uperdooper Posted February 4, 2004 Share Posted February 4, 2004 (edited) still glad i didn't take the bait. NORM! AGAIN!!! Edited February 5, 2004 by uperdooper Link to comment
LostCachePatrol Posted February 4, 2004 Share Posted February 4, 2004 Log books are dead trees! Ban the paper log! Save the trees! If letterboxers have a problem with that, they can invent a "virtual" letterbox, but it can only be placed where stamps are outlawed. Hmm, perhaps Massachusetts? Link to comment
+JMBella Posted February 5, 2004 Share Posted February 5, 2004 (edited) What a fresh, fascinating topic. I saw this thread last night and could easily hear my echo in here. I was so proud of all of the forum posters that I thought had taken the high road by choosing not to respond. Whoops, guess my hypocrisy is sounding a bit like JMBella. "This forum is useless and should be closed... but I'll post to it a few dozen times until then." Just messin' with ya, JMBella. You're still here?! Edited February 5, 2004 by JMBella Link to comment
+Alan2 Posted February 5, 2004 Share Posted February 5, 2004 Truth be known this area is more sensitive than more temperate areas. The pony express trail is just at the bottom of the hill and can still be clearly seen. The forty mile desert located north of this location still has wagon tracks from settlers heading to California. But who besides you knows about this?!? Alan Link to comment
uperdooper Posted February 5, 2004 Share Posted February 5, 2004 Truth be known this area is more sensitive than more temperate areas. The pony express trail is just at the bottom of the hill and can still be clearly seen. The forty mile desert located north of this location still has wagon tracks from settlers heading to California. But who besides you knows about this?!? Alan well! anyone who has read this topic now. actually, i found that pic interesting and would like to know where it is. ever watch a pbs show on the donner party? i have, and can't believe people got past denver. i would have said "pa, the kids and i are staying here, you go on ahead." the cut-off around the great salt lake was a tragedy waiting to happen. Link to comment
+Geo Ho Posted February 5, 2004 Share Posted February 5, 2004 All the letterboxers are forced to take pretty much the same path, which is more likely to cause damage by destroying vegetation, and worse, compacting the soil (Break a few twigs, no real harm. Stomp on a few plants, they grow back. But if you compact the soil, that totally changes things and can cause erosion and allow invasive, or non-native species to take root. Since geocachers often come from different directions (e.g. your "backdoor") and the units have a built in EPE, this makes it unlikely that any two geocachers will take the exact same route. This spreads out impact and allows the area time to recover. The further off the trail the cache is, the more this is true. Therefore it could be argued that geocaching is more environmentally friendly than letterboxing and placing the cache far off the trail is the most environmentally friendly method of cache placement. What 'Snat said! What they said! Happy caching and stuff! Link to comment
+Sissy-n-CR Posted February 5, 2004 Share Posted February 5, 2004 Is there a new breed of "Dittohead?" CR Link to comment
+Geo Ho Posted February 5, 2004 Share Posted February 5, 2004 Is there a new breed of "Dittohead?" CR What she said. Link to comment
+rusty_tlc Posted February 5, 2004 Share Posted February 5, 2004 ... But who besides you knows about this?!? Alan well! anyone who has read this topic now. actually, i found that pic interesting and would like to know where it is. ever watch a pbs show on the donner party? i have, and can't believe people got past denver. i would have said "pa, the kids and i are staying here, you go on ahead." the cut-off around the great salt lake was a tragedy waiting to happen. Here is a short decription of the location, Desert Station . There are a couple of virt's in Truckee CA as well as a traditional cache in areas around where the Donner party stayed and at memorials. The book "Trial By Hunger" is an excelent account of the Donner Parties winter. Who know's about the fragile desert ecosystem? All the local off road clubs. Anybody who reads the paper, or watches TV. Maybe a letter box near an old pony express station would be cool. There is one near Sand Mountain that would be perfect. Link to comment
CoyoteRed Posted February 5, 2004 Share Posted February 5, 2004 That's it! I'm a guy! I'm posting under my own account from now on! Link to comment
ghOzt Posted February 5, 2004 Share Posted February 5, 2004 You're still here?! I'm more than a little embarassed to say yes, I am (periodically) still here. I'm gradually escaping the grasp of the gigantic black hole that is these forums (at least I assume that's what that sucking noise is), though. Reach for my hand, JM! Don't give up! You may still be able to make it out of here!!! Link to comment
+JMBella Posted February 5, 2004 Share Posted February 5, 2004 (edited) You're still here?! I'm more than a little embarrassed to say yes, I am (periodically) still here. I'm gradually escaping the grasp of the gigantic black hole that is these forums (at least I assume that's what that sucking noise is), though. Reach for my hand, JM! Don't give up! You may still be able to make it out of here!!! I was going to offer you a life line. As you can see I have gladly refrained from posting on this thread (well more or less). I've said everything I need to say in the other topic. Basically, my opinion is echoed in here. Thanks for looking out for me though. Edited February 5, 2004 by JMBella Link to comment
ghOzt Posted February 5, 2004 Share Posted February 5, 2004 I was going to offer you a life line. As you can see I have gladly refrained from posting on this thread (well more or less). I've said everything I need to say in the other topic. Basically, my opinion is echoed in here. Thanks for looking out for me though. Sorry, I've been so cranky in here ever since that crazy wilderness thread. I think I need to go relax a little; maybe take some time off from this place. No hard feelings, ey? Enjoy. Link to comment
Dinoprophet Posted February 6, 2004 Share Posted February 6, 2004 " do you wear boxers or briefs when geocaching?" Depends. Link to comment
uperdooper Posted February 6, 2004 Share Posted February 6, 2004 " do you wear boxers or briefs when geocaching?" Depends. is june allyson aware of this? Link to comment
+Confucius' Cat Posted February 6, 2004 Author Share Posted February 6, 2004 I reckon we done kicked this one well. My point is really that the idea of geocaching causing "damage" to the environment is for the most part- UTTER NONSENSE. Thanks for the posts Closing the thread Link to comment
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