Grrrrr
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Started on 2005-03-15
Grrrrr
From: Kimberly Mills (heathersmom2000@earthlink.net) |
Date: 2005-03-15 15:16:35 UTC
Bah! One of my letterboxes I just placed maybe a week ago was found
by a geocacher for the first find. No geo cache nearby, but he said
a pile of rocks caught his eye and he found my box. So me thinks I
need to go rehide it. The challenging part is that it is a mystery
box and you have to break a code to get the clues, now I have to
rewrite the code. Grrr.
At least he was a respectful geocacher, he said he signed in, put
everything back the way it was and it is still in good shape.
Homeschoolmommy
Re: Grrrrr
From: huskerrich2000 (huskerrich2000@yahoo.com) |
Date: 2005-03-15 18:16:41 UTC
--- In letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com, "Kimberly Mills"
>
> Bah! One of my letterboxes I just placed maybe a week ago was
found
> by a geocacher for the first find. No geo cache nearby, but he
said
> a pile of rocks caught his eye and he found my box. So me thinks I
> need to go rehide it. The challenging part is that it is a mystery
> box and you have to break a code to get the clues, now I have to
> rewrite the code. Grrr.
> At least he was a respectful geocacher, he said he signed in, put
> everything back the way it was and it is still in good shape.
> Homeschoolmommy
probaly means that he wants your location for one of his caches,
remember geocachers look for the same things we do. you just got
there first. Your spot was muggled only because we think alike
RE: [LbNA] Re: Grrrrr
From: Kimberly Mills (heathersmom2000@earthlink.net) |
Date: 2005-03-15 16:02:12 UTC-08:00
Oops sorry. I didn't mean to insinuate that the geochacher asked me to move
it. It just seemed to me that if he so easily spotted it, non letterboxer,
non geocachers would too. Thinking about it it does seem pretty obvious
where I hid it, so I believe I will go back and rehide it, just not looking
forward to rewriting the code clues.
Homeschoolmommy
> [Original Message]
> From: dvn2rckr
> To:
> Date: 03/15/2005 13:08:10
> Subject: [LbNA] Re: Grrrrr
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> I've stumbled upon dozens of geocaches while letterboxing in the
> very same manner. After immersing myself in letterboxing and
> dabbling in geocaching awhile, you get trained to study the
> surroundings. Anything that remotely looks 'out of the ordinary' I
> typically investigate. Sometimes I find a geocache, other times a
> letterbox and more often than not, unfortunately, just 'gross
> stuff'. Usually it's the tell-tale letterbox/geocache stick or
> rock 'altar' built to camouflage a box that piques my curiosity.
> Sometimes it's the bit of container that peaks out from behind the
> camouflage. Othertimes, it's a pronounced 'social' trail that's
> developed to an area that otherwise wouldn't have a trail.
>
> I doubt what happened here is a vindictive or 'territorial' thing--
> just curiousity that led one to investigate the rocks and what the
> rocks were 'protecting' which, in turn, led to the letterbox
> discovery. He probably recommended re-hiding it in a better spot
> thinking that it was too 'exposed' to survive its original hiding
> spot. Geocaching is a very popular and well-known hobby (especially
> in the US) and you'd be amazed the number of visitors most geocaches
> have on a daily/weekly basis compared to letterboxes in a given year
> (unless, of course, you're in the boxopolis of CT). For example in
> my region (Seattle/Tacoma/Olympia megalopolis), my letterboxes
> usually get about a dozen visitors a year--some of the neighboring
> geocaches get a dozen visitors a day, increasing exponentially when
> the geocache listing first debuts on the website as there's
> typically extra incentive & desire to earn 'First to Find' credit in
> geocaching.
>
> Geocaching is a neat sport, sort of a modern twist on letterboxing,
> it's just a bit different from letterboxing and more 'popular' on a
> numbers level. As a letterbox planter, it's a good idea to check
> out the geocaches already located in a particular area in which
> you're considering planting a letterbox--if not only to coordinate
> it with the other geocache planters (which I really haven't
> personally done but might be a neat approach?) or just to know areas
> to avoid to reduce the chance of your letterbox being accidentally
> discovered (& possibly relocated) by a geocacher who isn't versed on
> letterboxing and where the letterbox is 'supposed' to be located as
> described in the clues. Specific hiding spots in geocaching aren't
> always as important in geocaching as they are to letterboxing as the
> letterboxing clues often are quite specific in where the boxes are
> hidden.
>
> dvn2r ckr
>
> --- In letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com, "huskerrich2000"
> wrote:
> >
> > --- In letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com, "Kimberly Mills"
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > Bah! One of my letterboxes I just placed maybe a week ago was
> > found
> > > by a geocacher for the first find. No geo cache nearby, but he
> > said
> > > a pile of rocks caught his eye and he found my box. So me thinks
> I
> > > need to go rehide it. The challenging part is that it is a
> mystery
> > > box and you have to break a code to get the clues, now I have to
> > > rewrite the code. Grrr.
> > > At least he was a respectful geocacher, he said he signed in,
> put
> > > everything back the way it was and it is still in good shape.
> > > Homeschoolmommy
> >
> > probaly means that he wants your location for one of his caches,
> > remember geocachers look for the same things we do. you just got
> > there first. Your spot was muggled only because we think alike
>
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it. It just seemed to me that if he so easily spotted it, non letterboxer,
non geocachers would too. Thinking about it it does seem pretty obvious
where I hid it, so I believe I will go back and rehide it, just not looking
forward to rewriting the code clues.
Homeschoolmommy
> [Original Message]
> From: dvn2rckr
> To:
> Date: 03/15/2005 13:08:10
> Subject: [LbNA] Re: Grrrrr
>
>
>
> I've stumbled upon dozens of geocaches while letterboxing in the
> very same manner. After immersing myself in letterboxing and
> dabbling in geocaching awhile, you get trained to study the
> surroundings. Anything that remotely looks 'out of the ordinary' I
> typically investigate. Sometimes I find a geocache, other times a
> letterbox and more often than not, unfortunately, just 'gross
> stuff'. Usually it's the tell-tale letterbox/geocache stick or
> rock 'altar' built to camouflage a box that piques my curiosity.
> Sometimes it's the bit of container that peaks out from behind the
> camouflage. Othertimes, it's a pronounced 'social' trail that's
> developed to an area that otherwise wouldn't have a trail.
>
> I doubt what happened here is a vindictive or 'territorial' thing--
> just curiousity that led one to investigate the rocks and what the
> rocks were 'protecting' which, in turn, led to the letterbox
> discovery. He probably recommended re-hiding it in a better spot
> thinking that it was too 'exposed' to survive its original hiding
> spot. Geocaching is a very popular and well-known hobby (especially
> in the US) and you'd be amazed the number of visitors most geocaches
> have on a daily/weekly basis compared to letterboxes in a given year
> (unless, of course, you're in the boxopolis of CT). For example in
> my region (Seattle/Tacoma/Olympia megalopolis), my letterboxes
> usually get about a dozen visitors a year--some of the neighboring
> geocaches get a dozen visitors a day, increasing exponentially when
> the geocache listing first debuts on the website as there's
> typically extra incentive & desire to earn 'First to Find' credit in
> geocaching.
>
> Geocaching is a neat sport, sort of a modern twist on letterboxing,
> it's just a bit different from letterboxing and more 'popular' on a
> numbers level. As a letterbox planter, it's a good idea to check
> out the geocaches already located in a particular area in which
> you're considering planting a letterbox--if not only to coordinate
> it with the other geocache planters (which I really haven't
> personally done but might be a neat approach?) or just to know areas
> to avoid to reduce the chance of your letterbox being accidentally
> discovered (& possibly relocated) by a geocacher who isn't versed on
> letterboxing and where the letterbox is 'supposed' to be located as
> described in the clues. Specific hiding spots in geocaching aren't
> always as important in geocaching as they are to letterboxing as the
> letterboxing clues often are quite specific in where the boxes are
> hidden.
>
> dvn2r ckr
>
> --- In letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com, "huskerrich2000"
>
> >
> > --- In letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com, "Kimberly Mills"
> >
> > >
> > > Bah! One of my letterboxes I just placed maybe a week ago was
> > found
> > > by a geocacher for the first find. No geo cache nearby, but he
> > said
> > > a pile of rocks caught his eye and he found my box. So me thinks
> I
> > > need to go rehide it. The challenging part is that it is a
> mystery
> > > box and you have to break a code to get the clues, now I have to
> > > rewrite the code. Grrr.
> > > At least he was a respectful geocacher, he said he signed in,
> put
> > > everything back the way it was and it is still in good shape.
> > > Homeschoolmommy
> >
> > probaly means that he wants your location for one of his caches,
> > remember geocachers look for the same things we do. you just got
> > there first. Your spot was muggled only because we think alike
>
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> Yahoo! Groups Links
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[LbNA] Re: Grrrrr
From: dagonell2001 (salley@klaatu.canisius.edu) |
Date: 2005-03-16 18:20:11 UTC
--- In letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com, "Kimberly Mills"
> Oops sorry. I didn't mean to insinuate that the geochacher asked
me to move
> it. It just seemed to me that if he so easily spotted it, non
letterboxer,
> non geocachers would too. Thinking about it it does seem pretty
obvious
> where I hid it, so I believe I will go back and rehide it, just
not looking
> forward to rewriting the code clues.
> Homeschoolmommy
No, it's obvious only to a letterboxer or geo-cacher. I found a geo-
cache while hunting for a place to hide a letterbox. We tend to
look for the same sorts of hiding places. People who aren't GCers
or LBers walk past the spot literally a hundred times a day. It's
less than 10' from the sidewalk, and it's been there for months.
Unless there's a problem, leave your box where it is.
-- Dagonell the Pirate