Well, I only know from the five caches that I placed, and the other few that I visited. There was noticable effect on three of my five. On two occasions I visited other peoples caches that were accessable by switchback trails. From my approach, I was unaware of the switchback trails, there were no trail maps available, I ended up bushwhacking to get to the cache then returning by the trail. I figure that if you multiply my experiences by many thousands, then we got a problem. Better to fix it early in the game than to wait until there is a war with the Sierra Club or someone else.
Dave...
Mike Teague wrote: > > I'd like for you to point out any place anywhere where geocaching has caused > environmental damage... > > (other than your own activities, of course... You were the one digging holes > in the ground to bury your original buckets, and the one trespassing on APE > # 2 ) > > Mike Teague -- http://home.earthlink.net/~kvuo/ > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Dave Ulmer" > To: > Sent: Saturday, June 16, 2001 1:51 PM > Subject: Re: [gpsstash] Approach Codes, Enjoy!! > > > > > > > gary wrote: > > > > > > > > You are free to invent whatever system you want. Getting someone to use > it > > > is another matter. [Case is point: Apple market share down to 5%, > laserdisc, > > > betamax, etc. ] > > > > > > > You are so right. At least I will be able to sleep at night knowing I > > did my best to provide a means to eliminate much of the environmental > > damage that geocaching can do. > > > > Dave... > > > > The gpsstash page > > http://www.geocaching.com > > The GPS Stash Hunt page. > > http://www.triax.com/~yngwie/gps.html > > > > GeoCache HQ > > http://www.braveheart.com.au > > GPS Stash Hunt FAQ : > > http://www.triax.com/~yngwie/stashfaq.txt > > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > > gpsstash-unsubscribe@egroups.com > > > > > > > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > > > > > > The gpsstash page > http://www.geocaching.com > The GPS Stash Hunt page. > http://www.triax.com/~yngwie/gps.html > > GeoCache HQ > http://www.braveheart.com.au > GPS Stash Hunt FAQ : > http://www.triax.com/~yngwie/stashfaq.txt > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > gpsstash-unsubscribe@egroups.com > > > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/