Eric....very cool VC. I spent 3 days in Hong Kong trying to get back to the USA from Northern Thailand in 1977....what I saw of it, I really enjoyed. I missed this particular place. And barely made the flight out in the eye of a typhoon! Oh, to be young (and naive) again! Trisha On Tue, 30 April 2002, Eric Quinn wrote > > Trisha, > > LOL, the Outback is a big place. The Fast Forward in > the first half of the show, I forgot to specify since > it was a two hour one, was the largest sitting Buddha. > It is at the top of the Po Lin Monestary, Lantau > Island, Hong Kong. I climbed the 265 steps and as I > was huffing and puffing, I knew I had a good spot for > a VC. The URL is > http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.asp?ID=9499 > and the waypoint is GC251B. An fan of Kung Fu movies > will probably recognize the compound since many have > been filmed here. > > > Eric > > --- trisha@brasher.com wrote: > > Eric, > > Your VC was the Aussie Outback? Cool....what is the > > title/waypoint for your VC? I'd like to check it > > out. > > Personally, I agree that this is a GAME and supposed > > to > > be fun, I like the variety of both traditional and > > locationless caches. To each their own... > > Trisha "Lightning" > > > > On Tue, 30 April 2002, Eric Quinn wrote > > > > > > > > Michael, > > > > > > I think you may have misunderstood my comment. I > > > didn't say virtuals were bad; I have logged some > > and > > > have registered one as well. Side note: If anyone > > > watched the Amazing Race last week, my virtual > > cache > > > was also the location of the Fast Forward. My > > comment > > > about finds was wanting to see the number of finds > > not > > > including virtual caches. I never said anything > > about > > > not seeing the total number. > > > > > > I agree that this isn't a competition and that > > > everyone has to play this game in a way that they > > are > > > comfortable with. Since everyone plays it in a > > > different way, there can't be long term > > competition. I > > > think that we all can respect that we have > > different > > > opinions on this, everyone is free to state > > their's, > > > and we go one with caching... err, our lives. > > > > > > > > > Eric > > > TD > > > > > > > > > --- Baja Fleg wrote: > > > > This is funny because by far the most > > interesting > > > > cache I have ever found > > > > was a virtual cache located in Texas. I am very > > > > glad that someone took the > > > > time to point out the location. > > > > After all this isn't a competition is it? Who > > cares > > > > what someone elses > > > > cache finds are. If you don't want to look for > > a VC > > > > or a locationless cache > > > > then don't....easy as that. > > > > > > > > Michael > > > > > > > > > > > > ----Original Message Follows---- > > > > I haven't logged any and don't feel any desire > > to. I > > > > don't consider most locationless caches to be in > > the > > > > spirit of geocaching. IMO, it isn't a cache > > unless > > > > coordinates are used in some way, shape or form, > > to > > > > get to the cache spot. I would actually prefer > > to > > > > see > > > > find numbers that do not include virtual caches, > > > > even > > > > though many VCs do require coords. > > > > > > > > > > > > Eric > > > > TD > > > > > > > > --- Scott Wood wrote: > > > > > At 10:36 AM 4/30/2002 -0700, you wrote: > > > > > > > > > > >also two Historical ones amongst the > > > > locationless > > > > > caches that could be bagged > > > > > >pretty easiy. I suspect his high rate is > > > > temporary > > > > > as he gets to the end of > > > > > >those kinds of caches, though there are many > > of > > > > > them and a decent stream of > > > > > >new ones appearing all the time. > > > > > > > > > > I have logged a few of those sort of caches > > also > > > > but > > > > > I just don't enjoy > > > > > them as much as a traditional caches. I > > don't go > > > > > out of my way to get > > > > > them, but if I have one in the back of my > > mind > > > > and I > > > > > happen across the > > > > > right situation I will log it. > > > > > > > > > > I think that if it were completely up to me, > > I > > > > > wouldn't allow that sort of > > > > > cache. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Scott > > > > > Team My Blue Heaven > > > > > www.myblueheaven.com/geocache > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > > > Do You Yahoo!? > > > > Yahoo! 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