I think the article is straight-forward and even-handed.

It doesn't say "geocachers are tearing up our forests and wildernesses", but only that there is the POSSIBILITY for such damage. We all know that potential is a real one.
Certainly, Geocaching is becoming more and more visible to the general populace, and our activity will be increasingly scrutinized in the upcoming years.

There can be little doubt that poorly thought-out caches will be placed, and that there will be occasional cases of bad judgment while hunting caches. Our response to those issues (and others), as a community, will determine how we are viewed by those who are outside, looking in.

This is why I am in favor of the formation of the ARIZONA GEOCACHING GUILD (or whatever we choose to call it), to provide 'new cacher' mentoring, unified media relations, and other benefits to the general Geocaching community as a whole.

Delijaaz@aol.com wrote:

This article does not portray Geocaching in a very positive way.

http://prescottdailycourier.com/main.asp?SectionID=62&SubSectionID=102&ArticleID=39946&TM=40968.61

delija+ma from Prescott
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