Bob & Ward cabin

[Osmigo]

Every slip of the tongue is a slip of the tongue. It always leads to one more person who didn’t know about it until eventually the wrong person knows about it. There is enough info out there already, bad etiquette in my opinion.

You make a good point, of course. But what is the approach?  "Don't talk about cabins on the forum"?

[DAW89446]

Over the past two and a half decades online, I’ve made it a practice to not mention sensitive information if my gut feeling was that the location was truly sensitive and not well known and seldom visited. I might mention the cabin, ghost town, mining camp, etcetera, but not by name nor give locations or enough details that one could pick up subtle clues and figure out how to get there. If the site was well known, it was fair game as far as discussion on these forums.

[Sunman]

Every slip of the tongue is a slip of the tongue. It always leads to one more person who didn’t know about it until eventually the wrong person knows about it. There is enough info out there already, bad etiquette in my opinion.

You make a good point, of course. But what is the approach?  "Don't talk about cabins on the forum"?

Yes, please.

[TacoLand]

Well, the cabin has left the barn. Is there a Plan B?

[Sunman]

Well, the cabin has left the barn. Is there a Plan B?

Hope for the best at this point.

[netllama]

Well, the cabin has left the barn. Is there a Plan B?

Hope for the best at this point.

that is likely the best approach regardless. the expectation that any 'special' place can be kept secret indefinitely in unrealisitic in the internet era. the tools & technology now exists to make everything discoverable, if given sufficient time & determination.

[DAW89446]

that is likely the best approach regardless.  the expectation that any 'special' place can be kept secret indefinitely in unrealisitic in the internet era.  the tools & technology now exists to make everything discoverable, if given sufficient time & determination.

I agree. However, I know that the average 18 year old has enough smarts to figure how to get into my private information and share it in the dark web, but I certainly don’t want one doing so. So, I still stick to what I have practiced all these years, referring to some places in vague terms.

In my observations, old structures that are well known and visited seem to be in better shape and cared for. Old structures seldom visited may not get vandalized, but have succumbed to time, elements and rodents.

[Desert Fog]

Many of the cabins in the Death Valley area are listed in this Death Valley 49'ers book...

eBay Death Valley Cabins Sentinels in Stone & Wood 

Amazon Death Valley Cabins, Sentinels of Stone & Wood Paperback – January 1, 2011

[Sunman]

Well, the cabin has left the barn. Is there a Plan B?

Hope for the best at this point.

that is likely the best approach regardless.  the expectation that any 'special' place can be kept secret indefinitely in unrealisitic in the internet era.  the tools & technology now exists to make everything discoverable, if given sufficient time & determination.

There’s the rub. We’ve all found places via internet sleuthing, hell, thats half the fun. But to just flat out  put gps waypoints and pictures, even though they may already exist in other places doesn’t help. In my experience people who take the time to search and deduce where a place is usually aren’t the problem. It’s not about selfishly ensuring nobody else finds out about a location, it’s about making it too easy. I’m sure there are plenty of special places people on this forum know about that I don’t, and I’m fine not having them broadcasted, I would rather discover them on my own. Or not.

[Kauri]

In my experience people who take the time to search and deduce where a place is usually aren’t the problem. It’s not about selfishly ensuring nobody else finds out about a location, it’s about making it too easy.

Very well said. I agree with this entirely.