Why is Groundspeak Headquarters an unknown type?

[+Zekester & Simon]

I'm probably missing something basic, but it is hidden at the posted coordinates, and it has a container and a log. Isn't that a traditional?

[+Isonzo Karst]

I expect that this is to keep people from simply showing up, expecting it to be available.

have you read the cache page?

 

not open to the public outside of Hosted Visits or specially scheduled drop-in hours

[+Zekester & Simon]

Yeah, but I don't really see the difference between that and a cache that is located in a park that is only available between certain hours.

[+AustinMN]

Yeah, but I don't really see the difference between that and a cache that is located in a park that is only available between certain hours.

 

A park has regularly scheduled hours, usually every day, when it is opened to the public. Groundspeak HQ only has specially scheduled hours.

[+Viajero Perdido]

Groundspeak has the perogative to make exceptions, and this is certainly a special case.

 

Just like that no-fixed-coordinates cache that keeps whooshing by overhead...

[jholly]

If I recall correctly back in the day you had to schedule your visit before they told you where they were located, hence the mystery. They just carried the type forward.

[+Shop99er]

If I recall correctly back in the day you had to schedule your visit before they told you where they were located, hence the mystery. They just carried the type forward.

 

That's correct. The address used to be a big, dark secret. You almost had to be invited to get it.

 

As far as should it be a traditional or unknown...I suppose they can call it whatever they want. And in the end, does it really matter?

[+GeoGerms]

If I recall correctly back in the day you had to schedule your visit before they told you where they were located, hence the mystery. They just carried the type forward.

 

That's correct. The address used to be a big, dark secret. You almost had to be invited to get it.

 

As far as should it be a traditional or unknown...I suppose they can call it whatever they want. And in the end, does it really matter?

 

Yup, Yup it used to be an archived cache with the coordinates somewhere in the water nearby. Had to email a request to visit then they would hook you up . It was a cool kids in the know kinda cache .

[+Ambrosia]

For a while, they would send you to a nearby coffee shop and when you got the coffee, it would have the real coordinates written on the side of the cup, from what I heard at the time. I never did that because the first time I visited was in 2006 when they had a small impromptu unofficial event at HQ. It was the beginning of them loosening up about the location.