Would a geocacher really do this?
Would a geocacher really do this?
On Sat the family did 2 of Tangles new caches, one of which was Lair. It was in a cool location, and, it had a rather unique looking birds nest within...
(Odee Mcpodies log pic - sorry about the rat in the picture)
Now, today i see an note posted for this cache today by Tangles as below...
"Well we seem to have a big tough geocacher amongst us. Checked on the cache today and found the nest on the ground where it had been stood on. All I found in the nest was part of a wing.
I feel responsible for this as I made the stupid assumption that our fellow cachers would enjoy seeing a small bit of nature and could be trusted not to interfere with the nest and the nestlings. The cache was nowhere near the nest as stated in the cache description.
As a result the cache has been archived and due to this and other incidents at some of our caches all future Tangles caches are going to be members only."
Why would someone rip the nest down and destroy it? What pleasure does someone get from doing this?
I don't know who did it, but it's pretty sad to read about it as the nest was occupied.
(Odee Mcpodies log pic - sorry about the rat in the picture)
Now, today i see an note posted for this cache today by Tangles as below...
"Well we seem to have a big tough geocacher amongst us. Checked on the cache today and found the nest on the ground where it had been stood on. All I found in the nest was part of a wing.
I feel responsible for this as I made the stupid assumption that our fellow cachers would enjoy seeing a small bit of nature and could be trusted not to interfere with the nest and the nestlings. The cache was nowhere near the nest as stated in the cache description.
As a result the cache has been archived and due to this and other incidents at some of our caches all future Tangles caches are going to be members only."
Why would someone rip the nest down and destroy it? What pleasure does someone get from doing this?
I don't know who did it, but it's pretty sad to read about it as the nest was occupied.
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Never under-estimate where a bored teen will turn up and what crap they will do there. It may not have been a geocacher. If it was well they are a dick but, IÂ’d say the chance is more 50/50 of a non caching prick.
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Re: Would a geocacher really do this?
I won't comment on the nest as that may involve the use of the words "lynch" and "mob"Tangles wrote:As a result the cache has been archived and due to this and other incidents at some of our caches all future Tangles caches are going to be members only."
But lets look at the above Tangles statement shall we.
One of our best known and most prolific cachers is going members only.
Now I think that's a bad move in many ways.
I'm no longer a GC.com Premium member so I guess that means I won't be able to do any Tangles caches any more?
As a long standing member of the caching community, I think that sucks. It hurts all the genuine cachers who choose not to be a Premium member for various reasons.
I also presume that members only caches will not appear on GCA either?
I haven't heard for a while, but are there any other members-only caches in Aus?
I guess the members-only caches debate is well and truly open again!
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Re: Would a geocacher really do this?
Incorrect presumption, in part.EcoTeam wrote:I also presume that members only caches will not appear on GCA either?
At the moment, they'll show up here, but only with the "on another site" description, which you won't be able to access.
Still, at least you can see that it exists and ask a friend who's prepared to pay for the gc.com facilities to get you a copy of it.
That is apalling that someone would knock down a nest like that. What a terrible shame. I would hope that it wasn't a geocacher.
Pay per view caches would look something like this on GCA: http://geocaching.com.au/cache/gckvxw
Pay per view caches would look something like this on GCA: http://geocaching.com.au/cache/gckvxw