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Geocaching Podcast: GCPC EPISODE 477 â Geocaching Deadly Sins â Bad Geocache Designs and Hides
November 30th, 2016
In tonightâs episode of the Geocaching Podcast:
Headhardhat and Sarah T-S are âon assignmentâ so CloakNDagger will be in as guest host. Tonightâs topic is a bit of a rant show when it comes to bad geocache designs and hides. Everything from poorly made, poorly disquieted and more. This all can lead to unhappy geocachers, muggles and letâs say uniformed parties. Suitable suggestions to help will be provided by the hosts.
Be sure to check it out! Please share with other geocachers.
We meet on Wednesday nights at 9:30PM ET at http://www.geocachingpodcast.com/live so you can see us record the show live and join in the chat room. See you there!
#geocaching #geocachingpodcast #headhardhat #podcast
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The Video Version of our Podcast
GCPC EPISODE 477 Show Notes
GCPC MAILBAG at [email protected] (mailto:[email protected])
NEWS:
Have you planned your 2017 travel?
One of the coolest things about geocaching is that itâs played by people around the world in so many different ways. To celebrate this, weâre releasing five new country souvenirs over the next few weeks!
If youâve already found a geocache in any of these countries, youâll automatically receive the souvenir on your profile. Souvenirs that are currently available can be found here. You can view which ones youâve already earned by checking out your Souvenirs on Geocaching.com.
Stay tuned for the first new country souvenirs announcement in next weekâs Geocaching newsletter.
Looks like theyâll be announcing one a week for the next five weeks. The first one is Slovenia
https://www.geocaching.com/blog/category/geocaching-com-souvenirs/
SB: just bags, plastic toys
TAZ:
Cheap plastic âGladwareâ type containers that disintegrate within weeks when exposed to the environment.
Anything not airtight in humid environments (not as much of a problem out here in Cali.)
Used Mini Mouthwash container w/o the cap (Yes, a Âź inch hole in top, with paper jammed inside and no cap. I was FTF on one of these.)
C&D:
In order of highest irritation to lowest.
Reviewers not being on the same page (they have a huge grey area of what is acceptable and what isnât) and every reviewer is different in interpretations of cache is allowable and what isnât.
No logging requirements, though geocaching encourages people to write a log containing at least two sentences, they allow emojis and âone word Acronyms.
Limited geocaching adoptions, there are circumstance where a great geocache has been placed and the CO has quit playing or has died, there is no option to adopt these caches to either preserve the memory or the age of the geocache.
Complaints about geocaches being PMO.
Poor swag hides/illegal hides
Abandoned geocaches
Not enough resources to help establish Large events.
Groundspeak store does not engrave your geocoins like Coins and Pins does.
Infoferretâs list of Rants! (not necessarily in order of importance).
These are probably mostly placed by newcomers to the game:
Inaccurate coordinates (10m + out).
Meaningless cache hints.
Unrealistic D/T Ratings (appreciate that this can be entirely subjective!)
Flimsy / unsuitable containers (e.g. takeaway boxes). Eclipse mint tins which have not been camouflaged (shiny metal tins, which can look like litter). Ditto caches with glass containers (Iâve CITOâd enough glass that the idea of deliberately putting more out there seems crazy).
Caches that look like something dangerous. (e.g. bombs, pest traps etc.) Iâm all for creativity, but there are limits!
Caches placed at the exact same spot where one (or more) have been archived in a short space of time previously. (Could reviewers make suggestions here?)
I guess much of this could be fixed by âcacher educationâ e.g. requiring cachers to have found a certain number of caches before being allowed to place any?
Location type issues:
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November 30th, 2016
In tonightâs episode of the Geocaching Podcast:
Headhardhat and Sarah T-S are âon assignmentâ so CloakNDagger will be in as guest host. Tonightâs topic is a bit of a rant show when it comes to bad geocache designs and hides. Everything from poorly made, poorly disquieted and more. This all can lead to unhappy geocachers, muggles and letâs say uniformed parties. Suitable suggestions to help will be provided by the hosts.
Be sure to check it out! Please share with other geocachers.
We meet on Wednesday nights at 9:30PM ET at http://www.geocachingpodcast.com/live so you can see us record the show live and join in the chat room. See you there!
#geocaching #geocachingpodcast #headhardhat #podcast
ââââââââââââââââââââââ-
The Video Version of our Podcast
GCPC EPISODE 477 Show Notes
GCPC MAILBAG at [email protected] (mailto:[email protected])
NEWS:
Have you planned your 2017 travel?
One of the coolest things about geocaching is that itâs played by people around the world in so many different ways. To celebrate this, weâre releasing five new country souvenirs over the next few weeks!
If youâve already found a geocache in any of these countries, youâll automatically receive the souvenir on your profile. Souvenirs that are currently available can be found here. You can view which ones youâve already earned by checking out your Souvenirs on Geocaching.com.
Stay tuned for the first new country souvenirs announcement in next weekâs Geocaching newsletter.
Looks like theyâll be announcing one a week for the next five weeks. The first one is Slovenia
https://www.geocaching.com/blog/category/geocaching-com-souvenirs/
SB: just bags, plastic toys
TAZ:
Cheap plastic âGladwareâ type containers that disintegrate within weeks when exposed to the environment.
Anything not airtight in humid environments (not as much of a problem out here in Cali.)
Used Mini Mouthwash container w/o the cap (Yes, a Âź inch hole in top, with paper jammed inside and no cap. I was FTF on one of these.)
C&D:
In order of highest irritation to lowest.
Reviewers not being on the same page (they have a huge grey area of what is acceptable and what isnât) and every reviewer is different in interpretations of cache is allowable and what isnât.
No logging requirements, though geocaching encourages people to write a log containing at least two sentences, they allow emojis and âone word Acronyms.
Limited geocaching adoptions, there are circumstance where a great geocache has been placed and the CO has quit playing or has died, there is no option to adopt these caches to either preserve the memory or the age of the geocache.
Complaints about geocaches being PMO.
Poor swag hides/illegal hides
Abandoned geocaches
Not enough resources to help establish Large events.
Groundspeak store does not engrave your geocoins like Coins and Pins does.
Infoferretâs list of Rants! (not necessarily in order of importance).
These are probably mostly placed by newcomers to the game:
Inaccurate coordinates (10m + out).
Meaningless cache hints.
Unrealistic D/T Ratings (appreciate that this can be entirely subjective!)
Flimsy / unsuitable containers (e.g. takeaway boxes). Eclipse mint tins which have not been camouflaged (shiny metal tins, which can look like litter). Ditto caches with glass containers (Iâve CITOâd enough glass that the idea of deliberately putting more out there seems crazy).
Caches that look like something dangerous. (e.g. bombs, pest traps etc.) Iâm all for creativity, but there are limits!
Caches placed at the exact same spot where one (or more) have been archived in a short space of time previously. (Could reviewers make suggestions here?)
I guess much of this could be fixed by âcacher educationâ e.g. requiring cachers to have found a certain number of caches before being allowed to place any?
Location type issues: