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I miss the "Report Problem" - now you have to go back and post another log - rather than a couple clicks to notify the owner of an issue with the cache. Also - a bug - the date on Owner Maintenance log kicks back to today - rather than the date I changed it to - so the find and the maintenance request ended up on different dates since I was logging a find from a couple days ago.

Wondering why I did not get the HARD souvenir for April - had 114 including Labs - 106 per the project-gc checker... Maybe the day ended early - due to UTC time - from 7pm EST instead of midnight - as expected.

I agree with the need of a feature to bulk remove found and/or archived caches from the list. I also would like more than 100 lists - I keep hitting that limit Also, the viewing a list on a map switches to viewing all caches in an area if you move around at all

Personally, I like these challenges - why? - because they challenge me to find something different from what I "always do" - and with over 6000 finds, I still do not qualify for some of those - but I would enjoy the challenge of working to meet the requirements as set out here. I enjoy challenges thoroughly and understand the need for the rules to prevent outlandish challenges - but in my opinion, these are relatively simple to understand and not too difficult to eventually accomplish.

Think I have finally found the problem - I have hit a limitation on the number of LISTs that can be added to for my account - about 99 or 100 LISTs. Once I have 99 or 100 lists, it will not allow me to add to a new list until I delete an old list.

I have tried different computers and different browsers - IE / Firefox and Chrome - still happening after over a week

Trying to add a Geocache to a New List - keep getting "something went wrong" Tried from the cache page as well as the filtered list GC5E8QJ ▼ Excellent Adventure of the Zombie Horde #1 and https://www.geocaching.com/play/search?ot=4&kw=excellent&nfb[0]=vpdj&r=21&f=2&o=2&cc=1 Using list name ExcelAdventure -- "Something went wrong. Try refreshing the page." Refresh does not help.

Is there any solution to this issue? I have about 1/3 of the caches I go for are puzzles - so this is a major issue for me. Has the API changed? Or the resultsaet for corrected coordinates? or how they are indicated in the resultset sent to the phone? Please help - only workaround I have is to put the corrected coordinates in the Notes and manually add a waypoint to set the corrected coords for each cache 1 by 1 on my phone - quite a pain when going out on a puzzle cache run for 25 to 75 puzzle caches.

I am up to 3 SPAM messages for {removed} now - site says it is only for mobile viewing - but I would not trust it - at all.

Why does the Profile page only show 19 caches on some pages? Generally it lists 20 caches on each profile page. Go to a user's profile page - select list of geocaches found - page down and see how many caches are listed on each page - usually 20 caches. - See two000miler's Page 28 as an example.

In response to the questions about challenge caches: 1. What do you like most about challenge caches? -- Challenge Caches create targets to strive for - giving new adventures - many requiring planning and sometimes years of effort to achieve - the Fizzy and Delorme challenges are the gold standard - classic challenges. The Challenge Caches inspire me to go beyond my everyday caches and try something different and frequently making the geocaching game more enjoyable for me. Without challenges, I probably would have not continued to cache nearly as much - and I certainly would not have seen as many different places as I have enjoyed visiting. Climbing mountains, kayaking, etc. would have never happened for me without challenge caches. 2. What do you not like about challenge caches? -- I do not like challenge caches that I do not qualify for - LOL - and then I look at them again a while later and see a faint possibility that someday I may just get there - so the planning begins... 3. What would you like to see changed about challenge caches? -- I would like to see the challenge caches have a checker built into the cache page - similar to the Geocheckers on Puzzle caches. I would propose to take it a step further - some will say too far but hear me out - but to have the cache page not allow a Find on the cache until the Challenge Checker passes for the cacher. The excellent Project-GC site has built a great Challenge Checker for many challenges. By making the Challenge Checker mandatory for challenges, there would be no disputing whether someone qualifies for a cache or not. It would also eliminate any dispute as to what the challenge really means. A side benefit of the Challenge Checkers is that only challenges that can be defined within the Challenge checker framework can be created - if you cannot create a checker then the challenge cannot be published. This eliminates most if not all of the disputes surrounding challenge caches. 4. If you could describe your favorite challenge cache type, what would it be? -- I really love challenge caches - My favorite Challenge Caches are the 366 day streak, Fizzy - 81 D/T challenge, every county in a state challenges, Delorme challenge, Busy Day Challenges (number of different D/T in a day), Word challenges (cache name and/or cacher name), Radius challenge (find all caches within a 5 mile radius of your home), The 300 Challenge (GC4150C), Resuscitation Challenge (GC38WBY). All of these require your to work towards a goal - and all have specific and measurable objectives - and probably could be easily set up in a Challenge Checker. 5. What types of challenge caches do you avoid? -- I only avoid those I do not qualify for - yet. I love the "Unknown" category of caches - still have about 1/3 of my finds in that category. I would love to see challenges left in the Unknown category - but split in statistics to show Mystery Puzzles, Challenge caches, Field Puzzles, Beacon Caches, Bonus Caches, and Night Caches - similar to how Events are shown in statistics with CITOs split out. I agree with what others have said - if you don't like a challenge, simply put it on your ignore list. Let the rest of us continue to have our fun. Cache On, VPDJ

Maybe we need another - larger area - trial of this feature? Like the DC area?

Which year? - LOL - Well, now would be a great time to kick this off...

Anybody know how to get Groundspeak to consider this further?

I still love the GROUP HUNT idea - found a local hiking group that handles up to 150 people on a hike - by splitting into groups of 15 with a leader in each group - and organizes the groups by the pace - speed walkers, moderate pace (~3 mph) and social walkers (~2 mph) - people self-select into the appropriate groups depending upon their desired speed - and then on large group hikes, they have 1 or 2 leaders at the back of the pack to help along any stragglers to complete the hike. It sounds like they have hit upon the optimum maximum for any group hiking together - similar to my experience of a dozen for geocaching - and have a good method for handling any larger groups. The unique aspect of geocaching as a group is that if someone has already found the target caches, they generally will opt-out of the group hunt - and go after caches that they have not found yet - so that automatically limits the number in any group hunt.

I agree. If you read my post, I said I take groups out, but don't like more than 12. If you only want 6-12 people, you don't need a geocaching.com event. All you need to do is contact a few friends. Contacting a few friends does not get the mixture of new/old cachers together - and does not allow for the serendipity of meeting new friends on the group hunt. In the NW we havae something called a cache machine. Check out the NW forums and you will see the planning going on for the one in Olympia. Why a new event when this has worked quite well for years? Your Cache Machine event sounds like a lot of crazy fun - but I do not know if it is the same thing as I was proposing... I think that the scope and intent of your Cache Machine is far beyond what I am proposing - a Group Hunt - only around a dozen per group - 3 to 5 hours of hiking with from 1 to 20 caches "on the target list" - none are cache and dashes - all take more than 6 minutes to locate. Compared with 100+ caches over 13 hours - with the "event" being a dinner afterwards - but why not an event for the cache hunting part anyways?

Groundspeak's not going to give you what you want. I would suggest Facebook, meetup, emails or phone calls. Sorry- - too defeatist for me - I see something potentially great - and say "Why Not?" and "Let's Do It" They even tried it and all involved liked it - seems like a simple change

I agree. If you read my post, I said I take groups out, but don't like more than 12. If you only want 6-12 people, you don't need a geocaching.com event. All you need to do is contact a few friends. Contacting a few friends does not get the mixture of new/old cachers together - and does not allow for the serendipity of meeting new friends on the group hunt.

There are many advantages of a group hunt of about 6-12 geocachers: 1) Safety in numbers 2) Quicker finds - shorter searches 3) Camaraderie 4) Meeting other geocachers - making new friends 5) New geocachers learning from more experienced geocachers in the field 6) Ability to tackle more difficult hides 7) See more interesting locations and sights - I would have totally missed the two baby fawns sleeping in a little depression in the ground on the last hike if someone else had not noticed them Main drawback I have heard is in the unlikely case that the number grows beyond a dozen - and I have proposed several ways to alleviate that issue - it would be up to the organizer to establish methods to reduce the number in each group to a dozen or so. 1) Time delayed starts 2) Alternate paths 3) Different target caches 4) Several group hunts around the same time Can we get this put into place soon? What is the next step?

Having only led groups of a dozen or so on the 50+ cache hunts I have organized in the DC area, I find it hard to fathom having a group of 50 or 100 or 200 going out together to look for a bunch of caches. Maybe it is just the area I am in, or the cache hunts I have organized, but none have approached those numbers. However, if it did, I think that the best thing to do would be to break up the larger masses into smaller groups (max 10-12) and send them on different "missions" - perhaps starting at the other end of the trail - passing each other in the middle - or going clockwise/counter-clockwise - if you have 2 groups - or have a printout of a different set of caches for each group - or resort to a timed-start - every 15 minutes. Another possible solution would be to limit the "will attends" to a maximum number - but there are always those that say they will and then don't - and those that do not indicate and show up anyways. Regardless, by having the "will attends" count somewhat accurate, the organizer of the event can make plans as to how to split the group per the previous paragraph if it gets too big. I had one cache hunt where 3 or 4 cachers per group was best, so we had a timed start - and it worked out great. Or if there are enough group hunts planned around the same time, then people will choose which one has the most caches that they have not found - or that they most want to find - again limiting the number of attendees at any one event. People will probably not attend group hunts where they have found most of the caches on the list. For this reason alone, Regular Events - like the NOVAGO quarterly events will always attract more attendees than any group hunt.

So I see two potential solutions - 1) to have a new attribute - group hunt/no group hunt 2) in the selection of the caches for a group hunt (checkboxes I proposed earlier), not include puzzle caches with a difficulty over 2.5

I agree that difficult puzzles should not be the target of Group Hunts - unless all attending have solved the puzzles. I like Group Hunts because I am sometimes great (but most times terrible) at finding the caches, but I enjoy getting out for nice hikes in great locations. Going with a small group makes the search go faster (1 person searching for an hour vs. 6 searching for 10 minutes). I simply do not feel safe going out alone onto some more difficult treks - but with a group of 3 to 12, it works out fantastic - I get the good scenery with the safety in numbers and some camaraderie as an added bonus.

Very interesting reading - a few nonsensical rants - but overall good information Sounds like all that were involved in the "Trial Runs" for "Organized Group Hunts" in Ontario really enjoyed them. I have held about 50 weekly Group Hunts - over the past year+ and have not had more than a dozen geocachers show up - usually it was 6-10 geocachers - mainly for 4 to 6 hour hikes with a specific list of caches targeted - listed in the email and local caching organization posts. On one difficult cache, I split up into 3 groups of 4 cachers to make it work better. Up to a dozen cachers on a hunt together has worked out great for me. I must say that on one hike I really needed the support of the rest of the group and would have been in big trouble if I had gone out caching alone. I think that this is a great way to meet other cachers - over 50 different cachers have gone on at least one of my organized group hunts - I do not think I have had the same group on any of the group hunts. Technology could be a big help in setting up the group hunts - show a list of caches in an area and allow a checkbox to select which ones would be included on the group hunt - then include that list on the cache page - and send the CO a message that their cache will be included in the hunt. I have only had one CO indicate that that one particular cache should not be target by the organized group hunt - we have visited others from the same CO, but since that one was a difficult puzzle, he wanted everyone to solve it first. Again, technology could help here too - checking on the "Will Attend" to see if updated coords have been posted on targeted puzzle caches - and sending reminder emails (solve puzzle first) - or even blocking the "will attend" - just a thought...

I propose a new Event Type: Group Hunt This would be a new event type - allowing people to organize a group of geocachers to get together for a group hunt for caches in a specific area, trail, or park. I realize that the "Groundspeak rules" would have to be loosened to allow this to happen - but think about it for a minute - what is so different about sitting in a pizza joint to talk about caching for an hour versus gathering a group of geocachers together to go look for a bunch of caches? It gives new geocachers a chance to meet others and attempt caches that they would never dream of trying by themselves. Sure, some Cache Owners of "impossible" caches - intentionally difficult to find - will not love the idea, but those of us spending hours and hours befuddled would love others to share our grief/appreciation for the cache. (maybe add an attribute "no group hunt" for those "special" caches but that would be hard to enforce since anyone can join forces with a few others to go get a cache anytime) The organizer would set a date and time and area for the Group Hunt and anyone interested could join in. The safety and comraderie of going out into the woods with a group is fantastic. Sure, Meetup or Facebook, or email lists could attempt to do this, but none would have the impact of geocaching.com - you can only reach out and invite those you already know with those other mediums - but with geocaching.com, you can reach out to any geocachers in the area - or visiting the area around the group hunt timeframe. "Calling All Cachers" - Group Hunt - 6/1/2013 - 8am to noon - Meet at posted cords at ________Park - Let's Go Caching Together...

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