+disenchanted Posted September 1, 2006 Share Posted September 1, 2006 I hid my first cache, with the help of my girlfriend, Pooter2001. It was a great historical station on Route 66 with a colorful history of Lucille Hammon, the "mother of the mother road", who only died in 2000. We hid the cache and came home and submittted it. Here is what I got from the reviewer: August 30 by Reviewer Jones (2 found)HI, I was checking your cache for approval when I found that this cache: (visit link) is 101 feet from your cache (amazingly enough, it was submitted just a day before yours). As is noted in the guidelines, we keep a minimum of a .1 mile (528 ft) buffer between a cache (or any stage of a multi or puzzle cache), and the posted coordinates of any other cache (including virtual caches, puzzle/mystery caches, and caches that have been temporarily disabled). If you can move the cache farther away I would be happy to revisit this and see about approving it. Please note that exceptions to the proximity guideline can be made if the nature of terrain between the two caches makes their close proximity reasonable (for example, one cache at the base of a cliff and another at the top of it). It's a good idea to use the system's search function to confirm that there are no caches within the 1/10th mile limit before placing a cache. From the Guidelines - (visit link) Thank you Reviewer Jones So I went by there today and picked up my cache, archived it here, and back to the drawing board. On the other hand, I DID get FTF on the other cache that beat me to the punch! Quote Link to comment
+StarBrand Posted September 1, 2006 Share Posted September 1, 2006 Wow - never had that happen ------------------------------------------- yet. Quote Link to comment
+palmetto Posted September 1, 2006 Share Posted September 1, 2006 I saw this just yesterday - 2 new caches on queue - same park ~200 feet apart. I could only list one, so the one on queue first. I bet they were submitted within an hour of each other. Weird. At least the cacher who had a cache to pick up knew the FTF opportunity was coming. And presumably had some familiarity with the park. Quote Link to comment
+Hemlock Posted September 1, 2006 Share Posted September 1, 2006 I also had a situation similar to palmetto's. The kicker is it was two newbie cachers each hiding their first cache. IIRC the GC numbers were only 3 digits apart. From what I could tell, there was no connection between the two cachers. Just simple luck in choosing two locations in the same park, about 250 feet apart. I elected to make an exception and publish both caches, not wanting to turn off either newbie. I also figured as newbie hides, attrition would take care of one or both soon. Well you're damned if you do and damned if you don't. It only took 4 hours and someone from 400 miles away in Southern California was emailing me and Groundspeak to complain that these caches were published too close to each other. Thankfully Groundspeak agreed with my reasoning. I wish I could remember what caches these were. I'm curious if either or both are still active. Quote Link to comment
+budd-rdc Posted September 1, 2006 Share Posted September 1, 2006 I also had a situation similar to palmetto's. The kicker is it was two newbie cachers each hiding their first cache. IIRC the GC numbers were only 3 digits apart. From what I could tell, there was no connection between the two cachers. Just simple luck in choosing two locations in the same park, about 250 feet apart. I elected to make an exception and publish both caches, not wanting to turn off either newbie. I also figured as newbie hides, attrition would take care of one or both soon. Well you're damned if you do and damned if you don't. It only took 4 hours and someone from 400 miles away in Southern California was emailing me and Groundspeak to complain that these caches were published too close to each other. Thankfully Groundspeak agreed with my reasoning. I wish I could remember what caches these were. I'm curious if either or both are still active. Haven't heard from you in a while. You are always welcome to reduce the workload of your peers in the area. I ran across a puzzle cache located less than 6' from a newly published cache in Seattle, hidden on the same bench. I posted the situation in the logs, but did not e-mail Groundspeak or the regional reviewer, since it's out of my jurisdiction. Local cachers handled the problem on their own. (New one was archived) Quote Link to comment
+Yamahammer Posted September 2, 2006 Share Posted September 2, 2006 (edited) "If it weren't for bad luck, I'd have no luck at all. ... Gloom, dispair and agony for me." ... Hee Haw Edited September 2, 2006 by Yamahammer Quote Link to comment
+Sioneva Posted September 2, 2006 Share Posted September 2, 2006 Ah, well, it could be worse! Three of the five caches I've hidden were retracted today, due to an honest oversight. Seems they need a permit to be in the area where I placed them. I applied online for the necessary permits, now I need only wait and hope. Bah. Sometimes following the rules is just no fun. Quote Link to comment
+BlueDeuce Posted September 2, 2006 Share Posted September 2, 2006 Disappointing indeed. I'm glad you picked up the pieces and moved on. My area doesn't have heavy competition but I still get anxious when planning to place a cache. But to then lose one, yikes. Maybe your user name is a jinx. (just kidding!) Quote Link to comment
+Confucius' Cat Posted September 2, 2006 Share Posted September 2, 2006 Happened to me on one of the first i ever placed. We were about an hour apart. The other one won. As above, I got FTF on theirs and rearranged mine to be a multi. The multi thing doesn't work anymore. Quote Link to comment
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