[Az-Geocaching] Is it OK to put travel bugs in caches that are visited infre
Team Tierra Buena
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Mon, 28 Oct 2002 17:08:59 -0700
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> I enjoy visiting all caches, especially harder ones that many
geocachers choose not to visit, but is it a good idea to put a travel
> bug in such caches?
I agree with Tim, it depends on the goals of the TB, but I think the
bigger issue is when a cacher finds and takes a TB without having any
knowledge of what its goals are. If all you find is a doll and a dog
tag, and you take it, I don't think you can be faulted for not taking
the bug where its owner wanted it to go. So if you find a TB, and
there's nothing with it to indicate its objectives, and you didn't read
about it when you were planning your trip (maybe it got placed after you
read/printed/downloaded the cache page), does that mean you should leave
it where it is? Which is worse for a bug, going the wrong way or not
going at all?
If a bug winds up in a cache on top of a mountain that spends the winter
above the snowline, at least it isn't likely to get plundered then,
either. Let's remind ourselves yet again, it's a game, folks. If the TB
owner really wanted or needed to see it get to its destination, then
they should have sent it via Federal Express.
Steve
Team Tierra Buena
Making Geocaching harder than it needs to be...
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agree with Tim, it depends on the goals of the TB, but I think the =
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is when a cacher finds and takes a TB without having any knowledge of =
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goals are. If all you find is a doll and a dog tag, and you take it, I =
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think you can be faulted for not taking the bug where its owner wanted =
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So if you find a TB, and there's nothing with it to indicate its =
objectives, and=20
you didn't read about it when you were planning your trip (maybe it got =
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after you read/printed/downloaded the cache page), does that mean you =
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leave it where it is? Which is worse for a bug, going the wrong way or =
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bug winds up in a cache on top of a mountain that spends the winter =
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snowline, at least it isn't likely to get plundered then, either. Let's =
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ourselves yet again, it's a game, folks. If the TB owner really =
wanted or=20
needed to see it get to its destination, then they should have sent it =
via=20
Federal Express.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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