The prose is fustian, and the numbers lame. Whether in prose, or verse, ’tis all the same Hobbling not smooth: alluding to the feet of a verse. Crippled disabled in the limbs.Ī greyhound, of a mouse colour, lame of one leg, belongs to a lady. If a CO hasn't tried to use a little imagination and initiative it's probably going to be a lame cache.Samuel Johnson's Dictionary (0.00 / 0 votes) Rate this definition:Įtymology: laam, lama, Saxon lam, Dutch. All it takes is a little imagination and initiative. There are, however, exceptions that are hidden on guard rails or in parking logs that offer something unique (or at least not common) to the experience. Most caches in parking lots would fit that criteria. A cache stuck to a guardrail along a heavily traveled road with nothing particularly scenic or historical to see would fit that criteria. If it appears that the *only* reason for the caches existence is to provide a smiley to bump finders total find count by one, then to me, it's lame. The cache may have been originally hidden in that nook in the tree but was muggled and the next person to look for it threw down a film container. Now I'm not saying that the actual hide couldn't have been better but the overall search led you down the primrose path first, and with that you can make one heck of a log story. You saw what you thought would be a great place to hide a cache and you fell for the decoy. I like to write a little something in the logs but this one got the dreaded six letter log: SL TFTC.Īhhh. This cache had little or no description and no hint either. Not that I don't appreciate the work that COs do but.seriously. The cache? It was a plastic film can with no camo sitting next to a basketball sized rock. I searched the heck out of that tree to no avail. Literally 30 feet from GZ was a tree with a large hole in it about 6 feet up big enough to hold a medium sized cache. I was once in a beautiful park hunting a cache. Caches where the CO is off on coordinates by a significant distance, such as 50 feet, or more, depending upon terrain - 50 feet in a fairly open spot, not a problem, but 50 feet in a hillside, thick with undergrowth can be a real bother and encourage a lot of geotrail making.on a branch overhanging a pool of crocodiles. Caches which needlessly place seekers at risk - there's challenging terrain and then there's dangerous terrain where a cache should never be placed - i.e.Try gluing your vessel to a rock or piece of wood instead. Bottlecap hides - a bottle cap is litter, expect it to be picked up.
Placed and forgotten hides - the CO thought Geocaching was a blast and wanted to do one or more hides and then abandoned the game - these may be good or ingenious, but a neglected hide eventually becomes a problem for other geocachers.Unsafe containers which may cut, pinch or otherwise injure someone trying to open them in a reasonable manner (if you get hit by a ricochet while trying to shoot one open, that's your own dumb fault.).Any hide which modifies or damages the hide location in a permanent nature, particularly without permission from park, land owner or land management - when a cache is remove there should be no trace it was ever there - no metal plates, no Velcro, no holes bored.A cache placed where visitors will do harm to the environment - I've seen a few placed in sandstone or serpentine where climbing to search for it will, or already has torn away the slope or rock face.Needle in haystack - When I see the cache is small or micro in a big pile of rocks, I just move on, I don't have time for that.Yet another travelbug hotel - seriously, can we stop creating these? When they are muggled it's a major loss.A cache which makes poor use of natural cover, particularly where there exists abundant cover for a small, medium or large cache, but a micro has been placed.A cache made from a container which is not up to the elements, i.e will leak or decompose within a year.A cache in a completely unremarkable location, this includes many LPCs, Guard Rail and Cattle Guard caches.IMHO a lame cache may be any of the following: