I certainly don't think it is a bad idea to place caches in Arizona that take time to find. Some of my favorites required a long drive or even an overnight stay. I'll admit that I've done my share of chasing numbers, but I think most would say that's not what it is about. At first I didn't care for the virtual caches, but I've come to really enjoy them. I like caches at landmarks that area interesting to see, but I don't like to attract negative attention by hiding objects there. I think cachers have come up with a lot of interesting and creative ways to extend the sport. On more difficult or out of the way caches, I do appreciate the owner giving some directions on how to find the park, trailhead, or right dirt road. Simple things like the operating hours of a park are important. When someone doesn't live in an area, just getting to the right spot to start the cache can be very frustrating. Well I need to get going, I've got a big day of caching planned! Jerry Team Cache-Quest ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Stamm" To: Sent: Saturday, April 06, 2002 7:20 AM Subject: [Az-Geocaching] Cache Placing Philosophy > After a long time, and many miles, I finally placed a cache at Buster > Spring (GC441F). I felt that it was a good placing at the time because > it offered challenge, variety of attack routes, and hopefully a sense of > accomplishment for the successful geocacher. > > Now I am having second thoughts, and wanted some input before placing > another. The emphasis seems to be on the number of caches, and the speed > with which they are attained. Buster Spring will definitely hinder that > type of goal. Is it a bad idea to place caches in Arizona that eat up > time? > > > -Jim > > _______________________________________________ > Az-Geocaching mailing list > listserv@azgeocaching.com > http://listserv.azgeocaching.com/mailman/listinfo/az-geocaching > > Arizona's Geocaching Resource > http://www.azgeocaching.com