RRPT - Natural Rope Annandale, Queensland, Australia
By
GeokidNQ on 15-Oct-22. Waypoint GCA0YD6
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Logs
DNF, climbed up and out all over the tree. Not able to find, might need CO to confirm still there.
Climbed the provided vine, even thought of stacking up all the near by milk creates, had to wait for a muggle with binoculars to leave th e area. But even after walking out over croc water, I was unable to locate it. Hope to have another crack before I leave town. JABs
I am not sure if this is revenge by this CO for the times we had gotten to his new creations and said how easy it would be for a fully grown person. Without a doubt, this time the placement of the geocache is truly more designed for a small and lightweight body! As the few previous finders had said, the few centimetres of water underneath this cache wouldnt be nearly enough to make any meaningful improvement to a fall which could very easily happen while wiggling out the very narrow branch to the goods. The thick vine leading up the tree also didnt look too assuring to me for a fully grown person. So after having scouted it a while back, I came prepared this time and brought my ladder with me. Still quite a stretch getting to it. And as always, the paper wouldnt want to come out of the container, but with a little help from my pen there it was, the last cache for me along the entire river. UV light through the transparent container has obviously made the log paper very brittle as it was crumbling with any movement. Not easy if your intent is to sign it. Anyway, thanks for the revengeI mean cache! Thank you very much GeokidNQ for creating the 2.5/4.0 Micro sized geocache RRPT - Natural Rope.
I needed a cache today as I want to get rid of all my single finds per day on my yearly calendar. The first that I tried today was missing and the second didn’t have any water in the little creek beside it, so that will have to wait for another day.
I managed to locate this one and had the correct TotT to get it down. I don’t think I did anyone any favour by chopping the excessive length of Zip tie tail.
In any case I’ll throw down a Favourite point for the ludicrous location. Whilst it is over water, it is only just and I don’t think that would help too much if the end of the ladder slipped.
Thanks GeokidNQ for placing this Traditional for my 4304. Appreciate your effort here.
I managed to locate this one and had the correct TotT to get it down. I don’t think I did anyone any favour by chopping the excessive length of Zip tie tail.
In any case I’ll throw down a Favourite point for the ludicrous location. Whilst it is over water, it is only just and I don’t think that would help too much if the end of the ladder slipped.
Thanks GeokidNQ for placing this Traditional for my 4304. Appreciate your effort here.
I very much appreciate the effort the Cache Owner puts into making many additions to this game. However, I very much hope that not also this D/T will be updated as suggested by a previous finder.
Personally, I think that it is very frustrating when caches undergo major updates, especially when updates are implemented after the FTF has been claimed, which I must say very often is the case for new releases of this Cache Owner. I am trying to fill my FTF matrix and don't intend to chase after every new cache just in case it might change a few days later to something I might actually be able to use towards certain statistics.
Ideally, of course a cache description should be accurate, a D/T rating representative to the skills of an average adult cacher and similar to comparable caches in the area and not based on the skills of the CO, and the container placement reasonable and well secured to avoid maintenance.
The review process is aimed to guarantee exactly these things, therefore, providing honest and detailed descriptions of the cache will help iron out discrepancies before a cache is placed. This allows a better learning experience for placing future caches instead of rushing them out. First finders shouldn't be used as beta testers.
All that said, I have found many caches that were either over- or underestimating the D/T or that were in other ways not entirely accurate. If one of the above mentioned details isn't right, I see no problem in leaving the cache as it is and doing a better job at the next one. At least it adds to the diversity of caches out there. If of course repeatedly multiple details are inaccurate, one should potentially consider reading once more the helpful descriptions on geocaching.com that explain how to ideally place caches for a long lasting and memorable experience for everyone.
Once again, thank you very much for adding to the map and putting out another challenging climb.
Personally, I think that it is very frustrating when caches undergo major updates, especially when updates are implemented after the FTF has been claimed, which I must say very often is the case for new releases of this Cache Owner. I am trying to fill my FTF matrix and don't intend to chase after every new cache just in case it might change a few days later to something I might actually be able to use towards certain statistics.
Ideally, of course a cache description should be accurate, a D/T rating representative to the skills of an average adult cacher and similar to comparable caches in the area and not based on the skills of the CO, and the container placement reasonable and well secured to avoid maintenance.
The review process is aimed to guarantee exactly these things, therefore, providing honest and detailed descriptions of the cache will help iron out discrepancies before a cache is placed. This allows a better learning experience for placing future caches instead of rushing them out. First finders shouldn't be used as beta testers.
All that said, I have found many caches that were either over- or underestimating the D/T or that were in other ways not entirely accurate. If one of the above mentioned details isn't right, I see no problem in leaving the cache as it is and doing a better job at the next one. At least it adds to the diversity of caches out there. If of course repeatedly multiple details are inaccurate, one should potentially consider reading once more the helpful descriptions on geocaching.com that explain how to ideally place caches for a long lasting and memorable experience for everyone.
Once again, thank you very much for adding to the map and putting out another challenging climb.
Hats off to the pair that first found this. I’d had a look before it was found but thought the free climb out this way wasn’t in line with the description as the vine kept going up but this limb meant not climbing all the way up the vine. Their photos helped me locate the hide. Don’t think I could do this without a ladder. That last stretch is a bit of a reach without much support. Anyway. Done and dusted. Glad I won’t have to do that again. A challenging find. Does a Difficulty rating of 2.5 cut it?
{*FTF*} with BlackPearl26 1:20pm 19/10/22.
I brought the telescopic ladder, thinking I wouldn’t need it but I was glad I did. Just long enough to reach the perch as moving from the trunk to the limb was sketchy.
BlackPearl did the honours. Thanks GeokidNQ for creating and placing this for us to enjoy.
Decent challenge that will defeat most.
I brought the telescopic ladder, thinking I wouldn’t need it but I was glad I did. Just long enough to reach the perch as moving from the trunk to the limb was sketchy.
BlackPearl did the honours. Thanks GeokidNQ for creating and placing this for us to enjoy.
Decent challenge that will defeat most.
