RockyMtnReviewer

Email the info (including the cache ID) to me and I'll take a look at it. I'm covering the area while HighCountryAdmin is unavailable. RockyMtnReviewer

Actually, I'd prefer a nice salmon. Hey, we can trade! I prefer dark chocolate. Not sure how this will benefit anyone with cache reviews, but I'm willing to take the trade and see what happens. Dark chocolate truffles from Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory for your fresh smoked salmon? Next time you place a cache in my area, it will fly through the review process.

Actually, I'd prefer a nice salmon.

About 3 years. I generally stay away from the forums. Initially yes, but as an active cacher in the area it made sense. Hydee Cachers that don't read the guidelines but check the box that said they did. Good, crazy, and even dangerous caches that meet the guidelines are published. Most non-published caches aren't really that memorable. Find me in the mountains and I'll tell you some stories around the campfire. I don't know how good my stories are though.

I would likely attend this event.

Oh darn, you caught me. I'll admit to using my super powers to find puzzle caches in 57 states so far. How long until winter? I think I need to hibernate for awhile. Seriously though, if I was cheating I don't think I would have such a big list of puzzles caches around my cave that I haven't found yet.

As your cache reviewer I am very concerned about these allegations. I hope it is, as you suggested, coincidental. If you have any information you feel I should know about, send me an email through my profile or use the contact@ address. The terms of use may also be of assistance, as we do not tolerate harassment by other cachers. RockyMtnReviewer

Caches are listed in the order you logged them for each date entered. The most recent date is at the top of the list, so it isn't quite in reverse order: 3/13 #1 3/13 #2 3/13 #3 3/12 #1 3/12 #2 etc.

First off, let's get the facts straight: On 3/5 you submitted the cache page. On 3/7 the reviewer posted a note to tell you all of your multicache stages were within 0.1 miles of other caches. He directed to you to respond to him through email once you've fixed your cache. On 3/8 you said that you could fix the cache, but you hadn't done so yet. You posted another note to the cache page on 3/11, but it looks as if you are still working on the cache since you said not all of the stages had been moved. Finally, just yesterday (3/12), you post a note saying that all of your stages have been fixed, including adding 3 additional stages: "Okay, I finally got out today and totally revamped the cache. I added a few more stages and I moved the ones that were too close. Here are the new coords:" So, since fixing your cache yesterday, nothing has happened. Understandable, to say the least. Now that your cache is ready to be reviewed, it may take up to 72 hours for that to happen. That is, of course, assuming you sent an email to the reviewer with the required information. RockyMtnReviewer

I hope that this isn't taking this too far afield. But, if any reviewers could chime in -- could you also let us know if there are some errors that are only really common for specific TYPES of caches? (the obvious one is forgetting to give coords for all stages of a multi, but I'm just wondering, before I ever try to place anything beyond a traditional or a multi, if there's a major one for CITO's, or for Mystery caches, or for _____ that we chould be aware of before we try to place the cache). if this is straying too far off topic, I apologize up front With mystery/puzzle caches I frequently see the solution to the puzzle included, but not the actual cache coordinates. I do need to know the puzzle is solvable, but I don't have time to solve it while reviewing today's dozen other cache submissions...or tomorrow's. The other thing I see with this type of cache is that the owner does not want to give any hints, so the bogus coordinates are 20 miles away. The guidelines say that the coordinates should be within a couple of miles of the actual cache. Why not use the parking coordinates? Your cache will show up close enough to the right area on a search, but won't give away the location of the cache. With all types of caches, if you don't want to give a hint, leave it blank. There's nothing funny about searching high and low for a cache and then decrypting a bogus hint like, "You think I'd give a hint?" Also, parking instructions should never be in the hint. Many cachers don't read the hint until they have reached the cache area. How are parking coordinates going to help then? "Gee, I could have parked closer..." Speaking of proximity, how can you place a new cache 200 feet from one of your own caches and expect it to be published? I can understand if it is near stage 4 of a multicache you haven't done, but one of your own caches? RockyMtnReviewer

Many reviewers, myself included, check up on caches that have been disabled for some time. Disabling a cache is always meant to be a temporary measure, but sometimes things come up. Perhaps you don't have as much time as you used to or just plain forgot to repair your cache. That's ok, we understand. Inactive caches still show up on searches, and if the cache isn't going to be repaired in a timely manner, it is better to have it archived. You can have the cache reinstated later if it still meets the guidelines, or someone else can place a cache in the area. The key here is communication. If I post a note asking why your cache has been disabled for 3 months and you don't respond, I will archive your cache. If you let me know what the problem is, I may be able to find someone that can help fix it. Communicate with me and I'll try to work with you. RockyMtnReviewer

I can't snowshoe it into town to check the review queue daily. If you submit a cache right after I'm done for the day, it may be a couple of days until I get to it... longer if it's snowing or if there's a grizzly bear blocking the trail.

Entering your home coordinates is not a requirement, but it will assist the reviewer in determining if this cache is within your maintainable distance. Since all of your other caches have been archived, at least one for maintenance issues, the reviewer is right to question this placement. If you are concerned that the reviewers will know where you live, you can rest easy. The reviewers do not have access to the coordinates you enter for your home, only the distance from your home to the cache. Also, making rude comments in your notes to the reviewer is not on the list of good ways to have your cache published. Perhaps treating your reviewer with some respect will lead to getting this cache published. Might I also suggest letting your reviewer know how far you live to the cache rather than just "a short drive"? RockyMtnReviewer

I thought I was spartacus this week CO Admin

Tuesday is when the boss is stuck in meetings all day

I received your email, but because the GCxxxx number was not included I did not have time to locate your cache submission before I went away for the weekend. For the fastest response, please remember to include this number in all correspondence about your cache.

Songwriters use artistic license That song was written 8 years after the Smokey Bear character was created and 2 years after the Capitan fire. I'll stick with the information from the U.S. Forest Service.

How do you know the Forest Service would not allow a physical cache that helps them spread the message about fire prevention to geocachers? The others have commented on your ability to maintain the cache, so I won't go into that part. The part I am concerned with is that you seem to know very little about the subject of your virtual cache. Specifically, Smokey is not "the" bear. His name is Smokey Bear. The character was created in 1944 after the success of having another forest animal, Bambi, on fire prevention posters. The Forest Service chose the name to be Smokey Bear, after “Smokey” Joe Martin, who had been the Assistant Chief of the New York City Fire Department. 6 years later, a black bear cub was found clinging to life after a terrible fire in the Capitan Gap area of the Lincoln National Forest. He was originally named "Hotfoot" or "Hotfoot Teddy" but was renamed "Smokey Bear" after gaining nationwide attention. He lived at the National Zoo in Washington D.C. until he died and was buried in Capitan, New Mexico. Smokey Bear is the only individual animal ever depicted on a U.S. postage stamp. For more information about Smokey Bear and fire prevention, visit the following links: U.S. Forest Service smokeybear.org

Don't make me come down there

That's because Earthcaches are submitted on their own site.

At the super-secret reviewer control panel, RockyMtnReviewer gets a lesson from Keystone Approver: No, the other button It's all so clear now Thanks Keystone

I don't see a cache listed under your name in the queue for Minnesota. Did you click the checkbox that says "this cache is active"? If you send me the GCxxxx number I'll see if I can find your cache. RockyMtnReviewer

This advice is frequently given, but what happens if the approver is no longer an approver? Does someone else get the e-mail or does it go into limbo? As long as their account is still active, they will get the email. Most likely they'll respond to it and tell the cacher they aren't a reviewer anymore. A quick email to contact at geocaching dot com will take care of it. In most cases, the original reviewer is probably still active. We aren't McDonald's

Currently there is no instant notification system for new caches. I know some cachers that check for new caches every 5 minutes. They could have your cache added to their watchlist within minutes of it being approved for listing. Also, cache reviewers will sometimes add newly placed caches to their watchlist for a variety of reasons. It doesn't necessarily mean there's anything wrong with the cache or the hider, it's just a preference for some reviewers.