I have laid out 10k trails - city and forest - for volkssport (mostly
walking) clubs in two states - the very flat Florida, and the very
mountainous western North Carolina. We have to rate these trails on a scale
from 1 to 5, 5 being most difficult. The length of the trail is not
factored in, as all volkswalk routes are 10k. Flat-landers might think what
I rated as a 1+ in NC should really have been a 3.
I'm about to plant some letterboxes in NC, using trails I've trailmastered
before. While I will use mostly visual clues, and won't make them too
cryptic to understand, some of these trail portions would be rated 5 in the
volkswalk community.
I'm new to letterboxing and don't want to send people off onto trails they
would find difficult to negotiate. But I also don't want to scare them off.
Should each set of clues first include a trail description, for safety's
sake? I don't want to assume too much about people's capabilities, nor do I
want to patronize them...
Lucy
P0F5
Burnsville NC
DeLand FL
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Rating a search
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Rating a search
From: Mountain Scorpia (mountainscorpia@hotmail.com) |
Date: 2001-07-10 11:15:33 UTC-04:00
Re: [LbNA] Rating a search
From: cowpost (cowpost@email.msn.com) |
Date: 2001-07-10 13:02:45 UTC-05:00
I would definately like to know approx. distance and hill-factor for any
boxes I am going to hunt, as I have severe arthritis and would hate to get
close and then face an unsurmountable hill. Just my 2 cents. Cowpost
----- Original Message -----
From: Mountain Scorpia
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Sent: Tuesday, July 10, 2001 10:15 AM
Subject: [LbNA] Rating a search
> I have laid out 10k trails - city and forest - for volkssport (mostly
> walking) clubs in two states - the very flat Florida, and the very
> mountainous western North Carolina. We have to rate these trails on a
scale
> from 1 to 5, 5 being most difficult. The length of the trail is not
> factored in, as all volkswalk routes are 10k. Flat-landers might think
what
> I rated as a 1+ in NC should really have been a 3.
>
> I'm about to plant some letterboxes in NC, using trails I've trailmastered
> before. While I will use mostly visual clues, and won't make them too
> cryptic to understand, some of these trail portions would be rated 5 in
the
> volkswalk community.
>
> I'm new to letterboxing and don't want to send people off onto trails they
> would find difficult to negotiate. But I also don't want to scare them
off.
> Should each set of clues first include a trail description, for safety's
> sake? I don't want to assume too much about people's capabilities, nor do
I
> want to patronize them...
>
> Lucy
> P0F5
> Burnsville NC
> DeLand FL
>
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boxes I am going to hunt, as I have severe arthritis and would hate to get
close and then face an unsurmountable hill. Just my 2 cents. Cowpost
----- Original Message -----
From: Mountain Scorpia
To:
Sent: Tuesday, July 10, 2001 10:15 AM
Subject: [LbNA] Rating a search
> I have laid out 10k trails - city and forest - for volkssport (mostly
> walking) clubs in two states - the very flat Florida, and the very
> mountainous western North Carolina. We have to rate these trails on a
scale
> from 1 to 5, 5 being most difficult. The length of the trail is not
> factored in, as all volkswalk routes are 10k. Flat-landers might think
what
> I rated as a 1+ in NC should really have been a 3.
>
> I'm about to plant some letterboxes in NC, using trails I've trailmastered
> before. While I will use mostly visual clues, and won't make them too
> cryptic to understand, some of these trail portions would be rated 5 in
the
> volkswalk community.
>
> I'm new to letterboxing and don't want to send people off onto trails they
> would find difficult to negotiate. But I also don't want to scare them
off.
> Should each set of clues first include a trail description, for safety's
> sake? I don't want to assume too much about people's capabilities, nor do
I
> want to patronize them...
>
> Lucy
> P0F5
> Burnsville NC
> DeLand FL
>
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Re: [LbNA] Rating a search
From: (Mischief_wa@hotmail.com) |
Date: 2001-07-10 20:04:06 UTC
I like having estimated time, terrain rating (or discription), and
even clue difficulty rating.
Having the time and terrain difficulty help me to know what I'm
getting myself into. =)
Others like info on Dogfriendly and Kidfriendly trail info. (IE Can
I bring Spot? and can my 6 year old niece tag along or not?)
Here's a template I made to use for my own letterboxes (comming soon)
Letterbox
Placed by ~ Mischief ~ on
Clues -
Trek -
Time to complete -
even clue difficulty rating.
Having the time and terrain difficulty help me to know what I'm
getting myself into. =)
Others like info on Dogfriendly and Kidfriendly trail info. (IE Can
I bring Spot? and can my 6 year old niece tag along or not?)
Here's a template I made to use for my own letterboxes (comming soon)
Placed by ~ Mischief ~ on
Clues -
Trek -
Time to complete -