Guest treemoss2 Posted December 28, 2001 Posted December 28, 2001 Santa left me a GPS and now I have found this site and found 2 caches. I signed my name in each cache logbook, but am not logging anything on the sites online. My fun is finding them. I am not interested in anything yet beyond this. I did learn a big thing today. I had a different datum in my GPS and searched for quite a while looking for the cache. Finally moved uphill to the ridgeline thinking (rightly) that someone would cache there and not down in a more anonymous place further down the hillside. My N coordinate was on, but the W coordinate was the one that was off. Quote
Guest ClayJar Posted December 28, 2001 Posted December 28, 2001 As has been discussed in numerous other threads, the online logging is half the lifeblood of geocaching.com. Even if you just put a "I found it", "I didn't find it", or "I got stopped on the way and didn't end up getting to the right spot", you'll be helping out *TREMENDOUSLY*. The online logs are what people use to decide whether to go for a cache. They let the hider know that the cache is being found (or not found). They let people who have already found the cache know that people are going to the cache. I've even seen several people go out to check on someone else's cache because they were in the area and some people had logged non-finds. While there's no law forcing you to log online, I would ask you, no implore you, to please take the few moments it takes to log your find online. (It's especially important to me, as it's a 230+ mile trip to check on one of mine, and I'd have to talk J^2's MOM into letting me hijack her husband and their boat to check on another of them... I *KNOW* how valuable online logs are.) Quote
Guest Ttepee Posted December 28, 2001 Posted December 28, 2001 ide them so they are impossible to find, just challenging) more for the fact that I can experience the adventure all over again with them in their logs. Think about it...thanks Ttepee Quote
Guest Ttepee Posted December 28, 2001 Posted December 28, 2001 ide them so they are impossible to find, just challenging) more for the fact that I can experience the adventure all over again with them in their logs. Think about it...thanks Ttepee Quote
Guest Ranz Posted December 28, 2001 Posted December 28, 2001 I am in complete agreement with Clayjar. While logging on the web site is not a requirement, it is the primary indicator that a cache is active, missing, damaged, etc. We all take a certain responsibility for all caches in the field. I myself have checked on caches that logs show might be missing or damaged. Without this very needed feedback the sport could never be what it is today or what it is becoming. You log into the site to get the caches you want to hunt anyway. I ask you please, take a few more minutes to jot a quick note on your finds. Not for your ?stats?, but to let the rest of us choose our hunts wisely. After all, without our feedback you wouldn?t have anything to hunt either. One more thing?.Welcome to the sport. Quote
Guest EraSeek Posted December 29, 2001 Posted December 29, 2001 I could not agree more with the above posts! I love hiding caches as much as I do finding them. The on-line logs are my only rewards for putting in the time, money, and effort so that you might have something to find. Please log them. Quote
Guest brokenwing Posted December 29, 2001 Posted December 29, 2001 Of course, I agree with everyone here, posting online is a key part of the game. It lets hiders know about their cache, lets potential seekers know about what to expect, but perhaps most important to me, it is the thing that binds us all together as a community. For example, one of the things I enjoy most is the sense of shared experience I have with others that have also done a particularly difficult cache. The thing that sets geocaching apart from any other activity of this type is that even though it's primarily a solitary activity, there is a tremendous bond that grows between geocachers. Many of the more active cachers in my area I now call friends. I came to know them through their logs. Treemoss, I've always wondered why some people never post logs online. It seems to me they are missing so much and depriving the rest of us of their experiences. Can you help me to understand why you wouldn't want to post online? I just don't get it, but I'd like to. Any light you can shed on this would be helpful. Thanks! ------------------ Brokenwing http://www.cordianet.com/geocaching Quote
Guest Rangertrek Posted December 30, 2001 Posted December 30, 2001 I agree with all the above posts. Treemoss, after you do this for a little while you will eventually want to log the finds. The logs are just half the fun in geocaching. The forums are a great place to learn about types of caches, equipment, porblems, almost anything about geocaching. The cache owners are definately interested in seeing others log the hunt for a cache. As mentioned above, the feedback, helps everyone that reviews the cache page. Welcome to geocaching. This is a well run web site, one of the best I have seen, and everyone here is willing to help other geocachers in whatever they need. Just review the various posts and have FUN! Quote
Guest logscaler Posted December 30, 2001 Posted December 30, 2001 YOU ALL ARE WRONG !!!!!! just kidding, I thought that might get your goats. Did your heart rate go up just a touch ? How would I add anything more to these post that have already said it all ? TTFN, logscaler Quote
Guest makaio Posted December 30, 2001 Posted December 30, 2001 FWIW, I met a geocacher during a hunt last summer who said he doesn't sign the logbook OR log online. He's just likes finding the caches. While most of us do both and enjoy reading posts from others, it's certainly OK to not log your finds if you don't want to. Quote
Guest ClayJar Posted December 30, 2001 Posted December 30, 2001 Yep. The Golden Rule of Geocaching is "If you take something, you must leave something." Everything else is optional. You can skip the logbook, but nobody will have the pleasure of reading your comments. You can skip the online logs, but you won't be helping the community. You can skip placing your own cache, but you won't be helping the game. Note, however, that when it comes to travel bugs, logging online is *NOT* optional. There's a travel bug still listed in a cache near me that was taken by someone on December 9th. Whoever took it still hasn't logged it, and until they do, it'll be in travel bug limbo. If you don't want to log online, leave the travel bugs where they are. Quote
Guest Choberiba Posted December 30, 2001 Posted December 30, 2001 Jar stated, don't even think of grabbing anything with a dogtag. I have an offer for you or anyone who doesn't want to bother logging a find in the forums. If you wouldn't mind sending me a brief email with the GC number of the cache and any relevant information. I'll post an "other" comment on the cache page for you. geo@cachestash.com Quote
Guest glenn95630 Posted December 31, 2001 Posted December 31, 2001 If the finder does not log on the web page then they are being selfish and egocentric. The hider puts all the effort into hiding the cache, the finder should show his/her appreciation of this effort by making the web page log. I put finders who don't log on the web page in the same category as litterbugs... they expect others to do the work while they are unwilling to do things that are inconvenient. There is no rule you have to make the web page log... it is optional. Many things in life are 'optional' - There is also no rule or law that you have to write Thank You notes for birthday presents; use polite words like 'please' and 'thank you'; use deoderant; or take showers. I hope I wasn't too blunt. It's late and this is a pet peev of mine. glenn95630 Quote
Guest treemoss2 Posted December 31, 2001 Posted December 31, 2001 treemoss2 here agin, the original poster of this thread. I have got myself a username and pw and have logged all my finds. I appreciate all the replies. Quote
Guest Ttepee Posted December 31, 2001 Posted December 31, 2001 Treemoss2 Yes by George I do believe he's got it! ) Quote
Guest Ttepee Posted December 31, 2001 Posted December 31, 2001 Treemoss2 Yes by George I do believe he's got it! ) Quote
Guest makaio Posted January 1, 2002 Posted January 1, 2002 Does this mean I have to start taking showers and using deodorant? Quote
Guest c-troop Posted January 1, 2002 Posted January 1, 2002 No.... But stay in Oregon, ok C-Troop Quote
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