hzoi

I remember when souvenirs were introduced in 2010. The main complaint was, who cares? Then souvenir challenges were introduced, and the main complaint was, they're too easy! Then different levels of challenges were introduced, and the complaints are, they're too hard! Just like not every geocache is for everyone, so too is not every challenge for everyone... ...also, Souvenirs aren't challenge caches. No changes have been made to the challenge cache criteria. Now, go find something else to complain about.

Bumping this to request a feature for allowing more than one date to log an Adventure Maze. In the past, these used to be available like museum exhibits, for days at a time. See, for example, GC222MV, which was open for two months. (The logs are an interesting mix of "found it" and "attended," but they reflect the full date range the exhibit was open.) Even at AFK's recent GeoWoodstock XIX iteration, the maze was open for three days - but though I went through it on the 27th, my log defaults to the 25th. (I almost got it to stick to the 27th by logging through the app, but then it apparently reverted.) I wasn't even in Kentucky on the 25th - I was at home in Virginia, and I didn't start my drive until the 26th. Regardless, I'm stuck with a 25 May "attended" log. If this could please be treated differently from events, and be available to log on the dates it was actually available, that would be swell.

i mostly agree with this. Except for the last part about "only when worthy," because even the most boring guardrail and LPC caches out there somehow have managed to garner a favorite point or two. Why? Often, it's a token from either a buddy of the CO's and/or a thank you from the FTF. But I digress. Limiting FPs to 1 for every 10 finds does tend to keep many points from going to caches that, objectively, should not be in anyone's top 10%. I have given out about two thirds of the favorite points I've earned over the past 16 years. I've not bothered to take them from the archived caches I awarded, because they're still my favorites. Plus, I've got over 400 in reserve, so it's not like I need them back.

That boldly assumes there was joy to kill, but whatever floats your boat.

"It should *now* be possible" I assume you mean... "Should not be possible" was the issue in the first place When you see a typo, and it's obvious it was a typo, you don't have to be that guy. In fact, I'm just going to ask: please stop being that guy.

I don't have experience using RitR paper for a letterbox. But since I carry a stamp and enjoy using it on logs that are big enough, I have some experience trying to use a stamp on RitR paper. Poorly. It smears. I have stopped trying to use a stamp on it. I don't really like using RitR paper for regular caches, because it seems the ink pens I typically carry almost always smear. But any stamp I have left on RitR smear almost instantly. So, unless you are providing some alternate stamp ink that you have found works on RitR paper, I'd recommend using old-fashioned paper.

As an alternative to using GSAK, you can also use the native search function on the website. Go to the search page. Click on the "Filters" box. In filters, under "Found status" (second column from the left), click on "Found by me." At the bottom of that column, under "Found date," you can pick a date range or a specific date. Using this, I looked up all the caches I found on my 40th birthday. (Edit: I think using this link, everyone will find the caches THEY found on my 40th birthday, so, enjoy!)

It's been a while since I've seen either one of those coins, or this particular thread. Lots of names I haven't seen in a while.

This appears to have been addressed - v9.24 opens Waze again. Thanks!

Merci, mais non.

I'd forgotten about this forgotten FTF tool. It was fun revisiting all those logs. (It's also good to see I stopped taking the FTF game so seriously after my first few failed attempts.)

That sounds like a great event. While your local reviewer may not able to attend, you might consider getting in touch with him for any notes.

If people really want this as a feature, I'll not stand in the way. But, should it be added, I'd also want the ability to turn it off. I already get the emails, and I don't need two different apps telling me the same thing.

Part of geocaching will always come down to personal integrity. I understand all of your points. But do you have any proof that the cacher in question was not at the posted coordinates picking up trash on 28 February 2023, between 16:30 and 17:30? If not, then it may be simpler to just let this go.

OK, interesting. I now see that there are a handful of caches in the northern part of the park that have been "temporarily disabled" since...well, December 2010, around the time this thread was posted. I have questions, but I'm not going to poke the bear.

I've been wondering the same thing. I've found many caches here that were placed many years after this original post in 2010. The cache approvers would not allow these if there was a ban, correct? According to the regional geocaching policy wiki for California (last updated at the end of 2021), no, still no caches allowed. I see one earthcache that looks like it's on park property, but I don't see any physical geocaches on the land that actually falls under Anza-Borrego Desert State Park land (darker tan area on the map). It looks like there are small tracts of land on the map that do not belong to the state park, and there are caches there, like these, so that may be what you're thinking of:

Wow. Y'all been busy up in BC. Added all these except GCT2N4, which is one I already had on my list. Thanks!!

"Needs Archived" is the old name for the "Needs Reviewer Attention" log. It has not yet changed over universally. Regardless of the name, this log never automatically causes a cache to be archived; instead, it ensures that reviewers are notified that there is a problem with the cache.

I agree, these are missing for some Virginia cities. Manassas and Manassas Park show up just fine. Springfield is also among the missing.

If memory serves, this was part of the privacy controls changes from March 2022.

From my memory, elevation hasn't been shown on cache pages since we started in 2007. But you're not the only person to say that lately. As I posted in this thread, wearing my other hat, perhaps this was a script? I've never used scripts on the site, so I don't know whether any added elevation data.

I appreciate your efforts to keep this going and to enforce logs. I enjoyed doing this one, even though looking back at my log, one of my arms was off for my phoon. (Ten years later, it appears from my log on the WV webcam that my phoon technique still needs refining. I didn't get it right in New Jersey, either. Sigh. I have several webcams in mind for my summer road trip, I'll try to get my backhand game squared away by then.)

You mean the shortest route from Virginia to Texas doesn't go through Michigan, South Dakota, and western Kansas?! Yeah, I know. That's why the other two thirds of team hzoi, and the cat, are flying. Aw, man. That's unfortunate. I fully intended to hit Mingo and Arikaree when I lived in Oklahoma. I knew we'd be there for two years, so I planned to knock out the Oklahoma county and Delorme challenges first, then make the trip up to Kansas and see what else there was to pick up. ...and then we ended up moving six months early, so I got the county and Delorme challenges, but I didn't get back up into Kansas. So, when I started thinking about what I could do during the move, this seemed like the best opportunity to take a big ol' road trip, since the 105 days between my "last day in the Army" and my actual retirement date are the best opportunity I'm going to have to do anything like this for a while.

I signed the Double Jasmer challenge in my area back in 2020. Still working on it, the tough gap is of course August 2000. I plan to remedy that when I move from Virginia to Texas this summer, taking a slight detour to, among other oldies, Geocache 612. (I'll then start to swing south, of course stopping by Mingo and Arikaree on the way.) After that, I imagine I'll get to Potter's Pond eventually. And who knows, perhaps also Match Stash some day...

...or until someone other than the CO archives it, because the CO is failing to police the logs?