Most of us realize that it is against the law to stash a cache in ANY national park. Here in New York State, it is also agains the law to stash a cache in ANY...
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alexander.johns@...
alexatwf
Dec 11, 2001 9:19 pm
This in particular is the reason I'm glad that geocaching hasn't become anything like a national phenomenon. There are enough stashes in my area (Maryland)...
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capn
capntoo
Dec 12, 2001 9:37 pm
I hope we are all responsible in caching and in Michigan, it seems most of us are. I have never seen any vandalism while out pursuing my hobby. We use State,...
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B. Hunt
pwarnshuis1928
Dec 12, 2001 9:37 pm
Most of us realize that it is against the law to stash a cache in ANY national park. Here in New York State, it is also agains the law to stash a cache in ANY...
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Bruce Nolting
c208driver
Dec 12, 2001 9:37 pm
Yup, I agree whole-heartedly. Of course speeding, jaywalking and geocaching in national parks are just "gateway" crimes. I didn't really cross the line and...
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B. Hunt
pwarnshuis1928
Dec 12, 2001 9:37 pm
OK. Snow's on the ground, covering approaches. Ice abounds, making many sites hazardous. Any ideas on favorable winter weather cache sites that would not be...
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Florian
florian_boyd
Dec 13, 2001 1:04 am
... Some great snow-free caches here in the deserts of southern Calif... ;-) -Florian http://www.stargazer.org/geocaching/...
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Ed Hall
geobuxley
Dec 13, 2001 3:16 am
... California? We may not have seasons, but we do have year-'round geocaching and geodashing. =) -Buxley -- Ed Hall (edhall@...)...
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Dostal, Jason J
jdost223@...
Dec 13, 2001 3:36 am
What to do in the winter? Enjoy it even more. I'm personally looking forward to the snow, it might make some of these Geocaches a challenge. Check out this...
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Florian
florian_boyd
Dec 13, 2001 8:55 pm
Received a letter today from the U.S. Department of Interior. It courteously, but curtly, informed me that the National Park Service had removed two of my...
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Richard Amirault
ramirault@...
Dec 13, 2001 11:16 pm
I can tell you, from experience here in New England, that snow is both a blessing and a curse ... Depends on when you get to the stash and on how you view...
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Kim Beattie
kimbeattie
Dec 14, 2001 12:14 am
If one were of a sneaky nature, one could do an offset cache where the posted "pointer" cache not located on NPS property, but where the "pointed-to" cache was...
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florian@...
florian_boyd
Dec 14, 2001 12:20 am
Yes, i suppose one could. However i have no intention of breaking NPS regulations by placing another cache on NPS land. Sigh... -Florian ... From: "Kim...
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florian@...
florian_boyd
Dec 14, 2001 12:23 am
Besides, if i did place another cache within the park i doubt their next letter would be quite so courteous. -Florian ... From: <florian@...> To:...
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Scott Wood
wood@...
Dec 14, 2001 6:55 am
... Arizona? Sorry, couldn't resist. Scott Team My Blue Heaven www.myblueheaven.com/geocache...
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bighoss19@...
nightowl1800
Dec 14, 2001 6:55 am
So what can one actually do in a Nat. Park? I know they don't allow metal detectorists find stuff that (those other naughty) ppl leave behind. Man, I am glad...
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tequilabandits@...
Dec 14, 2001 6:55 am
I believe the sport will just have to get more creative! I really find the car-hop geocaches pretty boring...I really enjoy the caches that actually involve...
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Eric O'Connor
geo@...
Dec 14, 2001 6:55 am
... I'm starting to have less sympathy for the NPS. Do you think more than a dozen people would disturb that area in a given year?...
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Eric O'Connor
geo@...
Dec 14, 2001 6:55 am
... I incorporated a slingshot* while placing one of my recent caches. Someone else used a realistic looking ceramic branch as theirs. If you raise the bar on...
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florian@...
florian_boyd
Dec 14, 2001 7:06 am
... One of the removed caches, the Fargo Underground, is a 3 mile hike into a wilderness area. (I walked in to place the cache.) It had been in place over a...
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florian@...
florian_boyd
Dec 14, 2001 7:12 am
And something else... After i placed the cache i picked up 4 or 5 beer cans, a bottle, plus some other trash on my way back to my truck. I took out much more...
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Steve Brown
javaman009
Dec 14, 2001 1:10 pm
Here's yet another way to handle an off-limits site. Notice the Certificate of Accomplishment listed under Images requires a password. You must visit the...
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Steve Brown
javaman009
Dec 14, 2001 1:15 pm
Florian, I have to agree with you. The NPS would have gained a lot more from pushing the "Cache in Trash out" theme than removing your cache. Steve Brown ... ...
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Dostal, Jason J
jdost223@...
Dec 14, 2001 1:20 pm
... Now that would be fun =) Clever placement makes a cache all the more fun....I also wouldn't mind going on a cache that would take a few days of hiking to...
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Bob Renner
renner001
Dec 14, 2001 2:17 pm
There are 2 caches in Grand Canyon National Park complete with log books. They were originally placed there by the NPS and are open to all visitors, not just...
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gc_scout
Dec 14, 2001 3:13 pm
... You can place and hunt virtual caches. You can enjoy Geodashing. ... Scout http://Geodashing.org...
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florian@...
florian_boyd
Dec 15, 2001 1:18 am
I scanned the letter i received from the park service for anyone interested. It's online here... http://www.stargazer.org/geocaching/nps-letter.gif -Florian...
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Glenn Nash
glennnash
Dec 15, 2001 3:28 am
Hi Florian, after posting your link and after having one of our caches picked in in St. louis, we have been having a simular disscussion on the st. louis...
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Jeremy Hurst
jezzahurst
Dec 17, 2001 2:14 am
One suggestion - head to Australia :) We should setup a global tourism scheme where you follow summer around the globe :) ... From: B. Hunt...
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Eric O'Connor
geo@...
Dec 17, 2001 7:26 pm
... I give six months before a bone-i-fied travel agency markets a plan in this light. Either that, or we all start renting rooms by the night to each other, ...
