Calling geocachers hole diggers is not much better than calling letterboxers
litterers. This misinformation is created when people describe geocaching
and compare it to a treasure hunt, creating the image of something buried.
I recently switched from letterboxing to geocaching, and I have yet to find
a cache buried in a hole. I have come across caches in areas I consider
inappropriate but I think the same can be said for some letterboxes. Most
seem to be place by tenderfoot cachers/boxers. We have to work together
........ We are fighting the same fight.

Please take a few minutes and go to the geocaching site to see what these
folks are about.
www.geocaching.com


BigDave

> Subject: national park service position
>
> the national park service's apparently official stance
> on the subject of letterboxing (which they discovered
> while investigating those hole-digging geocachers, it
> seems) is a little discouraging to me! is this likely
> to be the position of other caretakers of our public
> land (where most lb's are hidden)? is it just a
> matter of time before more officials "discover"
> letterboxing, hunt down the boxes and destroy them
> (and use the self-addressed stamped postcards to send
> the "hefty fines" to the owners)? do any public
> entities officially (or unofficially) condone
> letterboxing? if so, how was this approval achieved?
>