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How do I set up an "ignore list" of a certain geocacher that I don't wish to find caches? Don't ask why I want to do this as I am not going to say anything bad, other than I don't wish to find a certain geocacher's caches showing up on my "nearby caches" to find..

They are feeding off on responses. If we stop responding to their comments, they'll go away and we'll have this forum back to where it once was.. So just kill them with silence and they'll forget about this board in a few days..

Why even be concerned with how many other people get or can do.. or if they even truly did it? Just do your own cache finds, have fun and not even glance or think how others might achieve such a high number of caches in a day.. I've done a few mini power trails and get burned out after a few hours. It's fun from time to time but in moderation. Some will never do them and more power to them actually :-)

I am a premium member, so I'd thought I'd be able to see audit logs on caches on that I list as premium or non-premium. But that doesn't appear to be the case..

I have several caches I own, mostly premium and I can see "audit logs" where I can see who has been looking at the cache information on geocaching.com But I just put a new one out and did not do it as a "premium" cache, and there is no option for an audit log for me to look at. Why is that? Why give me that feature on caches I list as premium and not on non-premium caches?

Found.

Now that Groundspeak got their act together on this, cleaned it up and listened to us.. I will do a few - and have done 1 so far. I love the new layout now and the photo challenges must be "location" based. Although some of the photo challenges say "take a picture anywhere", this is where the community steps in and can flag it saying it's not location based and can have it removed. All in all, great strides from Groundspeak on this and am looking forward to all the photo/action challenges now that this mess has been cleaned up.

I did a cache above 12,000 feet.. so I could do the following.. 1) Find the actual physical cache 2) do an action challenge of finding a cache above 12,000 feet 3) complete the photo challenge of me being at my favorite trail 4) Do a photo challenge of taking yourself a picture at Henderson Mine. WOW! 4 Smileys for 1 spot. Crazy. This could literally be repeated for every physical cache.. So if you really wanted to "cheat" you could do 2-3 challenge for every spot where there was a physical cache since there are ABSOLUTELY no integration with challenges and real, actual geocaches (like they did with virtual caches). Hope Groundspeak gets their act together on this quickly.

Not that this would be considered cheating, but it might as well be.. I did a cache above 12,000 feet.. so I could do the following.. 1) Find the actual physical cache 2) do an action challenge of finding a cache above 12,000 feet 3) complete the photo challenge of me being at my favorite trail 4) Do a photo challenge of taking yourself a picture at Henderson Mine. WOW! 4 Smileys for 1 spot. Crazy. This could literally be repeated for every physical cache.. So if you really wanted to "cheat" you could do 2-3 challenge for every spot where there was a physical cache since there are ABSOLUTELY no integration with challenges and real, actual geocaches (like they did with virtual caches). Hope Groundspeak gets their act together on this quickly.

Geo is derived from "gps" since we use a Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver or mobile device and other navigational techniques to hide and seek containers.

That IS from Groundspeak, they wrote these documents for geocachers to adhere to. So Groundspeak would be the people that decided it, regardless of what you may have been told at some event in a setting where a question and answer period existed regardless of the position of the person that replied. (yes yes, I know.. bold statement on my part considering who said it) When it comes to FTF prizes... there are two things of note: 1... "The FTF prize is a $x coupon" is far better than "The FTF prize is a $x coupon for {business name}". There is no need to include the business name. Period. 2... After FTF, the prize is... GONE... so why does this info have to remain on the cache page? Rhetorical, we all know it doesn't. So instead of debating the semantics of this, isn't it much easier to just remove the unnecessary business name from the listing and focus on the geocaching aspect? I think we all would agree that nothing is lost in the listing by removing a specific business name and making it generic instead. CD When I do a search for "WalMart" it yields not 1, not 2.. but 34 CACHES in the USA with the name Walmart in the cache name. Starbucks yields 15 results.. Blockbuster yields 18 results.. One reviewer cannot enforce this rule if there are hundreds and thousands of caches with business names in them. The reviewer is out of line to disable them unless Groundspeak makes every reviewer disable the thousands of caches with business names in the title. If it is not enforced on the other thousands that were approved and published, this reviewer does and should NOT have the authority to disable them in his area without the permission of groudspeak first.

Here's one user that copies the same log on about 50% of his finds with this information over and over... Greetings: A. Hooman B. Scouts C. Multi-eye-stocked floating orb D. Android Your A. acetate containment facility B. bovidae cylinder C. ex-military ordinance storage unit D. post-nutritional jar and its: A. "obfuscation marsh" B. "covering" C. stick D. duct tape has been scanned by the mighty Cryptosporidium-623 from planet FURON and his captured Hooman slave: A. "Of-Arid-Corn" B. "Hewie Pack Turd" C. "Erik The Tick Handler" D. "Mr Probed" Thank you for this opportunity to: A. Trek through wetlands and count insect species B. Overthrow your primitive civilization C. Obtain our very own dog excrement insulators D. Discover the secrets of your Egg McMuffins If there is an LPC, all you're gonna get from me is a TFTC. As noted from the majority, if the cache is memorable and had a good view, hike, etc then I will write more. If you want to stop seeing TFTC, make the cache worth its while. If the cache was memorable and you put in the effort, money, etc and you're offended by a TFTC log entry - get over it.

Quarter of a billion dollars? Thats it! I'm going to start a new GPS game.. gpsstashing ... thats right.. virtuals will be allowed, you don't have to log physical caches.. NO RULES.. send me $30 a year. I'll have the website up soon.

I am against cache auto-delisting as well. But I am for cache deletion if the CO hasn't logged in over a year. I've seen some caches that says NM for a new log or DNF's and the CO hasn't logged in over a year (or sometimes 2 yrs!!) I know of one cache where the cache is gone but people are logging it as a find because there is a letterbox 15 feet away but the CO has been inactive for over a year and he's not going to go online and delete the bogus finds... So, inactive CO for over a year should have their caches should either 1) remove their cache 2) let someone else adopt them

HOH here in colorado... Any others?

I doubt there are any 10 yo kids posting in here... But I've seen some 15-16-17 yo kids posting but they have given valid points, valid arguments and not so good comments, etc. But as noted, adults are guilty of this as well. Not sure how Groundspeak could enforce this. It's not as if there is anything vile in the forum posts. Most kids see a heck of a lot worse than what has been posted in these forums. There's nothing that is NOT age inappropriate in here. Very seldom see any cursing or swearing, let alone any pictures that shouldn't be here.. It's a forum to discuss geocaching and I think anyone who wants to post, should be able to post. There are moderators in here who quickly close down topics that don't deserve to be here and they've banned others. They have done a good job in ensuring everyone gets an opinion. I don't know if the poster is a 16yo kid or a 90year old person. I definitely think that the terms of use should be modified.

I have the first gay geocacher beat by 8 months (zygote2k joined Dec 2003) since I joined in April 2003... hello from colorado!!!

I think some of them do it because they can get away with it... because the CO hasn't logged on for a year, so of course the "neglectful" CO won't delete their finds as they've neglected maintenance and proper monitoring of their cache.. so other geocachers see it as a way to get one more smiley..

Simple answer... no.

In regards to cache GC17NED, geocachers are posting a find even though they explicitly say they did not find it. Instead they find the letterbox nearby. I thought in order to post a find, you have to 1) Find the actual cache 2) sign the physical log But yet, people just want to get their smileys there.. Why don't they post a DNF, NM, or NA? I went to it a few months ago but could not find it.. so finally in order to stop these people from posting more smileys, I put a NA there. sigh...

But on a side note, if you know of any in Colorado.. let me know!

I applaud your comments Chokeberry! Heck, there is a geocaching group just for dogs.. yes..the dogs have formed their own group --> http://www.thedogtrainingsecret.com/blog/geocaching-dogs-unite-2/ There's a masonic geocaching group as 4wheeling fool points out.. Yes, people.. There are indeed different geocaching groups for people with different ideology, hobbies, etc. YOU DO NOT HAVE TO JOIN THEM if you don't want to. Nobody is forcing you!!!! Everyone geocaches because they love the game.. some prefer to go alone, or in groups, or in an environment they are comfortable with. Nobody is throwing anything in anyone's face. It's 2011 people.. really - why did this topic go into the depths of hatred in this day and age? Couldn't have people been more positive and geared the OP into information where she may or may not have found the answer they were looking for? But instead.... yes.. it went that way when it didn't have to. I applaud any groups that want to get into geocaching - we're supposed to be introducing geocaching to as many people as possible.. whether they be gay, straight, christian, masonic, black, white, etc. WHO CARES? I guess some do.. sigh.. where is the ignore when we need it?

I see a power trail up by Fort Morgan - PNG Series.. are there any other power trails in colorado in excess of 50+ caches? Thanks!

I keep seeing "Geocaching.com will be going offline temporarily for a site update on Tuesday, June 28, 2011 at approximately 11am PDT (GMT -7). We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause." Since I can't post in the website forum and none of the admins/moderators have posted anything about this upgrade.. what fixes are they going to push today??

Recently, a cache location I liked so much was archived. From the notes, he noted that the "property was sold" which it wasn't.. It was still owned by the city as a park system.. He did tell me via email that he didn't want to maintain the cache anymore and that was his way of getting out of it. Which is all fine and dandy so I put a cache out there, pretty much the same spot.. Then recently a different cache by my house was archived 3-4 months ago because the CO went to Italy, but someone recently put a new cache in almost the exact same location. I am just wondering, since I am guilty myself of recycling a cache location of what you think? This question pertains to cache locations where caches were archived because of neglect, CO didn't want to maintain it, CO no longer active, etc.. not to cache locations that were archived due to being too close to schools, or landowner requested removal, etc but rather cache locations that were legitimately placed, then archived..then another cacher taking up the same spot, so in theory.. recycling the cache location...