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Apologies and This has got out of proportion.

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FourWinds Jan 22, 2003 16:52:26

Replying to Rhiannon

He is right. I was more than a little harsh and for that I too appologise.

My first reaction was that it was another form of Letterboxing - a cummunity I loathe with a real serious conviction - a misconception that has been put right.

I still do not agree with the idea of leaving anything anywhere that isn't part of what is already there.

You can be certain that no one here will go looking for your caches, certainly not with the intention of destroying them. I think the general consensus would be that we have more interesting things to go hunting for.

Happy caching if that's what floats your bucket ... erm .. I mean boat :-)

grufty jim Jan 22, 2003 17:22:34

Replying to FourWinds

You did emerge guns-blazing somewhat FW, but there's a pretty passionate bunch of people round here - which is what makes it such a great place - and the initial impression the chap gave of geocaching wasn't particularly in tune with TMA, or HH in general.
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> I also planted a cache at the thornborough
> Mounds site yesterday after finding it on these
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A statement like that is going to sound very ominous to anyone here who has no context into which to put "geocaching". I think you can be forgiven for your over-reaction.

And frankly (as i've said before and doubtlessly will again) i'm still not convinced that a hobby which encourages the deliberate littering of the landscape with small pieces of plastic can be considered benign.

And yes, i get that litter removal is part of the philosophy of geocaching; and if they actually walk the walk as well as talking the talk, then that can only be a good thing.

I just get this irrational sense of a profane act being committed when people leaving plastic lunchboxes full of consumer goods at sacred sites... but as y'know - that'd be pretty inevitable with me (being a tree-hugging 'naturist' and all). Perhaps i should slink off back to U-Know! where i belong.