Gimbal T Kumquat

Still hoping for some help with this question. Thanks.

The question is about reported problems with the software interface. One can download a waypoint just fine, then, on the next attempt, the software claims that it isn't installed and can't perform that function.

Good for you.

I am having the EXACT same problem. Also using Firefox, BTW. I can only d/l one cache. If I try another, I'm told that I don't have the plugin. I have to log out, close Firefox, log back in for each waypoint I need. Needless to say, this wastes a ton of time when trying d/l multiple caches before a roadtrip. Can anyone advise on the solution? Yep. Premium membership and pocket queries. Huh? Are you suggesting that this problem is a deliberate crippling of the software by geocaching.com and that only Premium Members can use the program to d/l waypoints without having to reboot to get each one?

I am having the EXACT same problem. Also using Firefox, BTW. I can only d/l one cache. If I try another, I'm told that I don't have the plugin. I have to log out, close Firefox, log back in for each waypoint I need. Needless to say, this wastes a ton of time when trying d/l multiple caches before a roadtrip. Can anyone advise on the solution?

Right. If a vehicle lost control on that curve, the guardrail at the exact spot the cache is hidden would be the impact point. Not a smart place to put a geocache. Another issue with hiding a cache in the end of a guardrail is that it just looks suspicious as hell to passing drivers, who are therefore very distracted and may take their focus off the road. All in all, this cache placement was, in my opinion, ill thought-out.

Came across this issue twice recently. The first cache had its parking area located on a bend of a steep, busy road in the mountains of West Virginia, speed limit 55. There were tons of great spots for caches, big and small off away from the highway, including woods, trees, and even ruins of an old structure within feet of the parking area. The cache, however, was stashed inside the end of the guardrail, where the road curves sharpest and a guardrail begins because the DOT realizes that it is needed to prevent/protect drivers from veering off the road. In other words, the spot most likely to be impacted by an oncoming vehicle. As I was replacing the cache I was hit in the face by a piece of gravel thrown up by a truck barreling past only inches away. If I’d had kids with me I would have had to make them stay in the car for this cache. A few miles away, on the same busy road full of trucks, another cache was apparently also in or near the guardrail at the bottom of a hill/curve. If I’d stopped/slowed to check it out, I would have been rear-ended by the ubiquitous speeding dumptruck* behind me. A few hundred feet ahead, I pulled into a wide spot on the road which presumably was the parking area for the cache. Thought about maybe walking back, but that would have meant walking on the traffic side of the guardrail with traffic roaring by. I don’t get it. This is West Virginia. We have more wilderness and rural areas than like, any other state east of the Mississippi. We also have steep and narrow roads congested with heavy coal/rock trucks 24 hours a day. Yet people place caches within inches of the road? Why? * You gotta live here to understand the whole coal truck and dump truck thing, at times they are every 3rd or 4th vehicle on the road in parts of the state.

I searched all over both caches sites and also through my email, both inbox and spam folder for the past 2 weeks. I still can't find anything about this, from Dot or anyone else. You mention that reviewer note "is logged on one of your cache pages". Can you point me to where I can view this? Thanks, and again, I appreciate the help.

Thanks everyone for the info: Just as a note: I did place these caches relatively close to each other for a reason: This is a park way up in the rugged mountains of West Virginia. With our steep terrain, two objects "only" 500 feet apart can still be quite challenging, especialy for kids. "Moose Tracks" is a kid's themed cache, near the little fishing lake at the base of the HUGE sledding hill. It contains mainly fishing stuff (soft plastic lures, etc). In summer, the sledding hill becomes the "bleachers" for the audience during the weekend bluegrass concerts at the park. The outdoor stage is located at the edge of the kid's fishing lake at the bottom of the sledding hill. The other cache, "WV Mountain Music" was intended to be a multi. The first hint was to be way at the other end of the park (over 1/2 mile away) leading eventually via the second hint to the ammo box at the top of the sledding hill overlooking the outdoor stage. This way, the whole family can do the Music cache, then the adults can sit and enjoy the concert while the kids do Moose Tracks. Plus, the WV Mountain Music cache contains free tickets for the concerts, which is why it is situated on the mountain behind the outdoor stage. I do appreciate everyone's input and comments and will get in touch with Dot to say thanks for the exception.

I think that was very, very nice of him to grant that exception. Thank you for working with the park manager to get permission for your caches. Keystone, I never saw this email from Dot...no idea what happened here. It's true that there is a huge steep sledding hill to climb to go from one to the other. Well, in any case I'm glad Dot approved them but I am baffled as to how I never received any notifications about the exception you pointed out... In any case, I've decided to just use the two micros for a future third cache at the park. This park is pretty big, it will be no problem to place the new one plenty more than 435 feet from either of the two existing ones. Thanks for the info, everyone.

Thanks, not sure what you mean by "granting a guidelines exception". DP approved both caches without comment after confirming with me that I had permission from the park to place them. Nothing was said about any other issues...

Okay, I admit it's been a few years since I last hid a cache. Apparently the rules have been changed/tightened a LOT since then. I need to make two changes to my recent cache. I had intended all along to make it a multi-stage, but the day I hid it I had to leave before I finished placing all the micros. Since I knew I could't return to the area until the next weekend, I just went home and listed it, for the time being ( I thought) as a "traditional cache". I was able to return today and set up the remaining multi-stages. But upon returning home and logging in, I am dismayed to find that I am not allowed to: 1) change the cache listing from "traditional" to multi-stage and; 2) am also not allowed to update the coordinates (yes I saw I can add a "note", but that will NOT help ppl who just jot down the coords and dont' bother reading the logs). I put a LOT of thought and work into placing this cache. Is there any way I can get the listing changed to reflect the above updates?