The geocaching site has clearly stated rules for where caches can be placed. Visit http://www.geocaching.com/articles/requirements.as p for details. Note that National parks and National forests are strongly discouraged. Something to note - many caches are hidden well enough that accidentally stumbling upon them is unlikely. Man, I'm glad I live where I do. It's a significant city, but there's a smal enough population that it's not too likely we'll have our caching banned. And if we do - well, there's hardly any visible authority in our parks, so try and stop me!
I disagree - one of the coolest caches I found was on a major bridge within mere feet of passing cars. I made sure to find it and re-hide it in a low traffic time of day to avoid suspicion. I was thinking of the bomb threat concept - If I saw some freak attaching something to a bridge I'd be a little concerned. Either the caching site didn't know this was a bridge, or there is no policy.
As for the liklihood of someone blowing up an overpass in LA, let's think of the likelihood of someone hijacking 4 airliners and crashing 2 of them into one of NYC's most prominent landmarks. If idiot terrorists want to do something, they will do it. If they don't get the ideas from the web, or tv, or movies, or whatever, they will come up with their own. A psycho will be a psycho with or without our help.
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The geocaching site has clearly stated rules for where caches can be placed. Visit http://www.geocaching.com/articles/requirements.as p for details. Note that National parks and National forests are strongly discouraged. Something to note - many caches are hidden well enough that accidentally stumbling upon them is unlikely. Man, I'm glad I live where I do. It's a significant city, but there's a smal enough population that it's not too likely we'll have our caching banned. And if we do - well, there's hardly any visible authority in our parks, so try and stop me!
I disagree - one of the coolest caches I found was on a major bridge within mere feet of passing cars. I made sure to find it and re-hide it in a low traffic time of day to avoid suspicion. I was thinking of the bomb threat concept - If I saw some freak attaching something to a bridge I'd be a little concerned. Either the caching site didn't know this was a bridge, or there is no policy. As for the liklihood of someone blowing up an overpass in LA, let's think of the likelihood of someone hijacking 4 airliners and crashing 2 of them into one of NYC's most prominent landmarks. If idiot terrorists want to do something, they will do it. If they don't get the ideas from the web, or tv, or movies, or whatever, they will come up with their own. A psycho will be a psycho with or without our help. Shum