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IMHO, that's what the Ignore List is for. The only caches on my Ignore List are challenge caches that were in my blast radius, where I never expect to complete the challenge requirements. I can't say that I've ever had that happen, but that actually does sound like a CO being a jerk.

Or maybe allow caches in your collection (or your entire collection) to attend an event without the rigamarole of moving to inventory and back to collection...

At the bottom of this page is a "Contact Us" link. You need to use it. Posting to the forums will get you opinions from geocachers, but you need to actually contact Groundspeak.

Huh... I never would have considered editing my cache pages on my phone. But it looks like something similar happens with your forum posts, so maybe it's your phone, not the website.

I've moved trackables that had a tag attached with multiple goals listed. The ones that had already been completed had been marked off with Sharpies, so it was clear what the next goal was.

Yep. I know someone who archived his caches and left the game because stats hounds were going directly to the final of one of his multi-caches. He had designed it as an all-day hike in a loop that returned to the parking area. Once upon a time, folks thought it considerate for the owner of a multi-cache to design it as a loop that brought them back somewhere near the parking area. Now it's seen as an excuse to shortcut the hike and go directly to the final, especially if the multi-cache helps you with some stats-based challenge.

I knew someone who wouldn't solve puzzles that looked tedious. He found it more interesting to brute-force such caches using other clues (holes in the saturation map, comments and photos in the logs, locations that matched the hint and/or theme, etc.). In the end, he found the cache and signed the log. That's all that mattered.

The rating guidelines used to refer to climbs that required "hands and feet", or something like that. Tree climbs generally used that rating or higher. I can't find the old description of terrain ratings though...

Yes? It looks like a bug in the software the site uses to clean up the markup in cache descriptions. But you may be able to work around it by doing the cleanup yourself, by adding the closing </li> tags yourself: <ul> <li>item 1</li> <li>item 2</li> <li>item 3</li> </ul>

A 5D rating also alerts you that you need to prepare. And I would argue that it more accurately represents a cache that is in an accessible location, but that requires some sort of specialized tool to access.

I think I'm confused. Do you object to owners placing caches in places that require specialized equipment to access? Or do you object to owners using the listing on geocaching.com to indicate to potential seekers that the cache location requires specialized equipment to access?

That would irk me too. I've found elevated caches both ways: T5 for caches when you need "specialized equipment" to reach the coordinates, or D5 for caches where you need "specialized tools" to retrieve/replace the cache ("find, solve, or open") once you're at the coordinates. Yeah, one of the things that irks me is the idea that finders "get credit" for the difficulty/terrain ratings of caches they find. The difficulty/terrain ratings are communication tools (for the CO to describe roughly what kind of caching experience is involved), not points to be won.

As described in the Help Center article Geocaching® app: Premium vs. Basic membership features chart, basic members using the app can see only traditional caches and event caches. Premium members using the app can see all geocaching types.

Yep. A number of the fence post cap caches that I've found have been in locations where the only fence post cap was the one that held the cache. Are you suggesting that it's okay to ignore the guideline prohibiting damaging, defacing, or destroying property to hide a cache?

Yep. The ones I've found have looked homemade. Some drilled a hole in the cap and secured an eyebolt in the hole. Others used epoxy to secure a hook or eye to the inside of the cap. Others just used epoxy to secure the container itself to the inside of the cap. Lots of variations. Some just had the container sitting in the top of the post, not attached to the cap at all (either resting on top of something inside the post, or hanging from the edge of the post with a wire hook). If I were making one myself, then I'd drill a hole in the cap, and use a cap nut on the end of the eyebolt, and a couple regular nuts tightened against each other on the inside. Be sure to use a new cap of your own; don't vandalize an existing fence post cap.

My approach has been to click-click-click the markers on the map, starting at the top of the map and heading towards the bottom (because the popups obscure the markers above the one you click). Then I check my clues to see whether they're sufficient yet (they have been) and then I go find the hidden marker to finish the game.

An Event, by instance. But note that according to the guidelines, an event cache "Cannot be added to an existing non-geocaching event, such as meet-ups at concerts, fairs, sporting events, and scouting events". FWIW, I've found a number of caches that were placed to commemorate specific holidays, but which remained available after that. Finding them in-season might have a certain appeal, but they were available year round.

In addition to Keystone's excellent advice, once you have your coordinates, I suggest that you test them in the field. Enter your coordinates into your device, and then approach the cache location from at least 100ft/30m away. The arrow should point right at the cache location as you approach. Repeat the process, approaching the cache location from various directions, from at least 100ft/30m away each time. No matter which direction you approach from, the arrow should point right at the cache location. If it doesn't, then adjust your coordinates until it does. Bonus points for repeating the test on another day when the GPS satellites are in a different configuration.

Exactly. You grew up seeing ammo cans used, and opening and closing them. I recall using them (and other army surplus equipment) when I was camping as a scout. But for someone who first encounters them as a geocaching container, they can be a bit confusing.

Yeah, I noticed that before Groundspeak updated the descriptions of difficulty and terrain ratings to include the half-star ratings. Some 4.5-star caches were "5-star lite" and relatively easy. Others were "4-star heavy" and about as difficult as possible.

Yeah, I've seen newbies really struggle to latch ammo cans, not to mention the problems when the lid slides off the hinges.

Yes, and especially when you're close to the goal line, the fact that the end zone is ONLY ten yards is very significant. But when you ask someone in America how long a football field is, they usually answer "100 yards", the distance between the goal lines.

It's hard to say. Around here, American football and soccer (association football) are usually played on the same fields, just with different chalk lines and different goals. So it's possible that they were thinking that "half the length of a football field" worked for both of those options, and therefore worked for everyone, not realizing that there are more than those two options with discussing "football" worldwide. I know that I wasn't aware that anyone called rugby "football" or that there was an "Aussie football" that used such a large non-rectangular field.

Half the length of a Union pitch ranges from 47m to 50m, still in the same general range. Half the length of a League pitch ranges from 56m to 61m, a bit longer but still in the same general range. Do people really call it "rugby football"? The people I know who play just call it "rugby". But then again, we call association football "soccer", so... Well, that's different. Half the length of an Aussie rules field is 67.5m to 92.5m, which is quite a bit more than the others. And I was reminded of indoor football (either American or association), which uses a hockey arena. Half the length of that is about 100ft (30m). That's quite a bit less than the others.