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The original was posted on /r/geocaching by /u/Parlancealot on 2024-10-29 07:08:45+00:00.
Hello!
I live in a big city, and the entire city centre is completely full, to the point where it is very difficult to make new caches and place them in spots that are readily available to tourists and travelers.
Now if you ask me, when it comes to geocaches - the more the merrier!
I'm glad to see the city filled with caches all the spots that are available.
However, I really enjoy making creative and more "advanced" puzzles. I'm having little luck finding a good spot to hide them. The few empty spots I find are all physical stages for a multi-cache or something similar.
Now close to 90% of the caches in the centre are pre-bought magnetic micro tubes that are stuck to metal railings and the like. I still really enjoy finding these, but it gets a bit repetitive after a while.
Many of them are connected to an event game that one user organized in 2013. There are 42 caches around the city centre, and they have been there since.
Others are a series of 4-10 micro caches.
What I'm really wondering, is if it would be rude or not in the spirit of the game for me to ask some of the long time cache-owners to "retire" their cache in favor of a new experience? Maybe to move it if possible?
Would it be looked down upon? Should I just bite the bullet and search for a place further out? Let me know your thoughts!
Please note that I'm not at all hating on those who use pre-bought caches. Keep hiding them, they're alot of fun! :))