+CoronaKid Posted March 22, 2004 Share Posted March 22, 2004 I posted this on the Socal Geocachers site, but I thought it might be an interesting topic here as well. I was reading a story on the Badlands in National Geographic and noticed that geocaching was mentioned in the story. I think it was on page 90 or so. The focus of the story was on the beauty of the Badlands with a focus on the fossil digs. It appears that the people digging up fossils are concerned about geocaching because people are hiding caches close to fossils. Since they already have a problem with people stealing fossils, they are worried that posting exact coordinates to rare fossils will lead to more fossil theft. To be fair, they did mention that geocaching does help to bring more visitors and tourists to the area. I also noticed that they hypenated geocaching to read "geo-caching." Anyway, I just thought it was interesting and worth mentioning. Anybody have any thoughts on the issue? Personally, I think the positives of bringing geocachers to the Badlands outweighs the possible negatives. I can understand their concern but I think that geocachers are simply the easy target. Quote Link to comment
+briansnat Posted March 22, 2004 Share Posted March 22, 2004 (edited) Its been discussed at length here. Edited March 22, 2004 by briansnat Quote Link to comment
+geckoee Posted March 22, 2004 Share Posted March 22, 2004 (edited) Oops, after posting I noticed Brian already posted the best link. These two are more discussion of the same thing for your reading pleasure. The Markswells: Geocaching Mentioned In National Geographic Nat. Geographic 4-04 Pg90-91 Edited March 22, 2004 by geckoee Quote Link to comment
+Harrald Posted March 22, 2004 Share Posted March 22, 2004 (edited) Nevermind Edited March 22, 2004 by Harrald Quote Link to comment
+briansnat Posted March 22, 2004 Share Posted March 22, 2004 Yes! I get another FTM (first to Markwell) Quote Link to comment
+Criminal Posted March 22, 2004 Share Posted March 22, 2004 My profile can be found here. My webpage can be found here. A funny page can be found here. Quote Link to comment
+briansnat Posted March 22, 2004 Share Posted March 22, 2004 A funny page can be found here. Word of advice. Do not click on this link at work, with your PC's volume on high. Quote Link to comment
+geckoee Posted March 22, 2004 Share Posted March 22, 2004 A funny page can be found here. Word of advice. Do not click on this link at work, with your PC's volume on high. It's always funny to hear some one else’s computer singing during the work day because they clicked on a link while taking a 5 min break. Quote Link to comment
+CoronaKid Posted March 22, 2004 Author Share Posted March 22, 2004 Thanks for the markwell guys! Next time I'll just assume that any and all articles related to geocaching are fully documented and commented on within minutes of being printed. Normally, I check out earlier topics but it's Monday and I was just being lazy. Quote Link to comment
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