Power Trails: an (ammo) can of worms
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Re: Power Trails: an (ammo) can of worms
What a stupid idea.
I hope it's not to far from my home. As your a Geelong boy it shouldn't be.
If you planted them on the Great Ocean rd you'd probably have an interesting spot every 160m for 160km. Might spoil the road for others though.
On second thoughts, it's probably better suited to a stretch of road that doesn't really have any other redeeming features. And it would be easier if it was a circuit, so I didn't have spend an hour half driving back.
Like I said, stupid idea. I'm looking forward to it already.
I hope it's not to far from my home. As your a Geelong boy it shouldn't be.
If you planted them on the Great Ocean rd you'd probably have an interesting spot every 160m for 160km. Might spoil the road for others though.
On second thoughts, it's probably better suited to a stretch of road that doesn't really have any other redeeming features. And it would be easier if it was a circuit, so I didn't have spend an hour half driving back.
Like I said, stupid idea. I'm looking forward to it already.
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Re: Power Trails: an (ammo) can of worms
wheres the 'yes if that's how you want to play, but I wouldn't personally bother' option???
Re: Power Trails: an (ammo) can of worms
I could think of nothing more boring than 17 hours of log-signing, followed by hours of data entry. If I wanted to do that, I'd work in the public service!
And I would think that placing so many slips of paper out there could potentially be classified as "littering"?
But then again, the numbers would be nice...
And I would think that placing so many slips of paper out there could potentially be classified as "littering"?
But then again, the numbers would be nice...
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Re: Power Trails: an (ammo) can of worms
That sums up my opinion tooCraigRat wrote:wheres the 'yes if that's how you want to play, but I wouldn't personally bother' option???
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Re: Power Trails: an (ammo) can of worms
What none of us have considered, how about the maintenance? I find it hard enough to keep up the the RD series, can you imagine trying to keep the log books up to this series?
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Re: Power Trails: an (ammo) can of worms
I guess if it was a route you drove regularly it wouldn't be too hard to maintain. If it's not a freeway finding a spot behin every tree 170 metres apart would be possible. If you want to buy a couple of hundred containers anyway. Once one goes missing or whatever you just replace it on the next run that way.
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Re: Power Trails: an (ammo) can of worms
If you think thats what we do, you should come for a visit some time...pwags wrote:I could think of nothing more boring than 17 hours of log-signing, followed by hours of data entry. If I wanted to do that, I'd work in the public service!
Re: Power Trails: an (ammo) can of worms
Ooops... I forgot that there were so many Canberrans around here! No offence intended, my tongue was firmly in my cheekBewilderbeest wrote:If you think thats what we do, you should come for a visit some time...pwags wrote:I could think of nothing more boring than 17 hours of log-signing, followed by hours of data entry. If I wanted to do that, I'd work in the public service!
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Re: Power Trails: an (ammo) can of worms
I love that 'trail' and have a few still to find on it - we grab a couple each trip, and it's nice to know our next trip through we still have some left, and something new to read at each one.Big Matt and Shell wrote:I myself have a series of 14 caches on the Hume Highway that could be refered to as a power trail. You can drive from Canberra to Sydney and stop at each one. The difference is that I was very particular in making each of the caches a learning experience, some get it and leave great logs, others don't and we get a TFTC.
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Re: Power Trails: an (ammo) can of worms
The idea of a 1000 cache power trail is interesting because it's so extreme.
However, I think you need to consider the effort required, the result achieved and decide if this is a good use of your time and money.
With 1000 caches, assuming you could do all that's required to publish a cache every 15 minutes, it'll take 250 hours to get them all out there. Assuming it's $2 worth of materials per cache, it's $2000 to get them all out there.
You'll have a series that's far more infamous than famous. I doubt that you'll get more than a few people actually do the series. And as others have said, it'll be an absolute pain to maintain. So it probably wouldn't even last all that long as a complete series. And it's also worth considering the workload on the reviewer who has to actually publish it.
Is this really the best use of your time and money?
What about if you put the same time and money into 10 unique caches? Surely you could come up with a set of caches, be it a series or individual caches, that would be much more rewarding for both you and the people searching for them.
However, I think you need to consider the effort required, the result achieved and decide if this is a good use of your time and money.
With 1000 caches, assuming you could do all that's required to publish a cache every 15 minutes, it'll take 250 hours to get them all out there. Assuming it's $2 worth of materials per cache, it's $2000 to get them all out there.
You'll have a series that's far more infamous than famous. I doubt that you'll get more than a few people actually do the series. And as others have said, it'll be an absolute pain to maintain. So it probably wouldn't even last all that long as a complete series. And it's also worth considering the workload on the reviewer who has to actually publish it.
Is this really the best use of your time and money?
What about if you put the same time and money into 10 unique caches? Surely you could come up with a set of caches, be it a series or individual caches, that would be much more rewarding for both you and the people searching for them.
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Re: Power Trails: an (ammo) can of worms
one thing it would save some a lot of money chasing being top finders, they used to say it wasn't about the numbers
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Re: Power Trails: an (ammo) can of worms
I think ridiculous numbers of caches in a tight area like that would only be seen by outsiders as littering the road/path etc and do absolutely nothing positive for the sport in the long run.
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Sorry? I have no idea what you are trying to say or infer? Perhaps some puctuation is missing but I have missed the point.Mr Router wrote:one thing it would save some a lot of money chasing being top finders, they used to say it wasn't about the numbers
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Re: Power Trails: an (ammo) can of worms
one thing -> Consider this.Big Matt and Shell wrote:Sorry? I have no idea what you are trying to say or infer? Perhaps some puctuation is missing but I have missed the point.Mr Router wrote:one thing it would save some a lot of money chasing being top finders, they used to say it wasn't about the numbers
it would save some a lot of money chasing being top finders, -> You will save money by not having to travel long distances in order to significantly increase your find count.
they used to say it wasn't about the numbers -> Please who say it isn't about the number are liars.
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