Originally Posted by
Haffy
Well ,from looking at some of the caches listed by Jake and Bruce I wouldn't say that some of them are 1/1 at all. In fact most of the ones that were listed I don't think could be accessed with a scooter or wheelchair. I guess that's where the interpretation of the 1/1 comes into play. For me I would think that the cache can be attained by the person who is handicapped, is this true? I suppose if you could leave the scooter or wheelchair and crawl to the cache then yes it is 1/1 but otherwise they are not accessible. To me 1/1 is where you can reach the cache from the confines of the chair or scooter and most of those that were just listed can not be reached from the apparatus. I think you are an inspiration to us all and hope that maybe others who live in your area can make an attempt to place more of the kinds that you can access. Thanks for your story.
I agree with some of your points. To me a 1 rating for terrain means it should be easily accessible to anyone in a wheelchair which is why almost all of my caches are rated 1 1/2 . . . even for the grab and go caches.
However, like Bruce, I was tailoring my response specifically to MR based on the caches she has found in the past and fact that she can walk a short distance. Perhaps Acer would not be an appropriate cache . . . honestly I forgot about the walk up the hill at the start and was thinking mainly of the nice hard packed trail down to the cache and how it was located right next to the trail.
As for any other point of contention . . . I think Bruce pretty well expressed my views and opinions to a T.
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