We found your boxes safe and dry over the weekend. Enjoyed the hike with
our dogs...so very cool under the oaks. Don and Gwen
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Subject: [LbNA] Wow....
> Talk about your hot topics! =)
>
> One of my friends who read my clues for the Los Osos Oaks series
> commented recently that he hates all the "legalise" in it, which I
> thought was kind of amusing because I didn't think it was
> particularly bad.
>
> Most of the warnings I put in it weren't to protect my butt, though,
> they were to help insure whoever goes looking for the letterbox
> actually has a good time. That's the whole point, isn't it? I like
> to describe the trail--particularly how long or steep the trail is so
> people know what they're getting into.
>
> On the Los Osos Oaks clues, I made a special note of the incredible
> amounts of poison oak growing in the area. It wasn't to help protect
> me from getting sued, though. I just wanted to make sure everyone
> who went knew what they were getting into. Some people are
> hypersensitive to poison oak and probably wouldn't want to come
> within a hundred feet of the stuff. Others (like myself) who never
> seem to get it even when we know we've touched the stuff don't really
> care. (Most probably fall somewhere in between, though.) I want to
> make sure people enjoy the hike, and the best way to help ensure they
> do is to let them know what to expect before they even get there.
>
> I've started adding an extra warning about prodding with a stick or
> using gloves before reaching into big, dark holes. Not so much to
> protect myself from being sued, but in the hopes whoever reads the
> clues thinks, "Oh, that's a good idea! Let me get the gloves before
> I leave!" Then, when they get there, they don't have to worry about
> reaching a bare hand into the large, dark hole. And perhaps make the
> letterboxing experience that much better. (Strangely, I forgot to
> bring gloves for the last letterbox I found and resorted to swatting
> around a stick in the hole before reaching in--but it still felt
> wrong to reach in with bare hands.) The warning wasn't to cover my
> butt as much as it was to help make the letterboxing experience as
> good as possible for the people who are searching for it.
>
> The one and only thing I did to help "protect" myself is provide a
> link to the waiver of responsibility and disclaimer on the LBNA
> website. I figured, (1) why not?, (2) it couldn't hurt, (3) it does
> provide sound advice (know what you're doing!), and (4) the small
> link isn't very intrusive on the page with the clues. I don't really
> expect it would stop anyone from suing me, but like I said before, it
> doesn't hurt either. *shrug*
>
> -- Ryan
>
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