Earthcache ethics

Wildlifewriter · Posted: Tue Oct 11, 2005 9:23 am Post subject: Earthcache ethics

Here's another procedural quandry...

(What an activity geocaching is for quandries - when I played rugby, the only ethical dilemma that ever arose was whether to kick an opponent, or punch him.)

... it's about my earthcache at the Giant's Causeway. I've had a find claim by e-mail from a team of very well-known European cachers, giving the correct answer to the verification thing. They also sent in a couple of photos.

I have evidence that they did not visit the site on the date claimed, but in December of last year - many months before the earthcache was established. (The causeway's been there for 30,000,000 years.)

What's to be done, my geocaching chums? Query the claim? Delete the log? Let the hare sit, and say nothing?

-Wlw.

Firth of Forth · Posted: Tue Oct 11, 2005 9:39 am Post subject:

How can anyone find a cache before it has been placed?? Cool

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Haggis Hunter · Posted: Tue Oct 11, 2005 9:53 am Post subject:

Not a find, my earthcache Arthur's Seat , which has been around for about the same amount of time, had people going back to it to claim the find. I only allowed one person to put their claim 9in before the cache placement date, and that was because he helped me out a lot, by deleting logs, and asking for a complete thread on GC.com to be deleted, just so that the answer dis-sapeared.
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Wildlifewriter · Posted: Tue Oct 11, 2005 2:04 pm Post subject:

I have received a satisfactory explanation from the team involved, so I will allow their log to go through, on this occasion.

If I'd known there was so much admin involved in earthcaches, I'd never have set one up...

-Wlw.

Billy Twigger · Posted: Thu Oct 13, 2005 11:01 pm Post subject:

Wildlifewriter · Posted: Thu Oct 13, 2005 11:15 pm Post subject:

Deego · Posted: Fri Oct 14, 2005 9:37 am Post subject:

It says

"How to claim a find: Near to the Grand Causeway, you will find an unusual feature at N55º 14.402 W006º 30.495 (WGS84) Identify this, and discover its “name” in the mythology of the Causeway. Send an e-mail with this information. Please do not reveal the answer in your logs or photographs."

Maybe add "You need to have visited the Giants Causeway since 20th June 2005 to claim the find "

It look's fantastic and I would love to visit the area.
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Naefearjustbeer · Founder member Joined: 20 Sep 2005 Posts: 118

I remember visiting the Giants causeway and it is a spectacular place I spent quite a while searching for a real cache that was suposed to be along the top path with no joy http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=5e50faa7-3576-4c66-afff-698720bfc0fb I dont think this allows me to log a current cache and wouldnt dream of trying
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Firth of Forth · Posted: Fri Oct 14, 2005 12:01 pm Post subject:

Naefearjustbeer · Founder member Joined: 20 Sep 2005 Posts: 118

We have friends in Balymena area so I hope to get over again sometime in the not too distant future and The causeway will be a definite for a revisit along with a trip to carrick a reed (sp?) as I enjoyed it a lot too.
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Guest · Posted: Fri Oct 14, 2005 12:33 pm Post subject:

I believe that a "poor mans" version of the causeway can been seen where the same rock formation comes ashore in south west Scotland, does anybody know where it is or if it is worth a visit ?.

Firth of Forth · Posted: Fri Oct 14, 2005 12:35 pm Post subject:

Staffa, isnt it?
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Seacon · Posted: Fri Oct 14, 2005 5:22 pm Post subject:

Billy Twigger · Posted: Fri Oct 14, 2005 6:40 pm Post subject:

Haggis Hunter · Posted: Fri Oct 14, 2005 6:43 pm Post subject:

Fingal's cave has been on a couple of TV programmes lately, one was about art, a famous artist had drawn it, and the other was about music, yet again don't know who, but a famous composer had composed in the cave. Surprised

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