DNF's
A couple of weeks ago we hunted three geocaches in the same park. We found two of the three. When reading logs of the two smileys we were certain the third was missing as several previous geocachers also found the same two of the three. The other cachers did not log their DNF's.
So this is just a friendly reminder to our fellow geocachers to log Did Not Finds. Cache hiders rely on the logs to aid in maintaning the caches and 2 or certainly 3 consecutive DNFs indicate that a check and probable replacement is definately in order.
There is no penalty for not finding a geocache and you shouldn't be embarrassed if you can't find one. Yes it does take a little time to log the DNF, but hey so it goes. Future seekers can use the info to determine how much time to spend at the cache site. There are so many geocaches out there that you can't find them all. Please be courteous in providing this valuable information so that we Geocaching hiders can maintain our caches and future seekers can enjoy this great hobby to the max.
Thanx!
Mike and Barb
So this is just a friendly reminder to our fellow geocachers to log Did Not Finds. Cache hiders rely on the logs to aid in maintaning the caches and 2 or certainly 3 consecutive DNFs indicate that a check and probable replacement is definately in order.
There is no penalty for not finding a geocache and you shouldn't be embarrassed if you can't find one. Yes it does take a little time to log the DNF, but hey so it goes. Future seekers can use the info to determine how much time to spend at the cache site. There are so many geocaches out there that you can't find them all. Please be courteous in providing this valuable information so that we Geocaching hiders can maintain our caches and future seekers can enjoy this great hobby to the max.
Thanx!
Mike and Barb
2 Comments:
I never even thought about logging DNFs. But now that I read your blog entry the next time I can't find a cache I'm going too. Thanks for bringing this to my attention!
Very good post. I had a DNF yesterday and came home and posted a DNF log. This afternoon I received an email from the cache owner saying he had gone out to check the cache this morning and it had been moved 30 feet from it's position as well as the clue was missing. He got everything back in place and now I can go try it again.
~Brandon
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