+briansnat Posted January 30, 2004 Share Posted January 30, 2004 (edited) I, like you, love geocaching. It would only be a small sacrifice for us to limit our activity to the many, many areas in which geocaching will account for almost no evironmental impact. Um, how does the impact of geocaching differ in a wilderness area vis-a-vis a national forest, or a state park? It's a POLITICAL designation. Does a a cache on one side of a (often arbitrary) line drawn by Congress effect the environment differently from a cache on the other side of that line? Edited January 30, 2004 by briansnat Link to comment
+Team GPSaxophone Posted January 30, 2004 Share Posted January 30, 2004 Norm! Yes, geocachers cause much more environmental damage once they cross the line. Sounds like something Al Gore would say Link to comment
+JMBella Posted January 30, 2004 Share Posted January 30, 2004 I, like you, love geocaching. It would only be a small sacrifice for us to limit our activity to the many, many areas in which geocaching will account for almost no evironmental impact. Um, how does the impact of geocaching differ in a wilderness area vis-a-vis a national forest, or a state park? It's a POLITICAL designation. Does a a cache on one side of a (often arbitrary) line drawn by Congress effect the environment differently from a cache on the other side of that line? NORM! My point exactly. Link to comment
+Cache Viking Posted January 30, 2004 Share Posted January 30, 2004 I, like you, love geocaching. It would only be a small sacrifice for us to limit our activity to the many, many areas in which geocaching will account for almost no evironmental impact. Um, how does the impact of geocaching differ in a wilderness area vis-a-vis a national forest, or a state park? It's a POLITICAL designation. Does a a cache on one side of a (often arbitrary) line drawn by Congress effect the environment differently from a cache on the other side of that line? Well said briansnat. Link to comment
+rusty_tlc Posted January 30, 2004 Share Posted January 30, 2004 I really couldn't belive this topic was still on the scope when I got done with dinner. Truly amazing. One thing we can be sure of this horse is well and truly dead. Or is it? Link to comment
+JMBella Posted January 30, 2004 Share Posted January 30, 2004 I really couldn't believe this topic was still on the scope when I got done with dinner. Truly amazing. One thing we can be sure of this horse is well and truly dead. Or is it? Comatose. It can awaken at any time. Link to comment
+Cache Viking Posted January 30, 2004 Share Posted January 30, 2004 I really couldn't believe this topic was still on ... Or is it? Comatose. It can awaken at any time. Link to comment
+rusty_tlc Posted January 30, 2004 Share Posted January 30, 2004 (edited) Cut it out! (Ala Jack Benny) It was already half way down the page! Maybe pbexplorer will close it! Nah I think he took his marbles and went home. Edit: never mind Edited January 30, 2004 by rusty_tlc Link to comment
+crzycrzy Posted January 30, 2004 Share Posted January 30, 2004 Ummmm... Tap Tap... Is this on ? I like the caches in the wilderness areas. Plan half my waking hours around them. Thinking I would cry if they weren't there. Link to comment
+Team GPSaxophone Posted January 30, 2004 Share Posted January 30, 2004 I like hunting for micro-caches in wilderness areas Link to comment
+sept1c_tank Posted January 30, 2004 Share Posted January 30, 2004 Still looks like a horse to me. Link to comment
+The Cheeseheads Posted January 30, 2004 Share Posted January 30, 2004 I'm thinking this thread should be moved here... Link to comment
ghOzt Posted January 30, 2004 Share Posted January 30, 2004 Um, how does the impact of geocaching differ in a wilderness area vis-a-vis a national forest, or a state park? It's a POLITICAL designation. Does a a cache on one side of a (often arbitrary) line drawn by Congress effect the environment differently from a cache on the other side of that line? I can't help it... I just have to respond... You're absolutely correct, it is a political designation, but this designation is, well, designated for reasons of conservation and protection. If an arbitrary line hadn't been placed around Yellowstone, someone would come along thinking it would make a prime location for a golf course. If an area is protected because the educated minds who study these things find the area to be sensitive enough to warrant protection, protection is a good thing. If an area is protected not because it's sensitive, but simply to set it aside as natural land that will never become a Wal-mart, protection is good. The impact that geocaching may have on the area may not differ from that of any other area, but if it's an area that has been reserved for limited human impact, why must we geocache there? It's kind of like a 'sitting room.' Did your house have a room that was reserved for company only? Your Mom's best china was displayed in the hutch, the furniture was imported, and the rug was always vacuumed. It was set aside as a room that would always be orderly and clean. You never dared play in that room! These rules didn't make a difference to you, though. The rest of the house had more than enough space to play in. Didn't it? Link to comment
+astheravenflies Posted January 30, 2004 Share Posted January 30, 2004 Just for the record I think geocaches in wilderness areas are fine. Like someone said earlier, once you're three miles in from the trailhead, you're past the normal riff-raff. I doubt you'll ever see any kind of cache saturation in wilderness areas or any signicant increased use from cache placement. OK horsey, back to bed. Link to comment
+Renegade Knight Posted January 30, 2004 Share Posted January 30, 2004 ...but if it's an area that has been reserved for limited human impact, why must we geocache there?... The land is not protected from humans and their impact. The land is set aside as designated by law for humans to enjoy it. The wilderness designation says how we are allowed to enjoy it. Link to comment
+JMBella Posted January 30, 2004 Share Posted January 30, 2004 (edited) It's kind of like a 'sitting room.' Did your house have a room that was reserved for company only? Your Mom's best china was displayed in the hutch, the furniture was imported, and the rug was always vacuumed. It was set aside as a room that would always be orderly and clean. You never dared play in that room! These rules didn't make a difference to you, though. The rest of the house had more than enough space to play in. Didn't it? No. Well yes maybe it did. But that's not the point. (Do you know hard I worked to try and get this thread off the first page AAHHH!) Here's the point. Yes. That room would be the Living Room. We were not even allowed to look in there. I still remember the plastic covers on the couch. But guess what? During dinner, I used to take my vegetables and sneak them into my cup when nobody was looking. Then when everyone was done with dinner and away from the room, I would sneak into the living room and hide that cup behind the baseboard. Sometimes that cup would stay there for days. Even weeks until I had the opportunity to remove it and through it in the outside trash can. And guess what else? That little vegetable cache in the designated wilderness living room didn't effect the living room one iota. The same way an ammo can doesn't effect the grand wilderness or a small county park. Whatta ya got next? Edited January 30, 2004 by JMBella Link to comment
ghOzt Posted January 30, 2004 Share Posted January 30, 2004 That little vegetable cache in the designated wilderness living room didn't effect the living room one iota. The same way an ammo can doesn't effect the grand wilderness or a small county park. Whatta ya got next? Okay, I'm done. I will join the masses in agreeing that this topic is indeed a dead, bloated, stinking, rotting, unrecognizable heap of what may once have been a horse. (Sorry for the image.) Link to comment
+pbexplorer Posted January 30, 2004 Author Share Posted January 30, 2004 Well, this topic will now be closed as it was suggested. Thanks for the input on the topic. Link to comment
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