Barrels of creativity
Yesterday I’ve found 3 caches which are creative in their own specific way, all within the ‘Cache Listing Requirements and Guidelines’.
For the record, I wouldn’t have any problems with the caches mentioned in my previous blog if they didn’t trample the mentioned guidelines. There are certainly caches in my founds list where the reason for existence can be brought back to incrementing the statistics (for both the owner as the logger). But at least they follow the rules.
It’s clear to me: either you make guidelines which EVERYBODY should follow either you don’t make any. And if you wish not to apply them, you’re not entitled to bother other people with these rules. There could be indeed a gray zone – where reviewers can interpret thing in their own way – and it’s a matter of luck which reviewer has duty or if you happen to know a reviewer willing to overlook things. Some even suggest that these are some kind of publicity stunt, which is – in my eyes – reprehensible. Those situations should be banned immediately and the guidelines should be adjusted where applicable. It isn’t certainly a sign of creativity to flout things.
There are other ways to show creativity, like the following three caches:
- Het spoor naar de Abdij by ABCtje and Wimius (GC14ZN6). This is somewhat the first Galileo geocache. Since the network is (still) not active and thus not much GPSr are able to make use of these satellites, the owner made sure one can manage with good old bearing measurements with the help of a compass. It’s certainly something different with all these feature rich GPSr these days.
- Fietstocht door Kessel-lo by wodanza (GCPFJ1): This multi brings things back to discovering the environment and making observations. One needs to download a track to the GPSr and backtrack it by bike. On doesn’t need to think about finding tags with the next waypoint info.
- REGENBUI(S) by DenX (GC23KGP). This mystery is very enjoyable for kids too. One need to bring alone water in order to let float the container to the surface. The exact amount of water and the exact location has to be determined by solving a mathematical problem related to the cache container. The solution can be found by everyone, even if one isn’t a mathematical genius
The above shows that there are plenty of ways to let stand out your cache and there is thus no reason for obscurities.
