Re: Caching


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Posted by andy bolger on September 18, 2003 at 00:17:37 from 81.131.25.222 user beardbiter.

In Reply to: Re: Caching posted by Alison on September 17, 2003 at 23:06:34:

I thought the problem with Masquerade (and the imitations that followed it) was that it was too hard. That is to say, it was a real challenge with a real prize so most people couldn't have the satisfaction of working it out. It would be fun to devise one that the average TAR or TARBOARD reader could expect to puzzle out with a bit of thought and effort. Ideally there should be 2 versions one to be followed on the ground for those with the energy and opportunity to tramp round the countryside and a version that could be done at home via the net.
If anyone has any ideas about how to achieve this I have sites in mind e.g. Roger Ground, Walker Barn etc. and would enjoy collaborating.
BTW I was interested in the comment that you don't need a gps to find the caches. All the stuff I've seen seems to take for granted that you will use one, I couldn't see why this would be necessary but haven't but haven't put this theory to the test.
Personally I think a navigator should be able to use the latest technology, the classic tools of the 19 and 20 Cs and traditional pre-modern skills of reading the sea earth and heavens. I'm not saying that I can do any of these with any expertise but that navigators who can check one against the others are less likely to get lost.
I think AR would have had Dick and Roger advocating gps, Titty rhapsodising about shape of the swells and John swearing by compass and sextant. But thats an advantage of fiction, you can divide yourself up into distinct entities.


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