logo on their cache page, profile, or even signature line (on sites that still allow one). This seemed like a good idea so I thought I’d bounce it here in the GC forums for the wolves to chew on. My thoughts on it are that such a creed would be separate from any geocache listing site and might be slightly different in other countries. Lastly while a site could give the thumbs up to a creed it’s the goecaching community who should be the driving force behind it. Tread Lightly for off-road clubs comes to mind. Here is my stab at a quasi humorous one, based on real world observations. It’s not what you want at all, but it gets the idea across. 1) Bushwack in. 2) Take the trail out. 3) It’s better to beg forgiveness than ask permission. 4) Move, Move, Move the cache, gently down the way. 5) Leave the container open while you sign the logbook, in the rain. 6) Be sure to trade the cache down. The next guy may be poorer than you and will appreciate your hard work in making it easier for him to trade evenly. 7) Don’t leave religious tracts. AOL CD’s are much better and more plentiful. 8) Always make the cache easier to find than you found it. This helps muggles discover the hobby. 9) Mark the path in with surveyors tape. You are a pathfinder nobody else can use that handy pointer on their GPS. 10) Don’t be prepared, it’s much more of an adventure that way. 11) Use the code for a lame cache. “TNLNSL” or “Clamdip at midnight, in the rain”. 12) If you have to chose between placing and maintaining, place. 13) Blah, blah, yada, yada. Quote
Bear & Ducky Posted October 23, 2003 Posted October 23, 2003 LOL good list, On a serious note, you asked who would enforce it? I think if you really want a creed/code of ethics/honor etc.. then the best thing would be to get geocaching associations on board. It's one of the things I've thought over for when I talk to another cacher locally in the next week about SOGA (Sothern Ontario Geocaching Association...not existing but hey we have a nice logo and some ideas to start) I'm trying to convince him to be president for the first year since I know I have more time to sparsly plan with him than lead, and one of the areas we need to discuss is what kind of role the association could or should have. Maybe some of the others in existing associations could express their view points. In one light I think its hard to actually enforce and in the other there will be people saying again its another layer...get rid of it. Anyway its yet another suggestion good or bad to be discussed. Keith Bear & Ducky Quote
+BlueDeuce Posted October 23, 2003 Posted October 23, 2003 14. Keep the cache owner engaged in the care of their cache. Mark the cache as 'Needs to be Archived" and post that it is near railroad tracks, on federal property, plundered, etc. The more things you can list, the more time the cache owner will have to be spend proving their cache is 'legal'. Everybody needs a excuse to check their caches, help'em out! Quote
+Team Og Rof A Klaw Posted October 23, 2003 Posted October 23, 2003 15. Lollipops and dog biscuits are great trade items. ____________________________ - Team Og Rof A Klaw All who wander are not lost. Quote
Captain Chaoss Posted October 23, 2003 Posted October 23, 2003 Place your cache in that illegal dump area. Your helping the environment if they CITO. Two roads diverged in the woods and I, I took the one less traveled, and that is how I found the cache. Quote
btouch Posted October 23, 2003 Posted October 23, 2003 16. Hide your caches in the National Forests, it helps them generate revenue from the parking permits. Matthew 5:1-11 Quote
+sept1c_tank Posted October 23, 2003 Posted October 23, 2003 17. Keep two logbooks. One for ordinary geocachers, and one for sock puppet and other "anonymous" accounts. ==============="If it feels good...do it"================ **(the other 9 out of 10 voices in my head say: "Don't do it.")** . Quote
+Cave Troll and Eeyore Posted October 23, 2003 Posted October 23, 2003 Fill your cache with food for the wildlife! Quote
+MountainMudbug Posted October 23, 2003 Posted October 23, 2003 18. Everyone loves to find doot next to the cache, don't forget to bring yours! Quote
Colonel Mustard Posted October 23, 2003 Posted October 23, 2003 19. Always use a cache container with a lid that won't go back on. Quote
bug and snake Posted October 23, 2003 Posted October 23, 2003 20: Pre-drill holes in every cache container you deploy. Drainage is important to keep log books in good condition. 21: Re-number all guidelines in this thread so that numbers are re-used and therefor do not run out too quickly. Only nuts eat squirrels, Snake Quote
gmaxis Posted October 23, 2003 Posted October 23, 2003 22. lighters, knives, illegal drugs and condoms are amusing trade items. Useful too! 23. Why clean up after your dog? Just cover their poop with rocks and dirt. Have GPS, Will Travel. Quote
Cholo Posted October 23, 2003 Posted October 23, 2003 quote:Originally posted by Renegade Knight:geocachers creed. Word is that he will be Sly's opponent in the newest Rocky film. Quote
+Doc-Dean Posted October 28, 2003 Posted October 28, 2003 Place vibrators and various sex toys around cache location to help people find the cache and to "make their day" Free your mind and the rest will follow Quote
+15Tango Posted October 29, 2003 Posted October 29, 2003 24) Gladware makes excellent cache containers, especially in places with extreme temperature changes. 25) "Travel" in the phrase "Travel Bug" is a misprint--if you find one, you're supposed to hold on to it for 8 months and then bring it to an event cache so 50 people can all log it at once. "There comes a time in every rightfully constructed boy's life when he gets an urge to seek for buried treasure"--Mark Twain Quote
+Cat'N'Geo Posted October 29, 2003 Posted October 29, 2003 26. If at all possible never hide a micro where some one can discretely get at it. Make sure they need to grope around in the dark on a ladder in the middle of a busy intersection in wads of used gum. If hiding a Traditional, make sure it's in a bush near an airport, in front of a large office building, or near a police station so plenty of civic minded people can see geocachers come and go acting all furtive while messing with small boxes. They say this universe is bound to blow, I say we crank up the Calypso Control! ~Jimmy Buffett ~Someday I Will~ Quote
+GeoGryffindor Posted October 29, 2003 Posted October 29, 2003 On a more serious note, it would be nice to have a geocaching creed. That way when you ask permission to place a cache to someone that you have to get approval from, you can give them a copy of the creed, i.e., a short version of what we are about. "Nice find! I must go tell Harry, Ron and Hermione." Quote
+GroundClutter Posted October 29, 2003 Posted October 29, 2003 27) Never have a pen in the cache. Good cachers bring their own to sign the log book with. 28) Make sure your coordinates are at least 20m off. It helps develop searching skills. "You are cleared for geocaching." Quote
+trippy1976 Posted October 29, 2003 Posted October 29, 2003 This creed is too hard to memorize. How about something simple. "To find and hide the cache. To be mindful of my actions and environment. To always leave a cache and place better than I found it." -------- trippy1976 - Team KKF2A Assimilating golf balls - one geocache at a time. Michigan Geocaching Organization Homepage Quote
+TMAN264 Posted October 29, 2003 Posted October 29, 2003 Hey, that make sense. I am so confused..... Quote
The Alethiometrists Posted October 29, 2003 Posted October 29, 2003 29. Never log travel bugs out of a cache when you take them. The bug icon will encourage future visitors to the cache, and imagine the bug owner's delighted surprise when their bug turns up in a cache hundreds of miles away. ------------- "Thos' Degrees of Longitude and Latitude in Name, yet in Earthly reality are they Channels mark'd for the transport of some unseen Influence, one carefully assembl'd chain…" – Thomas Pynchon, Mason & Dixon Quote
boreal jeff & sons Posted October 29, 2003 Posted October 29, 2003 33.5 When crossing the border to go Geocaching, don't look the customs agent in the eye. When asked your intentions, say, "not sure". When asked your Citizenship say "Taliban" or similar. 34. If you see a bear while geocaching, turn and run away. Pretend you have a limp. 35. Intentionally left blank for future additions. Every hour spent Geocaching is added to the end of your life. Quote
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