> As one who is physically limited in the amount of walking I can do,
I appreciate your son's thoughtfulness. I have to be selective in the
boxes I can look for so I appreciate information such as difficulty
and distance within the clues. A couple tricks I have learned is to
carefully read the clues and see if the route would be shorter if
worked backwards or to use trail maps to determine if there is a
shorter route back to the car.
>
This is a good point.
The general descriptions of difficulty, "Easy," etc, are so relative
as to be a little useless seometimes.
A box that is "easy" to get to for your basic long-distance hiker or
mountain climber might be a major undertaking for a boxer with a bad
knee or a even letterboxer who is just beginning and might be used to
a more sedantary lifestyle.
Maybe as the hobby is just becoming appreciated by a wider group of
folks than were initially involved in North America, it might be nice
if more box placers labeled their clues with estimated milage,
altitude gain, and trail conditions?
Just a thought. -Jugglermouse