ahh, gotcha. makes sense to me. however, i just figured that if a stash disappeared/was taken etc, the person who first discovers this to be the case would post it up here and it would be taken down from the url and/or announced. this seems logical...even if the person who placed it could check every 6 months or so, chances are someone else would discover its gone before they did.. i would only be placing stashes in really interesting/unique/beautiful places, so i doubt people would feel totally let down if someone swiped/removed the entire stash, but it ruins the fun a bit definately..
in terms of replenishing the stash, well, yeah, its impossible if you are no longer near it. but if the person who posts it also adds a note, like, "bring a little somethign to leave in case the goodies are running out", that might be self-perpetuating etc..
just some ideas... lemme know if im out of line
andy
gpsstash@egroups.com wrote: > I'll leave the GPS questions to those who know lots more than I do, however, the following statement begs a response...
> On all my future trips I'll be dropping stashes off ..cool...
If your travels return you near to your placed stashes, by all means stash away! But I'd refrain from placing any that you know you can't get back to check on at least once every 6 months.
I'm curious how others feel about stashes being placed that the owner can't readily maintain. I'm one who believes the stash's owner should be able to visit his/her stash on a semi regular basis to periodically verify it's existence and integrity, and to inform Jeremy and anyone else necessary if/when the stash no longer exists at the specified location. It's no fun spending the time and energy searching for a stash that may have been plundered or destroyed by the elements, etc. Searchers can't really determine it's existence as they might just not be able to find it.
What say everyone else?
Matt O.
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