first 10 boxes had anywhere between 4-6 word stamps. You printed out a sheet
with numbers on it and went on your way. Each box had GPS waypoint and
Letterbox Clues. Each stamp in each box had numbers on the back. You stamped
that stamp on each number on the sheet you printed out. When you found all
10 boxes the sheet was a letterbox clue to get the 11th box or (cache with
goodies)
At the end of 2003 I had 103 Geocachers and 86 Letterboxers do the 11 boxes.
You are right Jay in the fact that Geocaching is getting so hard to get
something
approved because of the type of approver's they recrute. Here in Cincinnati
they
got Web-ling from the OKIC group to be an approver. He's from the smaller of
the
two groups we have here in Cincinnati and the president of OKIC. There was
an article
from the Cincinnati post talking about how OKIC helped get the permits in
the Hamilton County
park System. Members of CACHE Club have worked hard over the years as we
have many
letterbox members that were around way before Geocaching started. We worked
hard to
keep the permits out of the parks and they were because Letterboxers showed
they could
be trusted. All of that trust changed in a two week spain last year by the
OKIC officers.
Geocaching.com made Web-ling and Approver even thought most people here in
Cincinnati
are very upset about the permits.Then again that has been Geocaching's thing
to do. Even thought
Letterboxing was in the parks first, They think they are doing the right
thing when in fact
we all have seen what's going on and it't not fun.
I will say that I am a big time Geocacher as well as a Big time Letterboxer.
I love to do both!
as my real hobby is just being out of the house and hiking. So one hobby
feeds another hobby
and the best thing I got from all the hobby's is all the friends I have
collected from all of them.
Anyway the real question is what do you do about this problem? Fist of all,
I do want to
point out that YES! I know this is a letterbox board and you haveto think of
the letterboxing
hobby as a part of the Circle of life. What Geocaching does WILL affect
letterboxing.
Oh, By the way, Here is the Article I was talking about that was in the
Cincinnati Post just
so you can read it for yourself.
http://www.cincypost.com/2004/10/11/geoc101104.html
Happy Boxing
F4734 P366 X304 HH144
Doc
Message: 3
Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2005 15:48:49 -0000
From: "Drew Family"
Subject: Re: Geocache cross addiction
>I am wondering how many of us are cross addicted to geocaching?
We've done a couple, and it was really fun, but it didn't "take." I
think the reason for us is that the thing is so regulated, so
actively managed. Maybe they have to do that since it's so BIG, but I
think it's more to do with them being commercial. The managers (can't
think of the name they use, maybe "facilitators?") have to approve
your clues and will edit them before allowing them on the website.
They will also delete your clues, even if you ask them not to. At
letterboxing.org, a crucial (and often overlooked) difference is that
you maintain the creative rights to your letterboxes.
Still, come April 1st, we hope to do some more boxcaching! ;)
Jay in CT