I've not got too many finds to my name, but, in the short time I've
been boxing, I've run across 2 geocaches while looking for
letterboxes... I'm sure geocachers do the same thing. I read up on
geocacheing, so know what's up, and I reckon, as you said, most of
them have too.
Gary
At 07:33 AM 7/17/2008, you wrote:
>On Thu, Jul 17, 2008 at 6:46 AM, R
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>Hate to see this pinned on a geocacher when that's not how it reads.
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>Yeah, I see what you mean, but in fairness, I'm pretty sure that was a
>tongue-in-cheek explanation of what might have occurred!
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>And as a note about getting along harmoniously with geocachers:
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>In my neck of the woods at least (NE Texas), I've discovered geocachers to
>be quite human-like. We have virtually no problem with cachers taking
>stamps or boxes or removing boxes to put their caches in place (one incident
>that I know of of that happening in the Dallas area - and that cacher was a
>real JERK!). I think the key has been that local geocachers and boxers
>actually talk and each group has taken the time to learn some about the
>other game. Consequently, we work together and put notes in both box and
>cache clues to indicate that their may be another stash nearby and what to
>do if you find it. We have numerous boxes that are within feet of caches
>and they get along just fine!
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>It doesn't hurt to get smart about geocaching in your area, especially if
>you are a planter. Look up caches on geocaching.com by zip code to see who
>the players are, then see if you can get to know them. Some of them are
>jerks, just as some letterboxers are jerks, but geocachers are for the most
>part courteous, just as most letterboxers are courteous. A little
>communication goes a long way, and the source of problems is usually
>ignorance and not malice, and thankfully ignorance is fixable!
>--
>Barefoot Lucy
>"It's not about footwear, it's about philosophy"
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