A Unique Way to Play!

We've discussed the National Park Services inflexibility to allow letterboxes in their parks ad nauseum on all of the talk lists. We've discussed how we can, possibly as a group, lobby them and show them other successful boxing projects, like CT's State Forest program, that is expanding this year. It looks like Azroadie of AZ has done something quite unique all on his own by finding a novel way to beat the system.

Azroadie has developed what he calls a "webbox." The clues take you to a location within a National Park where you hike and hunt for the box, following the clues like a traditional letterbox except when you get to the location of the box - it's not really there! You take down the information, go home, enter the info as part of a predetermined URL with the "key" at the end of the URL and - voila - you get a digital image that you can print out and paste into your logbook!

So you get the enjoyment of the hike and experience the National Park but don't have to worry about the NPS gendarmes! Not too shabby! Azroadie currently has 3 webboxes - Grand Canyon and Saguaro Park - both in his homestate of AZ and Zion Park in UT. This may be the boxing wave of the future!

Update: It seems that some letterboxers are using this technique for boxes that go missing as well. Norasta, from Ontario, Canada, sent us an email that their box in HI that was located in Volcano National Park. When it disappeared, they send the image of the stamp via email for those that find the location. Latest recipient of this emailed image - CT's own Butterfly!

Second Update: We just heard from Silver Eagle from TX. It seems back 3 years ago, this TX native used this same technique when one of his AK box, Devils Den, was confiscated. The creativity used in letterboxing never ceases to amaze us! Thanks, Silver Eagle, for the email and for allowing us to set the record straight!