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Since it's always the same GC Code and it's not possible to log a find more than once anymore, you could only write a note or DNF for recurring visits.

That definetly falls under "horrible" in my book. It's also quite disturbing that you were told you are responsible for all actions of other cachers in the area, even if they are not related to the search for your cache.

Are you aware that the burried/digging hole guideline has been softened recently?

It's amazing that you put so much effort in your hides. If life takes me to your area, I'll surely look for at least one of them.

It's not a D5 and never was. Maybe the owner thought "That's a really hard cache to find, compared to what I have found so far". I don't know, and honetly, I don't care. It took a while until the cache was spotted, so maybe it's D2 or even D3. A D5 would have been a very poor choice for this location, however.

Okay, let's see. What can I do to stop people sharing final coordinates of difficult Multis and Mysteries, so that the owners don't think "Why bother? I'll find another pasttime where nobody irks me." Ah yes, I know. It's the owners fault, because they can't just ignore those people. A find is a find, be happy.

My reviewer is a high horse with a hat. Guys, guys, you got that all wrong. This thread is meant to complain about reviewers, not to praise them. Just kidding of course, nice to hear that there is mostly a good relationship between the reviewer and the community.

Just for reference, that's the cache I was referring to. I climbed up to it, but I didn't see it until I was back on the ground. I have no bad feelings because I didn't climb up again just to sign the log.

Copy from the "What irks you most" thread: There are only few reviewers in my country, I think two right now. The nickname of the local one being in charge since the beginning is "High Horse" in the online community. He once hosted the "official" geocaching forum for our country, until he pissed off so many people that one of them set up a new forum, and most users switched. We also had a very motivated reviewer once, who was really engaged with and liked by the community, but he threw the towel after a few months/years. I can't tell for sure, but I don't think it was only the community that irked him. Many oldtimers miss the times when a foreign reviewer (the one who published the first caches in my country) was in charge. So yes, it's absolutely possible that cachers are not fond of their reviewer, and the reason is not just because he didn't publish a cache due to a guideline violation.

I remember a heated local discussion on this from my early years and I still stand by my viewpoint. If I was part of the team that made the find possible, I'll log it, even if I was just handling the rope on the ground, securing the climber. There's no need that s/he throws down the the container or logbook for me to sign to adhere to some strange ruleset. Also, tree climbs are not the way to show off your skills anyway, go find a rock or wall to climb with an official (climber) difficulty rating. Just saying

Are you not satisfied with the work of your reviewer? Why? Does it take too long until your cache is published, do they interpret the guidelines in a different way you do, disable or archive caches where it's not adequate, ignore NA logs or is there any other reason? No name calling, just reasons, here's the place. ETA: If you are afraid to post here because of possible consequences for your hides, feel free to say that, too.

There are only few reviewers in my country, I think two right now. The nickname of the local one being in charge since the beginning is "High Horse" in the online community. He once hosted the "official" geocaching forum for our country, until he pissed off so many people that one of them set up a new forum, and most users switched. We also had a very motivated reviewer once, who was really engaged with and liked by the community, but he threw the towel after a few months/years. I can't tell for sure, but I don't think it wasn't only the community that irked him. Many oldtimers miss the times when a foreign reviewer (the one who published the first caches in my country) was in charge. So yes, it's absolutely possible that cachers are not fond of their reviewer, and the reason is not just because he didn't publish a cache due to a guideline violation. If this post is too off topic for this thread, I'm not irked if it gets deleted or moved.

That's because I have the feeling as soon as somebody complains about somethiutng your standard answer is always the same: I live in a fine community, but I wouldn't exaggerate it to the point you do. Or maybe you don't and everything is just perfect in your area. Lucky you. Gabottle just posted what irks him, which is on topic here. If you want to discuss side aspects, it's up to you to open a new topic, you've been invited to quote him. To stay on topic, discussions like this irk me.

This thread is titled "What irks you most?", so people post just that. I'm glad that you and dprovan live in Geocaching La-La-Land, where everything is just fine. Others don't, so they post according to the title. They don't have to justify that.

They could check for "Is it a Mystery cache and is there a challenge checker included?". But that would still leave the problem of finders suddenly not qualifying for a puzzle challenge they logged as found and probably a few other things. All in all, a new icon sounds like a PITA to implement and that's what Groundspeak wanted to avoidd after the moratorium.

I think GPX upload is only supported by the 201, 301 and 305 models. But you can enter (I think up to 100) waypoints manually. http://www.outdoorsportsgps.com/why-use-a-forerunner-for-geocaching/

Is simply asking in the listing/logs to do maintainance (whoever might do it) a working plan? I thought you have to name a specific person when placing a holiday cache.

Maybe this would fit better in the "What irks you most" thread, but there is log style that really annoys me and it goes like this: "Great caching day with Harry, Berry and Jerry. We found a lot of caches in the area and really enjoyed some other cache that is completely unrelated to this one. Here's the story of what we experienced during our hunt for that other cache. Thanks to all owners for hiding and maintaining". In that case, I agree with OP. Just log "TFTC" or "+1".

Ach ja stimmt, darum ging es ja eigentlich. Na gut, wir sind auf Seite drei, da liegt der Themenschwerpunkt meist schon woanders. DNF gehört für mich zu meinem Erlebnis, darum logge ich das auch. Ganz am Anfang habe ich das nicht gemacht, weil ich dachte ich bin Anfänger, war wahrscheinlich zu blö die Dose zu finden und jemand der das Log liest denkt viellleicht, die Dose ist weg. Jetzt bin ich lange genug dabei um dazu zu stehen, dass ich vielleicht zu blöd für einen Fund war. NM ist irgendwie ein No-Brainer: Ich habe die Dose gefunden und sie muss gewartet werden. Entweder ist sie kaputt, abgesoffen, der Deckel fehlt oder was weiß ich. Ein volles Logbuch vermerke ich eher in meinem Fund-Log, andere loggen auch da NM. NA habe ich bis jetzt noch nie gepostet. Ein Fall wo ich mir das vorstellen könnte, wäre zB. wenn ich von einem Grundstücksbesitzer oder aggresivem Nichtcacher angesprochen würde, der sich darüber aufregt. Ich hatte bisher nicht das Bedürfnis, den Schiedsrichter zu rufen. Das Alter des caches, ob der Owner noch aktiv ist oder nicht, der Cache Health Score etc. spielen bei allen Logtypen keine Rolle für mich.

Jetzt habe ich fast mein Getränk rausgeprustet. Ich denke wir verstehen uns.

That's just great. I didn't find the cache and I'm not the owner, but this is simply awesome and a joy to read.

@Zappo Ich finde die Momente auch am schönsten, wo man sich denkt "Das stand aber in keinem Reiseführer" oder "Jetzt wohne ich schon seit Jahrzehnten in dieser Gegend, aber den Ort kannte ich noch nicht." Ich wollte nur darauf hinweisen, dass es anfänglich wirklich rein darum ging, _irgendeinen_ Platz mithilfe des GPSr zu finden.

Soweit ich weiß hat jemend mitbekommen, dass "Selective Availability" abgeschaltet wurde, was die Genauigkeit des GPS Systems deutlich erhöht hat und dachte sich "Ich stecke eine Dose Bohnen und ein paar Bücher in einen Kübel, vergrabe den und schaue mal, ob den jemand findet."

I don't get that. You can place a cache 3m up a tree or at the base. One is T4 or T4.5, the other one is T1.5, the coordinates are the same.

Considering the ISS cache and others owned by LordBritish, that's a fair question.