Who is geocaching NOT for?

Crafty Turtle asked this question: Who is geocaching NOT for?

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DragonsWest

Post #16

Poison Oak Magnet

Geocaching is not for Hoarders, this group includes people who take swag but leave nothing, steal caches and keep trackables Cheaters, this includes people who 'find' caches they haven't The very foolish, this group includes people who go out unprepared and/or are potential Darwin Award Candidates. Vandals, this group includes people who alter or damage public and/or private property to hide or find a cache. Whingers, shut up, use your eyes, not your mouth. People with no sense of humor, if you can't look back upon that one incident and laugh, you're going to hate this game. Hypochondriacs - Out in the open air, touching unsanitary caches, moldy logs, mosquitoes, urushiol, etc. Rule breakers - Placing caches where they should not, violating park hours and generally giving the game a bad reputation. The utterly careless - Leave caches in the open, fail stealth when stealth is essential, don't properly close caches, or report cache issues to COs Poor cache-crafters - Those make caches which look to the average uninitiated like a pipe bomb. Abandoners - If you decide to leave the game, please retrieve or put your caches up for adoption. Those lacking common sense - may be one or more of the above. Geocaching is for People who like to have fun People who like to meet other like-minded people People who are trustworthy, observe rules People who are crafty cache-crafters People who are cagey puzzle writers People who love the thrill of the hunt People who love to solve puzzles People who prepare themselves for their outting People who want to give back to the game

Dealing with cache eco-avenger thieves

Love Auntie Weasel's advice for dealing with those eco-avengers that steal caches and boxes:

AuntieWeasel

Post #12

Everyone Loves a Weasel

While it's certainly a bummer for you to lose a cache and container, I've come to look on these sorts of cache maggots as not entirely a bad thing. It just means new hides, new smilies in old locations. It certainly isn't going to slow down the game at all, is it? Me, I'd write back and thank them for opening up new opportunities in your area. Bonus, it's the reaction that will make them the least happy.

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I think y'all are missing a terrific opportunity up there. If it were me, I'd hide a series of caches dedicated to her. The Forest Defender series!

Don't put any TB's in them, knowing they'll be muggled. But hide a bunch in the woods, name them after her, leave notes in each one thanking her for increasing the challenge and popularity of the geocaching  in your area. Or telling her how far you drove in your SUV to get there.

And then make a whole sub-game out of seeing who can rush out and find them before she can. Wholesome fun for the whole family!

If you can't beat 'em, mess with 'em.

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More ideas:

brslk

Post #39

Mess with me, you mess with the whole trailer park

(Too Tall John @ May 5 2010, 08:24 PM) (GOF & Bacall @ May 5 2010, 01:01 PM) I had a thought the other day when this was being discussed about another area. AuntyWeasel suggested placing caches in there honor. I thought "Why not take it a step farther?" go out to their hunting area and hide about 100 micros titled "In honor of GROPE" #s 1 to 100. No need to worry about proximity just place them far enough apart that they don't stumble on them while doing their deed. Only post one at a time. Any time they steal one go ahead and list the next one. I think it would be an interesting experiment. Test their resolve. The first one you put out should be #100, then count down from there. The promise of having to return to the same spot 98 more times after they retrieve the first two and see the countdown might discourage them.  Excellent idea! Even better would be to have CITO kits in every cache and see if the enviro-nut uses them (of course they won't) but it would make an even stronger argument as to who was more concerned about the area.

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(jeremy @ Mar 5 2002, 05:40 AM)
The other issue, that I haven't addressed on the subscription page, is that some folks have become targets by anonymous troublemakers that like to destroy individual's caches. Subscription only caches will allow you to audit your cache to see who looked at your cache page and when. In addition, a certain amount of anonymity goes away when you subscribe, so troublemakers will either not bother subscribing or be scared to subscribe since they are no longer anonymous.